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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky NEW YoRK. M
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

"YoUR chairs look so colloQuial," said o
visitor TO her hostess the other day; they
really seem to beg your guests to sit down
ton Transcript.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

The proprietors Of DR.. sage's CataITh
Remedy L5sosp that their medicine perfectly
and permanently cures Catarrh. To prove
It to vots, they mako this offer: II they can't
cure your Catarrh, no matter what Jour
case i, they'll pay you $500 In cash
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

DISEASE is unnatural, aud is but the prool
that we IRE abusing Nature. 1t is claimed
that Garfield Tea, simple herb remedy
helps Nature 10 overcome this abuse.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

II you are constipated, bilious or troubled
with sick hosdache, Beecham's Pills afford
immediate relief. or druggists. % cents.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

CoUGHs AND HoARsENEss Tho irritation
which induces coughing Immediately re-
lieved by use OF BrOiCa'S Bronchial TTOcIics. "
Sold only in boxes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

McCoRKLE-"Do you know what Is the
best thing Outi" McCracklo-"No. What
Is it," McCorkle-"I haven't decided
whether it's an aching tooth or u confIgra-
ton"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

Two PATENTS for bottle shoppers have
been issued. A patent for n mouth stop
per, operating effectively when certain
bottles approach, would also serve q useful
purpose.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

DoN'T Wheeze and cough when Hale's
Honey of HorehOund aud Tar will cure
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

BcrofulA. You can prevent II, and you can
cure It, II you haven't waited too long, with
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. That
Is tho most potent blood-cleanser, strength
restorer, and hesh-builder that's known to
medical science. For every disease that has
TO be reached through the blood, like Con-
sumption, for Scrofula in all IT'S forms, Weak
Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, and all severe,
lingering Coughs, It is the only gIdrdnteed
remedy. II It doesn't benefit or cure, you
have your money back.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

IT Is better 10 give little more taify dur
ing life than SO much cpitaphy after death
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

JOHNNY, give me proVerb." "Ampu-
tation is the thief OF egs."-Harper's
Bazaar.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

FREE Admission Tickets to the Worlds
Fair are being offered by the Chicago SGale
Company. Send them your address.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

BIRDS Of feather are hocking together
on fashionable hats.-Troy Press.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

"WoRKIS' now, Pctc?" ''Naw, got {
job in dc city hall. "-Bufalo Express.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

ExTRAvAGANCE and plenty cannot live II
the same house.-GAlveston News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31

THE trouble Is that when q man needs his
nerve most he can't find it-Atchison
Globe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-31
LIKE A THIEF IN

TIE NIUHII OOu :
sumption comos. A
slight cold, with your
system in the scroful-
Gus condition that's
caused by impure blood,
Is enough to fasten it
upon you. That is the
time when neglect and
delayare full Of danger.
Consumption Is lung
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
Good Sweet Horse-Meat.

Joseph Hauslnan of Madison, Wis,
killed nice fat horse the other day
and passed some of the meat around
among his friends without telling them
what it was.
Among those who were called upon
TO express an opinion was a city butcher
who was asked 10 speak as an expert
The dish was set before him and he ate
heartily. lie said that he could tell any
kind o. meat that was brought TO him;
that there was an unmistah able flavor
in meat which man who had been in
the butchering business as long as he
had could detect. He praised the meat
before him rs to flavor but said it was
tribe coarse, indicating that it was
not taken from the best part of the
beast.
"Then you know, do you. just what
kind of meat you are eating"
Eyes, sir"
well, tell us what it is?''
st is cut of roast from steer:
neck" said the diner.
Upon being informed of the real ma
ture of the meat he expressed great sur
prise that it shc.lld he found SO similar
in flavor to bovine flesh and shis wa,
echoed by all the others.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

mist arising from the river looks like
the smoke of morning sacrifice Oh,
that we were as responsive! Yet who
thanks God for the water that gushes
up in the well, and that foams in the
cascade, and that laughs over the
rocks, and that patters in the
showers, and that claps its hands
in the sea? Who thanks God for the air,
the fountain of life, the bridge f sun
beams, the path of sound, the great fan
on hot summers day? Who thanks
God for this wonderful physical organ
ism-this sweep of the visioi,-this
chime of harmony struck into the ear
this soft tread of Il myriad delights
over the nervous tissue this rolling o!
the crimsou tide through artery and
vein-this drumming Of the heart Oh
our march TO immortality? We take
all these things as a matter OF course
was preaching one Thanksgiving
day and announced my text "Oh,
give thanks unto the Lord; for he is
good; for his mercy endureth forever
/ do not know whether there was any
blessing on the sermon or not; but the
text went straight to a young mans
heart. lie said to himself as
read The text: "'Oh, give thanks
unto the Lord; for be is good
Why, 1 have never rendered him any
thanks. Oh, what an migrate | have
been" Gao it be, my brother, that you
have been fed by the good hand of God
all these days-that you have had cloth
ing and shelter and all benefrent sur.
roundings. and yet have never offered
your heart to God? o, let n sense of the
divine goodness shown you in the every.
day blessings melt your heart; and
if you have never before uttered one
earnest note of thanksgiving, let this
be the day which shall hear your song.
What l say to one, say TO all OF this
audience. Take this practical religion
have recommended into your every
day life. Make every day a Sabbath,
and every meal sacrament, and every
room you enter a Holy OF
Holes. We all lave work to
40; let US be willing to do it..
We all have sorrows to bear; let us
chcerf,illy bear them. We all have
battles to fight; let us courageously
fight them. If you want to die right
you must live right. Negligence and
Incidence will win the hiss of everlast-
ing scorn, while faithfu!ness will
gather it's garlands, and wave its
sceptre, and sit upon its throne, long
after this earth has put on ashes,
and eternal ages have begun their
marcel. You go home to-day, and at.
tend 10 your little sphere of duties.
will 60 home, and attend to my little
sphere of duties. Every one in his own
place. so our every step in life shall
be ,riumphal march. and the humblest
footstool on which we are called to
sit will be conqueror's throne.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
OF LIFE AND DEATH.

We talked OF life and death. She said :
whichever of us two first dies
Shall come back from among the dead
And teach his friend these mysteries. |"
She died last night, and all this day
/ swear that things of every kind
Are trying, trying to convey
Some message to my troubled mind.
looked up from my tears erewhile;
That white rose dying in the cup
Was gazing at me with her smile
1t bushed her blush as l looked up.
And when the wind rose at my door
1t clamored with plaintive din
Like SOME poor creature begging sore
To be let in. / let it in.
1t blew my light out; round my head
1t whirled, and swiftly in my ear
Had whispered something ere it fed;
1t had her voice, so low, so dear.
The looking glass this livelong day
Has worn that curious, meaning air;
feel il when look away
Rejecting things that are not there.
For hours no breath of wind has stirred.
Yet bends the lamps flame as if famed
The clock says DER and DER n word,
But 10 God!--can't understand.
Gertrude Hail. in The Independent,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

The cultivators of what the New
York Sun calls the stunted grain fields
of the East will bear with mixed feel
ings the reports of the yield that has
been gathered from the farms of the
Northwest. Far seeing men, long
time ago, predicted that which we now
see happening in the country north
west of Lake Superior. The yield this
year has been good in many
places in the western part of the con-
tinent, but amongst the largest
returns reported are some from Mani
toba and the Saskatchewan. Over
their own signatures a number of far
mers have answered questions put to
them by a circular from the local Gov
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
The Women Were OF one Opinion.

The Women Were Of One Opinion.
At a meeting called in memory OF
the late Lord Lytton, Owen Mere
dith. at which favorite quotations from
the dead author were to be handed in
in writing, every woman present gave
the following:
1.-THE heart of man is like that delicate
weed
Which requires to be trampled on boldly
indeed,
Ere it give forth the fragrance you wish
to extract;
IT'S smile, trust me, If not new, exact. 4"
All the men in the crowd gave ia
the quotation commencing:
30, hour Of ell hours, blessed hour of our
dinnersl
We may live without friends, We may
live without books,
But civilized mau can not live without
cooks.
We may live without love-what is PAS
sion but piningl
But where is the man that can live with
out diningP'
Verify. the poet knew how to touch
the different chords of the human
heart Indianapolis Journal.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

eminent, giving precise details as 70
the acreage under crop, the quantity Of
seed used, and the amount of grain
harvested. The replies of some show
over so bushels per acre, but this IN
exceptional. There are many over 40
and a great number have averaged
SO of wheat, with heavy yields of oats
and barley. The truth appears to be,
and the New York Sun explained the
reason, that the soil of Manitoba and
the adjacent provinces is exceptionally
r'ch and specially adapted for mixed
farming by eason of Is adapt bility to
wheat, and from the rich grasses that
grow so luXuriantly throughout
the country. And the authorities Of
these provinces have acted wisely in
offering their land free to those who
choose to settle on it; for the measures.
they have adopted for assisting new
corners, and in making no distinction
between Canadians and other people.
The rail ways, too, by giving purchasers
of land free ticket westward, have
shown an appreciation of the situation.
The spring will see many availing
themselves of the chance offered them
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
A Dreaming hog.

Col. Munnerlyn lives in Atlanta, Ga.
He owns pet dog that is somewhat oil
Il somnambulist. Several morning ago
he was taking n nap OIL the upstairs
front porch of the Arlington hotel, when
he fell to dreaming. He jumped hur-
richly up and sprang for the baluster.
AS he reached tie top he discovered
that he was not the ground Door and
made desperate efforts to regain his
balance. But it was too Late. In his
great effort to stick TO the baluster he
turned completely over and came down
with thud. He arose carefully, looked
all around with n deeply injured ex.
preston and, finding that no one was
laughing at his misfortune, walked
thoughtfully away. He fell about
twenty feet.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
Got the lob.

"A rather seedy looking chap drifted
into Bernardsville some time ago and
asked a carpenter for some work. He
said he had knack in that line. The
carpenter looked at him keenly, and
then handed him sharp Ratchet and
told him to put point on n stake.
The newcomer did it rapidly and we'll.
'Thatll do" said the carpenter,
though you forgot something"
What's thatP"
You didn't hit stone and spoil
the edge of the Ratchet"
Crack went the .hatchet on a stone.
running the edge.
We'll begraciousw exclaimed the
carpenter Say, young fellow. /
didn't mean that but you do know
how to obey orders. and I'll hire you. ="
Newark Sunday Call.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
Dont's for Bachelors,

Don't remain as you are any longer
than you can help yourselves.
form of man.
Don't presume upon your indepen'
dence.
Don't be too 'palavering" with the
women.
Don't forget that you are growing old
very rapidly.
Don't try TO hide that bald spot OF
the streaking gray hairs.
Don't try to prevent yourselves loving
little children.
Don't button yourselves up in your.
selves.
Don't be a bachelor, that's all.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
Has Fasted Nearly 1'uo Years.

For over 500 days Mrs Ellen Wuch
ter of Whitehall, Lehigh county, Pa,
has kept alive without swallowing one
crumb of food or one drop to drink Of
any kind whatsoever. Nearly two
years ago publicity was fist given To
the strange affection of Mrs. Wuclter's
throat, which prevents absolutely the
slightest symptom of swallowing. She
las since then been compelled, owing
10 her peculiar condition. to go without
any appreciate nourishment, and great
interest by the medical profession is
cvinced concerning her case and her
probable fate. All the nourishncnt
she gets is by absorption.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
Univerrl,X Periodicals..

Among the periodicals now pub
lished by the Johns Hopkins univer-
sity in Baltimore are the American
Chemical Journal the American Jour
nal OF Mathematics and the American
Journal OF Philology. A large num-
Der OF the professors OF the university
are contributors to these periodicals.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
Lost His False Teeth.

II. b. Ashelman Of Wost Superior,
Wis, wears set Of false teeth, with a
gold plate, in his mouth ordinarily, but
I've forgot his teeth willie drinking glass
Of water the other morning, and now
wears them In his stomach. His physi-
clans are non-plused, but Asheiman
feels no III results yet.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
The best thing out-a couflagratIon.

My daughter was troubled with neuralgia
I'm her neck and back and was cured by SAL
walton Oil. / endorse this remedy fully
and cheerfully recommend 10. G.. FIFER,
100 North Poppleton St., baltimore Nd.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

The vexing question Of this vexing age 10
How did Noah and his family survive
that long damp spell without DR.. BnRs
Cough Syrup?
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

For Throat Diseases and Coughs
use Browns BRONCHIAL TROCHEs. Like all
really good things, they are initiated. The
genuine are sold only in boxes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

BEECHAMs PuLs cure bilious and nerv-
Gus illness Beecham's Pills sell we'll be-
cause they cure. % cents box.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

TITS.-Al Fits stopped free by DIR, KLINE's GREAT
Nerve RestOrer. No INT after tiTstday'suse. Mar
Eelous Treatise and " 90 tria! @otte free to
Sit cases. Send 20 DIR. Klne93l Arch st.. Phila, Pa
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

Learn Shorthand by mail. Positions So
cured by w. &. Chaffee, Oswego, N. Y.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29
GOING IN THE SPRING.

Why is necessity like some lawyers2 Be-
cause IL knows no law.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

Lanes Family NJ edieIne.
Moves the Bowels each day. A pleasant herb drink
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

Every dog has its day-and every dogma
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

Better late than never-golng to bed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

A lazy man steals from himself.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

Talent and genius have many quarrels
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-29

There is nothing so bravo as love.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-07
FADS AND FASHIONS.

4 New YORK society woman has an
album which contains photographs of
all her costumes for the past ten years.
SOUVENIR spoons with Minerals
owls, college girls with mortar board
caps and the heads of favorite profess
sors on the handle are quite the rage in
fashionable schools for girls.
magenta is notable in the feather
colors because it is old enough to be new,
Pale straw color is effective with black
Wood color is used repeatedly, aud is
combined with every shade.
PLAITs-box-plaits in particular-are
destined to be popular. They are seen
extensively in the new skirts, some
times at the back and sometimes in the
front, while others are arranged in
Vatican style, hanging from the neck
to the bottom of the skirt in the back
" new stationery pale lilac, with ad-
dress or monogram in darker tones, is
shown. Light and dark green are also
shown and dark blue, with white let
tering, is a novelty. Gray in softest
dove tints has the address in silver. In
a stationer's shop the other day the
decorative possibilities of writing paper
were most effectively demonstrated by
display of it in wheels and stars of
color, shading from light to the dark
est tiOtS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-07
STRANGE HAPPENINGS.

A CLOCK owned by resident Of
Trappe, Pa, has licked since 1865.
A TwENTY-ACRE pond dubbed up out
of the earth in Center county, Pa, re-
Gently in twenty minutes.
THE Sevierville (Tenn. Star tells OF q
snake killed in that vicinity which was
five feet six inches in length. When
cut open 1t was found that he had swal-
lowed ten young chickens.
A BOTTLE thrown into the Atlantic
November "a, 1887, from the Cephalonia,
about 400 miles out from Boston, re-
Gently washed ashore on little islet in
the Caribbean sea, {, 800 miles away.
IN Alachua and other countries in
Florida a short time ago there was a
shower Of fine spider webs which COW
cred the ground for miles. Enough
fell, If is said, to start a cotton factory.
A BUNDLE of spiderwebs, not larger
than a bucl5shot, and weighing less than
one-half a dram, would, if untangled,
make line long enough to reach from
Philadelphia to Boston and back again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-07
PERSONALS.

PHILIP McCAULEY, of Middletown,
n. Y, has entered his 103d year.
WITH fortune of $3.50, 900 safely laid
away Edwin Booth has positively de-
cided not to appear again upon the
stage.
LESLIE STEPHENS, the well-known
English writer, is a son-in-law of VIII
liam Makepeace Thackeray, a fact not
generally known.
Mrs. DIAz, the wife of the president,
is arranging a collection of the literary
works of Mexican women for exhibi-
ton at the worlds fair at Chicago.
THE car of Russia has recently found
time to become interested in the game
of cricket, it is said, and has organized
two elevens among the young men of
his court.
BEN BUTLER is said to be sadly bent
with age. His face has the look of
health, but his massive frame has be
come an unmistakable burden. His
hands move unsteadily, while his eyes
appear swollen and almost hidden by
the thick folds of flesh on his cheeks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-07
NOVELTIES IN THE SHOPS.

RUCHINes of two rows of tiny ribbon
loops put on very fluffy.
LUXURIOUS coats of velvet trimmed
with fur for little ones.
PURE silk shawls for shoulder wear
resem bling fine knitting.
VERY handsome flannel skirts in nov
city styles for mems wear.
SMoKIsyG jackets and bath gowns in
time for holiday presents.
DURABLE machine-made Torchon lace
for trimming underwear.
AsTRACHAN fur for small jackets to
wear over wooden gowns.
SILVER buttons enameled in colors to
match the Russian GALLONS.
FULL neck rufus of chiffon dotted here
and there with ribbon loops.
VIOLET felt hats trimmed with green
velvet and violet ostrich tips.
SIx-INCH satin ribbon, especially in
black, for Empire or ''crush" belts.
IMPoRTED wraps of velours du Nord-
a long pile velvet resembling plush.
BLACK wooden braids for tsimming
heavy colored serge ''hack'' dresses.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-07

In their present unpleasantness in
Dahomey the French, as in Algeria and
Senegal. dispose their marching col
umn, when the enemy is near, in the
form of a square. They have no TANKS
exposed to the attack, and they regard
this feature of their tactics as one of
the most effective measures to prevent
surprise and insure victory. 1t was by
thus deploying their forces that they
overcame the armies Of Samory and
Ahmadu: and while the poorly-armed
natives infict small loss upon tie
French, the latter are always able with
their shells and rapid firing Of guns to
kill many Of their opponents. In the
present war, says the New York Sun,
the Dahomeyans have, on every occa-
sion. attacked the French with vigor,
but when they have found that their
charges, irresistible against native
foe, have had no effect IN breaking the
square OF the French, from which q
deadly fire was pouring, they have soon
rctrcsted. 1t is at this point Of the bat
tie that the French bring into serv-
ice the cavalry which they took with
them up the Wheme river. They pre-
vent the enemy from reforming ana in
fict severe punishment upon the fleeing
natives Il is probable that We shall
soon here of the complete triumph Of
the French arms il their present cam
pairn.