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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
A PoIs0N-pR0oF GOAT.
billy, the Mascot Of the New York.
Swallows Oxalie Acid with
out Injury.

Tho bilge keels Of the battleshp
Massachusetts, thrilled with appre-
hension q few days ago when 80 able
seamen appeared ut the door Of the
sick bay with William Terror, chief
goat, and announced to DR.. Byrnes
that the gentle hircine mascot was
dying. There is nothing dcsrer, ten
derer or stronger, says the New York
Press, than the affection between Q
lone goat and the men behind the
guns. "What IL the matter? What
has he done?" inquired the doctor,
leading William in by his left horn.
The 80 sailors spoke ut once: I'VE had
mixed up pail Of oxalic acid and tur-
pentine to clean the guns, sir, and
Billy came along and eat 1t all up"
There were quivers in the voices and
brine in the eyes. The possibility.
nay, the certainty Of losing the mas
cot unnamed the brave fellows. They
knew well that oxalic acid is one OF
the deadliest Of poisons. 1t has pro.
duced death in ten minutes, preceded
by horrible agonies. Even their SUBJ
lime faith in DR.. Byrnes failed to
give hope. As for Billy, why, he
chewed trifie harder on his tobacco
and looked demure.
~ don't think II will hurt him, boys"
said DR.. Byrnes, after q hasty exam
ination Of the whites Of Williams
eyes, Q glance at his tongue, q look
at his guild, and q count Of his pulse.
"You may not know that turpentine
Is an antidote for oxalic acid poison
ing. While the acid taken alone
might relieve us of our old friend, his
extraordinary cleverness or luck in
taking turpentine with it will save
him. The one will counteract the
other" He took hold OF Williams
horn and danced Signor Capra Hircus
around the bay, first on one end, then
ON the other, until Billy feigned per-
SEPARATION. Then he discharged him as
cured, and the 30 happy seamen car
ried him on deck for air.
After three days, when the crew
were in easy frames Of mind, Com
mander Kossuth Niles, executive Off
Ger Of the ship, was transfxed with
amazement until his amazement got
tired at seeing William Terror walk.
ing on board eating q bunch Of VIC.
let's. He says that when the gentle
springtime comes the govt will feed
on damask roses. As to goats in gen.
eral, Mr.. Niles informs me that mas
cots at sea are never lost through any
accident or design Of eating rare and
wonderful curiosities, such rs nails,
cartridges, sword belts, scabbards,
torpedoes, dynamite, etc, but occa-
sionally one Is drowned. He relates
the story Of q goat that ate whole
box Of pills, label, directions and all,
without the slightest disturbance OF
his interior mechanism. Great is the
goat,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Immaterial 10 Him.

But" said the old man, when the
foreign nobleman expressed desire
to marry into the family, "you haven't
told me which Of my daughters you
want"
Jaw, yes, OF course" returned the
man from abroad. ~ aw-"
Perhaps ! should say" interrupted
the old man, shat my fortune will be
equally divided between them"
Jaw, well, in that case" answered
the man from abroad as he leisurely
pulled Q cigarette, "let them draw
lots for me."-Chicago Post.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
A. America. s.rr..a.r.d to Mexico

III Paso. Tex, April 12.-Yesterday
Bias Aguirre. an American citizen,
was conveyed TO Juarez, Mex, by Mar
shall Joseph Seibrecht and surren-
dered to the Mexican authorities to be
tried for murder. Aguirre partici-
pated In q raid across the border
into Mexico last spring. A fight oc-
Cured and q Mexican was killed.
Mexico made application for the ex-
tradition of Aguirre. accusing him Of
murder, and he was surrendered yes
terday on q warrant issued by the
state department.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
MADE A BIG HAUL.
Poarch Climbers Eater the Home Of {
wealthy Chieagoan and Garry Away
$4,000 To $4,000.

Chicago, April 12.-The residence
Of o. w. Potter, the millionaire OK
president of the Illinois Steel COM
pany, was robbed by porch-climbers
last night while the family was at
dinner. Jewelry and other valuables
worth from $4,000 to $4,000 were
taken. This is the third big robbery
within a week on the fashionable
Lake Shore drive. The plumber, the
most valuable secured by thieves in
Chicago in years, consisted Of dia-
monds, jewelry and silverware.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Calling Pastors' wives.

A congregation in Pennsylvania
which has vacant pulpit has notified
candidates for the place that they
must bring their wives with them.
From this 1t would appear that this
congregation at least proposes that
the ability of the wives to promote
spiritual work is to be considered
equally with that Of their husbands;
that "call" to the latter will imply
. "caIl" to the former, and that they
must assume obligations of q similar
character.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Nothing
In the
Wide
World

has sHoh q record for ab-
s0iHfsly curing female Nls
and kidney troubles 80
has Lydia e. Rlnltlsanscs
Vegetable Compound.
Medicines Eiiaf are ~.
Var6sod % 0zro every
thing cannot be sp0olfkDo
Tor asyfibi1Os
Lydia &. PInkhanss0
Vegetable 00a3p0srna tNlII
Dgf euro every lfnd o. ~
ness fibaf nsay n Eiof n,ons
women and olikIdrarl, ~
Us,Dof = sls0Bupno1fnf f'knl
q VIZ and docs O1BD ~
DE Ne ooWilar % nfnn1oR
M - = knol EnrIg
nhiD nn1 0an ~ UBgl -
~ n1pn6 dian = n,l'1o
~ - 1'n'F 1',T
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
The Greateat Guu Factory.

Officials reports now show that the
famous Krupp gun works employ no
less than 41,750 men. When the great
firm was started in 1910 by the grand
father of the present Krupp, Essen
had only 1000 people, whereas now
there are 1Oo,52s, all dependent upon
and quarter of them actually en-
ployed in making implements Of war
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
she IA. Forgotten How to Talk.

Media, Pa, April 6.-Alice Ireland,
0 young Chester woman who went
into q trance last Saturday ut the
home Of q friend here, Is now semi
conscious and hopes are entertained
for her ultimate recovery. She IL
kept awake by frequent shaking. She
has partially forgotten how to talk
and although she appears to recognize
the faces of friends, she cannot re-
member their names. The attending
physician says she Is suffering from
hysterical commissions, but he cannot
nscribe nny cause.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
M'KINLEY TO SPEAK.
The President VIII 90 10 New York and
Address the Protestant Eeumonicai
Conference Of Foreign Missions.

Washington, April 12.-President
Mckinley is going to New York on
April 81 to deliver IN address before
the Protestant ecumenical confer
ence Of foreign missions. The dis
tinguished body of the Protestant
churches of the world meets in Car
negic hall on that date and at eight
o'clock in the evening will listen to
addresses by the president and repre-
sentatives of the state and city Of
New York. The honorary president
Of the conference Is eX-Prcsident
BENJAMIN Harrison.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Included Q Vast TerrItory.

Gov. Mounts proclamation calls
upon the people of Indiana to take
part in the celebration of the centen-
NAL Of the organization of the terri
tory Of Indiana. The occasion Is one in
which the people Of Illinois, Wiscon-
sin and Michigan might take part.
When the northwest territory was
divided into two separate jurisdic-
tions. the western being called the
territory Of Indiana, It included the
territory which became afterwards
the three states mentioned above.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Tho Oldest Psnsioner.

John MACEDONIAN, of Clay county,
Fla, claims to be the oldest pensioner
in this country. According to papers
now on file in Washington he is 12l
years old. He was born in Ireland
on March Is, ITO, and came to this
country in 1904. He enlisted in the
Seventeenth Connecticut regiment
in 1861, when he was 81 years old.
The pension officials are inclined to
believe his statement,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Was . Friend Of Abraham Lincoln.

New York, April 12.-Eliphalet
Wood, who was trusted friend of
Abraham Lincoln, is dead ut his home
in Irvington, n. Y, aged 81 years.
Mr.. Wood was in Chicago during the
civil war and worked actively to Sc
cure and equip volunteers, belonging
tot committee which advanced nearly
81, 100000 for this purpose.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Gold weather In Tsras.

Houston, Tex, April IA most
extraordinary spell Of cold weather
for this time of year prevailed in north
and central Texas yesterday. A heavy
frost was expected, which will do I'M
told damage to fruit and truck which
escaped the March freeze.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
shipping Reading Matter BY the Ton.

New York, April 1.-THE move
ment begun by Mrs. Greenleuf, wife
Of Chief Surgeon Greenleaf, to es-
tablish n circulating library in Ma
Mia for the benefit Of the soldiers,
has been most successful. Last Sat-
urday there was shipped from here
five tons of the best reading matter
for Manila.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14

San FFancisco. April l2s--Judge WI
Ham H. Taft, president of the Philip
pine connihsion, accompanied BY bis
fnmfly. arrived from Cincinnntl yes.
terday. The other members o. the
commis1ipn are expected 70 arrive IN
the city today or tomorrow. Thn
c1un|1.@1 4. scheduled % It1f1 her.
"a ft1 In5r1If Eanc1tk next Hc1.
1rI m r|r|I "'| E1".Ir A. ~ g
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
W.bh Hnyea Honorably Discharged.

Washington, April 12.-Lieut. Col.
Webb C. Hayes, Of the Thirty-first in.
fantry, son of the late President
Hayes, has been honorably discharged
from the army at his own request.
He has been serving in the Philip
pines, but Is now on his way to San
Francisco,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Rich Contractors Offer to Work.

Chicago, April 12.-Contractors with
an aggregate wealth of S10,00O,OOO
volunteered yesterday to go to work
with hammer and saw and construct
the big grand stand for the Dewey
day celebration, from which the adj
miral is to review the parade. Owing
to the complicated labor situation
this was thought the best way out OF
n tangle which might have brought
about repetition of the fall festival
trouble,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
And II Il Not Completed.

England's feet of transports for
taking troops and supplies to South
Africa includes 147 steamships, pur-
chased, chartered or impressed. The
task of subduing the Beers is one of
the largest ever undertaken by the
British empire.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14

The post oflce department In about
10 make an1ther experiment in the
extension Of rural free delivery. An
attempt win be made 10 estimate the
.racileabiIliy Of establishing ths ~
fem IN corneciion with al star
routes TIE first experiment win be
<1nEI car>'|n1. where + 3 -
ASA ne <.n|I1e11 81 carry
XII. ~ ~ .|&I 111|I1 'r
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Keep Young ChIldrsn Out Of school.

The writer in the Journal Of Edu-
cation contends that children are
usually sent to school at too early IN
age. "Little children four or five
years old should be out Of doors nearly
all their waking hours, developing
strong bodies, sturdy constitutions,
and incidentally brain power, SO
when they enter the schoolroom they
will have gained power to learn easily,
which is reached only after the child
has arrived at certain stage Of its
deyelopment.n
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
An Excellent Specimen.

at was my earnest desire to study
at first hand the question Of happy
married life that caused me to marry
you," admitted the professor.
swell, you find me q pretty lively
microbe, then" responded the wife,
Philadelphia North American.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Plaut More Treea.

1t Is said that 400 acres of timber
are destroyed in the United States
every day in the year, and as this is
tree-planting time the fact ought to
be given practical consideration.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
HOODS
SARSAPARlllA

Possesses the peculiar qualities
Peculiar TO Ksey-which accom-.
plish these good things for oil
who take It.. An unlimited list Of
wonderful cures prove its merit.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
New Chancellor Of Nsbraahn UaI,v.r.l,

Omaha, Neb., April 12.-The board
Of regents Of the Nebraska state uni
versity yesterday evening elected su-
perintendent Z. Benjamin Andrews,
Of Chicago, chancellor of the Univer-
sity of Nebraska by q vote of 4 to-.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Senate Favors ooyernmsnt Cable

Washington. April 12.-The senate
has passed the Pacific cable bill in
troduced by Mr.. Hale. The cable is to
be under the control Of the navy de-
partment, and 100000 10 appro-
priated to begin the work.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14

Brussels. April 1e.-In the chamber
Of deputies Wednesday the premier
read Communication from King
Leopold in which his majesty pre-
rented to the nation the whole OF his
real estate. Prolonged cheering
greeted che reading Of this dccu-
inent.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14

Iowa alone Of the states whose sol
dlers fought In the great battles
around Chattanooga, has failed to
erect suitable monuments and tablets
70 mark the places where her troops
werc engaged, and 70 commemorate
the part they took IN those great
battles. The Daughters OF the Amer
lean DcroIalion, under The ienderlhip
81 11t e. Armstrong 81 cI'nion.
'|.,r. ~, ''s.,'.''I
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
A Matron,s Mistake.

Mr.. Brown explaining to visitor)
This Ii my wife's maiden effort at
landscape painting.
Mrs. B.-Now, John, you know bet
ter. I'd been married moro than .
year when ] painted It.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14

VIII Require Twenty Million Dollars.
To complete the University Of Chi
cago in all its departments accord
ing to the plans of DR.. Harper will
require q total endowment Of over
$20,000,000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


Queen VIctorta's Great DIatinction-
Queen Victoria has more descendants
than any other ruler in Europe. She
has seven surviving children, 80
grandchildren and 80 great-grand-
children.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14
Steadily aIarchInr Forvard.

The English language marches on
steadily. A newspaper conducted by
Americans has been started in Bang
kok, Siam, and IL of the SO printing
Offices in that city use English type.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-04-14

He who does not love honesty 10 THAI
at heart.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-21
NAY ERADIcA1E MoNGoosE.

One of the great pests of the prairie
states OF America is the prairie dog.
For years every effort has been put
forth to exterminate them. 1t seemed
impossible to poison them, for like the
English sparrow they evidently could
always detect poisoned food. Traps
were likewise of no avail in removing
them. owing to their feeundity. Agri-
cultural experiment stations in the
western states have devoted much
study to the prairie dog question in an
effort to devise means to exterminats
them. At last the agricultural expert
ment station Of the state Of Nebraska
has discovered an effective remsdy. IN
bulletin recently issued it gives the
following prescription, which it is
claimed will annihilate the prairie dog:
First dissolve three ounces of
strychnine and one-half pound Of pot
assium cyanide in one quart Of boiling
water. Then add two quarts of mo-
lasses and one teaspoonful of oil CT
anise. Stir. Then pour the solution ove-
a bushel OF wheat, and while mixing it
together sprinkle IN four pounds OF
finely ground eornmeal, which enables
the grains of wheat to carry larger
amount Of. poison 1t is tempting
dish for the prairie dog, but one tea
spoonful at q hole ends the career OF
the whole family. and the proportion
given above will destroy town Of
500 acres, the number Of families 70 the
acre ranging fp0m 80 to l50."
The bulletin adds the further infor-
nation that this year the poisoning is
being done over large range Of terri
tory. and with gratifying results. so
that i, is not improbable that in q
short time the last prairie dog win have
disappeared.
The Republican believes that wheat
thus prepared would be very effective
in destroying the mongoose in Hawaii
Certainly it is worth trying on
small scale. for the eradication OF the
mongoose in Hawaii Is Of a. great Inn
portance to this territory a. Is the
eradication OF the prairie dog in Neb-
raska and neighboring states.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-21
pKsoLrs CASE CONSIDERED.

The editorial advertisement given
]. T. DeBolt's record as a successful
counsel in numerous causes in the sd
pTeme court By the chrome organ OF
noisy and unsuccessful minority Is well
calculated TO arouse the risibiliries Jf
the bar who know the character of the
cases which enabled that worthy and
studious gentleman TO be heard in the
highest court OF Hawaii In nearly
every instance il may be found by in
vestigation, by any one Of the nalf
dozen people who are interested in Ai.
DeBolt's campaign, that his twenty Odd
cases were trifing as 10 the amount
involved and did lot present any ques
ton for decision not IN the horn
books.
Perhaps If Mr.. Gear pursued ,he
prize box system OF pracuicing Law.
paying Chinese and japanese large
commissions for such inconsequeptial
matters as might be brought To him
tor attention IN the police court, ne
would stand as a rival OF the genue-
man who mas the marvellous quinquen-
NAL calendar OF twenty-one cases But
Mr.. Gear has pursued the dignified
and ethical practice of reading his law
books and OF accepting such briefs as
might De brought TO him in the usual
and proper way, instead OF going hot
ON the trail after cases, scattering fees
and rewards here and there to any en-
terprising Oriental who would assis;
aim to tree case.
There Is a wide difference between
putting tye cents worth of lard in q
TN bucket and serving in the role of
a circuit judge in a prosperous and
growing city Mr.. Deboit will learn
this in time In the meanwhile viii
LIE Olul udk o24C AAASA - . AxSA 'S0~
public why the bar association consld-
cred it necessary to adopt the following
bylaw?
1T shall be deemed unprotesslonaI
for a member of the bar 10 give to auy
person a bonus, fee or reward for any
business which may be brought to him
by such person, unless such person is
d member of the bar
AS a matter of fact the devils part
ner's" organ is blindly opposing MT
Gear with 70 other apparent motive
than to be on the wrong side and TO
help its democratic friends, as witness
It's inability to give correctly the ini-
tials OF the gentleman it is advocating
Tor the high position of circuit judge.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-21

The exhaustive article on the Bishop
museum and the kamehameha schools
liz yesterdays Republican has been
widely read. These institutions are
under the management of board of
trustees consisting OF c. r. Bishop,
NJ. Damon. j. q. Carter and w. +. Al
len. with Mr.. Damon as treasurer and
general financier. The schools are for
native children only. The number Is
limited To sixty. all OF whom must lie
over ~ years Of age. IL is a noble
charity that has already done mucn
good and is destined To do much more
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-21
!. New Books.

world Crisis II China, 19oo-1.
From the publishing house Of John
Murphy Company. Baltimore, Nd, there
has Just been issued book which is
Of more than passing interest 10 every
individual Ii is entitled World Crisis
in China, 1900" and is written by AL
len S. VIII Of the staff Of the Baltimore
Sun The frontispieee is large map
OF China containing ali the places
which are the scenes OF the present
conflict Chinese geography has under
gone many changes in the last few
years, and this map keeps up with
them. The following list OF chapters
will give the reader an idea OF the
ground covered by the book: Causes
of the Crisis Of 1900; Story OF the Crisis
in Detail; Interests OF the United States
in China, The Chinese-Japanese War:
The Railway as a ConQuerer in Asia;
Four Notable Characters In China
the Empress Dowager. the Emperor. Ii
Hung Chang and kang Yu Wei; The
Era of Foreign Interference; History
of China at Glance; The Great Tas-
ping Rebellion; Chinese Civilization
and Religion, and How China Is Gov
erned. 1t tells in clear and enter
tanning manner the actual story Of the
present crisis as SO tar developed, and
also the story OF the events that have
led up to it. What is the news from
China?" is question everybody is ask
ing, and nothing has come to our no
tice which gives a more graphic review
of events in China and her relations
with the allied powers than this book
by Mr.. VIII. 1t is written in an un-
biased manner, giving only facts re-
garding the conduct Of every nation to-
ward China at this most critical time.
There is an interesting table in the
book showing the imports and exports,
in which the United States figures cred
itably. Another table gives the num-
ber Of foreigners and foreign business
firms in China, as registered at the
consulates Of the thirty-three treaty
ports. Today, when the outcome Of the
trouble is of vital importance to al
most every nation on the globe, no
more timely book has come To our desk
than this short account Of the various
uprisings and wars in the Chinese en-
pire, including the present war with the
Boxers
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-21

On "Wednesday morning. under tbs
caption of How Husbands Act When
Ill" the Advertiser starts OF by say
ing: We'll. il she treats him like that
won I answer for the consequences.
replied Mrs. J. Matrimonial Bliss, lay
ing down her lace work and shaking
her head solemnly at the Pacific Ocean.
rolling its blue waves before the Wal
kiki yeranda on which she and Miss
Emily Lonely sat gossiping." Thats
rather romantic. but il wasn't the way
the story was introduced when il ap-
peared in the Washington Sunday Star
= month ago. This is not case OF
taking on the part Of the Advertiser.
but clear case of 'criebing-
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-21

Chemist Shorey is doing excellent
work Tor the board Of health, as will be
seen by his report for August, the sali-
elsewhere Exposures of food adultera
tions interest every person in the conf
munity and too much work cannot be
done in this direction. We bespeak
for Mr.. Shorey's report careful peru.
sal. The board Of health cannot spend
money that win meet the approval Of
the people more generally than that
expended on this work.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-21

The preliminary work Is being done
70 make the island Of Guam a thor
oughly protected naval base for Ameri-
can war ships on the Pacific Tho pre-
liminary survey Is ordered and win be
carried out by a mixed commission Of
army and naval o6icers. and their work
viii be completed in time for practical
action during the next session Of con-
gress. Guam is 70 be made = little
Gibraltar. The island is $500 miles
fron, Honolulu and l.6oo miles from
Aanils. Many people belieye that b.
and By the commerce Of the Psciac vim
sxceed tAst q the Atlantic. A cabls
-Sill certainly - bailt IN ths aaas b.