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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29
MIscELLANRorH.

The great drought in the Indian ter
ritory, which has lasted from July =,
was recently broken by a heavy rain.
THE British steamer Moldava struck
an iceberg and sank and the crew
was picked up by the Anchor line
steamer Circass.a, which arrived ut
New York on the e5th.
GEoRaE PAGE and Will Morgan were
rivals for the affections Of n young
lady ut Madison, Fla, and ut dance
Page called Morgan out and proposed
that they clasp each other by the left
hand and settle tho matter by shoot
ing with their right 1t was agreed to
and both were killed, each putting five
bullets into the other. 1t turned GU,
afterwards the young lady was AM
anced 10 some one else.
THE state board Of health OF Color
ado. in it's annual report, holds 1t q
duty TO stop the indiscriminate trans
portation OF sick people, which, 1t Is
alleged, propayntes disease, end pro
poses that invalids be required to OBJ
tain permits before they can travel In
Colorado.
A cLouDBURsT struck Mogollon, n
NJ, recently. drowning John KniIh'
and IN unknown Mexican, rendering
about i01 families homeless and tadlJ
damaging the property Of several min
ing companies Hardly n business
house 10 town escaped damage.
TUE national encatnpment OF uniol
Veterans ut Binsham:ou. n. y. electet
Charles w. Wood, OF Worcester, Mass
comrinnder-in-chie'
Br the explosion Of molten metal q
the Edgar Thomson steel works .
Pittsbnr n, Pa, ten msn were burned
three seriously. The explosion We
caused By the welten Iron striking
pool IF wA'et,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29
Sign Language.

DR.. Taylor, an English ethnolo-
Oist. has discovered that deaf mutes
are frequently able to understand the
signs used instead Of words by many
savage tribes. Thus in Berlin he found
that deaf mute children understood,
without previous instruction, the signs
employed, according to Sir Richard
Burton, by the Arapahoe Indians for
such words as mother, sister, yes, no,
truth, lie, thinking, seeing, trade, day.
This fact, and others of similar na-
ture, indicating q striking identity in
the sign language used In widely sera'
rated parts OF the earth. have led to the
suggestion that mankind may origin.
ally have had natural language" OF
signs, common to all races--Youths
Companion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29
KNioHTHOoD.
rhs Contrast Between tho Past ana the
Present.

Present.
According to the present herald-at-
arms, "thc dignity Of knighthood 10
now received by the person who IS
lthseling before the sovereign, who,
with d stroke OF the sword over the
right shoulder, pronounces these
words: 'sois chevalier, au nom DC
Dieu' (Rise up, knight, in the name o.
God), followed by 'Avaucc chevaiier.
At present the command to rise u OK
pressed In English, with the addition
Of the Christian name and surname Oh
the new knight. 49,,
In the Encyclopedia Hcraldica,
'.the words which were early in use on
tho occasion. bear near resemblance
to those used ut baptism and Mt the
period now under discussion some o.
the ceremonies also Of that sacramens
were introduced; n proclamation occa-
stoned by the supertitious zeal OF those
who fancied that the emblems OF sane
tification and regeneration could not TO
misapplied to men who adopted o new
mode Of life for the defense OF religion
and virtue. Fnsts and vigils pre-
coded the day of the intended knights
admission; he passed through q bath,
as Sign Of publication, and then was
arrayed IN white garment, as an en-
blem of q new life which he
proposed to follow. When the
solemn day was arrived ne
was conducted In pomp to cathedral
or church, where he was invested win
the sword and spurs, and his cheek OF
shoulder was touched with q slight
blow, In token of the last nffront
which he was to endure; he then
offered his sword on the altar, which
was blessed by the ministers Of religion
and again restored 10 him, and he took
an oath, the tenor of which was that
he would speak the truth, maintain
the right, protect the distressed, prac'
tice courtesy, pursue the inhdeis' ae-
sp;se the allurements ofease and safety
and vind!cate, in every perilous adven'
turc, the honor OF his character.
"Such were the ceremonies which,
In the times OF the holy wars, attended
the creation OF knight, and when
the duties which the title then required
were changed or lost aud the title itself
became very general and compare.
lively insignificant, the solemni'y
gradually decayed and oil that re-
mains In the making OF o knight
bachelor, or simple knight, is the
slight blow ON the shoulder from the
sword of the monarch, who says: 'Sois
chevalicr, au nom de Dieu. '"-No'es
and Queries.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

THE announcement that some time
next fall Father Kneipp, originator OF
the famous wet grass cure, will visit
this country and start his cure has set
all the rich and fashionable Of this
country agoy with anticipation. Father
Kncipp's visit 10 America is said to be
due to the efforts of New Yorker,
who several years ago took the Kneipp
cure at Woerishofen, Austria. The
apostle of the water cure will deliver n
series of lectures on the system in New
York, and will superintend It's work.
ings ut various places while in this
country,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

A FEW days ago there was completed
on the st. George vine nursery in Fres-
no, CAL, a barrel which can hold 70, 200
gallons. The barrel stands so feet high
in the center OF n meadow and its cir
conference is Of feet Two carloads
Of steel were required for the hoops
and 30 carloads OF wine can be stored
in the interior. An idea Of the pom
dorous dimensions of this barrel may
DO inferred from the fact that 1s,74s
ten dollar bills would be required to
cover the sides OF the barrel, exclusive
Of the top and bottom. Standing upon
the bottom OF the cask 1888 men can
link elbows Mt one time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29
WARP OF The CHINESE.

Books are read backward and any
notes are inserted at the top.
The spoken Language is not written
and the written Language Is not spoken.
The Chinese surname comes first and
they shake their own hand instead OF
the hand Of the person introduced.
The men wear skirts and the women
trousers; the men wear their hair long,
while he women coil theirs into . knot
White Il used for mourning and
bridesmaids always wear black and IN.
stead Of bsing young uslaspa - ela
Npmll I
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

AN American contributes toa London
paper letter in which he savagcly ut.
tscks the wheel and virtually charges
it with all our present diflicultics--eco-
nomic, political, commercial, social and
spiritual. lie says that millions and
millions OF dollars are being with.
drawn from the normal course of trade
and diverted into this one branch, and
other people find IL extremely difficult
TO get money to live on"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

THE cause of sunstroke has been
definitely discovered, according to the
claims Of officers of the state pathology
ical institute of New York. They have
made investigations which show that,
instead Of the suns rays being the
direct cause Of sunstroke, us has oil
along been believed by the medical
profession, the internal chemistry Of
the body and its secretions are so
modified by atmospheric conditions Of
excessive hot weather that these secre-
tions become abnormal, either in
quality or quantity, and are absorbed
by the blood and act Us vi-ulent poi
sons
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29
shot Throurh the Heat.

PALESTINE. Tex, Aug. 27.-in 4 dit
f,culty here last night between zael
Day, ex.sheriff OF this county. and 7
N. Butler, superintendent OF the work
ing county convict forces, Butler wa
shosby Day three times. one ball strik
in77 the heart. which soon proved fatal
Batter khot twice 1t Day,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

ACCORDING to the returns the total
population Of France is now only 49,.
eas,9G9, showing an increase OF hut
1Ss,sl9 since the census OF 1871, or nm
average Of 27,764 per year. At the be-
ginning of the present century the pop.
ulation of the country was double that
of Great Britain. Now it Is actually
lace
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

SIR BENJAMIN RICHARDSON, the dis
tinguished English physician, says that
seven out of every ten sound and rea.
sonable people ought to live to be ITO
years old, and would do SO II they
''took care of themselves
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

A RECENT dispatch from the percival
Lowell observatory, ut Flagstaff, Ariz.,
to John Richie. Jr., of the Harvard OBJ
servatory, at Boston, announced that
the polar snow Of Mars had been oh.
served In latitude 70, longitude Sc,
about two degrees in diameter.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29
Exnlo.Ion nj q Powder MIN.

XESIA, O., Aug. 27.-At eight s q. m,
the dry house at the Miami powder
mills located ut Goess station six miles
from here blew up killing two men,
Charles Figge and Charles Eichman.
The men were probably ut the dry
house making repairA Both men were
married. The same house blew up ter
wears ago killing three men The
shock was distinctly felt hero and the
smoke plainly seen.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29
PYTHlAN KNIGHTS PARADE.
Thousands of Men I'm Line and the Proccs-
sion an Imposing One.

TnOun1nOn OIL men M Athg bha NV sC~~@
sion an Imposing One.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 27.-Thc parade
Of the Knights Of Pythias yesterday
was the finest given ut biennial en-
camrment. The line of march was
about five miles long. There were
$500 men in line. There were 81 bands
Of 452 pieces and q number OF floats
symbolic of the principles Of the order
lent beauty to the pageant
At the meeting Of the pythian sis
terhood yesterday the reports OF the
officers were submitted. They showed
that the order was In good condition
financially and numerically. The
membership was placed at between
$4,000 and 10000 and reported to be
growing steadily.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

The war department Is seriously
contemplating the training Of dogs for
use in the army. Dogs properly Sc
lected and educated, make the best
sort Of scouts and the most capable
carriers of orders in the field No regi-
ment ought to be without u dog squad.
Several breeds OF dogs are found highly
suitable for military purposes-notably
poodles, shepherd dogs and bird
dogs No mongrel makes n good
war dog. All points considered bird
dogs make the best war dogs. They
unite the good qualities Of tho poodle
and shepherd dog, and are distin'
guished by lively sense OF duty.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

TIE Review Of Reviews says that
there is an open-air movement, almost
revolutionary in its degree. People
are bicycling, yachting, playing
baseball, tennis and golf to an extent
which Is new in this generation. Nor
Is any considerable fraction of these
people of the class whose wealth makes
some such diversion inevitable; they
are tho workers in stores and Offices
Of the great cities-in short, "the pco-
ple." II It be true that Americans are
u nation of dyspeptics because they
work too hard and take too little ply
steal exercise. the signs of 1895 are very
promising of better things
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29
A Ministers Son In Trouble.

TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. e7.-Luther Il.
vollmer, son of Rev. P. ]. Vollmer'
pastor Of the n. E church ut GARRETT
was yesterday sentenced TO the Hutch
iuson reformatory for forging thu
name OF james S. Sprout TO check
Young vollmer is only 10, and was for
merly q student at Baker university
n,ld, .,fn
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

GEORGE I. HILL, OF Chicago, is man
who is puzzlin1 the doctors The pc.
culiarity of Hills disease Is that he
sees everything upside down. Hill
thinks that the inordinatc use OF the
parallel bar and trapeze is responsible
for his afiiiction. Frequently he
would hang by his heels in this way
for minutes at time. The disease de.
veloped slowly. AT first things only
appeared 'out Of the straight" to him,
but after awhile the whole universe
became entirely reversed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

A PAPER bicycle has now invaded the
field. Paper fiber. similar TO that used
in the manufacturing of car wheels, Is
employed for tubing. The wheel weighs
20 pounds ard is said to lie quite as
strong ns any now in use.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

IT was reported from Norway that
Dr.. Nanscn intended to conduct nm en-
petition to the Antarctic ocean In
search of the south pole before return.
to the Arctic regions.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

WITHIN few weeks the Hamburg
American Packet line will launch their
ocean steamship Pennsylvania, which
will be the largest freightcarryipg
vessel in the world, and with one cx-
ceptIon-that of the Great Ess,crn-
the lsrgest ever built Its dead weight
carving capacity Is estimated At be-
tween 1900 and 1900 tons, nearly
double that Of the present. largest
liners In service. In addition to its
large freight-csrrying capacity the
crsft vii carry sss cabin passengers
and l.sCo rersons 10 the storage. It
VIII IL eculpped With Eve decks aud
hsvp plenty n room for pFomeneoss
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29

The assertion is maze that there Is
more gold in tho sacred vessels, medals,
chains, etc. preserved at the vatican
In Rome than In the circulation OF the
whole of Eurcre.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-08-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND recently mp
proved the findings OF court-martial
sentencing an army officer to dismissal
for refusal to pay his debts.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-07-21
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Bee keeping is poor mans bust
ness, and the poorer he is the less ex-
cuse he can find for not having plenty
of honey for himself and family to eat.
Bees are no respecters of persons :;
they will work as we'll for peasant ms
for a prince.
Ducks lay profusely in the spring
when we'll fed, often producing forty
or fifty eggs and sometimes n greater
number, if kept from setting. They
arc much larger than those of the hen,
and equally rich and nourishing, but
less delicate.
There is no other industry on the
farm that can compete with the dairy
now unless it be in some of the corn
belts, where large quantity of corn
is raised and fed to hogs, and even in
such localities that dread disease has
discouraged hog raisers to an alarming
degree.
1t has often been said TINT the dairy
business was the last to feel the in.
fluence of depressions In business,
and the first to respond to its revival.
Just why this may have been the case
is quite harl to explain, but we are
well aware that it has been the case
in the past.
Great strides are being made toward
educating the owners of cows in the
theory and practice of correct feeding,
as we'll rs in the skill and science of
breeding, the results of which are con
tinually manifested in the class of but
I N..a- IL. Al
practical dinrymeu.
1t is notably the case with dairymen
to complain that COWS are not paying
| simply because they are not giving
over the same lurge profits they had
done in previous years. While this
Is no criterion OF the real basis OF
prosperity, it is no doubt feature oil
very great disappointment TO hun.
dreds of dairymen with large capital
invested in that business.
Guinea fowls are quite useful where
there ure many enemies TO poultry,
such as hawks, snakes, and rats, for
! they are ever ON the alert to detect
danger aud give the alarm quickly,
and IN such shriIl and constant tones
that the enemy generally leaves before
| the owner comes upon the scene with
/ his gun. Tho Hcsh is relished by many
for ITS gamey flavor, whilC their eggs
though small, are exceedingly rich,
and tho number they lay fully makes
up for the lack of size.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-07-21
TO TREAT A CRACKED uoor.

A crack extending from the top oil
the hoof of horse down the side
should be treated in this way. Az
shaped cut should be made from the
top of the hoof Mt the coronet down to
the horn, about one inch, meeting at
the crack. If possible. wire should
be passed through the edges of the
crack and drawn tight, SO as to close
the opening as much as possible. The
horn above the V-shaped mark should
be rasped thin and bandage kept
over 1t always wet with water. AS the
crack goes down the new horn above
Will be closed, and in time the new
growth will reach to the bottom, leay-
ing solid hoof. 1t is exceedingly
injurious to the hoof to apply tar to
1t, as is often done. The tar contains
an acid, which damages the horn,
while it hardens the hoof and prevents
the absorption Of water, which the
horn needs to preserve It's elasticity
and tenacity.- New York Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-07-21

messengers Office all sorts of informa.
ton Is courteously proffered, and
pleasant young ladies are in waiting
to guide one over the building OF
transact errands of love, mercy, OF
business.
Those delightful little suites OF
rooms, consisting of three or foul
bedrooms and a common parlor, every
Nassar girl remembers with delight.
If the warning sign Engaged" is not
out, we may knock at the door and
catch glimpse of a coy parlor adorned
with pictures, bric-a-brac, books, un6
the omnipresent divan with its tempt
ing pillows. The well ventilated,
always single bedrooms open from the
Parlor, and the little family of stu,
dents who make their school home SC
attractive can always command hours
OF retirement or of sociability. Tempt.
ing spreads are suggested by the chat,
ing dish and alcohol lamp, and grea:
clusters of fieurs-de-lis, yellow lilies,
and boxes of ferns testify to WOODLAND
tramps through the glorious wooded
region in tho vicinity. -Demorest's
Magazine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-07-21
THE FUTURE OF THE HORSE.

There is n class of writer's that are
determined to attend the funeral of
the horse interests whether or not.
The horse with them is to become alb
solete in consequence of the bicycle,
electricity, etc. This sort of argument
looks well and may appear conclusive
on paper. But bicycles or electricity
will not draw the pillow or do the farm
work that horses are now used for do
ing. Nor will they do the practical
work for which horses are used in the
cities and towns. Every farm Will al
ways have its horses. The streets of
every city will always be crowded with
horses. On what lines have the bicy-
clos and electricity taken the places of
horses? On street cars and for drawing
purposes. That this makes n consider
able hole in the demand we admit, but
SO lar as the street cars are concerned,
they never made demand for n class
OF horses that were purposely bred for
the purpose. The street car horses
were usually good horses, but they
We're scrub horses. AS to the bicycle
taking the place of the driving horse,
this sort of demand was never as de-
pendable as that for the work horse
WAS. There is room in this country
to-day for 10, 600, 900 first class horses,
and the demand will make itself felt
more and Imore when times become
better, until it is supplied. There are
10000 farms on which there should
be better horses and ON which the far
mers will eventually see that good
team means money in their pockets.
There is "slew" of good for nothing
horses in the cities and towns, toe, and
replacing them with better horses,
would mean that the work of teams
would be more quickly, more easily
and consequently more 2rofitably
done, and some time, in the natural
progress of things, they will be re-
placed. 1t is mons ense to talk about
the bicycle or electricity making the
horse useless. They can do nothing
of the kind. The Silver Knight.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-07-21
Tie Guauiug, OF Rcmorsc

A merchant in Biidcford, Mo. a
few days Hgo received letter cnclos.
ing s and "a sheet of paper. ON which
the ono word "Couscienco' was writ.
ten. This calls 70 mind an old story
OF u thief who broke into store I'm
5kowhcgnn several years ago, aud se-
cured good sum of money from the
cash drawer. A few months afterward
the merchant received letter IN which
was q $40 bill and the following note
~ stole S18 from your money drawer.
Remorso guaws at my conscience.
When remorse gnaws again L Will send
you soine more. '-Iroy Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-07-21
RIBBON TRIMMINGS.

Figured Dresden or chine ribbons
are used for belts, crush collars and
bows. Bretelles of ribbon, also called
suspenders, end on the shoulders in
simple bowknot or an upright bow of
three loops and four notched ends.
Bracelet cuffs on elbow sleeves are
merely plain or twisted band of rib.
bon ending i'll bow Mt the back. a
new decoration of two-inch ribbon
starts from the shoulder under n bow
knot, follows the arm size to tho bust,
Is caught there with large fancy but
ton, turned aud brought straight
across the bust TO tie in u bow of four
loops and two ends, all short. An
other idea Is not long from Paris, and
Is carried out in a siX-inch ribbon for
bretelles, back and front, crush COLI
lars, ditto belt, bow at back of each
and on the shoulders. In front one
bretelle finishes under knot
of ribbon, from which fall two long
ends; the other bretelle is finished
with fan of seven-inch lace held by
Rhinestone button. Epaulette ruff
flies of lace are fastened under the
bretelles just at the top of the shout
ders, and II folded band of the ribbon
across the upper part of the front has
II fall, called II bib, of the lace, with
two buttons at each side continuing the
band. The quantities necessary are
three yards of lace, five buttons and
ten yards of ribbon. Even ribbon as
narrow as three inches may be used if
preferred. The plain and printed
gold ribbons are used for bolts in
widths of one and half and two
inches with gilt or enameled buckle
or tied In IL tiny bow knot in front.
These last well without furnishing if
not allowed to become damp; they
should also be kept wrapped In tissue
paper when not in use, as should steel
buckles and clasps. A fancy button
centreIng bow of ribbon, lace
rosette, etc, is much newer than IL
tie-over of the same goods. Ribbons
are never amiss on summer or evening
gowns.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-07-21
To Their Advantage.

Mutual service is system which il
carried TO perfection in the Indian vii
lagos. No money is used in exchange
for services. The barber attends to
the carpenter in return for repairs of
ploughs and other wooden instruments.
The washerman washes the clothes of
the physician who attends to him in
sickness, and SO forth. The problem
of insufficient income is met in the
only possible way-by limitation of
wants. The IlindOo has no furniture
cot even a hand-b basin He washes
I'm the river, and the sun dries him.
He has neither chairs, beds, nor tables.
He uses the floor as complete sub
stitutc; or, If he is dainty, he allows
himself the luxury of a three-half-pcn-
NY mat. Except for cooking-pots and
grain and few water jars. his house
is rs bare as Mother Hubbard's Gun
board.