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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
THE MOST WONDERFUL PILL

They relieve where all others fail.
They are called Beggs Little Giants,
and are rightly named. Remember
the name aud call for them at the
best store in town. Kane keeps
Them
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

DIBD.-On Wednesday, Jan. 20,
1895, at the home of her parents
near Melrose, Florence, the six
months-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. 7. Davidson. Funeral serv
ices were held Thursday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

Parsons Liquid Electricity is the
only medicine on the market that ID
positively guaranteed TO cure
Rheumatism, or no pay. Sold by
w. E. Price, Baxter, and 7. Folger,
Lowell.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
Beggs' Hair Remover

Is POSITIVELY THE BEST HAIR
TONIC ON THE MARKET. 1t
will STOP hair falling out or
turning gray. Give it a trial.
Every bottle warranted to give
perfect satisfaction by your popular
druggist, A. r. Kane.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
First published Jan. ., iS0
10 .he DI..rIet court. ohelotss eounty,

In the District Court. Cherokee county,
Kansas.
Mona Boyce. plaintiff. Notice
Markus c. Boyce, defendant.i Defendant.
To Mnrius c. Boyce; You are hereby
notified that you have been sued by Mona
Boyce, In the district court OF Cherokee
county, Kansas, In which court plaintiffs
petition a fled. and you must answer
Plaintiffs petition ON OF before March the
18th, 1eos, or said petition will be taken as
true. and Judgment rcndered agllnst you
for divorce, and custody Of Louis Boyce.
MONA BOYCB,
ByW. II. HoRNoK, her atty.
Tirst publication Jan. .. las)
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

The price of corn continues low.
! The open winter we are having has
a great deal to do with the price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

Coughing irritates the delicate organs
and aggravates the disease Instead Of
waiting. try One Minute Cough Cure. !
helps at once. making expectorstion easy.
reducing the soreness and Inflammation.
Everyone likes H. W. z. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
No .xens. Cor sleenless niuhis when va

No excuse for sleepless nights when you
can procure One Minute Cough Cure.
This will relieve all annoyances. cure the
most severe cough and give you rest and
health. Can you afford to do without it,
w + Price
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

Before A. Macdonald, justice of the peace
for the City of Baxter Springs, Cherokee
county, Kansas.
w. II. Hornor, Plaintiff,
W..
The Advance Thresher Co., Defendant.
To the Advance Thresher Company:
You are hereby notified that on the nth
day uf January. 1896, an attachment was
issued against you In the above action. by
A. Macdonald. justice Of the peace for the
city OF Baxter Springs, Cherokee county.
Kansas, for the sum Of So, and said action
will be heard before said justice of the
peace ON the 9th day Of February, 1899, ut
. O'Clock a. ma, W.. H. HORNOR,
Plaintiff.
First published Ian. ., isss.l
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

The finest stock of goods in the
country is to be found at A. Il.
Kane's. He also has secured the
sale of Beggs' Family Medicines.
Every bottle warranted. They will
rive YOU satisfaction.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
Frank w. WardwelI is holding

Frank w. Wardwell is holding
down his old job again-with
Clemens, Gloon * Co. of Kansas
City. He was in Baxter the first of
the week in the interest of his firm
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

Remember, We have a large lot Of
chattel mortgage blanks. Also
blank biIls of sale.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

Caples' Chill Cure is dead shot.
No cure! No cost! W. +. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

Kansas was admitted to the
Union IS years ago Wednesday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

Thomas Mcconnell of Melrose
has been granted an increase in his
pension.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-07
But the Young Man Did, and He Won
His Point.

From the Mail and Express.
On Third avenue car this morning
an inoffensive young man sat on the
back seat and puffed at cigar of the
FL Cabbage brand. At Grand street a
little. wiry. nervous woman boarded
the car. She paid her fare in pennies
and then turned upon the young man.
You are no gentleman" she said.
i amt lady. either said the young
man, cheerfully.
II only wish your father was here"
calculated the woman.
Lucky for him he amt" said the
young man, seeing it's leap year"
The passengers laughed and the con-
ductor snickered. The woman was
angry. She began to abuse the con-
ductor and threatend to report him.
What have done?" asked the con-
ductor plaintively.
why don't You put that man OFF,"
wrathfully demanded the woman. Hes
smoking"
He has the right to smoke" said the
conductor Read that sign" The
woman read. and then, with very red
face, said: well. you have been inso-
lent. anyway, and l shall report you
and have you discharged"
You may make your Compla int.
madam" said fine looking old gentle
man, who had listened to the forego-
ing, but it will receive 40 attention"
Who are your snapped the woman.
Merely one of the directors of this
road" said the old gentleman.
The woman blushed and left the car
Are you really director of this
road?" asked reporter for the Mail
and Express. init" chuckled the old
man.
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thither in their erratic chase. gave the
thing up and turned our steps home
ward.
Now. for the first time, We thought
of looking at our watches, and jenkins
found to his dismay that it was half
past nine o'clock. For two hours he had
been parted from his angel, as he per-
sisted in calling her; whereas he had
promised to return in an hour. j gave
the matter naturally no concern. but
with my companion it was different.
He fairly led me on q run to his house.
on the way he seemed to be distrait and
preoCCupiCd, he answered my remarks
ut random, and il was very evident that
there was Il weight of goodly dimen-
sions upon his mind. why" thought
]. will a man, who is born to the nObil-
ity Of freedom, voluntarily. yes, long
ingly. make a slave of himself to a crea-
ture in pctticoats. so that he trembles
at the anticipation of her diSpleasure?"
When we arrived at the house, Frau
jenkins received us calmly and with Il
SuspiCiuusly gentle tone. With me she
was coldly, but studiously polite and l,
noticing that her manner had still
further depressed my unhappy friend,
took leave OF the couple with all haste
possible. and retiring to my chamber.
threw off my clothes and crawed into
bed, for I had had trying day of il,
and proposed to get q good nights rest
1t was not to be, for just then the
Jenkinses commenced to talk. That is
to say, the angel talked and the victim,
once in three OF four minutes, gave out
faint and submissive monOsyllable.
Their chamber was evidently next to
mine; the partitions We're not over and
above thick, and l could very well dis
tinguish the tones, the manner and the
infections. without the words them
selves reaching me. Her voice was low,
it was plaintive, but at the same time
insistent, and 1t was monotonous: and,
ever and anon, came that one protest
ing. defensive and melancholy word
from John jenkins. At ten o'clock /
turned over toward the wall, and
stuffed the sheet into my ears, and still
| heard it.
Their door was opened and closed
and in that moment heard the words:
I SIX months ago, you would not have
forgotten. If / could have believed
mother the rest of the sentence be-
ing lost by the shutting Of the door.
arose and paced the floor in veXatiOn
for the dull and wearing murmur of
the voice gave no signs Of abating.
More than aught else | fear talk
! ing woman, and in my misery, | yet
| gave thanks that | was not tethered to
one.
At eleven 7 flung myself upon the
| bed. and fell asleep and dOZed awhile,
ana then the voices stopped, and I sud-
| denly aWokc, as one does on q steam
ship when the crew stops revolving.
felt sense of blessed comfort, but it
! was only for moment. She was ap-
parently but resting. Once more that
stream of words commenced to flow
She was off again. | noticed now that
| there came no response from the cul-
| prit. That meek and deprocating
punctuation had ceased entirely. Was
he dead? The supposition was most
| plausible.
AT twelve there was no change, and
l arose and dressed myself completely
| and opened the French window and
| looked out into the night. In Olden-
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Then I shook my fist at him, and he
laughed immoderately and shouted
back just as he was disappearing that
/ might use his
l was not surprised that the man had
gone off in the balloon. There was
nothing to wonder at. for he might
have his own peculiar and sufficient
reasons for doing so. At the same
time, however. l did not go to the
length of supposing that he had climbed
up on the top OF the castle with the
express purpose of watching for bal
looms, and with the idea OF taking the
first one that came along.
noticed IL doorway opening upon
the platform, from one of the great
round towers before mentioned. The
door was ajar, and I thought that 1t
was probably by this means that the
man had come uot upon the roof. | went
TO this doorway and looked in. At first.
it was as dark as Erebus. but my eyes
becoming accustomed to 1t, perceived
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This was not what wished or in
tended. 1t was also not what l eX-
pected; but l did not wonder at 1t, nor
was ] at all surprised. j should have
known that If the balloon could carry
eight twenty-five pound bags of sand.
or two hundred pounds altogether. that
there would be no difficulty about its
getting away with me. who weighed
something less than hundred and sew
enty-five. The only trouble was that
] did not think of this fact until / had
cut those last two cords and all at
once found myself floating over the
house tops, with one arm and one leg
thrown over the edge of the car and
with both hands tightly gripping the
rim OF ii.
1t only arose to an elevation of .seN-
cnty-five OF eighty feet from the
ground; from which fact, l argued,
that some of the gas had escaped, 9TH
erwise, the weight being less, it would
have been more buOyant and gone
higher.
The wind had now changed. and the
balloon logged along at a pretty lively
rate, in n direction which would soon
bring it over the market place, from
which it had originally started. l now
thought l should be more comfortable
III
the effort to do So, but it was ticklish
operation, as l had to squeeze in be-
tween the cords which held it. Be
sides this. the car itself Tilted over so
abominably every time ] tried to get
into it. that | soon gave up the idea
and decided to ride it out as l was.
Being resigned TO this situation, |
now began to feel more at my ease, and
really to find some pleasure in this, to
me. novel mode of travelling. There
was full moon that night; but there
were many clouds floating across the
heavens. so that sometimes the streets
below me We're lighted up, and at 9TH
er times We're shrouded in darkness. l
haloOed at two or three belated pcdes-
trians who We're passing beneath me.
and noticing their astonishment and
dismay at being thus hailed from the
clouds above their heads, l took pains
to accost others in the same manner.
Two old ladies who We're plodding
homeward by the light of a lantern
which one of them carried were 50
startled by this diabolical summons
from the upper air that they dropped
the light and took to their heels as If
they We're competing in the Olympian
races.
In about five minutes l had passed
beyond the town in a southerly direc-
tion. and in four or five minutes more I
began to float above dense black for
est which seemed limitless in extent.
l had heard of a great forest therea-
bout. containing many square miles, a
forest which was the domain of a
strange and fierce old German noble,
the Graf Won Schreckenstrohm. This
was undoubtedly it. 1t had descended
to him directly from an ancestor VINO
lived in the Thirteenth century: a feu-
dal baron, who bore the sobriquet of
1.-The wild boar of Schreckenstrohm.
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dorf. some Of the best and most aristo-
cratic people lived in apartments over
the shops, and my friends apartments
were so situated. My room was in the
third story. and the French window.
which had opened, led out upon a fiat
roof, which was inciosed on three
sides by brick walls. and the fourth
side of which faced upon a street. I had
noticed this roof and this area when
was in my chamber before tea. They
seemed different to me now. There was
something there which ! had not seen
then. The area now was almost filled
with something vast and globular and
vague and vascilating. / stepped out
upon the roof and advanced toward
this monster. which, as j approached
took the appearance of a great yellow
rubber ball, twelve feet and more in
diameter: and It suddenly flashed upon
me that had found the runaway bal
loon.
I did not wonder at It. nor was I
surprised. 1t was the most natural
thing in the world. The roof was
guarded on the street side by an iron
fence or railing curiously wrought with
leaves and spikes, and the balloon
drifting that way, the cordage Of the
lower part had become entangled in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-07
LITTLE BOY BLUE.

The little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and stanch he stands:
>And the little toy soldier is red with rust,
And his musket molds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was
new.
And the soldier was passing fair
And that was the time when our Little
Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
"Now, don't you 80 till come he said,
And don't you make any noise"
So toddling off to his trundle-bed
He dreamt of the pretty toys.
And as he was dreaming an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue
Oh, the years are many, the years are
long,
But the little toy friends are true.
Aye. faithful to Little Boy Blue they
stand,
Each in the same old place,
Awaiting the touch of a. little hand,
The smile of little face.
And they wonder. as waiting these long
years through,
Tn the dust of that little chair.
What has become of our Little Boy Blue
Since he kissed them and put them
there. Eugene Field.
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this iron work, so that the aerial ship
was safely housed and concealed be-
tween these three walls.
etorship. II was clearly mine by all
the laws regarding salvage and treas
ure troVe. 1t struck me. somehow, that
the first thing to do was to entangle
the rigging where it had caught and 10
get the thing ship shape. When 1t was
wrecked, so to sneak, upon the railing.
several of the many cords which held
the car had become unfaStened or un-
hooked from the ring or hoop above.
and the car had tilted over. and had
rumped its contents-eight bags OF
sand-upon the roof. l righted the
wicker car and disentangied several or
the cords by which it should have hung,
and refastened them to the hoop at the
bottom of the balloon then, as it was Il
warm night, and l was somewhat
heated by the eXertiOn. took off my
coat, and because it was the handiest
place, threw it into the car. Very soon
there remained but two of the cords to
disengage from the ironwOrk. The
straining of the balloon made it so dfli-
cult that l threw one leg over the edge
of the car and bore my weight upon 1t.
SO as to slacken the cords. Even then
l could not get them {. So l took
out my knife and reached down and
cut them both with one stroke. The
balloon was now free. / knew it. be-
cause in one second, if lifted me about
fifty feet above the top of the build
ing.
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1t was also said that the present Graf
Won Schreckenstrohm had inherited not
only the forest and the great feudal
castle which stood upon an island in
the midst of the SchreckenstrOhm. but
also the peculiarities which gave to his
ancestor that playful nickname.
] was thinking about these matters
as / sailed along, at the rate of about
twelve miles an hour. over the tops of
the fir trees and pines. | was also
thinking about Jack and his wife, and
wondering what they would suppose
of my. sudden and unceremOniOus de-
parture. I also wondered whether Mrs.
Jenkins was still talking and the
thought of that made me quite con-
tented with the peculiar situation in
which l found myself, though / was
getting tired and felt very lame from
sticking to the same position, and hav-
ing to hold on so tightly: and would
willingly have got off at some way sta
tion and rested until the next balloon
came along.
After I had passed over the tops of
the forest for q mile or so, became
conscious of the sound of roaring
river. which increased in volume as
proceeded. Then there seemed to be a
break in the woods. and saw beneath
me the glittcring white foam of a mad
and mighty torrent. At the same time
there rose before me. from a rocky
island in the midst of the flood. a great
half-ruined, medieval castle. with
round towers and turrets. with keep
and barbacans and parapets galore
Gray and stern and spectrelike it loom
ed up before me. and ii seemed as though
I was about directly over it.
The direction which ] was now TAX
ing would bring me Immediately above
a wide embrasured paraDet, which
stretched between two towers. AT its
present altitude. the balloon would
clear it but a few feet. at once
decided that this was the way station
j was looking for, and that I would
alight there. When / was within fifty
feet of it, l beheld a man i'm his shirt
sleeves. standing behind the parapet
and watching me approach. Some per.
sons might have been astonished al
this. but l did not wonder at il in the
least. There was no reason why he
should not be standing on the roof OF
this castle at midnight in warm wealth.
er, if he wished.
As the balloon came up to him. he
sprang up and caught hold of the car
At the same moment, l dropped like a
cat, upon all fours, upon the roof.
When l arose and turned to accost him
I beheld him coolly sitting in the car
of the balloon. which was already pass
ing over the battlements at the further
side of the castle. ran across the stone
Platform to the edge. and called out to
him that he had my coat, in Il that he
must come back. He waved his hands
to me with exaggerated politeness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-07

the outside the initials: "A. Won D.,
Munich" At about this moment, also,
l discovered. in one of the pockets of
the coat which wore a letter, the en-
velope of which was postmarked Oh
dendorf and addressed to Herr August
Won Dunkelheim at Munich. I had
now discovered without doubt the
name OF the man who had stolen my
balloon. and by reading the letter ]
felt morally certain that I could find
out great many things about the
castle and its inmates. always pro-
Viding that 1t had any. I. however, re-
strained myself from taking the letter
from its envelope, reserving the right
to do so at some future time. should
occasion warrant it.
ITO BE CONTINTEDN
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SHE DlDN'T LIKE SMOKE.

(TO BE CONTINUED.D
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-07
THE SIX DUMB-BELLS
OF CASTLE SCHRECKENSTROHM.
BY DAVID SKAATS FOSTER. .
Hlthor OF "CrisiS in 0Idendorf."
Copyright. lss by the Bachelor Syndicate.

small-sized rope or thick cord. These
precautions they supposed to be per-
fectly adequate. and they perhaps would
have been under ordinary circum-
stances. but when the balloon was fuzzy
inflated and the aeronaut had removed
several of the sand bags preparatory TO
getting into the car there came along
a smart gust of wind. the great silk
dome bobbed suddenly to one side, the
rope which tethered the car broke like
Il piece of string and the machine was
out of reach before anyone had pres
ence of mind enough to seize it.
For some reason or other, probably
because it was weighted too heavily, it
rose only to an elevation of about 4
hundred feet: then it iloated away over
the heads of the populace. first this way
and then that way, as different puffs
of wind took it; and the crowd sour
ried along in its wake, with their chins
In the air and their mouths open, and u
great many ran up into the buildings
and got out on the roofs, with the fool
ish idea that they might capture it.
Then 1t grew darker, and it was i'm
possible any longer to distinguish the
balloon from the clouds, and Jack and J.,
who had followed the rabhle hither and
The evening times., 1896-09-23

and found 25 Mckinley men and IT Bryan
supporters, and six or seven scattered
amoDg other candidates. He says the chair
man OF the meeting admitted to him that n
majority OF the Democrats present would
vote against Bryan.
William Jordan, painter, twenty-five
years OF age, who had terrible fall yes
terday while painting Ioof at No. SEA
Grace street, Georgetown. after treat
nent at the Emergency Hospital, was
removed today to his home, No. 3411 y
street northwest,
wamer and HoIlingsworth of the Peo-
pies Veterinary Hospital state that the
mules employed by Contractor Strong on
the extension OF Massachusetts, avenue,
for whom Humane Agent Rabbit procured
warrants yesterday on the ground OF cru
city to animals, are Of the very best
stock and are highly-fed, Well cared For
animals Their sho ulders We're slightly
CALLED, but it was due to the fact that they
have left pasturage recently and are not
yet seasoned for heavy hauling.
Articles of Incorporation of the Wash
inrton Retail Grocefs' Association were
filed this morning by william ii. H. GrIf
fifth. Fred W., Kahlert. Aug. Schmidt,
Charles r. Hooper, John II. Sis, George
w. Talbert, Charles NJ. smoot. z. Turner
and Henry s. ,Haight. The object OF the
association is the purchase of srocencs
and the sala ,of the same for the use and
benefit of the stockholders OF the associ;i'
toin. Tie capital is S2,0Co, wi'hpnvilegc
of incfea sing 10 $4,000. The trustees for
the association are the above named.
The evening times., 1896-09-23
uEARD BY--
Ill THE LOUNGER.

20 RoFEssoR j. f.. ATwELL, Of Beaver
Falls, Pa. is o guest at tie Shore
lam. He has just returned from
tie Island of SLmatra, where he has been
pursuing some chronological Investigations,
paying particular attention to tie spiders
winch abound on the island.
In the course Of Conversation yesterday
he grew eloquent on this subject. The
Suma;ra spiders. he explained. embrace
some or the rarest spicers that exist.
The largest, as wen as TIE most peculiar
III the world, are found there. They are or
all conceivable forms ard coiors, and souis
OF them spin threads as thick and strong
as Frocer's twiDc.
some have square todes set en- iCBE, red
legs. Others have curiously Intcrtwined
green and yellow legs, supporting pear
shaped bodies.
One Of the oldest Of them all has shell
Which looks like that OF srapIing turtle
with egg-shaped proJeciicns ali over. This
last grows to pTCC.eioGs size and prcys
on Tie largest OF insects. II has even been
known to Kill and Geyour the small huminlns
birds which abound On the island