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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-12-19

Mrs. John T. Polster visited in
Columbus the first of the week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-12-19

Bert Paul has returned from
Leadville, Colorado, where he has
been working in the mines.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-12-19

Mrs. b. +. Gibbons and Miss
Mayme Lyman visited in Galena
Monday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-12-19
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10.

Farmers are alarmed lest the
price of corn will go lower.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-12-19
CUBA WILL BE FREE!

Holiday
objects. little load
Saton Storms "Owl Cigar sold the world sell
n a
and S5makea handom
We line fine French goldmounted mouece
Pipes G
urniu all
with =
For Saturday
band
S
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18

is a poor creature who cannot-who has
no self-restraint, and must insult every
girl he runs across, and" "Oh, but
it isn't every GIRL cried, hastily. 1T
was only you. 1 wouldn't have taken
advantage Of anyone else, and
THAT is a pretty compliment to me-"
she interrupted, with angry hauteur,
that l should be the one chosenforyour
INSULT" moved my hands helplessly
in protest. "Oh, but-you don't under
stand" I declared. II un icrstand you
quite we'll enough" she said, looking at
me with contempt. 1.-THE ttmptation!'
I murmured again in confusion. She
curled her nostrils. II would not lave
lone it in any other case, because there
would not have been the same overpcw'
ering temptation" l said, bravely. Il
dare say not" she exclaimed, with a
sheer. You see,n l went IN, breathless'
ly, mo one could look at you without
wanting to-" II think we have dis
cussed this enough" said Miss Power,
CURLY. at was YOU eyes that frs gave
me the irresistible impulse" l contin-
ued, humbly. Miss Power snorted-
very daintily, of course Il have V
seer eyes that color added, earnestly.
eyes are common enough" returned
Miss Power, severely, as she turned
away again. No." said I firmly, mot
that strange, sweet combination of
hazel and brown, and" 81 don't think
this is very interesting, Mr.. Radcliffe
said she, coldly. "Then, that peculiar
shade Of auburn I've never seen in any
hair in the world" cried, eagerly. Miss
Power shrugged her shoulders. sThat
is ridiculous" she said. Its true ]
declared, "those wavering masses-l've
often wondered and wondered how it
looks when you take it down at night"
Il don't think you have any right to do
that" remarked Miss Power. II can't
help it," / explained; land the shape of
your face" "There are plenty of peo-
pie with faces as--much the same as
mine," said Che, refingering the flowers.
"Where are tney?" l demanded. 1--we
knocked about the world Il good deal,
but I've never come across n within
miles of it,"
You're rather extravaganza, Mr..
Radclitf," said Miss Power. 81 often
lay awake at night thinking g. you"
l continued. Il can call up every single
detail of your face and expression.
And-I know you will think me very
foolish and-wrong, but sometimes I
well, 1 can't go to sleep without pre-
| tending toto do what I did last night,
you know" "How foolish you are!'
said Miss Power, with a faint laugh.
"That was the reason" l explained,
"why, when 1 found myself, not of my
own doing, you know, but just found
myself close to you'll couldn't have
helped it for the world. l just-well,
it seemed all SO wonderful and beau
tiful, and my heart went thump, and I
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Tho Ton Rail Is Too Sharp.

IN AoR q 40 ~
So that's what makes me tell you
what l do about a man that amt got
no better sense than to put his hand
into the pleasant but uncertain game
of American politics, and then try to
browse around on both sides of the
branch.
In politics Handy Stribblin is what
you most in generally always draw
when you buy a ticket in the lottery
a blankety blank. That would be per-
fectly all right if he would but only
lay down his hand and stay out of the
game. But in tryin to stand in with
both sides of a fight he is more than
probable to back himself up agin a ire
mendius big snag when he amt lookin
for it. And that's how come Handy
stribblin dropped his jug and split his
molasses down in the Flat woods that
day.
1T was none of my business am
nothin to me which side win the daE,"
says Handy to me in talkin ovepfhe
bloody past. "There was plenty of
third party people and a whole passlc
CT democrats on the grounds, you I'M
derstand, Rufe, and l didn't give a fid-
dier's durn as to which was which or
who was who. They was all my friends
and fellow citizens, as it were, and the
mainest thing with me was to keep in
the middle pf the road and play for
even all around. But in the main time
the campaign whisky was flown right
tolerably free and plentiful, which as
usual I was fool enough to take a nib
bic at the bottle every time it was
handed around. Understand me, now,
I;ufe, 1 didn't git drunk, but off and on
in durin of the day had clum up %aroun1
so scandlous much srerits till along
in the shank of the e,cnin I got things
powerful bad muddled and mixed up.
The next thing I knowed l had hollered
for the democratic party, whilst a
third party man was PAWN the air t.
q third party multitude, and the null
titude u over MT like a storm on
wheels. And then, like a blasted i'd
lot which 1 was, I showed my hand as
a third party man In a crowd of all
wool, fire eatin democrats, and two o:
three of EN- went through me
quicker than a dose cf salts. Finally
at last, when I come back to my senses
I mounted my 1Iule and rid on back
home. The politics. of this country are
plum rotten anyhow, Rufe-,a great pile
Of corruption, as it were-and blame
my cats if it amt the last time you viii.
vel hear tell Of Handy Stribblin mes
sin up his lily-white hands with any
SIGH"
By the time you have lived as long
and covered as much ground and trav-
eled as many gaits AS l have, Handy.
you will find out that the ways of the
straddler are hard. The top rail is
most too sharp for me.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18
1t Isead,s House.

A lightni1.od peddIer come through
the settlement last week and got right
i'll after the good people owe at Bark
Log to let him rod the new church
which they put up last summer. Every
body was willin, and everybody Clipped
in a little to help raise necessary funds
everybody exceptin Elder Newton.
But the elder said no, he wouldn't give
a continental red cent for any SIGH
foolishness. And when the elder plants
himself on that little word no." he
is somewhat like the black horse you
have read about-he is right thar"
when we pitched in last summer to
build the new church I went down into
my TANKS and come forth with SIS
for the good work." says the elder in
givin out his side of the case. "We built
for the Lord and concentrated it to His
service. 1t is Gods house, brethren,
and now if He wants to turn in and
tear it down with lightnin all the rods
III creation can't stop Him, and so fur
as I'm concerned He can blaze away
if He wants to-"
You maybe mought think that the
elder is a mighty pecurious man. But
up to the present writin the Crazy
Sloan never has been threatened with
his rugged presence.
RUFUS SANDERS.
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II DO not UNDERSTAND" SHE SAID.

thing else" "Uuon my word, you are
very tedious" she said. Il neither un-
derstand, nor wish to understand you"
I am sure she was agitated. "Were you
not aware" I asked, that I--thatI-?"
Miss Power made no remark, but was
much occupied with her howers-"that
I-well-I thought you must have
known" Still I got no help, and her
back was toward me now. Il took ad-
vantage Of the juxtaposition to- l
heaved a sigh and got it over, ito kiss
you'll"
Miss Power turned round abruptly and
her eyes were full of honest anger. She
surveyed me with great dignity, and
then, in very cold tones, said: "You
seem determined to use the cap and
bells to-day" Indeed" / said, earnest
", "this tone and" "How dare you?"
said Miss Power, fercely. Now to say
the truth, ! did not think she would
have made this fuss about it, because /
imagined that she had known, and
well, she had been polite enough when
/ came In. But she wasobviously very
angry indeed, and this COMPOUNDED me.
! stammered more apologies. "I-you
the temptationl" I murmured.
''Telnptation!" / murmured:: 'Tempta-
toni" she echoed, with scorn. "a man
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became quite unconscious of the crowd
and everyone; and then l caught your
eyes, and-well, I did it before Iknew."
There was a pause, and then, "Oh,
but you shouldn't let such things in
fluence you like that" observed Miss
Power, in a softened voice. II am very
sorry" said I, humbly. Did you mini
very much?" "Of course" she replied,
promptly, sad then hurriedly went On:
THAT is, Fmean, when our cheeks"
and stopped in a rare confusion. But
you didn't mind my kissing o u,then?'
I asked, in%nocently. Certainly 1 did,"
said Miss Power, quickly. THAT isl
mean-no, I didn't know, you see" "Of
course, you didn't" answered, looking
crestfallen. II should have minded
very much if I had known" said she, as
though anxious that there should be no
mistake. Il know you would said /.
more lugubriously. II am a brute"
"Oh, I wouldn't make too much OF it,
Mr.. Radcliffe" said she, kindly, looking
out of the window. "You have apollo.
gized, you know. And, of course, we'll,
1 a understand from what you have
said, that you had-some excuse, you
know do ye7 forgive me ?" I asked,
moodily. OF yes" said Miss Power.
cheerily; "of course, and I wouldn't
think anything more about it if I were
YOU But I can't help thinking about
it'll" I said, desperately. But, MI.
Radclif-" she began, and was silent.
"How can you ask me TO forget all about
it with the memory of that-with that
memory" / asked. I arose, and from
where 1 stood I was conscious that Miss
Powers cheek was tinged with color.
"You-you shouldn't have done it,
then," said she, with a tremulous little
laugh. l approached her, hat in hand.
Il couldn't help it," I said, with a sigh.
ooh, but that's nonsense" said she,
very gently, regarding the traffic in the
street. whenever I am close to you, l
have the same temptation" I said,
drawing neare "But that's not nice of
you," exclaimed Miss Power. GAIL the
time we have been in this room I have
been struggling with a singular desire
to do the same thing" J said, land now
it seems to be quite mastering me-
ooh, you mustn't give way" murmured
Miss Power, but she did not move, and
I was now very close to her. II can't
help it," I explained. apparently Miss
Power could not help Hpu;eeither,-New
Budget.
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The Horse Was Thar.

The last time Andy Lucas went to
town he had a hard fight with a horse
trader from somewhere over in Ken-
lucky, and both of en- give the Gala
boose a mighty close shave.
The way in which 1t came to pass
was all on account of a horse swap be
tween Andy and the gentleman from
in the Christmas, wherein Andy
snapped a big black horse, with a dish
face and three white feet, for a whackin
good young mule. The gentleman from
Ks ntucky wanted to know if the horse
would wcrkkin and gentle anywheres.
andsAndy went on to give him the main
est pints in the case.
"As to saddlin qualities" says Andy
II will quarantine that horse to go all
the gaits and stand hitched. I have
never saw him hooked up in single har-
ness, and couldn't say for certain what
he would do in that case. But you can
hook him to n wagon, at the wheels Or
in the lead, and fling on a heavy load,
and when you come to a steep hill or a
rale hard pull the horse is right thar,
sir, the horse is right thar"
So the trade was closed and clinched,
and Andy got on his mule and rid OH
back home. The next day the gentle
man from Kentucky struck up with old
man Lias Stringer, from over in the
hill country, and wanted to trade him
the black horse for general farm work.
They hooked him in with a mule to a
wagon, which was loaded with two
bales of cotton, and the first hill they
come to bless gracious the horse was
fright thar" like Andy Lucas said.
But that wasn't all. BY gatlins he
stayed fright thar" The gentleman
from Kentucky whipped and slashed
and cussed till the air vas blue for
miles around, but old Blackie he was
right thar" and thar to stay till some
thin froze over.
Andy Lucas maintains till yet that
he never told the gentleman from Ken
lucky a blessed thing about the horse
exceptin the naked, unwashed truth.
But at any rates, the lie was passed
with a big D, and that brought on the
fight. They come out about even in
the rucus, and then both Of them agreed
to spit or the slate and spile out, and
remember the past no more forever.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18
WORSE THAN a

The Trials of General Delivery in These
Times of Peace.
II tell you what, Sophia, I reckon
some of the men that fit in our wal an
got titles by SC doin' would be glad to
see the days O. battle an bloodsheddin'
back again, turrible though they was,'
remarked Uncle Wilson Flanders, as he
laid down the evening paper and wiped
his spectacies.
"Why, what curious things you do
say, Wilson," returned Mrs. Flanders,
calmly. Il s'pose they jest live on their
pension money and rejoice in peace,
most of 'em."
mo, they DON'T" said Mr.. Flanders;
"they have to work like all possessed,
any number of 'em. Why, here's a man
here, jest listen~to this" and the old
man caught up the paper again and ran
his finger down q column. Here it's:
Change in the post office. General De-
livery will be SEN out from the main
office six times a day to all parts of the
city,
"Now, I'd jest like to have you put
your nina on that, SOPHIA. A general
most likely wounded in his legs or
somewheres-havin to kerry letters all
over the city six times a day: Why,
there amt a boss in Creekville that has
to work like that! An I don't suppose
they pay him enough to let him ride
in them elekitral cars; an, anyway, l
callate the houses is set so together
comparative-that 'twouldn't scussly
pay him for gettin' off an on 'em, which
I expect is pooty dangerous business,
what with sparks flynn all round the
cars, as in course they must.
Il tell you," concluded Uncle Wilson.
warmly, II shouldn't blame that man
il he was to banker for the days when
he marched an fit in the midst O. tur-
moils an upheavin's. 1 reckon he
want a mite more wore out when night
come than he is now-not a mite!"--
Youths Companion.
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reelar as the time rolls around. He II
now out as a candidate tax collector
and wantin of the job SO bad till he a
taste it.
That brings to mind when Tom Billy
Travis went off on a preachin CAM
paign with old Farson Honeycut' Q
Billy was right fresh in the cause and
u in the harness, so to say, and
the old parson put the young brother
through for all he was worth. Now 1t
would seem like Tom Billy he had fixed
w a powerful deep and stirrin sermont,
and preached from the text: Thou
art weighed in the balances sEd found
wanting"
They lit out and took a circA;s way
down through the wire grass country,
from settlement to settlement aad
from church to church, and everywhere
they went Tom billy preached the
same sermont from the same text.
BY and by one day they got back to
where they started from, and noth1n
would do but they must give out an
other "appintment in passin." 1t was
all right Will 1o'H IiAiS' Wv
Farson Honeycut that he would nave
to do the preachin.
"Ncver in creation, brother" says the
old parson. Il am old aud weary OF
the storms and trials of this wicked
world, whilst you are young and strong
and a power in the battle-like unto
Saul amongst the Philistines. l must
rest and you must preach"
But pa,son," says Tom Billy, LIANT
got but that one sernont, and l
preached it here when we started out.
How can l preach, and what must l
do?"
weigh him agin, Tom Billy, weigh
him agin,' says the parson.
And Tom Billy he lit in and weighed
him again.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18
e FROM H WOODS.
Stories of the People by the Sage
Of Rocky Creek.
Ways of the traddie Arc Hard-Old
Blackie Was Fright Thar"-Weished
in the Balance-In Arkansas
Thirty Years Ago.
A rousin big political ratification
was goin on at a place they call Grab

All, down in
the Flat woods,
n II day last
week, and Ham
dy Stribblin he
lit out and
went to see the
show. A II d
then W h e n
II a d e
turned back
home to the
settlement that
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18

night he was somethiH of a show all
hy his lone fool self. His head was
done up in q crush towel, and he was
wearin one arm in a sling, whilst the
blood and scars and general signs OF
a nasty fight stuck out all over his
weary ~countenance. Even to Handy's
wife didn't know for certain who he
was till she saw some large and famil-
ious patches on the gable end of his
breeches.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18

Silk ribbons are used in the court
OF Victoria to hold newspaper clippings
designed for the royal perusal. She
never sees the papers in their original
state. They + carefully terused by
an official, who cuts out what he thinks
will please her, pins the clippings on
the ribbons and lays them On her table,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18
What They Raised in Arkansas.

Hit was way back there in the sixties,
right recently after the var and L
had went out west to see if l could
find a better place than Rocky Creek
to grow up with the country, which, of
course, I never found it.
We had crossed the Mississippi bot
toms, and was ridin through the coun'
try across the state of Arkansas. We
had rid in a good swingin fox trot near
ly all day without layin eyes on more
than a dozen clearins. Way along late
in the evenin we come up to a settle
ment, where the women and children
peeped out of every door and window
and crack and crevice in the cabin.
whilst the old man set On n stake-and-
ridered fence out in front. He wore ono
gallus, which had pulled his brooches
up till they looked like they was cut for
high water. His face had the general
a~ppearments of one that mought eat
a heap of dirt without putin any salt
in it to speak of, and his crop of whis-
kers had been thinned out to some
where's from Is to 20 long gray feei-
ers on his chin.
"a right pleasant country you live
in, mister says I. when I first rid up.
"Reckon it is, if a man don't give a
durn what he says" he come back at
me.
"What nll do you raise in this coun-
try?" says I on the next round.
"Well, stranger, I have been livin
here nigh on to 20 years." says he, with
a sad and far-away look in his eyes,
land so fur as 7 can see we don't raise
nuthin in particlar but chillen, chills
and hell"
I told him we could beat that at
Rocky Creek and not half try. And
then we rid on and left him alone in
his troubles.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18
"Weighed in the BalRnce."

I couldn't say for certain that old
man Jeems W. Staggers has yer been
weighed in the balance, but he is a
natural-born "p~oliticianer," as my
Aunt Nancy is SO wont to say, and he
van be found Wantin every two years as
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18
FOR SALE.

WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol-
l. lowing described property, viz:
/. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
llxty-si1 arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
Grained, with tenant house and outbuildings.
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
~ plantation situated on the Courtableau
containing four hundred and forty-tWo and
100 arpents, about sixty arpents under pieIx
and wire fence and in cultivation. with two pood
tenant houses and ontbuildIngs. The rear Of
ulis tract consists of cypress swamp.
3. Several tracts Of wood land on the havou
Barry5 Landing. u"
Inc first and second tracts are rented adyan.
SsAgeously Ior the year 1894, and II sold I will
transfer rent notes to purchasers.
W.. c. PERRAULT.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18
Brougham mad a wonderfr

Lord Brougham mad a wonderful
nose. When listening intently to a
speech in parliament it was his habit
to close his eyes that he might heor
the better, and while his attention was
concentrated on the utterances of the
speaker, the tip of his nos was in al
most continual motion, working up and
down and sidewise in a most comical
fashion.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18

FITS stopped free by DR.. kline's Great
Nerve estorer. Motifs afteriirst days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18
Il. BLOtDMFIELD.

~ o1ANIV
commissioner U. S. Circuit Court for the West.
ern District of Louisiana.
commissioner U. 8: Court Of Claims throughout
the United States.
Notary Public in and for the Parish of st. Ian.
dry. Once with Hon. John N. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
p Final Proofs. Collections in the Parishes of
Rt. Landry ana Acadia promptly attended to.
tensions secured; Patents, Caveats. T1Ade
Hanks, etc.. procured without delay.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18

TIE Master-'.Is it raining very hare.
Thomas!" The Servant-'No, sir: only
hailstones, 81 ."-Roxbury Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18
DIFFICULT APOLOGY.
BY III. II. MARRIOTT-WATSON.

VAS a
alarmed when l
found myself in
the room, but
after my behavior
on the previous
evening it was
absolutely neces-
sary that I should
see Power. l be-
gan, bluntly: II
have come" said,
"to offer an apoi-
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18

The latest things in evening shoes
are made Of gold and silver MORE kid,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18

For CoUGus, ASTHMA n THROAT DIS.
ORDERS, use "Bromn's Bronchial 1roctes."
said only in boxes. Avoid limitations.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18

SATAN as a master is bad; his work much
worse: his wages worst of all.-fuller.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-04-18
Free to ~"Comrades"

The latest photograph of Honorable l. n.
Walker, Commander-in-Chief OF the q: A.
r. Write to F. II. LORD, Quincy Bulldlng'
Chicago, and you will receive one Tree.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1896-04-01

Sandalo era antes sinonimo de do
lores de rilones y lie estomsgo; hal
desaparecido, pues Sc debian q i'm
pureza del sandalo, desde que IN dy'
destila el palo de sand 70 de MY ore
esta esen ia, eneerrada Ell una p que
ma capsu!a redonda que Sc abre e
estomago, suprine la fatiga de Ia di
gestion de la masa de gelatin que
las antiguas capsulas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1896-04-01

Madrid, 30 de MARIO. -"E He
raldo, en- su n1mero de aver, pub!ica
un Valiente artfculo a6rmando Ia con
flanza que inspira e general Weyler
asegurando que este energico genera
no hara jamas pacto alguno con 10.
rebeldes, y que hoy por hoy, seg1
10 ha manisfestado al Gobierno, pedi
r4 fusiles para Cuba y no reformas
Madrid, 2o.-El Sr. CSnovas h.,
reiterado por el cable al general Wey
Ter So absolute confanza, autoriz N
dole a proponer TODD aquello qua
crea conveniente en- las question V
electorales. !" s7@sf -.
Nueya York. 90 Dice el "World"
quee el Presidente Cleveland prepare
TN mensaie a Congreso en- el cuai
expondra los muehos perjuicios que
causa la guerra de Cuba al concrete
de los Estados Unidos.
Mr.. Cleveland ha ordenado que Sc
vigile y aprese el vapor Bermuda.
Habana, 2o.-Ha sido apresadt
en- Ia playa ldel Varadero. cerca de
Cardenas, un a1esembarco flibustero
compuesto de ciento veinte y una
cajas de municiones, nueve cajas de
tercerolas y fulminantes y algunas de.
medicinas. al 20 hl7547
Al conducir Ia presa C4rdenas e
battalion de Infanterfa de Marina, fue
atacado el convoy por los insurrectos
hacienda dicho battalion una her6,ca
detensa, logrando rechazar al enemi
60 y negando = c rdenas con tod
el cargamento apresado. sssg al rt
A la llegada de este, reinaba en- Ia
poblacion un entusiasmo indescrip
tible. . = 9ss
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1896-04-01

Microbes, 70 de Abril. San Va
lero y santa fedora, mlrtires, $ nta
Catalina de Sena, vifgen.
Jueves Santo. San Ffancisc' de
Paula, funda ior, y santa Maria Egip
ciaca.
Viernes Santo, Santos Ric rdo,
OBJ. Ulpiano y Pancracio mrs, y Benz.
to de Palermo. confesor.
S5bad de Gloria.-San Isidoro, ar
zobispo de Sevilla y doctor.