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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
r,ou n.bv An thc High CHAIR

to grandma in the rocker Grain is good for
the whole family. It is the long. desired sub.
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is food in itself. Has the taste
ard appearance Of the best coffee ut I the
and is come to stay. It makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

On q Long leland farm q an apple tire
which bore two crops Of fruit the past year,
and the farnisfs are taking unusual interest
In this PECULIARLY Of nature. just a. much
interest mas been shown In Hostetter' sStom-
ach Bitters, which has The peculiarly OF cur.
ing dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation and
blood disorders that other remedies tail te
benefit. In chronic cases II rare.y faiis, and
Il cures whenever cure 10 possible.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
A Dainty GIFT.

DR.. p. Harold Hayes, the well-known
specialist In Asthma and Hay Fever, whose
success In curing these diseases has been 80
remarkable as 10 attract the attention Of
physicians all over the world, has issued Q
dainty Calendar for 1890 which he Is send
ing TO his many patients. Any sufferer from
either OF these diseases can obtain copy
free by writing 10 DIR. Hayes for 1t, pro
vided this paper Is mentioned.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
When TINE Love Quits.

II the engagement lasts long enough, the
girl grows careless and makes her appear.
ance before her steady in her kitchen
clothes, and with her hair uncombed. Then
Love, in the mans heart, folds its tired
hands on its breast and breathes its last
Atchison Globe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Truth.

The Master came to teach us that
truth in any form is necessary. Is ac-
cessible, is attainable in highest uni
versal measures il we do but believe
in Him. Rev. S. p. Cadman, Congre-
nationalist. New York City.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
Feminine siaterliness.

"What made you lose your place in the
line!" -.
because ! wasn't going to be kissed by
the lieutenant right after he had smacked
that odious, peppermint chewing Bagley
girl!"-Clevelahd Plain Dealer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
FIelda of Truth.

We shall explore the eternal fields
of truth, and never cease TO learn. II
Heaven were stagnation, 1t would be
distasteful TO most.-Rev. Mr.. Taylor,
Presbyterian, San Bernardino, Cal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
FnIth.

Faith is more than an emotion, more
even than an intellectual assent TO GER
tain definite facts Of Of Christian his
tory. Faith is n belief in the truth
fulness of the universe.--l,ev. l.. +.
Learned, Episcopalian, New York city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
II All Depended.

The General-I have stood unmoved
when shells were bursting round me. Could
you?
The Actor-Well, that would depend q
great deal on the age Of the eggs.-Stray
Stories.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

Never be at your place Of business when
a person wants to borrow money Of you,
because II you are in you will be out, but
II you are out you will be in.-Town and
Country Journal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

Dropsy treated free by DR.. 81. H. Green's
Sons, Of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver.
tisement in another column Of this paper.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
small Realization.

"Of IN my expectations In life,. said the
somber-visaged man.. II have realized only
one; and that was the expectation that J
should fail to realize the others."-N. <.
Sun.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

'T always want introductiops 10 long.
haired men," "WhyY II like 10 discover
what subjects they are foolish ou."-Cht
cago Daily Record.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

New Form Of an Old Question $50 you
wish to marry my daughter?" Eyes. sir. y
well, can You support her in that condition
stomed?"-Chicago Daily Record.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

There is, after all, no man so ornery as the
one who marries his landlady to avoid pay.
ing his board bill.-Atchison Globe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

A captured ostrich always means q feather
In somebody's cap.-Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

Pleasant, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption 4
the only medicine for Coughs. - Jennie
Pinckard, Springfield, ILL.,, OCT. ]. l6ol.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

Even a bear story may not be the naked
truth-L. A. w. Bulletin.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14
THE GENERAL MARKETS.

The Chinese actor never goes on the
stage without his cue.-Chicago Daily News
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

To Cure q Cold In One Nay
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money II II fails TO cure. No
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

AWhais Of 50 tons exertD 1Is horse.
pOWuF ~ swimming y mlllPap hour,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-01-14

For rs years the prohibition OF the manufac-
ture and sale OF intoxicating liquors has been
the settled policy OF this state but the enforce
ment OF this law has been attended with indif-
ferent success The diiiiculty OF the situation
has been owing largely to the fact that pro-
hibition has boon made political rather than
IN economic question. This perversion OF the
question has resulted In such condition that
In Kansas prohibition and Temperance are not
synonymous The misfortune OF prohibition In
that Il has largely been made political Ques-
ton every two years. TO lapse during long In
tervals only TO be rehabilltated and brought
into use ct each recurring election for political
purposes
The result Of the last two general elections in
Kansas demonstrated that. rs purely political
question, IL has about run its course Az an
economic question Il Is entitled 70 much more
serious consideration. and ought TO command
our earnest attention. As the law now stands.
Il Il hardly profitable 10 discuss whether pro-
hibitlon Is wise or unwise Many OF our best
citizens differ on this proposition. but prohibi-
zion Is the policy OF our state, part OF our
fundamental law. supplemented by legislative
enactment and the enforcement OF this law
Il entirely outside the pale OF dis
cusslon. The talk that e Is better that other
laws and different methods should be resorted
TO for the enforcement Of Il Is Idle The talk
that it should DO dlsfegarded and that ofioers
should facility. II not openly consent 70 It's viola
ton Is vicious All laws should have an honest
enforcement, the prohibitory Law no more and
no less than other laws. and the present admin
Istratlon stands squarely and unequivocally In
favor OF the enforcement OF all laws. tho pro-
hibiiory Law In no wise excepted
lnsurancf.
Our insurance laws afford ample protection
10 our people and their honest enforcement Il
much 10 DO desired The law gives the COM
missioner the right 70 make IN examination Of
the books, assets and business Of all companies
doing business In the stata either himself or
by bis agents. for the purpose Of Determining
the solvency Of such companies and the wisdom
Of permitting than 20 DO business In this state
No Aired charge e provided for this service
and no report o. such oxamlnatlon Il required
70 b aied The Law should Ok ne ohnFge1 Tor
suol ayAulnsIlpps anq g6guigo gu rupoIN q
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-18
Cost of MOVING rrainA

OOoV Va ASVAA 30
The rates charged for transportation
of passengers by rail. are being, oriti-
cised and questioned in many quar-
tiers of the country. : This: has been
stimulated by the fact that. the govern
ment roads of Austria-H Hungary in 1889
reduced rates of fare from, one-half to-
one-sixth, and yet the traffic. 30 greatly
increased that the gain i'm receipts was
over : 1000, 900 in two years., Prof.
Parsons cites the cases of many east
ern railroads that sell tickets
at a little more than half q cent a mile,
and declares that they would not no
SO If it was not a fact. that that sum
more than covered the cost Of transpor-
tation. He says that some companies,
which he names, sell Communication tick
cts a. seven-tenths of a cent q mile,
and admit a profit Of so per cent in the
business. Prof. Parsons estimates that
the average cost Of moving a passen-
ger train is 80 cents a mile, or about
IA cents a car, as is; shown by the rail-
way reports. IA moderate train Of
ordinary coaches will carry 400 OF 600
persons. SO that with well-nlled trains
the cost is not more than one-hfth Of
a CEN a passenger a mile. All the
expenses of railway traffc are taken
into account in figuring the eighty-cent
cost per train mile" Under govern
ment ownership he claims that these
expenses will be reduced at least q
third, the cost per train mile will fall
to 60 cents, and the cost Of carrying .
passenger one mile in a full train will
be 10 Of AGENT"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-18
ABOUT PROPOSALS.

"lt's jolly hard lines, Bailey Junior
said. tlinging himself down in Jacks
armchair.
whats hard lines?" 1 asked, think
ing at the same time that although he
had been Jacks best man when we
were married he need not be quite so
familiar with Jacks W particular
armchair. 1 never like to see any one
at home in Jacks chair, because, If
am left a widow, I mean to keep it
sacred to Jacks memory.
"a fellow isn't allowed to see Baby
Jones alone for five minutes"
why do you want to see her alone?'
/ asked, for the fifth Jones girl, to my
mind, was still a child. Perhaps this
was due to the fact that she is called
Baby" but Jack says it's because
she's not allowed to have her 18th
birthday until the two eldest girls are
"off." Mamma Jones may be right;
more than four girls out at n time is
a great responsibility.
Bailey Junior, who had retained the
sufflx Junior" eve since he went to
school with his eldest brother, looked
at me in surprise. why do 1 want to
see her alone?" he replied; because
want to propose, Of course! a fellow
can't propose with an audience"
You PROPOSED" 1 echoed. Propose
to Baby Jones!"
"And pray why shouldn't II" he
asked. Anything the matter with
me?" He pulled down his coat and
stuck out his brown riding boots on
my new hearth rug. Bailey Junior
prided himself on his bootmaker. 81
can afford to keep a wife; Jacks mar
ried."
ooh, but Jacks quite different"
said. "Any can see in a moment
that Jacks different. Besides, you'll
never get the chance" I continued,
remembering Mamma Jones' theory.
why the deuce not?"
Because the four others have to go
OFF first, and they must go in proper
order. Jack says So"
whats Jack got to do with tt?"
ooh. nothing. 1 answered; but
Jacks SC clever; he always sees
hrOugh THINGS.
"Why have the others got to go of
first?" Bailey Junior asked. "Baby's
marriage hasn't anything to do with
the Others" ~
ooh, yes it has; you don't under
stand"
mo, 1 don't; and I'm hanged il any
one else does. Why can't they begin
marrying from the other end:"
Because if the county knows that
Baby's old enough to marry, that
would make the others just too old,
don't you see? It's a point of honor
with the Baby to remain under IL till
the eldest girls off,"
"Phew!" said Bailey Junior, now I
see; that's why she's SO closely guard
ed and why the eldest girl is always
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ing had not suggested itself to the
..4..-cne.L ~ A. Ao~ai1..,

ing had not suggested itself to the
youngest of the family.
Poor old Bailey!" l said. HE sal
for an hour and a half talking to Bel
la"-that is the. eldest girls name
the day he went to say %good-by, hop
ing that you would come in; he was
determined to propose to you before he
sailed"
Baby Jones opened her big eyes
wide. did he really? But he ought
to have known that mamma said he
was to marry Bella. I was sent out to
do some shopping, and the others staid
in their rooms and said they were out.
l wonder why he didn't propose to
Bella?"
Because he was in love with you,"
l said. Don't you like him, Baby?"
ooh, yes," she said slowly; "he's
nicely sunburned, and" with a little
sigh) II do like his boots. But it's
Bella's turn first"
She took Bailey Juniors letter and
opened it.
II must ask mamma" she said, "for
the poor IeIlOW seems quite ANXIOUS
and he's in such a hurry. He wants
me to wire back yes or no. He needn't
be so impatient when it's only me he
wants."
Baby" 1 said, coaxing1y, don't ask
your mother untn you have sent the
wire. Mothers don't always under
stand these things"
Then I turned and left her reading
the letter slowly to herself.
bella will be awfully cross" I heard
her murmur; perhaps he has an elder
brother who wouldn't mind marrying
Bella"
By the same post next evening I re-
ceived two letters. The n was from
Bailey Junior. asking me to plead his
cause with Baby Jones. It was an ar
dent, romantic letter, showing a vast
imagination and a limited understands
ing of the character of his future wife,
and the other was from Baby Jones.
1t was not so romantic, but, Jack says,
it is full Of common sense, and. charac-
t~eristic of the Jones family. It ran
thus: wired back yes: BUTT cost
me 80 shillings."-Westminster Bud
get.
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SAMOAN GIRL.
She Wa a Born Coquette. Usually WITH
Many Suitors.

S"o SV0V " AoAA SOAuoeO0s oo~"AJ "eS~
Many Suitors.
The Samoan girl is not only an ath-
lete, she is a born coquette, says Wom-
ans Life. From the time she is 10
years old she begins to make eyes from
behind a beautifully carved fan. She
is without sincerity, but romantic to
the extreme. Yet, in spite OF, her 70.
mantle nature, the Samoan girl when
angered is a match for a Samoan war
rior in activity and strength. 1t has
been said that the Samoan women and
girls are even harder to deal with than
the men. They are absolutely without
feeling and are cruel to their captives.
II a Samoan is fortunate she will wear
a necklace of sharks teeth and ear
rings made Of some metal. That is her
costume. The sharks teeth are usual
ly the present of the favored sutton,
and it often is the case that a girl
hardly in her teens will have many
necklaces. The more sharks teeth a
girl possesses the more admirers she
has, and, therefore, the more is envied
by her less fortunate sisters. The Sa-
moa girl is not only skilled in the use
of the native arms, but she is taught to
carve, to embroider and Jew. The
hairpins worn by the Samoan girl, are
beautiful in their workmanship. They
are made out of the wood OF: cocoa
nut tree and are carved with a'dead CO.
coanut leaf. This is most delicate
work. ,u .t
The samoans are a great people for
dancing, and during holiday season
dancing is in order day and night. The
girls take to dancing as naturally as
they do to swimming, and a girl is
taught to swim before she isttaught to
walk. They are graceful: and readily
learn any dance.
The Samoan girl has. no, choice of
husbands. Her marriage is always; ar
ranged by her parents, and she accepts
the inevitable. However, marriage does
not prevent a woman from having adj
mirers.
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Of it, for it will be needed before good
outdoor busting places can be found
next spring.
The last of this month is a good
time to caponize the two-pound cock
erels. If one can spare the room, there
is no branch Of poultry that gives bet
ter returns, except early duck. than
capons. Caponize a few for your own
use next winter, If you do not care to
market them.
Aim, and don't miss your aim, to
have the pullets and what hens you
keep, in their permanent winter quar-
tiers by the end of this month. A later
removal will cause a later beginning
in egg producing and eggs in Novem-
Der, December and January are worth
money.
EMMA CLEARWATERS.
ST Rornica Ind
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More Farm-arown Cattle.

Many thoughtful men throughout the
middle west are much concerned about
the condition of the cattle industry,
says Homestead. Looking over a num-
Der of the states which are largely the
country's reliance for beef supplies, no
one can fail to be struck by the scarcity
Of good cattle. There are cattle, Of
course, but to a large extent they have
been brought from a distance, instead
of being grown on the spot, as should
be the case in the cattle-feeding coun-
try where land is so high that best
cattle are profitable. The western
ranger can go to Texas and buy a
bunch of cattle to feed grasses. and
if he doesn't pay too much for the
cattle is pretty sure to make some
money, for his feed costs him nothing,
and attention and management cost
but little. 1t is not so, however, with
the man who feeds cattle on the farm.
Every bushel of grain they cat rep
resents money; every mouthful OF
grass they consume comes off high
priced land; every forkful of hay
luey are L6Q lQedIlS dClud1 OutAoJ AH
cash or labor. Under such circum-
stances it is only the best that can
make money. Poor cattle, that Is,
poorly bred and poorly gown cattle,
are unable to return a profit for feed
ing on the farm. There is coming to
be a gradual realization Of the eact that
only good cattle are suitable for farm
feeding, but to secure the best results
the farmer who feeds must go a step
further and cease to rely on range-bred
cattle for his breeding stock. Cattle
to be fed on the farm should be calved
and grown on the farm, and be raised
under farm conditions, and should be
pushed from birth, as it is impossible
to push range-bred animals. We hope
to see at no distant future this lesson
learned, and we hope, also, for the re-
turn of the time when the beef-grow-
ing states Of the middle west will
practically furnish their own supplies
of well-bred cattle, bred on the farm
under a realizing sense of how neces-
sary good breeding is to profit. and
raised from calfhood by good liberal
feeding and careful farm management
that make the suitable feeders under
farm conditions where every blade OF
grass and every seed consumed costs
n
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-18
How to Avoid Colds During Winter.

How to Avoid Colds During winter.
This idea that many people have,
that winter is an unhealthful season.
Is all wrong. Winter is just as health
full as summer, if people will take care
Of themselves. II you want to so
through the winter without a cold, OBJ
serve these few simple rules:
Don't overheat your house, and
don't stop all ventilation. Sleep in a
cool room, hut keep warmly covered.
Always take off your outdoor wraps
when you come in the house, and al
ways put them on when you go out.
And, lastly, just as long as there Is
snow on the ground, don't go out with
out your rubbers. This last rule is the
most important of all, for two colds
out of three come from WEI feet
The Independent
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-18
A Natural Inference.

swell, Uncle Rastus," said q. gentle
man to an aged colored individual, Il
e that you IRE. still in the land. of the
living"
"Deed I is, boss" replied the old fel.
low, fan what's mo, Use gwine 70 hang:
on fob anoddex yeah"
"Why, how can you teli?n asked the
other.
Because. sah," answered the old
man, Use allus notis't dat eft I done
live ovah ma birthday dat Use suah to
live till it come round agfn."-Chicago
News.
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Prscocity of the Peacock.


Most books on these birds state that
they only reach the adult state at three
years Of age: I should be much as
tonished If the peacock does not attain
this age at one year, but I can affirm
that the hen lays fertile eggs at the
age of eleven months. I have before
my eyes a hen which was born in July.
1898, and is now followed by two young
birds. Possibly the p%recocity of these
birds is not general. but the fact I give
sufices to rectify ar error found In
works on zoology and breeding. It is
of practical interest because it demon
strates that the rearing of peacocks
and their propagation is a much more
rapid work than generally believed.
Nevertheless, I must remark that this
hen. aged eleven months has only laid
two eggs, whereas another older hen
laid, at the same time. six fertile eggs.
Thus laying amongst the birds be-
comes more abundant after two years
of age. 1t would, then, be interesting
to know whether the number Of eggs
may be. yet. greater. must also re-
mark that when confined one peacock
for several hens. So says a
correspondent of L'Aviculteur.
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DON'T YOU LIKE HIM, BABY@"
thrown in my way; but l won't have
her, I tell you. No Mamma Jones in
the world will make me marry the eld-
est; none of your serving for Rachel
business for me-"
That's right" / said, "but you'll
have to wait for Baby until some other
fellow does want the Others"
20, Lord!" he exclaimed, in a tone
of voice which was scarcely compli-
mentary to the eldest Miss Jones; land
/ sail for India this day week."
"I'm awfully sorry" l said; "bsut
that's the principle and code of honor
in the Jones family. You can't pick
out the best and leave Mamma Jones
saddled for life with the plain ones"
Bailey Junior was silent. and 1 tried
my best to think of some plan to help
him out of his dif1culty. 1t was of no
use to suggest asking Baby Jones to
spend the day with me and letting Bal
ley Junior meet her here, for the Jones
girls never went about singly; they
hadn't enough friends to go all around,
so that if you asked n to tea two
| always came. They were such a de-
voted. family.
Dear little GIRL" he said. sacrificed
to her elder sisters. She'll be 80 be-
fore she gets her hair up at that rate.
I wonder what her age really Isl"
She's probably got mixed herself"
I said;, 'but isn't it up yet? 1t will be
getting quite 0 out"
Its in a sort of maidenly plait,"
Bailey Junior said, r%eflectively, lawful
~ becoming, don't you know, but"
But it's time she wore quite long
dresses, and put it right mp, isn't it? A
big girl old enough, to be married in
| short skirts. Jack thinks 1t horrid."
81 think they're lovely" Bailey
| Junior answered, $50 arched and slen-
der; just think of the eldest girls"
"Oh, no one does" I said; "she was
put into long skirts before b left the
nursery, and she was never allowed to
play lawn tennis"
Bailey Juniors furlough was UP, and
he went back to India without having
proposed to Baby Jones. / met. her
six weeks later, and she told me she
had had a letter from him asking her
to marry him. She seemed much as
tonished that he should wart to marry
her and not her eldest sister. The
Jonesss are not an imaginative family,
and such an unconventional proceed-
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Bang Up.to-D Date:
.N32a2NE5!93sZzID

Bang Up.tO-Dates'
A small boy dashed b~reathlessly into
I merchants office.
els the gunner in"
Eyes; what do you want?"
.Must see him myself. Most ;pertick'f
Ter"
"But you can't; he's engaged"
@kiust see him immejit. Most per-
tfckler."
The boys importantly got him in.
well, boy, what do you want!" SAID
the merchant, anxiously.
+D'yer wat an orfce boy!"
.You impudent rascal! No.; we've
got one"
@Ne, you amt, sir; he's just bin run
over in Cheapside."
Boy engaged.-Tit-Bits.