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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-25
AUcTIONEER.

Because of our experience ae q
salesman and our knowledge of the
value of stock and other property
pertaining TO che business, togeth-
er with our extensive acquaintance
with the farmers of Cherokee coun-
ty, we think amy one wishing the
services of an auctioneer will find
Il to their advantage to give us a
call. Address w. Fl. WILSON,
Box 7l2, Galena. Kan. Phone 2SS.
Infant mortality is something
frightful. Nearly one-quarter die
before they reach one year, one
third before they are five, and one
half before they are fifteen! The
timely use of Whites Cream Vermi-
fuge would save majority of these
precious lives. Price . cts. Coop
er Drug Co.
Let Don Fenton get hold of your
fine linen II you want II properly
laundered. He takes in washing ne
agent for the Fort Scott Steam
Laundry.
For burns, cuts, bruises, lacera-
tions, or injuries of any description
Baliard's Snow Liniment 10 q sov-
ereign remedy. 1t never fails to do
good, and 60 promptly that its
wonderful curative properties fire.
quently create surprise. Price %
and so cts. Cooper Drug Co.
A BARGAIN For SALE.-The 40
acre Pitzer farm, half a mile of Col
umbus, Kan; well improved; price
$3.50. Address A. ]. PTTzER,
Cherryvale, Kan.
If you are suffering from drowsi-
ness In the day time, irritability of
temper, sleepless nights, general
debility, headache, and general
want of tone of the system, use Her
biue. You will get relief and final
" q cure. Price 30 cts. Cooper
Drug Co.
II you want the very incest sale
bill that can be printed, and ut rea-
sonable prices, too, come to this OF
ice. We don't lay down to any
body on fine job printing. and e.
pecially sale bills.
The News office rather knocks
them all out on sale BILLS, horse
bills and fine job printing. We
would like to have the farmers COM
pare our sale bills with those
printed at other Offices. We not
only have the type and material,
but We get In the artistic touches
cross roads printers do not possess.
There are lots of better printers
than we In the printing business
and some of them may be George
washingtou's, bat the farmer who
wants q sale bill or jack diploma
does not care for patriotism, moral
ity or the sunbeam sort Of christi-
anity. He wants good, wholesome
artistic work in clear type. white
paper good ink and skilifully dis
played. And thsts the sort Of work
We do at the NKws once.
Constipation means the nccumu-
Intion Of waste matter that shouId
be discharged daily, and unless
this is done the foul matter e abb
sorbed and polsolh lke syutem-
Use Herbine 10 brig about reg-
ularitypt the bowels. Price % CT.
Cooper Drug ca.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-25

I'D. Johnson, who has been III for
several weeks, 10 slowly improving
in health.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-25

constipation means the accumu-
lntion of waste matter that shouId
be discharged daily, and unlsss
thIs is done the foul matter e alb
sorbed and poisolh (te syutem.
Use Herbine 10 brifg about re-
ularity az the bowels. Price % cis.
Cooper Drug CO.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-25

A BARGAIN FOR SALE.-The 40
acre Pitzer farm, half mile of Col
umbus, Kan; well improved; price
$3.50. Address A. ]. PITzER,
Cherryvale, Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-25

If you are suffering from drowsi-
ness in the day time, irritability OF
temper, sleepless nights, general
debility, headache, and general
want of tone of the system, use Her
biue. You will get relief and final
" q cure. Price 30 cts. Cooper
nguu C0.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-25

The price of zinc ore keeps a tum-
blin.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-25

II you want the very incest sale
bill that can be printed. and at rea-
sonable prices, too, come to this of
ice. We don't lay down to any
body on fine job printing, and e.
pecially sale bills.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-25

For burns, cuts, bruises, lacera-
tions, or injuries of any description
Baliard's Snow Liniment 10 q sov-
ereign remedy. 1t never fails to do
good, and 60 promptly that its
wonderful curative properties fire.
quently create surprise. Price %
and 80 eta. Cooper Drug Co.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-25

Let Don Fenton get hold of your
fine linen II you want II properly
laundered. He takes in washing M
agent for the Fort Scott Steam
Laundry.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-25


The price of zinc ore keeps a tum-
blin.
r. II. Talbot 10 improving In
health.
Ducks are coming In now, and
guns are being cleaned up.
There 10 more drunkenness In
Baxter Springs than for years.
Vice President Hobart carried
life insurance to the amount OF
$S50,OO0.
IL. Fribiey has made some i'm
provements on his home place on
Spring street.
Mrs. w. p. Archer, who has been
quite Ill for several days, is improv-
ing in health.
Mrs. Sadie Gates of Fulton, Kan,
is visiting her mother. Mrs. /. Il.
Wright, in this city.
The past few days have been
mighty wet, but We guess they were
good ones for wheat.
Perry Archer has made a first
rate looking place of the property
he bought ON River street.
Next week we will publish an ar
ticle of much benefit to the resi-
dents of the Quapaw Agency.
Mayor Brewster. Charley Fribley,
Arthur Cyrney and Chas. L. Smith
returned from Spavinaw Tuesdsy.
HIM. Lamb of the Shawnee res
ervation brought into this ofice
a turnip which weighed ak pounds.
Misses Mary McGregor and Ruby
Tucker returned Tuesday from an,
extended visit In Miami and Fair
land. /. i.
Baxter Post, G. A, r. will meet at
the Post hall at 10 o'clock .. N.
Thanksgiving day to attend divine
services.
There 10 more Whiskey cold In
Baxter Springs nov than before the
days of prohibition. We want TO
see the prohibition Law enforced.
John W. Kirk haa succeeded Tom
Haines as editor Of the Weir City
Tribune. Mr.. Kirk wac postmaster
at Weir City during cleveland's
last whack at us.
Baxter Lodge, I. 90. +. viii at
tend divine services at the n. B.
church on Thanksgiving day and
all members are requested to meet
At the lodge room at 10 o'clock q. N.
on that day.
IT,. Kmbry say6 he thinks his
school tax will amount to about
four dollars per annnm which is
the amount of his subscription 70
the columbns nsWupaperA he
10 drop ths papers till he
4 relieved q the TX.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
PYgmY UnbelieVers.

A good story is told by Captain Guy
Barrows in his books, The Land of
the Pygmies," about a white mar who
vas amusing himself by explaining to
some African savages, the Mobunghi,
the wonders Of the steam engine and
steamship. He drew diagrams on the
sand, and the audience listened and
looked with apparently intense inter
est. At last he asked his hearers
whether they understood. YES" they
replied, they thought they did"
"There was a deep silence" Captain
Burrows says, for some time. and
then a voice in the center Of the crowd
expressed the %unspoken sentiments of
the whole assembly in one emphatic
word, uttered in a tone Of the deepest
conviction-'Liar!'" The lecturers
thoughts are not recorded.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
FLORIDA FISH STORY.
Caught The Same Fish More than a
Hundred Times.

An Atlanta man who has been fish
Ing in Florida is responsible for the fol-
lowing: He followed the custom and
cast his line in with the rest of them.
In a few moments he landed a forty
FOUNDER. Everybody 1ocked about
him to see the big fish and congratulate
him OF his luck. The fish was a beau
ty, and visions of fish chowder came to
the minds of the other fishermen, when
the t~ender-hearted fisherman from At
lanta took his catch and tossed 1t back
in the water. The spectators were
dumfounded, but the Atlanta man
said that he did not want the fish and
would not eat it for the world. His
queer action was remarkable enough,
but the story does not end here. He cast
his line again, and, strange to tell, in
a few minutes he captured the same
fish again. 1t was remarkable, and
created some wonder, but that was not
the end. He cast the fish back the Sec
ond time and took a rest of a half hour.
For the third time he tried his luck, and
in a few minutes he landed the same
fish. Back in the water went the fish,
only to be caught again inside Of ten
minutes. How long this was kept up
the truthful fisherman refuses to say,
but the story goes that he caught that
same fish more than a hundred times
a day for at least a week. Just why
the fish would not bite any other hook
than that of the Atlanta man is not
known, and why he persisted getting
caught again and again is a mystery,
but it is one of those things that fisher
men never explain and the public must
take on faith.-Atlanta Constitution.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Paris Exhibition Telescope.

When the idea was first mooted of
constructing a telescope powerful
enough to allow the moon to be viewed
from what would seem to be close at
hand, 10 little amusement was caused
in Paris. Innumerable pl~easantries
were made at the expense Of "the moon
a yard off" and in the end the project
was thought to have been dropped. OF
rather it vas never supposed that it
had been seriously entertained. How
ever, it is now announced that the
scheme is to be realized up to a certain
point. The image Of the moon, on
which visitors to the exhibition will be
able to gaze, will appear to be distant
only about one hundred kilometers, or
sixty miles. The telescope that is to
attain this result, which will far out
strip all that has been previously
It's tubes, which are to be made of
steel, will have a diameter of over a
yard and q half, and will weigh some
twenty tons. The instrument will be
what is known to astronomers as a
Foucault's siderostat. By it's aid it will
be possible to take photographs of the
surface of the moon on a scale ten
thousand times larger than any obtain
ed up to now. The great difficulty that
has had to be overcome has been the
polishing of the reflector, a most labori-
u and highly delicate process that is
now approaching successful compile
tion.-London Standard.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
COPPER-LiNED STOMACHS.
Remarkable Gastronomica1 Feats of
an E~nS1ishman and an American.

Remarkable Keats OF
an Ens1ishman and an American.
John Collins, who has lately distin-
guished himself by swallowing ninety
one pebbles and has just come out Of
Peterborough infrmary, where he has
been in retirement as the consequence
Of his feat, no doubt thinks he has
beaten the record. He is mistaken,
however. A much more remarkable
feat is recorded in the museum Of Guys
hospital, where they have some scraps
Of pocket knives hat have been swal-
lowed by one John Cummings, an Amer
lean sailor. He and his mates went to
a fair and saw a mountebank doing
some wonderful things in the way Of
swallowing knives. Most Of them were
greatly impressed by the performance,
but Cummings made light Of it and de-
clared he could do the same if he liked.
On being dared to do it he took gu his
w pocket knife and bolted it. His
shipmates We're naturally delighted.
They piled him with grog and affection
ately encouraged him to still further
achievements. Cummings boldly de-
clared his readiness to swallow all the
pocket knives on Shipboard. Three
were instantly offered him and he actu-
ally swallowed them all. One Of the
four he seemed to have permanently
appropriated and for six years he eX-
perimented no more in this way. Event
ually, however, he tried q few more OF
these somewhat indigestible articles of
diet and, it was said, would swallow a
knife with the utmost Indifference.
When Cummings told his story TO the
doctors, as, Of course, he had to do in
the end, they thought him a mOnOma-
Mac and were inclined to pay nc at
tentiOn to it. External examination,
however, showed that a metal point had
perforated the wall of the stomach and
induced the hospital authorities to adj
minister powerful solvents in order, if
possible, to get rid of the obstructive
fragment of this singular dietary. Per
haDs the stomach which had held out
against pocket knives gave in to the
doctors strong medicine. At all events
the nan died, and they have on show
at Guys some forty or fifty scraps Of
metal blades and bits Of handles and
other component parts Of pocket knives
all testifying to the truth of the story
the man had told and proving indispu-
tably that he had long been in b habit
Of amusing himself or astonishing his
friends or perhaps turning an honest
penny occasionally in this original way.
Collins certainly has beaten him by
coming out of the inirmary alive.-Lon-
don News.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Papered Ceilings Out Of Style.

Householders and others who are ar
ranging for spring r~enovating will soon
notice that all the better class of wall
papers are now being made without
ceilings, and that ceilings are being
tinted. Any person who now buys
paper and papers his house, if he
wishes to be up with the times, should
at least tint the ceilings. In such tint
ing there is only one durable material
that he can secure, and that is Alabas-
tine, the unequaled wall coating. What
are known as kalsomines are especially
bad for ceilings, as the stuff scales and
falls off. In fact, the word "kalso-
mine" has become so unpopular, on ac-
count of the goods being only temper
airy, that the later manufacturers Of
kalsomines are giving their material
some arbitrary name and not calling it
a ~kalsomine.
Every one of the strong points in re-
gardtoA labastine that has been proved
to be such by the test of twenty years,
is picked up by every new manufac-
turer of ordinary kals0mine and claim
ed for his goods. These claims, on the
face Of them, are ridiculous, but it will
take a householder who uses these
goods perhaps two or three years to
find out that he has gotten nothing
but a temporary kalsomine; and by
that time the particular manufacturer
may be out Of the market.
Alabastine is a rOck-base cement,
which sets, and hardens with age. 1t
is the only material that can make the
claim of durability and s~ubstantiate it
by actual time tests. This phenomenal
wall coating is adapted to all grades,
from the most elaborate free-hand
modelling with a machine to the cheap
est plain tinting and whitening, and
requires only cold water to mix it for
use. 1t never needs taking off to re-
new, hustles out house pests, sWeetens
apartments, and fills cracks.
Paint dealers furnish card of twelve
beautiful tints. A free copy of Ala
bastine Era" may be had by addressing
Alabastine Company, Grand Rapids,
Mich,
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
"some Black Consolation

"People say that that kind Of a wound
heals,' said Rudyard Kipling, writing
to a father who has lost his little son
"but it doesn't. 1t only skins over; but
there is at least some black consola.
ton to be got from the old and bitter
thought that the boy is safe from the
chances of the after years. l don
know that that helps, unless you hap
pen to know some man who is under
deeper sorrow than yours-a man, say
who has watched the child Of his beget
ting go body and soul to the devil, an6
feels that he is responsible. But it is
the mother that bore him who suffers
most when the young life goes out"
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
AND MUD.
The Greatest Contrasts in the Most
Luxuriant Cities.

The Greatest Contrasts in the Most
Luxuriant Cities.
Probably in Constantinople, which
has been described as he 'city Of HOY
els" there is a greater contrast be-
tween the public and private buildings
than In any other city in the world.
The streets are narrow, tOrtuOuS and
dirty, and even the better class Of pri-
vate houses are mean in comparison
with those Of a similar class in other
countries. On the other hand, the
mosques and palaces are magnificent in
size, design and materials of cOnstruc-
ton, most of them being Of marble,
white or gray. The seraglio is one of
the most splendid buildings in Europe.
Berlin is a close second in this re-
spect, Boosting the finest street in Eu-
rope,
Berlin is a close second in this re-
spect, boasting the finest street in Eu-
rope, Inter den Linden, and its public
buildings will compare favorably with
those of any other capital, but its slums
and tenement houses are squalid and
filthy in the extreme. Another city
which is close in the running is Lisbon.
When it was rebuilt after the earth
quake the public buildings were built
on a scale by no mean justified by the
finances Of the country, while the pri-
vate buildings had to be erected in ac-
cordance with their owners means.
The contrast between them is there
fore naturally very striking.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to the med.
ical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work, The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that il
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
EB@Sold by Druggists. 75c,
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Letter,

Danny's father, who is a farmer and
stock-grower, took several carloads
Of hogs, reared on his w farm, to
Chicago, where he sold them to the
great pork-packing firm of Armour &
Company.
While in Chicago Danny's father re-
ceived the following letter from the
little boy:
"Dere Papa: Did you see Mr.. Ar
NOR kill the big fat hog with the black
tale and didn't he think it was a bus
ster? 1 was sorry to see the hogs leave
the farm and you most Of all. Your
loving son, DANNY"
Youths Companion
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Interesting to Farmers.

The item of Binder Irvine is some.
thing Of Importance to farmers at this
time of the year. The offer of the John
NJ. Smyth Co., of Chicago, made else,
where in this paper, to furnish Binder
Irvine to the farmers of the West is
well worth considering. To purchase
Binder Irvine in this way at the rates
offered by the John NJ. Smyth Co. will
save the farmers thousands of dollars
this season,
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Lies Compensation.

"You can't spell long words like hip
popotamus and parallelogram," said
the little boy who wore spectacles and
a sailor suit.
WELL" answered the boy who was
leading a dog by a piece Of rope, 'dat's
were I'm lucky. 1 don't have to-
Washington Star.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. a powder for the feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous
feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns
and buniOns. It's the greatest comfort dis
cOvery of the age. Allen'sFoO Ease makes
tight-ftting or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a
certain cure for sweating, callous and hot,
tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by ali
druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c,
in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy. n. Y.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Catalogues by Carloads.

A statistical genius has figured that the
various manufacturers of harvesting ma
chinery have printed and distributed
enough advertising matter" during the
last decade to fill 1000 freight cars. The
greater portion Of this literature has been
expended on the farmers of this country
In an effort to make them believe that
almost n kind Of a machine is las
good as the Deering." In the meantime
the Deering Harvester Company of Chi
cage has prospered until at the present
time its works employ more hands than
any single manufacturing plant Of any
kind in America.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

w TOMEN are assaied at every turn by troubles peculiar
wv to their sex, Every mysterious ache or pain is a
symptom. These distressing sensations will keep
on coming unless properly treated.
The history of neglect is written in the worn faces and
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
teething: sottens the gums, re0uces Inflammation,
allays pain, cures wind collie. Is cents a bottle.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

We love to expect, and when expecta-
ton is either disappointed or gratified
we want to be again expecting.-John.
son.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Spring Bitters.

Major Drinkerupp-Did yo' evan take
spring bitters, Kun'l?
Colonel Onceagain-I did, sub. l was
married in ADril.=Judge.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Right in Season.

Right in season.
"See, milkman, here's a fish in this
milk"
"Wel, you're keepin' Lent, amt
?"-Chicago Record.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

The greatest afiiction that can befall
= man is the ~unkindness Of a friend
Fielding.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

wasted figures of nine
tenths of Our women,
every one of whom may
receive the invaluable ad-
vice of Mrs. Pinkham,
without charge, by writing
to her at Lynn, Mass.
MISS LULA EVANS, of
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

Ayarice sheds a blasting influence
over the fairest and sweetest of man
kind.-George Washington.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

Nails r IN A~mputated Fingers.
1t has beer observed in the hospitals
that nails on amputated fingers con-
tinue to grow.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Chinese Point of Etiquette.

A polite Chinaman considers it q
breach of etiquette to wear spectacles
IN company.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

wANTED.-Case of bad health that R.TP.A.N-s viii
not benefit. Send S cents to Ripans Chemical Co.
New York, for 10 samples and GOO testimonials
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

The Most Violent Explosions of Coughing are stoppe
By Hale's Honey of HorehouT3 and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops CUE in one Minute.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

If u neighbors would do things as
we think they should it would be much
easier to love them.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

For lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
10 the best medicine we have used.-Mrs.
J. L. Northcott. Windsor, Ont, Canada.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

The easiest and best way to expand
the chest is to have a good heart in it
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure
Csc. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

Hope is a pleasing acquaintance, but
you can seldom depend upon.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

Parkersburg, Iowa, writes
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-
for nearly three years.
leucorrhea, heart trouble
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
WOMEN WHO
NEED MRS.
PENKHAM'SA AID

f her recovery as follows:
l had been a constant sufferer
lad Inflammation of the womb,
bearing-down pains, backache,