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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-17
The Word HIble.

The word bible furnishes n striking
instance of words rise from very low
to high estate. To the bulk of English
speaking folk it now means the book OF
books. In Chaucer's day it meant any
book whatever, or scroll-to speak by
the card, lest equivocation undo us
Witness the following lines from his
Book of Fame:
but maught win I-so mought thrive
Be abouten TO DESERVE
All these arms that they weren (wore)
That they on their cotes beren (bore)
For TO me 'twere impossible
Men might make OF 'em bible"
In plain prose, there were enough or
'em to fill book or scroll. Meanwhile,
tracing the world bible straight home
we find it, rs bublOs, but another name
for the papyrus reed of Egypt As q
poet sings:
''Green grew the rushes, o. upon the banks Of
NIlus:
And yielded. duly treated, o. material for your
stilus"
National Review.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-17
PLTT NO ELLGHT

-aIl tire peculiar troubles that beset wo-
man. The only guaranteed remedy for them
Ia DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription. For
women suffering from Gny chronic female
COMPLAINT CT weakness: for women who Gre
rundown and overwoGled; for women ex-
pecting to become mothers, and for mothers
who are nursing and exhausted; at the
change from girlhood to woirnnhood: and
later, ct the critical "change OF life" it
Is a medicine that safely and certainly builds
up, strengthens, regulates, and cures.
II It doesn't, ii it even fails to benefit or
cure, you have your money back.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-17
I.rIrhtfnI RenciIo,.

Customer doing his Thanksgiving
marlzeting)-How do you sell your
finest turkeys?
Market Man-Twenty cents pound
Customer (clutching at the counter
for support)-Give me two pounds OF
hogs liver.-Chicago Tribune
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-17
ONE ENJOYS

ON w
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-
TEN efiectually, 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 Soc
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 FIe SYRUP CO.
LOUISVILLE. Sy. xsW ioaG. NV
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-17

What you are sure Of, if you use DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy, is either n per-
feet and permanent cure for your Ca
tarrh, no matter how bad your case may
be, or $500 in cash. The proprietors Of
the medicine promise to pay you the
money, if they can't cure you.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-17
nrInIn of the Swing.

The swing, so dear to children, can
be traced back TO the festivals which
took place in Pagan days in honor OF
Bacchus, when little figures were hung
on trees, and were supposed to bring
blessings on the ground as they swayed
to and fro rocked by the wind The
reason OF this custom is explained by
the fable of Icarius receiving Bacchus
in Attica, and the god was so grateful
to him that he taught him the art OF
making wine. Icarius then gave some
of the wine to his peasants, and, as they
became intoxicated. their friends, think
ing that Icarius had poisoned them,
killed him in their fury. lcarius' daugh-
ter, Erigone, went in search of Icarius,
and his body was found by means of his
faithful dog Moera, who kept watch
over the spot where the body was
buried. Erigone in her despair hanged
herself on tree, and was changed into
the constellation Virgo Icarius was
changed into the star Bootcs, and the
dog into the star CAMS Yankee Blade.
Al Objection.
Charley Seeaman-There is one fatal
objection to onc-act play.
"What is it?"
Charley Seeaman-You can't go out
between it-Puck
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-29
PRICE 5 CENTS

dropped the mutton and went to whirling
around in circle and trying to bite the
wounded spot.
MIR. AlllkS'S next arrow stuck in the
bears left flank and made it finch and
yell. 1t picked the arrow out with its
teeth again, and for the first time got q
glimpse of Mr.. Milks. The sight of the
man scared it more than the prick of tho
weapons had done and, giving a roar it
plunged through the bushes and made
for knoll on the opposite side of the ra-
vine where it had lugged the sheep i'll.
Nh MilkS secured the last arrow he fired
and, gave chase, and sent another arrow
into the bears right bullock in the open
field. The bear yanked it out and drop
ped it, and Mr.. Miil1s got it when he came
along and fired again.
While going over the ridge toward an
other rlyine on Caleb Worthingtons
place, Mr.. MilkS fired each arrow seven
OF eight times alternately, keeping one i'll
hand till he was close to the last one the
bear pulled out of its hide and in that
way he worried the bear terribly. Finally
the bear turned on him as he was about
to pick up IN arrow and drove him away
before he got it. Mr. NiiIkS had one
arrow left and he ran backward till he
had fixed it in the bow, when he stopped
The bear made for him, and he fired the
arrow into his left nOStrl, and ran for ak
his might for the other arrow He ran
back when he had secured it, and found
the bear paving at its nose, having brok-
Ell the arrow in its nOStrl.
Again the bear pitched at Mr.. MilkS and
made him hustle to keep out of its way,
but it's nose panied it so that it gave up
chasing him, and once more tried in vain
10 claw the broken arrow from its nostril.
While it was thus engaged MI Milhs
stepped up to within five or six feet
Of it and and fired his last arrow at its
neck as tight as he could draw the bow.
The bear Immediately began to dance
around and below, and Mr. MilkS ran up
and pulled the arrow out, intending to
shoot it at the bear again. A stream OF
blood SDurtCd out, and Mr.. MilkS saw that
the arrow had pierced the bears iugular
vein. The bear gave a roar the instant
the wound started to bleed and made d
break for q piece Of woods. 1t fell dead
befre it had gone q dozen rods. and it
had bled to death when Mr.. Milks reach
ed it.
Mr.. WOrthingtOn, who had seen Mr.
Milks giving battle to the bear from his
house, was running up the hill with II
rifle when the bear died. and he hitchcd
q team to a stone boat and drew the bear
over TO Mr. AIilks'S place. The bear
weighed 3S1 pounds.
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ATLANTA, ca, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 90, 1892.

casionally fall upon the earth are not sup
posed to come from the meteoric showers that
hut have probably another origin.
They are comparatively large mass
es and evidently move With a
much smaller velocity than that Of the or
binary meteor. Whence they come we do
not know. hut there is no similitude between
them and such Il phenomenon as the comet
that is now visible in Andromefa.
The only effect Of more than Spectacular in.
the earth and the comet would BE suffered
by the comet itself IL its substance were
not entirely consumed In the atmosphere.
what was loft of it after the cncouiltcr would
never he able to find its old path again, but
might be DETECTED in such direction that
il would finish its career In the hl'zIng fur
mace Of the sun itself Indeed If the comet
approaches any neHrcr than i million miles
tn" effect of the cnrt.1S attraction unon it
will 10 to urodutcr Il very great alteration in
the form Of It's orbit And SO. after oh. the
real question is not what is the comet going
to do to She earth bat what is the earth go
ing to do with the comet.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-29
A STORY OF TWO COINS.
The Peculiar Position In which a Gentle ma
Found Himself.

Mr. Charles +. landlord, the tragedian.
tells good story Of how he came near being
an unbelicvcr in tho honesty of mankind.
After Mr. landlord mad completed his ar
engagements for starring tour tins season,
he felt the need of some recreation and took
a steamer from New York for a European trip.
The steamer the Teutonic and on board
were 4 number OF actors including Bob Hill
lard and Burr Mcintosh.
One stormy night party Of five. among
whom Mr.. landlord. conErcSatcd i'll the
smoking room Of The steamer for Il quiet game
of poker. The limit was small one but the
game was rapid and in short time ing biils
looking for change. Mr. landlord was
little ahead of the game and he WAS asked
by one of the members of the company to
change Il one-hundred bill. In making this
change he drew from his pocket lot of coins,
both gold and silver, among which was Il pc
cuiarly shaped piece of Egyptian coinage and
that there were but two in existence.
This particular piece was so priced by Mr..
landlord that he exhibited it to the company
and explained the manner by which he came
into possession of it. winding UP by stating
that there were but two in existence ut that
time. The game progressed and money chang
ed hands frequently and finally when lights
were ordered out the poker party arose to
retire. Then Mr.. landlord discovered that
his Egyptian coin was missing. lie explained
to his fellow players the circumstances and
turned every one of his pockets inside out.
convincing them that the coin he had in his
possession short time ago WAS missing. His
loss was depiorcd by all OF the players Who Y
pressed sympathy and three of them imme-
diately desired 10 be searched The. steward
was called in, and notwithstanding : Hand
ford protests, they ordered tn" ward to
make a thorough examination Of = ,ir per-
sons. This was done without succeA Out the
fourth man refused positively to bq"oMrched.
He gave nc reasons but protested hist> ubcencc
of the theft. but suspicion pointed ( him as
the guilty party and every man n [ from
his seat thoroughly convinced Of the fact that
the man who refused to allow an examination
Of his pockets was the guilty man.
During the remainder Of the trip he was re-
garded with suspicion and avoided by his fol
low passengers thief.
Last September Mr.. Handf"r3 WIN" y. ~
York booking ing trip for this sea son Is !''uiiUS
t:i7"".' 'r>+." "a, gent, ;:,4l IL los FtIs-
pected, on broadway. In the meantime Mr.,
landlord had found the missing coin In the
lining Of his vest. He asked why the gentle
man had refused to be searched and the as
toniShng reply was made ''you said there were
only two coins in existence of that peculiar
design. You possessed one. ! possessed the
other. Had | been searched at that time YOU
would have claimed my coin and bra ldcd we
without doubt as thief. Suspicion was against
mo hui proof lacking and | chose sus-
picion rather than the direct accusation"
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SLEW BEAR WITH BOW AND ARRoR.
Curious Nineteenth Century Exploit OF
Pennsylvania Farmer.

Scranton November 22-Farmer
George a. Aiilks, of Eastman Hlli, III
Forks township. saw bear lu2&lnG Il
sheep across one of his fields soon AFTER
daylight last Thursday morning. MI.
Milks had started up the hill TO salt the
sheep, and he didn't notice the bear unl1
he saw the flock racing around the pas
ture in great disorder The bear soon dis
appeared in Il rayine to the cast OF the
field. with the sheep i'll It's paws. MI
MilkS hadn't seen a bear on ms place III
nineteen years before, and he made up
his mind that it would feed on the sheep
in the ravine long enough for him to go
get a gun and shoot it SO ne haSteneu
to the house, but he found that his gun
hadn't been returned by nelghDor VINO
had borrowed 1t few days before, ana
he hunted up d bow and three steel point
ed arrows that his son had brought home
from his boarding school i'll the summer,
and started on a run for the rayine.
He struck the creek a few rods below
where the bear had entered the ravine,
and presently he got sight of the bear i'll
some bushes. A stiff north wind was
blowing down the creek, and 1t made SO
much noise in the SaplingS that the bear
didn't hear Mr.. Nlilks'S steps, and MI.
MilkS got near enough to see tllat me
beast had torn the sheep to pieces ana
was eating. 1t kept its head moving from
side to side while it gobbled down 'le
iuicv mutton, and it held the sheep 10 me
ground with its paws as though 1t was
Il i'raid OF losing it.
Mr.. Milks tiptoed IN till ne got Wlthlh
o few yards of the thief, ana men ne
DuIled no and sent an arrow towards
the bears ribs The bear jumped clear
over the sheep, spat the meat OUT, gave
below of pain and fright that made the
ravine ring. and snapped at the spot
where the sharp point OF the arrow stuck
in its flesh, pulling it out with Its teeth.
Mr.. NIilks fired another arrow into the
right shoulder as it turned partly around,
and it picked that out i'll a jlify, seized
n portion of the sleeps carcass, and
started up the ravinc as fast as it could
Waddle. Mr. NIiikS ran after it. picked up
the two arrows and fired one at the bear.
It struck the bears left ham and doubled
it's specd, but it chung to the mutton and
followed the bank Of the stream. The
arrow kept paining it, and pretty soon the
bear reared UP on its launches. The
movement drove the arrow deeper into
the flesh and broke it in two, and the bear
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UNREST


| have grown weary of the same old story,
| cannot care If ii he false true.
Love hath no power to crown my life with
glory,
Nothing is new.
| am so weary OF the same old places.
And / would rest from what / hold most
Would turn away my eyes from all sweet faces
AS they appear.
| cannot think of summer days hereafter
With low, soft voices singing loves own
tune,
For | am weary Of all sounds Of laughter,
All skies of June.
It seems so long since | could rest from
dreaming,
And all the night my heart Is opprest,
With WEAKNESS OF thoughts that are bn, seem
Ing.
And thoughts unrest.
I wonder If In all our Lords dominions
There be no place so still, and dark, and
deep.
The soul therein might furl her weary pinions
At last and sleep!
LOLA MARSHALL DEAN.
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astronomers announcing the discovery OF Il
faint comet by Mr. Freeman, in Brighton,
England. Its position on November oath,
3S9 Greenwich mean time. was right asccn-
sion 0 hours, 30 minutes; decliuaton north
so degrees. . minutes. 1t has Il motion di-
rectlv south three degrees daily. 1t is about
six degrees south of Holiness comet.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-29
Another Comet Discovered.

Boston, November 26.-A cable message
was received tonight from the European lnis>n
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-29
hiding in His Own Hair.

From The Pitsburg Dispatch
Wilhelm Schmidt. living four miles south
of C0nneaut, Ohio, has become one of the
most remarkable freaks outside of the mn.
seums. He has been in this country thirty.
four years, but is unable and unwilling to
speak word of English, living with his wife
and daughter on an isolated little farm that
yields corn and potatoes enough for the trio
A visitor, from curiosity, called on the old
man today, and thus describes what he saw:
what proved to be Schm~-t sat i'll an arm.
chair in the center Of the one-roomed house
Only a huge mound of hair surrounding his
shoulders was visible-not a human feature to
be seen Schmidt propped his cane agnins.
his chair, and with both hands pulled this
shock of hair open, showing his face, which
was bleeched and uncanny looking, like yege.
tables grown under cover. Only for minute
was the old mans face to be seen, for he
dropped the cutrain Of hair back over it, saw.
ing in German that he did not like the light
and could not endure il. The great mass OF
hair fell as thiclily over his face in front as
over the back If his head. Schmidt has worn
his hair as Il hiding place for his head and
face for eighteen years. and stcadfaStly re.
fuses have it cut His Pyestght has been
practically destroyed by having the light shut
from it long"
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Chicago, November 2t.-Spm"thinE in IN
hnIJc space went "a Infinite smash lass night
and enough stars dropped inm tue frin;i-
ne Mt 10 stock a new world. "a every side
brilliant metpors could be seen falling Flash
after fash followed Icy pale .ray track,
slowed tha presence and cause OF r,e mcteurs.
The display was largely coniiaed 10 he north
and east. The sky was clear and Jie night
cool and dark.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-29
4 LOVE MOUNT4IN SONG.

In response to Stanton's 'Love-Flower Song'D
You in your sweet home where the mountains
rise
And kiss the autumn sky;
And l, where the orange bloom quickens and
dies
Before my tcar-fllcd eye.
And yet your song, heart waited. seems to
bring
OdorS Of mountain dew,
Ny winter blows the balsamed breath Of
spring
And dreams with dreams for you.
Winds Of the North. that pipe by day and
night,
Sing me the poets song
Bring me q snowflake very fair and bright
And kiss me-it's not wrong.
o deafness notes. sweet breath of mountain
air
Watt to my life anew,
That | may place them with my roses fair
And keep them there for you
WIGJ!TMAN FLETCHER MELTON
LecSburg. Fla, November u. 1892.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-06

Raleigh. y. c., oct. 5.-Special.-Joh IL
TayeS. chairman Of the State Republican
committee. returned to his heliluarters
here TO-DAY from New York where ne nae
been In consultation with the national he-
puhlican leaders. Eaves went 10 New lorS
10 try to get campaign money to use ia "a
tbis State. but IL is learned 10 day that ne
failed to get IT, IL Is also learned that the
leaders had under consideration the ques-
tion OF withdrawing the State Republican
ticket I'm North Carolina and also In Ten
nessee. II Is not believed. however that
the ticket will be withdrawn In this state
as the Republicans stand a better chahee
OF success than ever before. II Is though.
their talk Of withdrawal Is only 70 tnro"
the Democrats OF their guard.
The board OF &C mmissioners OF TINS county
have created considerable comment mere
by appointing Third party poll-holders@ "a as
we'll as Democratic and Republican. inc
law of the State does not require poli-
holders representing a third party 10 De
appointed, but they demanded IL and their
demand ives complied with.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-06
GEORGIA Is ALL RIGHT.
30. 600 DEHOCRATIC MdJORiIf'
A Large Number OF Negroes Vote the
Democratic Ticket, Ohsetiing '"o
white Peoples Parry Votes.

Atlanta. Oct. 5.--1he State election
progressed quietly. The Republican
State convention refused TO put candl-
date for governor in the field. and state
Chairman Buck. United States marshal
issued circulars calling upon the kepuo-
Hcans 10 vote with the Peoples party as
the most effective way Of defeating the
common eremy.
The colored wing Of the party, how
ever, resented what they called Buck
interference. and voted pretty heavily
for Northern. the Democratic candidate.
All the colored clergy and school-teachers
voted tbat way.
The normal Democratic majority IS
5000, but the vote 50 far polied to-day
indicates the election Of the DcnOcrauc
ticket By a majority OF 3O.oOO.
The large loss of the white vote through
the desertion TO the Peoples party Is
Offset to great extent by negroes Young
the Democratic ticket
The legislature. which consists OF i'9
members, will have about 80 Third
party members.
Returns received by the Atlanta Jour
nal from 100 out of l3. counties IN the
State show that the election passed OH
quietly and that an unusually large vote
was polled. The Third party polled a
l.rgc vote in the rural districts, and the
white ard black Republicans generally.
voted that ticket. The stay-at-home
Demo, ratio voters all came out this year,
and the result is one Of the largest
votes ever cast in the State.
The Democrats lead N ninety of the
l.rgest counties of the State, and the
probabilities ire that the Democrats Will
G, rry the State by rot less than 10000
mi jority and elect three-fourths of the
rCmbcrs of the legislature.
Sd'rLIeh. Ga, Oct. 5.-Neary. all the
negroes voted fons Governor Northern
and the remainder of the Democrat"
t,cket in preference to the Third party
ticket, endorsed by Colonel Buck, the
Republican leader The Democratic ma
Jorlty of this county will be about $500.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-06
LfNCHED And SHOT,
Brutal Negro Punished in the Same Old
Way for the Same Old Crime.

Nashville, Oct 5.-News has Just been
received in this city Of Il lynching which
occurred at Montpelia, in the Seventh
district, this county, last night. The fol-
lowing are the facts:
TN Saturday night last Alex. Bell (col-
ored) went to the residence OF Mrs. J..
). Jones' widowed lady, and attempted
an assault upon the person of Miss Sal
lie Jones, her eldest daughter. The la
dies had retired for the night, and were
awakened by finding Bell In bed with
them The screams of the women at
tracted their neighbOrs, and upon their
entering the room Bell made his escape
thrOurh the back door. Sunday he was
arrested and made his escape again. but
was shot through and through in the at
tempt. the ball entering his right side.
He was again arrested Monday by Phil
Hollands (colored). When the officers
entered the house Bell was in bed nursing
his wounds. However he was able 70
snap a shotgun four times AT the officers.
Fortunately it was not loaded. FINALLY
Deputy Sheriff Kinnard started with Bell
to jail, but before they had gone far they
were confronted by q mob of hundred
citizens kinnard did all in his power TO
Gisperse the mob. and did so successfully
for fifteen minutes, but was finally over
powered. Bell was then hanged 10 a limD
and his body was riddled with 0ullets;
He finally confessed his crime, ana dld
not murmur while being executed.
Miss Jones is a highly respected young
lady. and has many friends who sympa-
thize with her. Fortunately she IS not
hurt beyond a few scratches on the face
ond neck
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-06

Washington. Oct. 5.--Lieutenant Com
mander Maynard. commanding the
United States steamship Pinta, stationed
in Alaskan waters. has written to the
Navy Department from Sitka, under date
of September LIST, Of the rescue of Pro-
fessor H. Freid and two assistants, who
have been engaged in making a scientific
examination of the Muir glacier during
the summer.
Medical Inspector T. G. Walker has
been ordered to duty at the Naval Acade-
my.
Lieutenant T. +. Beatty has been de-
tached from the Ranger and ordered to
the Mantonomoh; Medical Director Kid
der from the Naval Academy and ordered
TO the Port Royal naval station: Passed
Assistant Surgeon w. +. Arnold from
duty at the Port Royal naval station and
ordered to the training ship Richmond.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-06
A Railroad Accident.

Danville, Va, Oct Especial. The
wreck on the Danville and Western rail-
way scven miles west Of Martinsville
sc tstt rday afternoon was not a very So
rious matter, as no one was seriously
hurt. Br; KEENAN, Myers, the only man
Injured, received Oily bruises and was
able TO resume his duties to-day. The
train which went into the trestle over
Sn0wbird creek WIS composed of an
crgine, bOx-car and a passenger car.
While the trestle was creaking and
going down the engine pulled over in
safetr to the other side. but the tender
and the cars went down with the d.
m"lshed trcstle.
Only four passengers were ebo9rd, and
they escaped with only bad scare. The
tie was rebuilt to-day, and this after
room all the trains resumed their regular
schedules.