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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-12

In the matter of arbitration between North
western Guaranty Loan company m
Charles E. CHANNEL. Northwestern Guar
anty Loan Company, appellant, VS.. Charles
B.. Channel, respondent. Order affirmed.
GILFILLAN, G.. j..
An agreement to submit certain mat
tiers to arbitTatOrS under the statute is of
no effect if the names of tie arbitratOrs
are not in it when it is acknowledged.
They cannot be inserted afterwards.
The statutory rule for computing time
does not apply to ascertain the day, or
the last day, on which a thing may be
done, where such a day is expressed by
its date.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-18
OUR CITY MARSHAL.

\ good many mistrusted City
Marshal ellis ability when he first
received the appointment and when
he came out with his new uniform
and bright and shiny buttons near
~ everybody said he would make a
miserable failure, but after several
months active service as Chief OF
police of the city of Baxter Springs
and city marshal we believe the
sentiment is almost universal that
he il one of the best and most &C
ceptable officers we have ever been
be s ID with.
Mack Gill was originally born i'll
Ohio a short time before the war on
one of the large dairy farms near
Waupakenettic, where he invented
a patent milking machine which
was signal failure, having caused
the loss of life and limbs to several
dairy maids by being kicked up
through the roof of the barn. Mack
then enlisted in the war for the
Union and after he and Col. March
(also from Ohio had succeeded in
putting down the rebellion he re-
moved to Kansas.
In 1886 he arrived in Baxter and
engaged in the livery business and
at odd times assisted Jones and
Henstreet in private detective and
fly cop work, where he inculcated
the first principles of his present
occupation, advancing rapidly from
roundsinan to chief of police.
MWshal Gill has large string of
friends and admirers, including the
usual number of dining room girls.
He does both his administrative
and executive work in such a skill
full, polite and artistic manner it is
considered by many quite COM
pliment to be taken in charge and
ushered into the cooler. He is sell
dom obliged to use force and never
uses club. Offenders respect the
man as well as his Office and uni
form, and frequently come i'll and
give themselves up so that the mar
shall may not be put to unnecessary
trouble in hunting them.
We believe it is conceded that
under the present administration
the city ordinances have been rig
idly enforced. Halloween passed
off as quietly as Mineral and al
though "a number of small boys
have never since been heard of no
questions are asked, knowing that
our chief has done his whole duty
in the premises and the missing
boys will some day have nice obit-
uary notices written up by Col.
Weldy i'm the Galena Republican.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-18
DREAns nxED WITH BUSINESS.

We did not go to the Worlds fair
and we are glad Of it. Many OF
those who did 90 have been ruined
for life and others are but mental
and physical! wrecks. The Cherokee
county journalists who took in the
fair have all returned alive, but
their dreams are so mixed with
their business that few of them
know whether they are married or
single. Col. Weldy, the representa-
tive newspaper man of the county,
did not arrive IN Chicago until
after the lnfanta had gone, but his
acknowledgements with Greek statuary
ANA the bow-legged Princess of Da-
homa so unsettled his once power
full mind that he has given up active
life and mis- wife runs the news
paper.
And so it is has been with many
other Kansas newspaper men. ALI
son, Lea. Dillnan and others of the
fraternity who left the state in the
full vigor and bloom have returned
in more or less deteriorated con-
dition. Il is said that Allison took
$500 rides on the Ferris wheel and
Asa Lea contracted q chronic case
of vertigo while gazing at the
Nautch dancing girls.
But there is one newspaper man
who might safely have gone to the
fair and never been missed. The
Modern Light man, who gave the
Baxter reunion such roasting,
could safely have passed through
every department without a scratch.
The man who worked his way un-
scaihed through Hartley's fakirs
could have taken in the Moorish
Harem. the Persian Palace, the
Spanish Nunnery and the Egyptian
nunmies without an improper
thought. In fact he would have
looked or those things in spirit of
reverence and awe. But with Weldy
and most other editofs it is differ
ert. They have feelings and SYM
pathetic chords which belong to
human beings in their natural state
and it would have been better, far
better, for their peace of mind and
souls salvation had they stayed
away.
We did not go to the fair and our
readers can see that we are able
even in these trying times to get
out tie finest edition of the best
newspaper ever published in Cher
okee county. The destinations that
have attracted so many OF our
friends and lured them TO destruc-
ton never affected us in the least.
We are satisfied to stay in Baxter
Springs. Baxter is good enough for
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-18
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

There is perhaps no better indi-
cation of the progress of a commu-
nifty than the condition of its pub
lie schools. Baxter Springs may
well be proud OF her public school
eight months. Eight teachers and
a superintendent are employed for
this time. In this district there are
800 boys and girls of school age
and of these 400. or more than 10
per cent, are attending school. The
attendance in most towns in this
section of the state is about 30 per
cent of the school population.
The course of study includes
eight years of grade work and three
years in the high school.
We have no hesitancy in saying
that there is not another high
school in this section of the state
that has as complete and thorough
a course of study as the Baxter
Springs high school. Its graduates
are admitted, conditioned on one
study, without examination, to the
State University or any other of the
state educational institutions. The
aim of the high school is thorough
ness in all work. and we believe, in
this respect, it will compare favora-
bly, with the high schools of many
larger cities.
/ There are about 40 pupils attend
ing the high school. some of whom
reside in the country near this city.
| The colored schools are in the
same building as the white and do
the same grade of work, but have
separate rooms and colored teach
ers.
Throughout the schools good
work is being done and the disci-
pline is excellent.
Much credit is due Prof. c. S.
Bowman, who for four years has
| been superintendent of our schools.
1t is through his efforts, more than
anything else, that the present de-
gree of excellency has been at
tanned.
Eastern parties who wish to visit
the Peoria mines should come to
Baxter Springs and take the hack
which makes daily trips. Peoria is
10 miles south of Baxter, Springs
and is one of the iiveliest mining
camps in this section.
Ex-Governor Crawford will spend
the most of the coming winter in
Washington, but will close his office
there permanently in the spring
and devote considerable of his time
n II.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-18
List OF Letters

What more could we ask:
List o. Letters
Remaining in the postofiice at BaX-
ter Springs, Kansas, for the week
ending November IL, 1893, which if
not called for within two weeks will
be sent to the dead letter office at
Washington, ID. c.:
Dock Watson Henry Wheat
John kaylOr Wash Davis
Mrs Lettic James Mrs Fannie Kemp
Misc Lizzie White
Miss Annie Lingcnfelter
Persons calling for any of the
above letters will please say"Adver-
tised," giving date of list.
WM. MARCH, l.. NJ.
Eastern parties who contemplate
removing to the West should not
fail to look this country over before
making final decision. None of
the Western states can compare
with this section in climate, water,
fruit, mineral, coal and all that
makes life happy. Take the Mem
phis Route from Kansas City.
John Hartley says the farmers of
Cherokee county are i'll better finan
cial condition than ever before. The
auction sales are less by one-half
than last year and fewer changes
are being made. Hartley is in a po-
sition to know and he is no pessi-
mist. He also draws a pension and
don't have to work.
The Catholic church six miles
sodth of Baxter Springs on the Qua
paw reserve will be dedicated on
Sunday. Nov. rs. The bishop for
the Indian Territory and three
priests will be in attendance accom-
panied by Catholic choir from
Muskogee, l. t.
Baxter Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons is now under full Roadway,
and the lineal descendants of Joshua
Aholiab and Zerubbabel are pre-
pared to receive all worthy pilgrims
who are anxious to see higher lights
of Masonry.
Dode Meads has always been an
ardent spirited prohibitionist, but
he says if they raise the tax on the
stuff any higher than ii IL now he
will quit the party.
When you have read this paper
mail it TO some friend in the East
who would be pleased 10 hear some
thing of the wild and woody West.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-18

us. We have the Chautauqua Cir
Gle, the Patriarchs of America, the
". c. I. L. and the city council.
What more could we ask:
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-18

When you have read this paper
mail it TO some friend in the East
who would be pleased TO hear some
thing of the wild and woody West.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-18

Ex-Governor Crawford will spend
the most of the coming winter in
Washington, but will close his Office
there permanently in the spring
and devote considerable of his time
to his Cherokee county farms.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-18

Dode Meads has always been an
ardent spirited prohibitionist, but
he says if they raise the tax on the
stuff any higher than it il now he
will quit the party.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-11-25
IT'S FULL OF PRETTY GIRLS.
The Peculiar Fame of Huntingdon and
Its Host of Mountain Bellies.

Huntingdon, Pa. is renowned among
! commercial travellers as a pleasant
resting place and among other travel
ers on the PENNSYLVANIA railroad as
"tlle drummer's heaven" From the
cars one sees nothing celestial about
it, nothing ut all but n few spires
reaching above dense foliage Mt a spot
where the Juniata curves between the
mountains. 1t Is an old-fashioned lit
tie Dutch town of narrow streets, Of
houses set flush upon the sidewalks.
ard of little shops whose signboards
all stick ont at right angles to tue win
davis. The low stoops, each with a
bench IN either side, attract some at
tenlion. But Mt night the secret of
the place is exposed. The most raw
isi,ing maidens crowd those stoops in
bevies so close to the pavements that
passersby could touch them if they
dared. Healthy, well developed girls
are they. all curves and graceful lines,
splendidly ample about and above
their waists, which arc those of the
old Greek statues They are mount.
ain girls. and hill climbing makes
them what they are. Their hard.
round necks, their plump faces. and
the strongly made arms that shine be-
meath the gossamcr sleeves they wear,
are all eloquent of their splendid
health.
These Huntingdon maidens are
mainly brunel1es, after the fashion OF
the old German stock of the early set
tiers, with coal black hair, olive skins,
great brown eyes, and heavy dark eye
brows. Yet, here and there among
th SIN, are a few of pure English stock,
with skin like ivory or cream, pink
Tipped, and with wide, dreamy blue
eyes. There are just enough such
blondes to lend piquancy to the crowd.
All the girls of every shade are dressed
in white from May until October.
Here and there one sees q bow of blue
ribbon on n brunettc's head, and now
and then n pink waist ribbon. or u red
one, trailing far behind in two long
"tollow-me-boys,' rs they used to cal
them in the country, or "beau-catch'
ers," as they say now. But the dresses
are all white, simple, pure white. witt
wiuglike sleeves and ample skiles, O.
lawn Or null or organdy or silk.
Sitting thus in groups, or walking
III Gou!licS ltOuSu luo tNdttlL OiI
streets all freshly toiletted, all bare
headed, and all seraphically white, ant
filling The air with lively speech ant
laughter, they distinguish the quie
place and earn for it the queer nick
name Of "the drummcr's heaven"
But not all drummers' resorts are 81
moral as Huntington. 1t is ston'
dead on Sundays and looks deserted
except as church is called or closes
Notices posted in the fields of the out
lying farms indicate the character 0
the town, for these forbid card play
ing, shooting and picnicing on til
premises. SO good and virtnous i
the town that the %ragamut1ins an
l%oafers. who must gamble to be happy
could find no shelter in any house, an,
so took TO playing in tine fields, unit
their doings made scandal and the nc
tees were put up.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-11-25
A Story Out of the West.

I got Mr.. Hcalev TO tell nc that
story, but it was by no means the
equal in old-time flavor of others that
| heard and heard of. He and n COM
panion were out after lhieving Indians
near Fort Benton, and they were tired
and hungry. They saw some horses
and Two mounted men, and rode up TO
them. MIR. Healey rode close to the
men. and they slipped tf the beasts
they were riding and rested their rifles
on The saddles in a decidedly threaten
ing II "Who are you?" ono
cried. "We're white men," Healey
shouted, riding closer. "But who in
- are you" the stranger insisted.
By this. time Mr.. Healey was so close
to the men that he could see what sort
of rifles they were "heeled" with.
Quick! who are you?" "uealey,"
SAID the hero of tho story. "rhen
throw up your hands. - you'll" was
the answer. Instantly Mr.. Healey
threw himself sidewise over his horse
so as TO expose but one foot, and dashed
away for his life. His companion fol-
lowed suit. AS they rode away Mr..
Henley said: "Iliey'vo been stealing
horses, and Pm going back to STAN
pede the horses and get them away.
Come on"
you'll get killed-and that's all
you'll get" the other replied. But
Mi. Healey OIL his superb horse was
dashin. back as if the grass was on
fire behind him. Both men rode right
up to the bunch of stolen horses and
began firing at the men, who were
still behind the barbados they had
formed of their horses. Mr.. Healey
shot both their saddle-horses and
stampeded the stolen steeds, eating
them away with him. Next day one
of the thieves WAS captured and
brought into Fort Benton Dy some Que
else, aud on the day after that Mr..
Healey rode out for the other scamp.
He rode up to n shack, or rude house,
where he suspected the other dcsper.
ado would hide, and learned that tho
man he wanted would soon return;
that he had gone away for water.
When the man did return, Healey,
standing in the doorway of the shack,
covered the man with his gun and re.
marked: alt is my turn now; hold uE
your hands"
That was the only time that, as con
stable or sheriff, lie had occasion tc
threaten Il mans life in order TO make
an arrest.-HaDe3'S WeeEiy.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-11-25
COLoRED STATESMEN.
TALK WITH THE ONLY NEGRO MEM.
Der OF CONGRESS.
representative Murray, of South Carolina
speak. of Ills Career and Ii Future
of Ills Race.

The only colorcd man in congress
comes from South Carolina. His name
is George Washington Murray, and he
represents 2l6,oOo people. His district
is the famous black district, which was
represented by General Robert Smalls,
and it is the biggest negro district of
the union. 1t is 200 miles long and it
winds in and out like a snake, scallop-
ing the Atlantic coast and cutting the
State of South Carolina like Il saw. 1t
is the district set aside by the whites
of that state for colored representa-
ton. 1t contains few towns and only
one.ffth of its population is white.
There is no question about George
w. Murray's ancestry, says Frank b.
Carpenter in u recent letter. Livery
feature of his cannon-ball head is
modelled on. African lines. His COM
plexion is that of the ace of spades, and
his features are of the pronounced
negro type. He is by no means a bad
looking colored man. He stands about
3 feet 8 inches in his stockings, and is
broad shouldered and strong limbed.
He has shown himself to be Il man OF
nerve and a politician OF shrewdness.
He talks well, but butchers the kings
English in many of his sentences. He
has had to fight for all that he has, and
his education has been acquired in al
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-11-25
Al, pay Al tSe pesk.

Even in the strongest constitutions the
stock of vitality il not inexhaustible All
day At the desk, without q Tue modicum
Of ont of door exercise, is calculated to
pump the inherent vigor out of o healthy
man or woman with IS much certainty
~ water Is pumped out of u ships
hold by o donkey engine. Application
to business is praise worthy, of course.
but this may be oyerdone. Expand
your lungs, stretch yonr limbs with Wig
orous exercise ocrasioEally.a and above all,
II you find tina oyerwork has made In
roads upon health. try n curse OF Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which stimulates
digestion and regulates the bowels, liver
and system generally. 1t is h king OF
tonics. and possess qualities which, say
physicians, commend 1t to the use Of in
vaiids in general Beneficial In malarial,
rheumatic, kidney and nervous com
plRints.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-11-25
RuDYARD k,PLlNa in RETREAT
He Is Not Very Neighboriy and is Attending
Sfrictlu To RusinAss.

Strictly to Business.
Br%attleboro, VT, Letter In Provi-
dence journal: Rudyard Kipling is
living quietly and in domestic peace at
his house behind the hills which be-
longs to the Balestier place, and which
shut him from the view of nearly
everybody who does not go within q
few rods of his premises. He cannot
be seen at all from Mount Wantasti-
puet, the highest point in this vicin-
ity, and not until one approaches him
arc and the curve in the highway can
he be seen by anybody. This is IN
doubtediy as he desires. He is much
pleased with his arrangements, and
can be trusted to keep off intruders.
He has almost finished a long story,
"The Bridge Builders" but who has
purchased it ! know not.
Nearly every adult in B%rattleboro.
and about, knows who Kipling is, and
although some think him churlish. he
is generally respected. He is quite II
dependent in his action, yet he gives
tokens of gentlemanly and brotherly
instincts, and shows taste which COM
mend him more aud more to the good
opinion of the people.
An interesting story is tod OF his
tendency to cultivate flowers. He had
read Mrs. w. S. Duna's book on New
England wild flowers, and enjoyed it
so much that, in COMMON with many
others, he wrote to thank her for the
pleasure it had given him. In the
course Of the letter-in which Mr.. Kip
ling spoke of his love for lowers-he
asked Mrs. Dana's advice in regard to
transplanting certain species which he
wished to preserve md pleased he1
very much by saying he hated to dig
up the poor little things; it made "theil
roots squeak"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-11-25
.pa.dLier rhan e stol..

Highwayman--Halt! My urn has
come now. You are the book agent
who button-holed me on the streets Of
Broom City, and l had to buy n of
your bulky volumes in order to get
away before a crowd collected.
Book Agent-Y-e-s, but am selling
an entirely different book now. Allow
me to show you .
Highwayman-Save your breath!
Your money or your life!
Book Agent-Money! l had plenty a
few days ago, but the courts decided
that / must pay the funeral expenses
of all the people I had talked to death
and it took every cent l had. Now,
just glance at this prospectus Of the
latest, best -
But the h%i9hwayman had fled.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-11-25
HOW PINS ARE MADE.
CUT, POINTED. HEADED, ROLLED. AND
PACKED BY MACHINERY.
Wonderfully Ingen,ous Mechanism which
Turns Dat the Little "Bachelor'.
Friend" at the Ratio of 1900 an Hour.


The machine that makes pins turns
out $500 of these tiny essentials in an
hour. Before tho pin is finished it.
goes through very many operations.
which are described in the Youths
Companion as follows: A reel of wire
hangs o"ec the machine, the free end
of which passes between two rollers.
AS the wire leaves the rollers it
passes between two matched dies until
it touches a gauge. Just as itdoes this
the dies come together and clamp it
firmly in a groove in their face. At the
same time the machine outs it off the
proper length.
The gauge then moves away, and a
little punch forms the head by strik-
Ing the end which rested against the
gauge.
When this is finished the dies separ-
ate and deliver the pin into one of the
great many grooves in the face of the
wheel about Il foot in diameter, and
just as wide across its face as the pin
is long.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-11-25
Pointing the Pins
When the pin is taken by the wheel

EVE THOUSAND PINS AN HOUR.
1t has no point, but as the wheel turns
it rubs the pins against an outside
band, which causes each one to roll in
its groove, and at the same time carries
them past a set of rapidly moving files,
which brush against the blunt ends and
sharpens them roughly.
They next pass against the faces of
two grinding wheels, which smooth the
points, and then to a rapidly moving
leather band having fine emery glueu
on its face. This gives them the final
polish, and as they leave the band they
are dropped into a box underneath the
machine.
After this the pins are plated with
tin to give them a bright, silvery ap-
p%earance. They are prepared for plat
ing by being first immersed in weak
%sulphuric acid to remove all grease. and
then dried by being placed-a bushel or
SO at a time, with about the same guam
tity of sawdust-in Il machine called q
tumbling barrel.
This is simply a cask suspended on q
shaft which passes through it length
wise. Two or three hours rolling in
sawdust cleans the pins and wears
away any little roughness which the
machine may have caused.
Pins and sawdust are taken together
from the barrel and allowed to fall in
n steady stream through a blast Of air.
The sawdust, being the lighter, is
blown over into a large, room-like box,
while the pins, being heavier, fall into
a bin below.
After this they are spead outin traya
having sheets of zinc in their bottoms,
which have previously been connected
with mi of the wires of an electric bat
terry The trays are then placed in a
tann containing II solution of tin in
muriatic acid and the other wire of the
battery is inserted IA the solution.
Electrical action Immediately begins
and deposits metallic tin on the entire
surface of each pin.
They are then washed in a tank OF
water and put into other tumbling bar
rels with hot sawdust. When they
have been dried and cleaned of the saw
dust, as in the former instance, they
are put into a large, slowly revolving
copper-lined tub. which is tilted at ar
angle of about AS degrees.
AS this %revolves the pins keep slidin.