Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-25

to thee; thou makest the cactus
shrub thy pillow and casteth down
thy bed under the north star; the
darkness and light are both alike
to you.
l will praise thee though | am
fearfully and wonderfully made;
marvellous are thy works and that
my soul knoweth right well.
Behold, | registered according to
Hoke and did enter. upon and oc-
cupy according to Grover the First:
l did line up in the dust like a camel
in the desert; | made the race upon
a fiery mustang that smelt not the
sooner from afar; | rode thirty
miles an hour.
Yet thou neither breathed dust
into thy nostrils nor galloped over
the prairie under the sun of noon;
thou earnest in, thou drovest thy
tent peg and 10. when l came in
sight thine oxen had plowed mighty
burrows; thine hand maidens were
MASKING the clods of the valley
with Il great mash and thy better
two-thirds was footing the dinner
horn.
Verify. verify, | say unto thee, that
the man with the race horse and he
that mounts the first train must
start three weeks before breakfast
or the sooner will capture the worm.
will arise and go to my wife's
people, for the sooner is in ii and all
is vanity saith the preacher.
Kansas Notes.
Worlds fair socials have taken
the place of toe socials" in Kansas
society.
Fairmont and Garfield colleges at
Wichita are now united. The Gar
field building is now deserted.
AT Il coming wedding in North
Lawrence floating island and cold
"chine" are to be among the delica-
cies of the refreshments.
1t is said that Ex-Governor
Humphrey dresses better than he
used to when ID. o. McCray kept
him. He has discarded the long
Prince Albert.
The Wichita Eagle talks of Sip
ping the nectar of Joe and Juno"
The nectar of Tom and Jerry isn't SO
fearful bad these cold mornings
either.
Lawrence Gazette: The "Centu-
plicate' club is new organization
of colored people in Topeka. and
there is a suspicion that they drew
on John ]. Ingalls, for their name. .
Wellington Mail: An Arkansas
City man is buying all the hedge
apples he can get. Since we come
to think about it, there is something.
peculiar about those Arkansas City
pies.
Abilene Reflector: The latest pro-
posal for the classification of abb
lene society is to call all who were
here before the boom the "Old fami-
lies" of town. AS very few have
come here since the boom it would
let nearly everybody i'll.
Topeka is a great town to stand
by it's own statesmen. y drum ma
ior for an Uncle Toms Cabin show
was fined in Topeka the other day
for vagrancy. Only home politi-
clans are allowed the use of the To-
peka sidewalk without license.
Hays City Sentinel: Parson Muck
low of Salina demanded to know,
Can a. business man be Il true
Christians" That depends, parson.
Now, business man running a
Joint or a newspaper can be the
purest kind of Christian without
turning hair. but il is up hill work
for those fellows who put sand in
their sugar and rob the glue factory
to make sausage.
AT Emporia they use the lateness
of mo. s. for filters on the local pa
pers. at Wichita they fill up with
Rufe Cone or Oklahoma news; at
Lawrence the electric road up Mount
Dread or the water works is very
present help on dull day: at Abb
lene they have an Ed. Little copy
hook; at Salina gypsum and sun
flower paper do in pinch; at Par
sons it is the Katy" at Pittsburg
it is the mines; at Topeka Eugene
Hagan has succeeded Peck; at
Atchison the cake headache is all
right, and at Leavenworth they just
run over the divorce docket.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores ulcers. salt rheum. fever
sores, letter. chapped hands. chilblains
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-