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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31
sIFFLEeY GOES YACHTING.
The Only. Outlay Was for q Bottle
of Tar.
A life on the ocean wave,
Al N Aa..a -. the r0ltlt, ~
Where the scattered waters rave,
And the winds their revel keep.

n ult vi tUt Ndfts
And home on the rolling deep.
Where the scattered waters rave,
And the winds their revel keep.
81 don't know that ] have the quota.
ton exactly right" said Mr.. Bifllcby, but
II will serve as an introduction to what i
want to say.
Il am very fond of yachting, but don't
90 as much us would like to on account Of
the expense. But ! am not without the en-.
joyments OF yachting; for when the desire
for the water comes over me, rs il does every
summer, ] manage to 90 yachting at home.
Every spring buy about pound of tar,
which | keep in bottle tightly corked.
When il comes along some drowsy summer
day, and feel that would like to be lying
on deck baking in the sun, with the yacht
noddng along lazily in the summer breeze,
then take a trip at home.
"rhat night ! eat fish for dinner. or clam
chowder, and ! go TO bed early. Before CO.
ing TO bed start the water running in the
bathroom; the sound of it makes the waves,
tapping against the bow OF the boat. ] clew
up the awnings only partly; the starting OF
the awnings when the wind gets in their
folds does for the swaying sails. bring
out the bottle OF tar and uncork il. and set
it on chair up by the head of the he'd.
douse the glim and tumble into he'd. Rocked
in the cradle OF the deep N. Y. Sun.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31
Must Have Independence.

MADRID. July 9e.-It is stated that
Gen. Maxine Gomez, the leader Of the
Cuban insurgents, has reaftirmed his
determination not to accept compro-
mise with the government but TO
adhere to his demand for the absolute
Independence Of Cuba
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31
IN SPITE OF WARNINGS.
Every Available Vessel on the Coast Being
Secured for Alnska Passengers.

Every Available Vessel On the Coast being
Secured for Alaska Passengers.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2G.-ln spite Of
the warnings that have been given by
returning miners concerning the pos
sibilities of starvation in the Klondyke
country during the coming fall and
winter, thousands Of people here and
elsewhere are bending every energy to
reach the golden land. Most of the
available steamers and yachts haye'been
chartered by private individuals and
spectators and there seems to be no
doubt that they will have full com.
plemcnt of passengers when the time
for sailing arrives.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

SALVADOR MAILLErEIT, of the MeXi-
can section of the international bound
airy commission, said that the joint re.
port of the commission (Mcxican and
American) was favorable To the build
ing of an international dam near III
Paso, in the Rio Grandc.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31
fl.rman Rnunrth I..nrun.

CINCINNATI, July 26-At the meeting
Saturday Of the German Epworth
leaguers the following officers were
elected: President ]. I. Nagler, Gin
cinusti; secretary. ]. L Euelson. War
reuton, No; treasurer, r. q DiekhanA
clueisusti
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31
Arrested for Poisoning children.

COLUMBIA, S. c., July 20. Rachel and
Antonio Nelson, grandmother and
father of three children, varying from
IS months to 12 years, have been ar
rested at Edisto on the charge of poi
soning them. They died q few hours
after eating bread said to have been
made and given them by Hanna Nell
son, their mother. The food was test
ed by giving IL TO fowls, which quick
" died. No cause OF the crime is u.s.
signed, nor why the mother was not
included In the charge.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

TnIRTY-siX lizards were removed
from the stomach OF Morris Collins ut
Philadelphia the other day. Collins
had suffered from an illness the ply
sicians could not understand for the
past five years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

r. c. WYNN, of Des Moines, Ia, was
trying to establish divisions of the
Non-Swearing Knights in Chicago the
other day. lie was confident that he
could build up strong membership
there, inasmuch as the regulations of
the society are not drastic and the in
itiation fee is us low us it can well be.
The candidate for unprofanc knight
hood is required only to promise to try
and abstain from swearing. There
are no penalties for violating the vow,
and the society has no objects other
than diminution Of the use of ultra
strong adiectives.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

A LETTER from nn Alaska gold miner
says the temperature one day last win
ter dropped to - degrees below zero,
freezing his bottle of pain killer" and
he believes it was 10 degrees colder
during the night
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

Mr.. WINANs, the American million
nire who died the other day. made it u
rule to pay no bills except once every
six years, when he had n general set
Ting up. II any tradcsman insisted
I'm being paid sooner, Winans declined
10 deal with him again.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31
Internal Revenue Collections.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-The follow
ing statements show the aggregate
collections made and reported to the
collector of internal revenue by reve-
nue. collectors during the past fiscal
year: District of Kansas, $3.50, sos. 81;
Missouri. s53g- 75i.1 IL.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

RESIDENTS of Lovilia, near 0ttumwa,
Ia, have formed an organization for
the extcrmination of rats and the
members are to devote one day week
TO the work of Kidding the neighbor-
hood of the vcrmin.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31
A Church 10 Check IsabIes.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 26.-Dr.
Hancher and his Grand Avenue NJ. Z.
church congregation believe in keep
ing up with the times. The church Il,
to have deaconess, bicycle checl
stand, an umbrella check stand, Sun
day morning nursery and after n while
. day nursery and a kindergarten.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

A NOTABLE conference of men and
women interested in the great social,
hygienic and philanthropic questions
pertaining to the welfare of human
society has been arranged to be held
Mt Battle Creek, Mich. October i2-l7
of this year. Prominent philanthro-
pists and educators will take part in
the discussions and sincere efforts
will be made to evolve practical
methods of reforms.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

PUNxsUTAwNEY, Pa, July ga boil
er explosion Saturday evening in the
lumber mill Of Klipp & RISER, ut Cor
tea, killed Pete Duff and seriously in
jured ten others The nall Is badly
wrecked. A 14-foot piece Of le-ioot
boiler was blown . distance Of 400 feet
Two hundred men wiz BE- thrown out
Of work
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

CHARLES w. BALos, n chemist, and
Edward Jerry. a surveyor, of Spring
field, ILL.,, have discovered secret So
luton by which they coat lcaden bull
lets, rendering them superior to the
steel cartridges used in the Krag-Jor-
gensen rifle. AT n distance OF 30 yards
they bored hole through an AK blade
and also through fiat iron. They
will now offer to sell the govern
ment the secret. The leaden bullets
coated with this preparation would
cost the government 90 cents per pound
less than the steel bullets now in use.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

FORTY persons have been executed in
the electric chair in New York since
1890 This is decided increase in the
average number of cases of capital
punishment in that state.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

TWENTY prisoners in the Kings coun.
ty IN. w. penitentiary have become
insane from enforced idlencss since the
anti.convict labor law went into effect,
january |.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31
Strong Probability OF Il.

"Is it a fact that Miss Frost has cool
million in her own namc:"
II wouldn't he surprised ii she had. Her
Cleveland Leader.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

Occasionally we hear of man who
"laughed heartily ut the joke on himself"
No man ever enjoyed joke on himself
Atchison Globe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

The Klondyke diggings In Alaska
arc less than 1000 miles from the
north pole.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

TIE official gcologist of New Jersey
says the mosquito Gun be exterminatcd
in that state ut cost of sl.50O, 900.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31
CURRENT COMMENT.

ST. LOUIS has n citizen who has not
slept for % years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

RUSSIA is probably the only civilized
country in the world where tramps are
officially recognized and protected by
the government. This is especially
the case with the tramps of the inn
portant province Of Pensa, where they
are organized in Guilds, and start out
every spring to beg systematically
through the other parts Of the empire.
They DO so well that on their return
in the autumn they arc able to pass
the winter In case and idlencss with
their wives and children. and are
favored by the authorities because
they happen 70 be about the only in
hsbittnts able sQpsy their saxesiD fab
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31

EUGENE LEWIS, of Belleville, ILL.,, died
last December, leaving his widow,
Elizabeth Lewis, a little home on
South Church street She had an idea
that he ought TO have left her some
ready cash, but he did not, or at least
not that she knew Of Not long ago
she dreamed that he came to her and
told her he had some gold buried in
the back yard. She ut once went and
dug ut place in the yard, but there
was nothing TO reward her search.
She soon had another dream and this
time her husband went and stood on q
certain spot in the back yard and she
went and dug there and found $40.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-31
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MuhsIOh, july =, Iog''
A special order was adopted by the
house, giving one hour to debate on
the monetary commission bill. The
debate on the bill was uninteresting
and it was passed by 49, to 90. Messrs
Grosvenor and Mcmillan were then APP
pointed to wait apon the president and
at 1855 a recess was taken until $3.50.
When the house met at that time
Speaker Reed announced the commit
tee lists, Messrs. Grosvenor and Me-
MILAN reported that the president had
no further communication to make and
Mt nine o'clock the speaker declared
the house adjourned without day.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
Two Old Bows Having Fun.

They are a pair of grandfathers with
thin, white hair, faces that bear the in
evitable marks of time, forms that
have lost the erectness of youth and
limbs that have lost the roundness Of
former years, but they are among the
poets men who are only boys grown
tall.
just after the first fall of snow they
were gingerly picking their way over
the smooth walks on Cass avenue. The
larger of the two walked the faster,
and, without knowing it, had gained
a rod or so on his smaller companion.
Then a broad smile appeared on his
scanned face, there was the suggestion
of a boyish light in his eyes, and he
recklessly tucked his cane under his
arm while making SNOWFALL that was
much more noticeable for size than
for symmetry. Then with a stately
motion that was meant to be run,
he advanced upon the unsuspecting
big man and landed the ponderous mis-
sile just where the coat collar and the
struggling back hair met.
WHAT shouted the larger one, '-at-
tacking me in the rear? | used to beat
you at all the games fifty years ago,
Abe, and I'm as handy as ever"
There was a hand-to-hand conflict
full of laughter and stiffened activity
and creaking joints and flying snow,
little Abe standing gallantly against
the odds in weight. Hold on, Jim, .
he gasped There comes Dick. Let's
ambush him
Then the two merry old codgers
looked up and down the avenue to see
that they were not making an exhibi-
tion of themselves and that there was
no policeman in sight. Hiding around
the corner they squatted, exchanged
cautionary nudges and giggled contin-
uously, despite the necessity of keep
ing quiet and not alarming the game.
Bent and decrepit, Dick came shuf-
fling along, looking only at the path
before him. When he was opposite
them Abe and Jim opened fire, feebly
yelling and laughing. Dick turned in
anger with uplifted stick, but when
he saw his assailants took to his heels
at the rate of about half mile an
hour. Then the three walked together
and lamented that the boys of this day
don't know what good, healthy, old
time fun is.-Detroit Free Press.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
Some. ministerial Salaries.

The salary of the primate tarch-
bishop of Canterbury is the goodly
sum of $4,000 per annum, punctually
paid. The archbishop of York has $780,
600. the bishop of London, $4,000; the
bishop of Durham. $4,000; the bishop
of Winchester, $32,50O; the bishop of
Bangor, 21,OO0; the bishop of Bath
and Wells, s25,000; the bishop OF Ely,
s27, 500; of Gloucester, $4,000; of Ches-
ter. s21, 900; of Exeter, $4,000; OF
Hereford, Lichfield, Liverpool, Liam
daft. Manchester. Ripon, st. Asaph.
s21. 900 each; of Carlisle, Lincoln, Nor
wich, Peterborough, st. Davids, s22,-
500 each; Oxford, Salisbury, Worces-
ter, $4,000 each; Newcastle, $4,000;
Rochester, $4,000; St. Albans, $4,000;
Sodor and Man. $4,000; Southwell.
S17,500; Truro, 5000; Wakefield, S15,-
600; and then think of the army OF
deans, bishops suffragan, canons, etc.,
and one may infer that the church OF
England is an expensive institution.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

A Vienna paper devotes a long ar
ticle to telling the biography of the
wife of needy linen weaver who lives
in Neuerchenfield, a suburb of the
Austrian capital. Her claim to fame
rests on the fact, though now only
forty years old, that she has given
Franz Joseph thirty-two new subjects,
all of whom are still alive, and twenty
six of whom have been or will be num-
bered among the armed defenders OF
the empire. The record of this re-
markable woman includes four chill
dren at a birth on two occasions,
triplets six times and twins three
times. She is herself one of four chill
dren born at the same time, and was
one of a family of thirty-eight BROTH
ers and sisters. A strange feature OF
the case is that this woman has been
an epileptic since her fifteenth year.
but the malady has not yet manifested
itself in any of her multitudinous on
spring. New York Times.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

It is rather amusing to hear of the
protests of certain South African trad
ers against the dishonesty of the West
African negroes in adulterating the va
rious products that they sell to be
shipped to Europe. When you consid-
er that the natives usually receive from
the merchant in return for their prod
ucts the most vilely adulterated spirits,
imitation jewelry, and cheap. flimsy
and valueless stuff generally, it is not
surprising that their consciences should
have become deadened, and that they
should seek to take reprisals in kind.
In fact, they have learned all they
know Of adulteration from the white
men, and until the latter set the ma
tives an example of honesty the pro-
tests of the merchants and traders do
not deserve much consideration.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
MARRYING FOR MONEY.
The Advantages and Disadvantages
Discussed.

The Advantages and Disadvantages
Discussed.
my daughter shall never marry a
poor man. declared determined
looking little lady.
How do you propose to manage
matters SO that she will not?3 queried
her friend.
"Oh, have taken care, in the first
place, that every man that is an babi-
tue Of our house is eligible answered
the up-to-date mother; ~and, secondly,
she has been too we'll brought up to
fall in love with any one who cannot
give her the cakes and ale of exist
ence"
But la mere proposes ct la file dig
pose. The irony of fate generally up
sets the most carefully arranged plans.
Besides, it is generally the case that
those who marry for money, or at
least with the expectation of possessing
that desirable article, are apt in this
country to be sadly disappointed 1t
is very seldom, in this land of ups and
downs, that riches remain long in one
family, and young people with great
expectations generally find when they
are middle-aged that they have neither
the substance nor even the shadow re-
naming, their only inheritance being
expensive tastes and disinclination
or want of will power to work.
1t would be far better if calculating
mammas would consult the statistics in
this respect, and would realize what is
really true, that poor young man who
has chosen his career, and who is in
dustrious, has far greater chance for
future prosperity than the idle rich,
the butterflies of the day, the majority
of whom will end heir days in compar-
ative poverty.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

Almost any price you choose to pay.
If you can afford to pay fifty and sew
enty-fiye cents for rose bushes of stan
dard sorts, and having age, that is a
matter that concerns your pocketbook
only. You neighbor. whose purse Is
lean. may buy precisely the same sorts,
in stock well rooted, though small, for
ten and fifteen cents. II even this Is
beyond him, and he can bring himself
to let the dealer select the sorts sent.
he may have plants in great variety
for i've cents apiece.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
UTILIZING OLD TIN CANS.
Copper and Gold Waste Reclaimed Sew
Industry in Colorado.


A new industry of interest to every
large city has originated near Denver,
and there is promise of extensive
works being erected for disposing OF
old tin cans and other dislocated joints
of domestic economy At Idaho
Springs, thirty miles from here, some
miners have discovered that they are
able to accomplish with this refuse
what has baffled science for years. The
old cans are thrown into tanks design
ed to catch the flow from the pumps
of the Chicago Belle mine. The water
is highly impregnated with copper and
gold, and much money has been wasted
in chemical tests that would save the
values. All failed, but the old can
process proves sure winner, for the
first shipment made to the smelter last
week gave return that represented a
profit to the owners far in excess OF
their most sanguine expectations. The
cans gather the copper from the water
in its passage from the pumps, and the
gold is precipitated in large quantities
in the interstices and jagged edges of
the refuse material. When the accu-
mulators have laid for a sufficient
length of time they are shipped to a
smelter and reduced, the gold and cop
per being separated and the precious
metal saved. The first shipment yield
ed at the rate of $500 per ton, the cop
per alone running $25 The smelters
prefer the new departure, for it gives
them fiuxing combination that can
hardly be beaten, for old tin cans with
their soldier and iron serve to fix min
eral of refractory nature.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
IN 4 NEW ROLE.
Miss Mary Ellen Eastside's Experiences
1t Delmonieos.

Miss Mary EBen Easfs1de's Experiences
1t Delmonieos-
Ever since George got his job in q
bicycle factory he's been promisin' +
AXE me t Delmonico's
/ didn't care nothin about tn grub,
but / wanted t have it t say I'd been
there. So one day, when we had on
our new bicycle suits an looked stun
min we braced up an went there.
George had stuff in both pockets
/ was very much disappointed in the
looks of the place. ] supposed, Of
course. 1t would ha' been handsomely
decorated with plenty of gildin and
ginger bread work on th' walls. Stead
Of that it looks like a strawberry fes-
tival rooms of big church
Nothin' pleasant about TIL walters,
neither Look like undertaker's men,
every one of EN- George said
mustn't say thanks to 'em. / didn't
feel like sayin' nothin' to EN-.
Big clumsy furniture George said
| mustn't move my own chair.
Couldn't if I'd wanted to. He says to
me. Now, Mary Ellen, when put on
4 few Iugs an say. sWhat'll you have,
Miss Eastside? you needn't say Pork
and greens, stew er any O. them ten
ement house 'tuck-ins You jest say
Porter house steak an onions, an be
sure ter say porter house er they'll
think yer used ter chuck, an order ice
cream an I'll give you mine on tn,
sneak"
Well, we got along all right George
had ter write th order, but he's very
good writer. though poor speller.
There wasn't one o. tn ladies in
there what couldn't given points on
dress. but most likely Hetty Green sets
til fashions for rich folks.
There wasn't any howlin' swells in
there. Wrong time of day, / s'pose-
All III men t was in there was too fat
/ saw two ladies eatin' their ice
cream with fork. thought it looked
awful, but George says: Bully for
them Eat it with whatever comes
handy"
/ couldn't hardly make ma believe
! t every one o. them swells t was eatin'
cheese eat it with knife. She said
/ though t she supposed rich folks didn't
bring their children up t behave them
selves at tn table, because they didn't
have to-
George didn't make any bad breaks,
most likely because he knew was
layin' for him Anyway we've been at
the Claremont twice t tea, an once t
dinner Il tn Parsonage" out on tn
road, an we haven't kept our eyes shut.
/ We had a boy outside mindin' our
wheels. an when we come out there
was two or three standin rOun' admir-
in our bikes an askin' tn boy ques-
ffinns an one n th' men haupened T.
be an old friend O. Georges in his
workin' clo'es.
George stopped an shook hands with
him, an he says t George:
Say, Georgel On tn d. a.. how did
you manage t get inter Delmonicoss
An George says:
Il backed in. an they thought ( vas
c0Tnin' out. .
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

Washington knew no fear He fought
fought Indians and Englishmen, and
married widow.
Perfection still lacking: Gargoyle
(at the theatre)-This house has as
fine a stage as ever / saw. Still, there
are flies on It.
Profitable flattery: How did that
English nobleman manage to borrow
the money from Chollie?~ On being
introduced he asked him if he wasn't
born on the other side.
How it happened: Drummer-How
does it happen that the cost of sending
a telegram from here to the city is
forty cents. while the charge for send
ing a despatch of the same length from
the city here is only twenty-five cents ?
Squam Corners Merehant-Why, you
see, it is mostly up hill from here to
the city.