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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
THE BOGEY.
KANSAS.

ed like to know what's round to make
The floors go "creak" at night,
So. suddenly, I'm wide awake
And stare with all my might.
4 sort OF 'spect It's looking out
To get some little tad
A tad the size of me, about
Becav .e that he's been bad!
Ard first hear Il In the hall.
With -creaky. creGky. creak"-
Mad come, you bet. II should call,
But I'm afraid to speak!
Ard then It's in the room-and then
It's coming at the bed!
pray: please help me, God!-amen.
And cover up my head.
4 think OF all the things / did
/ hadn't ought to 60.
And wonder II perhaps I'm hid.
Or II 1t sees right through.
And. Oh! ] promise. hope to die
a hundred times. or more.
I'll be better boy than
Have ever been before.
4 dassn't even strike a match
To see II II is there
For II l move It's close to catch
Ny legs or arms or hair.
And how wish for morning light!
] don't care what you say,
But Something snoops about by night
That isn't round by day!
Edwin L. Sabin. In Puck.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
TO WORK IN PHILIPPINES.
Methodist Church Extension Society Lays
Groundwork for Building Edifices In
the New Possessions.

Columbus, o., Nov. 1.-THE general
committee of the board of church eX-
tension of the NJ. E. church Saturday
took up the voting to the various con.
fcrences of the amounts to be allowed
each during the ensuing year. APP
preparations were made for the Phil
ippine islands and Hawaii, the for
mer being voted $1,000 and the Pacific
Japanese mission $500 The discus
sion regarding the Philippines devel-
oped that it is the intention of the
society to erect at least q dozen
churches in the Philippines during
the coming year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
noraIMa TO MATCH IL.
800, NJ. ares That Mortality In
CT 49,, Camps ID Worse
Than India Famine.

London, Nov. Ill. ne i'ui'y New'
exhaustively surveys t. 'e oons me-, ...
tion camps in South Afr. III VIII Wv. .e
following conclusions: ct. lusn :"
that the death rate in the '"Nps %
incomparably worse than NJ V =
Africa or Asia can show. TIL. :. "
nothing to match it even in the u. ~.
tality figures of the Indian famine .
where cholera and other epidemics
have to be contended with" Statis-
tice are produced in proof of this rs
sertion.
The governments advertisement for
teachers for the camp children. set
ting forth that the term of employ
ment will be one year certain" is
prominently displayed as evidence
that the authorities have no inten-
ton of ending the wholesale destruc-
ton of life" The News urges all
humane men not to wait for official
reports but to insist ION the camps
being broken up and the people dis
tributed among their friends or re-
moved to districts where fresh at
tempt can be made under competent
organization and with some regard to
the preservation of life-that, or eX-
termination and an eternal stain on
the name of England"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16

ing he sat down rs one who moves IN
q dream. He held the hymn book
open at the fly leaf, and, resting the
printed card under the name written
there, feverishly signed his own in
full-Silver Thornton Sly.
The fat preacher collected the
cards. AS he came opposite the row
of young men and took theirs, all but
one of them still blank, there was n
pcrceptible stir, turning of heads and
whispering in the seats nearabout.
The minister returned forward with
q distinct look of content; arriving
quite close to his coworkers, he an
swered the mute inquiry of their
faces with q nod and smile.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
Reversing the Alphabet.

Mrs. Wordsworth, the wife of the
English poet laureate, was woman
universally beloved, and distinguished
for that personal beauty which
caused her husband to describe her
as "a phantom of delight"
She was a capital story-teller, and
related her anecdotes with strong
Westmoreland accent which added
much to the telling. One of her
stories, and one in which she took
great delight, went to illustrate the
pride of county families.
A Mr.. H and Miss F had
been recently married. Both were
from old north country families.
They were going to their first dinner
party after their marriage, and at
the announcement of dinner, the lady
was about to enter the drawing-room
in advance of her husband, when that
pompous individual restrained her
with a grand flourish, and said:
stop, madam, if you please. The
HT's were always before the
F-'s."
And thereupon the lady fell back in
confusion, and the proprieties of
country family distinction were VIM
dicated.-Youth's Companion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16

"Bess looks sweet rs ever" said
one of the fellows.
Sly, the editor, heard, and drew
quick breath. He had heard "Bess
Swing" spoken of from time to time,
Just as he had heard of half dozen
other girls. But he only knew one
or two of them by sight. lie regard
ed himself rather blase on the girl
subject, and had not been able to
take any interest in the Platteville
rosebuds, who all seemed quite too
young for him. This evening, when
he heard that remark: 'Bess looks
sweet rs ever" something told him
It was the organist who was referred
| to. "For she is the only sweet girl
in the BUNCH" he reflected. "But
Dess." He grit his teeth. II could
smother whoever fastened that name
ON her. Elizabeth would be far
enough ofs-she must have middle
name that fits better"
The meeting was rouser. The
three preachers-the rosy fat one.
the handsome slim one and the con-
sumptive ascetic-threw their whole
souls into the work, and it was truly
thrilling. The corpulent minister did
the exhorting, and stopped every few
minutes to catch his breath and cast
his eye shrewdly about for repentant
faces. When his glance ran along the
row of "young men about town" it
rested upon Silver Sly. The editors
ani:ated eyes, he thought were
sure sign that the little man was
aroused. The preacher took glass
of water, saying to himself: IL have
touched the editors heart-now to
preach right at him." The revivalist
plunged into an arraignment of the
particular vices prevailing in Platte
Vile. Gambling" said he, sis worse
than stealing. for it robs the gambler
of honor and character. There is in
telligence and ability in this town,
there are fine gifts, there is genius
ITSELF" he cried, "being stolen away
by this mania for winning money
with dice and cards!"
The line of young fellows WINGED,
almost to q man. The hymn book on
the organ rack slipped and fell vio-
lently upon the floor. Sly, the editor,
put his hand to his forehead and
blushed alphabetically with the
sweet-faced girl who picked the book
up, not without confusion, but, heav-
ems! with what simplicity and grace
fulness!
In few minutes, as it seemed to
Sly, the preachers were passing pen
ellis and little cards around which
bore printed lines and a blank for
signature.
Everybody take card. whether he
wishes to sign it or not" said the
hearty preacher. Silver Sly heard the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
Return to old Fashion.

Fair readers will be interested to
hear that a fat has gone forth that
no Parisienne shall wear her hair
gathered on the top of the head after
next week. Thenceforth locks must
descend over the nape of the neck in
the style worn during the second en-
pire. Sealskins reign supreme, with
ermine for revers. Breitschwauts and
sable come next in favor. Collarettes
adopt the form of procession of sill
yer foxes. Cloth and velvet dresses
of antique design are trimmed with
chinchilla, marten and opossum.
Cloaks are all the go for automobiles,
and evening dress is all of the Louis
XIV. fabrics, with shoes and hats Of
the same period.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
FREEDMEN's AID SOCIETY.
reports OF tho Treasurer and Secretary
The Object OF the Society said to be
to Mako the Negro Good.

Pit.sburg, Pa, Nov. 12.-The attend
ance ut the celebration of the thirty
fifth anniversary of the Freedmen's
Aid and Southern Education society
of the Methodist Episcopal church
in Calvary church, Allegheny, yester-
day was the largest since the organ
ization was formed. The treasurer
stated that the income for the fiscal
year ended June 80 last had been
'379,406, while the total expenditure
r.. I been S362,025.
n. v. DIR. W. P. Thirkeld, secretary
-, a.. society, read the report of the
ba.rd managers. 1t shows that in
* xears he society has reached over
ooo ooo .tr 'ents, sent out about TO-
ooo teachcrs and 1000 ministers, en-
roII.d ohort &, 1000 members and &C
cnmnlated nrope rty worth over ST.
ooo mn nr Tbirl. I'D said the object
was not to make the. negro smart put
to make him good. de said that
Booker 7. Washington. schooi at
Tuskegee, Ala, had 1000 81. uoehts ana
spent 100000 year in AS work.
But the Methodist society Aas 10
schools, with over 5000 students re-
ceiving industrial education, and
total attendance of 10000 Students
and last year less than 100000 was
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
A vERITABLE GIBRALTAR.
United States Government Has Made Long
Island Sound Absolutely Imprsgnable
to Any Naval Attack.

New York, Nov. IA new dyna-
mite gun of destructive powers, ex-
ceeding those of any weapon. has
just been secretly submitted to q sue
cessful test by special board of Of
fcers of the bureau of ordnance of the
United States army at Fishers island.
For several years the government has
been engaged in the creation ON Fish
er's island of a veritable Gibraltar,
which will render the eastern en-
trance of Long island sound impreg-
nable to any naval attack, and thus
effectively protect oil the shore cities
from New London to New York. In
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
GATES NEW RAILROAD.
Charter Issued to n Company with Nearly
Four Millions Capital for Line
In Northern Missouri.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 1.-THE
Kansas City, Peoria & Chicago Rail-
way company was chartered Monday
with capital stock of Ss,o45,oOO. This
is the ]. w. Gates syndicate of Chi
cago and the charter it secured from
the secretary of state is for the lines
in Missouri and Illinois. The road is
to extend from Kansas City to Cover
in Buchanan county and from Kansas
City to Quincy, ILL.,, total distance OF
263 miles. 1t runs through the coun-
ties of Jackson, Clay, Clinton, Blu
chanan, Dekalb, Daviess, Harrison,
Grundy, Sullivan, Adair, Knox, Lewis
and Marion in Missouri.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
MARYLAND's CLOSE FIGHT.
One Man from Each Ticket Elected to state
once, Hut Legislature IL Demo-
cratic Beyond Doubt.

Baltimore, Nd, Nov. 1o.-Almtst
complete official returns show that
Joshua w. Herring, democratic state
comptroller, has been reelected by a
plurality of 45s votes over Herman s.
Plat, republican. Thomas Parran,
republican, has been elected clerk OF
the court of appeals by plurality
of 1883 over ]. Frank Turner, the
democratic incumbent Democrats
will have As members in the house to
30 for republicans. In the the senate
the democrats have nine majority.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
RAZED SEVENTY HOUSES.
mai Waller Used Three-Inch Guns to Sub
due an InsurGent Stronghold at sa-
jopitan, Island of samar.

Manila, Nov 11.-Advices from Cal
balogan, capital of Samar, report
that Maj. Waller attacked force OF
insurgents occupying strong posi-
ton at Sajopkan. Two three-inch
guns were used to shell the rebels
stronghold. Throughout the first day
the insurgents held the place. but
Maj. Waller renewed the attack and
EARNED the position. Two marines
of the attacking force and 26 insur-
gents were killed. Maj. Waller de-
stroyed the curatels and the 20
houses.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
HER BROTHER IMPLICATED.
Oklahoma Girl Says She Was Abducted
and Forced 70 Marry Man She
Did Not Love.

Tecumseh, Ok, Nov. 12.-Alexander
Wilkerson and George Jemmerson are
in jail here, charged with abducting.
Miss Josie Jemmerson, sister Of one
of the prisoners, and forcing her to
marry WillSerson.. The girl says she
was forced to go with them by treats
of instant death If she refused, and
that, after procuring license, they
met the father of Wilkerson, who ia
a country preacher, and who married
them in the middle of the road.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
old Conches COMM ONE.

In view of the prescription OF the
court ceremonial that every peer at
tending the coronation must come in
a state coach, many of these old-fash-
Toned chariots are now at the coach
builders being renovated. They have
not been seen in many years, having
fallen into disuse during Queen Vic
toria's reign because of her rare and
short visits to London and the quiet
ness of the court.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
GAMBLING" SAID HE. us WORSE
THAN STEALING"

man for the first time that evening.
He took one of the cards automatic
ally and passed some along the line
to his companions. The red-faced
preacher looked significantly to the
slim preacher, who was coming up
the aisle.
81 notice that some of our friends
are without hymn books" said the
ascetic. 81 will ask Miss Swing to
kindly distribute few of the
hymnals in this part of the house."
Some one in the gamblers row
started as If he had been hit. The
organist took little pile of books
from a chair and stepped beautifully
down the aisle. Silver Sly was afraid
that everybody in the church could
hear the humping Of his heart.
"Now, when we're all ready" said
Rev. Flesh and Blood, "let us sing
No. 10, The Ninety and Nine"
The hymn books had reached the
rear now, and she was~handing them
along the row of young men. The
man at the end offered to take o
number and pass them along, but
some way she missed his thought,
reached past him and handed one
herself to Silver Sly. As he took it
her hand touched his, he looked up
and their eyes neither soft blue
eyes, and his piercing dark ones.
Next instant she was back at the
organ, and the little church was re-
verberating with thes trident meas
ures of 1.-THE Ninety and Nine" Sly's
glance falling upon the fly leaf of the
hymn book in his hand, he read, in
q gentle handwriting: Elizabeth
Eleanor Swing" Eleanor" he re-
peated, under his breath-"Eleanor
Swing-that fits" He looked from
the signature to the girl at the organ
and back again, and then forth and
back again. His head swan. His
whole being seemed uplifted and
afioat upon far-of sea of possibili-
tics. At the conclusion Of the sing
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
Elevator Man Proved = Hero.

New York, Nov. 12.-Fire in the
carpet-making plant of the Planet
mills in Brooklyn endangered the lives
of 500 workmen ut work on the upper
floors of the building. William Stew.
art, an elevator man, kept his cage
going until the last woman had left
the building and then iell unconscious
from the fire fumes he had inhaled.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
1T PROVED WORTHLESS.
Assays of Material Taken from Building
site az Helena Showed Neither
Gold Nor Silver.

Helena, Mont, Nov. 10.-Assays OF
the material taken from the lead dis
covered on the federal building site
in this city show that there is neither
gold, silver nor any other valuable
metal in the supposed rich strike OF
rock. The certificate Of the assayer
making an analysis of the rock was
filed with B. H. Tatem, assayer In
charge of the United States bureau
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16

When the strain of the evening
was lifted and the members of the
flock exchanged greetings, the new
editor, new man now, was introduced
to the sweet-faced organist. 1t was
he who walked home with her under
the prairie stars that night.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
Tho Lady or
the Gospel II
BY GEORGE BEARDSLEY.
copyrighted by Daily story Pub. Coz
asTHERE is a girl I could love-I'll

'HEhE is Il plrl couiu io'e-A
bet / could. And I'll bet !
never saw another girl in all my life
that 1 really could love, though I've
thought I've have many time"
1t was Silver T. Sly, the young
gambler-bachelor editor of the Platte
vile News, who silently formulated
the foregoing propositions. He sat
in church, in the back row. The girl
with blue ribbon tied eXquisiteiy
round her throat, was Mt the little or
gan playing Onward, Christian Sol
diers."
"These meetings." said the fat
preacher, "will continue for two
weeks, God willing. and we have great
hopes that many of you who have
come tonight as strangers and our
guests will be moved to come again
and again, and that before the end of
the series you will come as one with
us. We hope this crystalline Febru-
airy weather will continue, that we
may make hay for the Lord and His
Gospel, that the spirit of the COM
munity may experience n new birth,
and that Righteousness may run down
our streets. We will sing Onward,
Christian Soldiers and those who do
not care to remain for the after serv-
ice may pass out during the singing"
The little editor fingered, his eyes
upon the organist, until the final
verse. Then he heard his name whis-
pered from behind:
"Sly, come along to Fps"
It was Doc Gray's voice, and the
editor slipped out of the pew and
Joined his pals.
"What'd you think of the preach
hr, Sliver?" asked one. The new ed
itor was so short and slight that the
boys had transposed two letters in
his name and dubbed him Silver.
"The prcacher?" echoed the editor,
absently. Truth to tell, he had not
followed two consecutive sentences
of the exhortation. He made an
equivocal answer:
"Must have been good" said he;
seemed awfully short"
"Short! Why, we thought he'd de-
cided to preach the week out at a
sittin'. It's one o'clock"
Silver Sly was desperate to find out
the name of the little organist and
all about her. But he thought not
for an instant of asking that crowd.
He felt an impulse to slip away from
them, and started off, declaring he
had some writing to do. They knew
that was improbable; he had never
before hesitated to join their Sunday
game in the three weeks since he
came to Platteville.
whats the matter with you,
Sliver?" cried one, impatiently.
Don't pike on the procession, old
man." said Doc, the editors best
friend.
Sly reluctantly yielded. All that
glorious afternoon and nearly all
that moonlight night the five young
fellows sat round the table at
Epanetries, with hats drawn down
over tense, inscrutable faces, playing
poker. .....-
Monday evening they all went to
the revival meeting again. Don't i'm
agine they went to scoff; they went
quietly and respectfully, to be enter
tanned. The hymn singing, the light
and warmth, the faces, interested
them as much as they did the deacon
and the Sunday school superintend-
emit.
just as a line Of young men had
filed into a pew near the door a bevy
of young women passed up the aisle,
and one of them wore blue ribbon
at her throat,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-16
TRIED SAMAR TACTICS.
Insurgents In hIindor0 Planned n Slaugh-
ter. hut American Troops We're
Prepared for Them.

Manila, Nov. 12.-Maj. William L.
Pitcher, of the Eighth regiment OF in
fantry, commanding the Mindoro ex-
petition, reports that the garrison OF
Abra de Hog was attacked Sunday by
a force of insurgents commanded by
Lenocos. The Filipinos apparently
attempted to repeat the Samar tao
tics, but the Americans, who were
breakfasting fully armed, completely
routed the insurgents, who left five
dead men on the field, each having
rife and ammunition. One Ameri-
can was seriously wounded.
Insurgents Flocking Northward.
Catbalogan, Samar, Nov. 1.-THE
insurgents are focking northward.
They are suffering greatly from fam
inc. Many isolated bolomen have sur
rendered. Only fear caused by Lux
bans proclamation threatening with
death those who surrender prevents a
general submission of the insurgents,
but it is expected that this will be
secured in few days.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

n, the Universe Frederick II: oct. ,. 1920"
This is the central face Of the Greek lnscrlpIloh
have been found attached TO grisly old pike
in Kaiserweg Lake. where you are required 10
believe il had lived 10 the age Of 26' years
After this he goes on 10 dernolish the story.
and then passes 10 other legends concerning
the pike family in general one Of these Yener-
able legends is 10 the effect that pike will
never eat a tench. because the tench can and
does act as his family physician; this story the
sr,bor has unset by the simple means Of catch
ing a nike with a tench for bait. As accounting
for the growth Of the legend. there Is 'the sup
position Of an ancient and some comparatively
modern authors that the tench is furnished with
a sort Of curative slime or saliva" which suppo-
sition is here secuted as pure fancy. And then
the tench is a very dark colored fish; at GER
tain times Of the year il is Shiny as a
Dream, and the whole story probably comes 70
this that the pike does not banker after such
diet When hard set we may be certain that the
nike will not stop short at any living thing
within its range Of snap"
II cannot be said that the pike is handled very
lovingly in this volume. While the blunderbore
legends which have attached themselves TO his
name in the course OF centuries are refuted. he
Is freely treated as "a terrible brute" whose
presence in the lakes and head waters Of rivers
where the attempt is being made 10 cultivate
trout and other OF the finer fish, is an unquali-
fed nuisance. Even the sportsmen who seem
10 derive the greatest enjoyment from the
numerous more or less artistic methods Of capt
uring the pike candidly admit this much. OF
these methods some that have come down from
early English days seem TO have quantity in
teresting associations 'Paternostering. as John
Bickerdyke says In a chapter on this form OF
snort bears IN its name the evidence OF a monk
isb origin. The ancient paternoster tackle con-
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

sisted Of half dozen hooks on short links-"an
anglers rosary"-each hook baited with small
dead fish, and the whole cast leaded-
Fish in Roman Catholic England were so
necessary for fast days. and difficult 10 get,
that one can well imagine some conmon-sehse
abbot exCusing his monks the telling OF SO
many paternOsters provided they brought in
gocdly pike OF two Thursday night before
Vespers-a pleasant form Of peuance- II is
somewhat singular fact that the baton, or short
cudgel, used 10 perform the last Offices for capt
ured fish, IS still called the priest the name
lingering, perhaps. more in Ireland than IN Eng
land or Scotland.
The zoology Of the subject leads 10 an inter
esting discussion Of Some Foreign Relatives.
The view OF Professor Brown Goode that there
are five species Of the Esox family natives Of
North America is discarded as not proved. and
the three American cousins are given as the
pike, the pickerel and the masknonge. The
American pike is to all intents and purposes the
Esox lucius Of the Old World. and distinctly diff
ferent from the other fish with which ii is
vulgarly confused. and which is called the pick
erel." The perch shares the honors Of the vol
urne by reason Of the similarity Of his habits
and Of the methods Of catching him, rather than
for consangUinity. A curious point which comes
out in this part Of the work is that the old
Anglo-SaXon word for perch was bears