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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26
pension? / think q whole bushel Of
huds wouldn't he too much"

pension? / think q whole bushel OF
buds wouldn't be too much"
Jack was glad Polly did not know
about the tcn-cent flag he could have
got; he had thought five cents enough
10 spare out Of their scanty earnings,
when making the purchase; but after
that speech he felt small. What II he
were but bootblack, earning most
precarious living, and Polly making
only an odd dime now and then by
scrubbing q floor or tending children
for the neighborsP Jack wished he had
done more for his soldier-grandfather!
But thought struck him.
"oh, Polly! I'll tell you what I'll
do" Ia
FOR Tomorrow" ~
"Yesi You know it'll be years be-
fore we get a MONUMENT for grand
ma sfor we must get an eddication first;
and though the flag'll show it's u SOL
dier's grave, l think folks ought to
know more. Well, I've learned 10 print
real clear, and I'll print real nice head
stone. and well fix II down on the
grave, and folks'll see II for that day,
anyway"
.That's splendid; you do 1t. and I'll
get supper"
Jack rushed out for stiff brown pa
per aud ink, and the kind shopkeeper,
who knew the children, learning what
he intended>to do, gave'him two large
sheets OF MANILA paper and showed
him how TO use the grease crnyon,"
thereby saving the boy from innumer-
able spatters of ink. Jack purchased
the ten-cent flag ON the spot and re-
turned with his prize.
1--WE can eat dry bread awhile" he
said, as his sister looked doubtfully ut
the flag; "that's my budsi"
Planning 20 write headstone was
one thing-quite another TO do 1t.
I'VE can't say 'rected,' for it's goin'
10 be staked down; how would you
begin, Polly?"
''My teacher says" (Polly's teacher
was her unfailing standard) "if you're
writing. 10 just tell what you've got
to say as short as you can"
Lets see" and Jack printed rather
crookedly. but clearly:
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26
An Author Wants n Chance.

A publishing firm recently received the
following offer from an anxious autobiog-
rapher who probably had been reading
"The Hooligan Nights" Il wish TO put
my life Before the public il can &c,
Anuf Out Of it to give me a start in the
world. / led Criminal life 81 years Arrest.
ed 20 times shot at q times Released on
Convicted Z times Broke pen and taken q
Convicts with me. Waylaid and shot my
fathern law twice married separated and
Divossed. If can get start in the World
Bye putting my life Before the public
will doc so."-London News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26
Give the Children n Drink

called Grain.0. It Is delicious, appetizing,
nourishing food drink to take the place Of
coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared 1t tastes like the finest coffee but
rs free from all its injurious properties.
Grain.O aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. II is not stimulan mt but health
builder, and children, as well as adults, car
drink it with great benefit. Costs abort l q.
much as coffee. Is and CSC.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26

Our community has received a social and
professional addition in the person Of Mr..
bill" Jones, who returns to his native town
IN accomplished artist. In Philadelphia no
vas regarded as one OF the best men in the
Hotel Blanks barber shop. He has now
accepted a position in. Tom" Johnson's ton
serial parlos.-Mountville (Pa.) Clarion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26
Matter of Memory.

The man who was attempting suicide was
not sinking for the third time.
Of course, it was necessary hereupon that
he recall everything in his past life in the
space OF one instant.
This he failed to do.
"Again my cursed memory" he Missed,
and he waded ashore in much chsgrin. which
was in nowise lessened by the derisive laugh
ter OF the pectators.-Detroit journal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26
peeeratlnr sslaI.r., erare..

The idea of Memorial day originated
among the women Of Maryland, who
put flowers on the graves Of both fed
eral and confederate long before the
surrender Of Appomattox. The wom-
en- Of other states sopA hsgan follow.
Ing the custom.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26

have-have-fxed this to his mem
oryq"
"why, Pollyl" said Jack, admir-
ingly.
That's real tomb-stony! That's
good enough for the monnyment.
Let's see;" and Jack sat with pencil
poised, then, slowly ind laboriously
printed-Polly's bright eyes watching
eagerly:
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26
Do Your Feet Ache ana Durns

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
/, powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen, Hot, Gallons, smarting, Sore and
Stores sell il, 2jc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olms,ed, lie Roy, n. Y.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26
On beautiful May Mornings.

On Beautiful May Mornings.
On beautiful May mornings often watch
and wait
Where lilies OF the valley grow beside the
garden gate;
rance and IN grace.
A lovely garland shan make for my SOL
dier's resting place.
When lay the wreath upon his grave on
Decoration day,
I shall dream of the bright May morning
when the soldiers marched away,
When to all they loved 20 dearly they said
q sad good-by,
And think how grand . thing it was for
their native land to die
Mary +. Butts, IN Youths Companion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26
Genuine Optimism.

The Pessimist-That waiter is awfully Glow
with those cheese sandwiches.
The 0ptimist-0h, never mind. The longer
We wait the better grows the cheese.-lndi'
annapolis Press.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26

~sasssssssssssssssssssss ssssssseeseese
do you remember when he died2"
Jack asked, glad to rest awhile, but
delighted with his progress.
'Why. ! wasn't horn, jack But
uan'i We 1sy bis loving grandchildren
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26
The
Pxl1klaaHl
Remedies

For dzs0rders Of the
feminine organs have
gained their great renOvvzs
and enormous Safe be-
cause of the permanent
good They have dome and
as,e doing for flbe women
ar 'diis country
H all alIxpg or suffer-
lxng women c0szAd be made
TO sssdes.sfand how alb
,s0lufeIy true are the
statements about Lydia e.
PSnkhaEs's Vegetable
COMPOUND, their suffer-
iIngs would end.
Mrs. PknAlibas,s c0unseEs
women free of Charge
Her address Is Lynn,
Mass The advice she
gives 10 practical and
honest. You can write
freely to hesS she Is q w0-
sl1zlB.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26

] am sure Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. The
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. g.
Feb II, 1900. T.,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26

Some men seem to think because self.pres-
ervation is the first law OF nature that 1t is
necessary TO keep themselves constantly
soaked in alcnhol.-Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26

,LoNeIy! Uruhu-
pail be dec'rated splendid! My rose
bush has two roses and three buds"
"You amt goin' to pick the buds?".
"Didn't grandpa die for our country?
Didn't we live, till mother died, on his
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26

II you feel that You must occasionally
Weld TO the temptation to tell lie, tell one
so big that no one will believe it.-Atchison
Globe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26

An old bachelor says tf.at WHEEL man
hasn't enough worry he should marry
Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-05-26

The best Prescription for chilis
and Fever Is bottle of GROVES TAsTELEs;
CHILL Tonic. tits simply ironan guininein
stasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, SOC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
From The London Times.

From The London Times
II must have occurred to many readers of the
teieSfamS and messages from Kimberley to Won
deI how 1T came to pass that the place contained
food supplies sufficient to maintain a popula ton
OF some fifty thousand for four months Mrs
MdSulre helps Us to understand the matter The
De Beers Company, anticipating trouble, had laid
IN large stocks of foodstuffs and general sup
plies, wen as of coal. Many residents had in
the same way provsioned themselves FOR a long
period Then the town is distributing centre
Tor an immense extent of country and does q
large business in fOOdStuffS. The new crops of
meailes and kaffir corn were, fortunately,
the market rather earlier than usual, and the.
kimberley granaries were more than usually
Iui. some further foodstuffs were stopped in
transit, and there were even a thousand bags of
maize meal consigned to the TransvaaI Govern
ment which its own operations caused to be de-
tanned for the benefit of the garrison. The De
Beers Company, moreover. had some three thou
sand cattle, and when the cattle eaten
there were many horses to fall back upon.
Thus, by what may be regarded as a series Of
happy accidents, Kimberley able to mud
die through" and in fact, could have held out
a few weeks longer, though, of course. under
stress of terrible privatiOns Apparently the
thing to be most seriously feared was the giving
out of coal and water The Beers very early in
the siege cut off the water supply from the VaaI
River, but here again the De Beers Company
came TO the rescue by pumping water from the
mines In many other ways that great corpo-
ration made its influence benefiCay felt Its
refuse heaps were the breastworks OF the town,
its galleries We're bombproOf shelters for panic
stricken women with their little ones; its coal
not only supplied water. but worked the search
lights; it's machine shops, under the direction OF
Mr.. Labram, who was most unfortunately killed
by a Boer shell, turned out big gun, some
three thousand shells, armOred train and
several armored locomotives, besides aiding the
defence in thousand minor ways.
Mr. Rhodes interchangeable in supplying
work for a population otherwise destitute and
only too likely to become troublesome, in pro-
viding vegetables for the soup which toward the
end became the principal subsistence of the be-
leaGuered pOpulace, in paying wages to thou
sands of Workmen who could do work in the
CRATE, and generally IN stimulating and en-
couraging everybody without regard to expense
or to personal eXertiOn. Informally he made
himself chief civil administrator, and in that
capacity must share with Colonel Kekewich the
honor of maintaining a most difficult position in
face of great ODDS and of formidable material
disadvantages
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

Ladysmth correspondence of The London Tele-
graph.
Occasionally too, the garrison inlicts a loss
on the enemy that cheers besieged popula-
ton. For instance, the other day Captain
LambtOn, r. n, discovered that three or four
hundred Beers came along just after dusk to
guard Putting Billy on BuIwan from a night at
tack These men always left i'll d body in the
gray dawn of the morning, before il was sufIi-
GENTLY light to make tht IN out with distinctness
Captain Lambton watched the proceeding very
carefully for several evenings and mornings
until he got exactly spot over which the mass
of men invariably passed. Then, under the pre-
tcnCe of making bad shooting at Putting Billy
during the day he got the range of this very
spot to a yard and waited his opportunity.
one evening the naval guns ali trained
with the utmost the place where the
BOer guard must cross, and then next morning
in the dim light, when the lookout at the tele-
scope reported the exact moment, avalanche
of lead and iron tore through the crowded mass
carrying death in the very wind of its passage
How many Beers were killed and wounded we
not likely to learn but for nearly three
hours afterward ambulance wagons and stretch
er parties We're busy on the grassy slopes of
Bulwan. 1t was a capital lesson for the Beers
and paid them back for some of the cruelty
treacherous tricks they have played upon us
Another little incident that gave great salts
faction 10 the battalion occurred near the LIST
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

would be an interesting experiment for some one
of these persons who know so much about horses
TO try to teach a bucking bronco anything He
would be ready to believe what was told him
after he got through. The bucking has been
fercer than usual for the last few nights and
the most expert riders have been put to their
best efforts. Both the horses and the riders
earning their feed.
The battle of San Juan Hill has been improved
since the opening by the introduction of smoke
less powder. OF course, "smokeless powder is
not an absolute term. 1t only that the
powder makes less smoke than some other pow
der. The advantage in using it is that the
smoky powder made the air so thick that it OBJ
scured good deal of the action. The only rem
edy was to use smokeless powder use a
less quantity of the other kind, and that would
be at the sacrifice of noise, thing not to be
contemplated by anybody who really appreci-
ates the Wild West.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
MEDIEVAL PLAGUE INSTRUMENTS.
rom The British Medical Journal.

From The British Medical Journal
In laZarettO of Frioul, Marseilles,
there is a collection of instruments formerly
employed part of the equipment of quaran-
tine when persons suffering from suspected Of
plague isolated there. Among these are
gigantic cavalry Sabres and pixies which were
used to open bubOes at safe distance, and
long silver rods, by means of which the last
sacraments We're given to the dying. There is
a formidable looking apparatus which might be
taken for an instrument of torture used by the
Holy InquisitiOn: this is a gigantic pair of
pincers, in shape resembling the claws of IL
lobster known as the corpse tongs with these
the bodies of those who died of the plague were
consigned to the waters of the Mediterranean
The depressing effect of these CHASTITY relies is
somewhat mltigated by others of less flu
nereal kind Among these is the sedan chair
of the Duchess of Angoultme, who in 1870 was
in quarantine at Frioul her return from
Naples
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
STOPPED BY CENSOR AND BOERS.
DIFFICULTIES OF CORRESPONDENTS IN
SENDING NEWS FROM LADYSMITH

SENDING NEWS FROM LADYsMITH.
Ladysmith correspondence of The London Telc-
graph
One of the greatest difficulties during the
siege has been to maintain communication with
the outside world. The correspondents have
had their kilograms mauIed b. "a censor who
fussily carries the duties of his office to the
verge of the ridiculous, and then when these
emasculated messages intrusted to the
needless KafIir for conveyance through the
BOer lines. he usually allows himself to be
caught, or else he gets afraid in which he
buries the letter under stone and returns with
a dolefui tale that the Beers have taken it from
him
But the most efficient stopper of press mes
sages yet discovered is Colonel Mapleton. r. A
NJ. s, commanding the hospital camp at In
tombe Spruit. 1t became a passion with the
worthy doctor to make a collection of war
respondents dispatches. For nearly a fortnight
he captured every message we sent out, and
when he had got whole bagful of them and
officers and priVates' letters that we had un-
burg he sent the entire lot back to the General
] don't know what Sir George White said when
he heard of Colonel Mapeton's remarkable per
Torrance, but the remarks Of the correspond
state, quite unfit for publication, and those that
would bear reproduction for the public eye
were entirely uncompiimentary to the ofiicious
head of the hospital camp.
1t was enough to make any body of men an
CRY. There whole fortnights dispatches,
fuH OF reassuring reports, which we fondly
hoped had reached England, stopped by one of
and sent back to Ladysmith. If
Colonel Mapleton thought fit to stop
sages he should have sent them back day by
day, and we should have known the worst
once; but to keep collecting them for twelve
or fourteen days without Il word and then
turn the whole lot in bundle to the General
himself was stupidity which most correspond
ents would only believe possible in censor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

OF this magnificent battalion were harasSed by
a Boer who came up before daylight within
easy rifle shot of the lines on Hepmakaar Post.
HIS shelter was cunningly contrived, and try
as they could 1T was impossible for the DeVonS
TO locate their foe. An officer and six or seven
men were wounded before the Boer rifleman's
hldlng place was discovered One evening he
lett to return to camp just a little too early
Ihere was still light to see him, and a we'll
aimed Volley brought him to the earth. On GO
ing down TO the spot the soldiers found an old
gTaypeard Boer lying dead the ground
he mad sackful of cartridges sung over his
shoulder and he still clutched his rifle in his
nand BESIDE him lay a haversack and water
bottle which had once belonged to a British SOL
uler, and the first named contained the remains
OF the OLD mans rations of brown bread and
meat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
BUFFALO BILLS PORTRAIT.

THE FIRST OF MANY FAMILIAR PICTURESQUE
LAST WEEK OF THE SHOW AT THE GARDEN.
The face and form of Buffalo Bill are reason
ably familiar to the public Many persons who
are now approaching middle age have seen him
within the last week at Madison Square Garden.
and remember how they saw exactly the same
face and figure when they We're children, riding
at the head Of a like band of scouts and COW
boys, driving before him like tribe of PAINTED
Indians and rescuing the overland emigrant
train or the DeadwoOd coach or the settlers
cabin. 1t may not be generally known that
Colonel Cody and his faithful associates. Nate
Salisbury and Major Burke are adopted mem
bers of several tribes of Indians but that has
nothing to do with the present subject.
There are few persons left so constituted by
nature thai they have never seen Buffalo Bill
himself, but these know him by his pict-
ures, which have been everywhere for the last
twenty years and they would recognize him if
they saw him anywhere. Probably the best
picture that was ever made of him is the portrait
painted by Rosa Bonheur 1t represents him OH
horseback, and makes spirited picture. Not
much notion of the work be had from the
illustration here given, but an excellent notion
is conveyed of how the artist looked while she
at work. The portrait was painted in Paris
while Buffalo Bill and the Wild West were there
dl the Exposition OF 1SSb III was painted the
show grounds, the Illustration proves th,.
background being part OF the srandstand
The attendance at the Wild West and Con
gress Of Rough Riders of the World at Madison
Square Garden for the last week is reported by
the managers TO be the best on record and as
they could have no conceivable reason for saying
such a thing # it were not true, and as man
ayers seldom do say such things, it probably is
true. Even stronger reason for believing il is
that the time Of the show in New-York this year
is shorter than usual, and those who are to see
it at all have to see ii within a short time There
is only week left.
Some people have an undying objection to be
leVing anything that the manager of show
says. One of the managers of the Wild West
frankly told the present writer the other day
what the only fraud in the show He has
forgotten what it IS, but il is wholly unimpOr-
tant. The doOrkeeper pretends to be a German
and is really a Pole, something Of that sort
II is nothing at all affecting the show. All the
people in the show what they pretend to be
But the hardest thing to make the willy and sly
and conceited doubter believe is that the buck
Ing horses buck of their own accord and are not
taught to buck. Taught to buck. indeed! Ii
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

Chauncey Olcott viii occupy the stage of the
Harlem Opera House this week, playing "A Ro-
nance of Athlone' He will not be seen again
IN this play in the upper part Of the city. He
viii play il for one week at the Grand Opera
House at the close of the season there, and next
season he will have new play
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
2 - IS The TRIBUNE |
&RT!Z(2AVRF:.D LIE (lI3

Rrt Periodicals:
Hrt prints & Casts:
Hrt Schools & Tuition:
Hrtlsts in Decoration /:
Ecclesiastical Hrt:
General Painter
interior Decorations: :
Ivory Hrt Objects:
Japanese Hrt Objects:
Mooern paintings 8
90 Da9uerreotppes:
paintings & prints:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

ben-EuT" will be presented at the Broad
"a! Theatre for two weeks more and will then
use the most remarkable run IN the history of
~S mouse. No other attraction has ever stayed
: 1e Broadway 50 long and attracted such CON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

The Bostonians will sing The Viceroy" for
one week longer at the Knickerbocker Theatre
and will then give a week to their old favorite
Robin Hood" The engagement will close with
week Of THE Serenade.' the most successful
Of this company's more recent productions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
JEFFERSON'S LAST WEEK.


"a RUNAWAY GIRL WELCOMED BACK-MUsICAL
AND OTHER PIECES ABOUT THE TOWN
Only one week remains of the prosperous
easement q Joseph Jefferson and his company
Il The Fifth Avenue Theatre and, incidentally,
Oily one week remains Of the use Of this house
LOT dramatic performances as II viii hereafter
ee surned 70 ether uses. as has been told before.
NJ. jefferson viii give five performances Of
ZIP Van Wrinkle this week, on Monday, Tues
eSy ana Thursday nights, and Wednesday
tad Saturday afternoons. On "Wednesday and
Friday nights The Rivals" will be played and
On Saturday night The Cricket on the Hearth
ud Lend Ne Five Shillings"
spring season viii begin at the Lyceum
lneatre tomorrow night, when a new Southern
pay, entitled 'B0rderside' by Mrs f f Riggs
VII be presented for the first time here There
10 express time set for its stay and ii viii
'eIend on the favor with which the public re-
caves fl
A Runaway Girl" has received hearty wei
zone on IFS return to Days Theatre, and James
= POWERS and the other members Of the com
l~iy have been warmly applauded and the
-1"lLar songs have demanded the usual repeti-
uOAs- The audiences have been large all through
lie week
ben-Eur" will be presented at the Broad
way Theatre for two weeks more, and will then
snSe the most rep7srlya },J. r,,, a., ,t,e l,f-t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29

stantly large audiences. 1t will return in tht
autumn, as has been remarked before