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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06
rotnl colnare for enc Year.

Washington, June 29.-The forth
coming statement of the coinage ex-
ecuted at the minis of the United
States for the fiscal year ending June
%. 1901, will show the total coinage to
have been $136,34O,7S1, us follows:
Gold, $O0,O65,715; silver, $685. 9s;
minor coins, $2,000,96s.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06
siisnpylied Industry.

"Have I not been an earnest and consci-
entious worker" asked the young man
who was about to be ''let out"
Possibly. possibly" replied the prac
teal politician. 'Indeed. I may say that /
have no fault to find with your industry,
except that it is misapplied."
'In what way?"
at has been devoted to the interests of
the taxpayers instead of us. You are n
good man in some ways, hut you seem to
lack judgment" -Chicago Post.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06
Tho American Army the Best.

London, June 9O.-During the debate
on the army reorganization bill in
the house of lords, Lord Wolseley,
formerly commander-in-chief, declared
the United States army is the finest
Of its size in the world. He said its
superiority is due to the good wages
paid by the American government.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

Twelve was on the point of striking. ITO
think" cried the fair girl in anguish, eve
will never see each other again till to-mor-
row night" "Bear w. sweet one" was his
sides I'll write to you when get home and
in the morning. philadelphia Times.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06
His EEg business.

IT am going into the egg business" said
one city man to another, :.
"But chickens are difficult to manage IN
any considerable number, am told"
III intend to dispense with chickens en-
tirely. I shall simply raise egg plants
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06
DO Your Feet Ache and Rurn,

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Ease
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy, Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen. Hot, Gallons, Smarting, Sore and
Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06
The Summer Hotel.

Young Gucst-It seems to me that You
don't object to the mosquitoes singing in
your room.
Old Guest-You bet don't! Why, when
the mosquitoes are singing / can't hear the
university glee club practicing on the
zzo.-Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

'That eastern girl who is suffering from
unstrung nerves made n mistake when she
tried to doctor herself" what did she
take for it?" Diamond rings and any
thing that she could lay her hands on
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

trouble somewhere, and nervous pros
tration is sure to follow.
You ought to know that Indigestion
exha ustion, womb displacementst
fainting, dizziness, headache, amp
backache send the nerves wild with
alright, and you cannot sleep.
Mrs. Hartley, Of 221 w. Congress So,
Chicago, ILL.,, whose portrait we pub.
lish, suffered all these agonies, ana
was entirely cured by Lydia .. Pinsr.s
hams Vegetable Compound; her Case
should be q warning to others, ana
her cure carry conviction to the minds
of every suffering woman Of the nm.
failing efficiency Of Lydia E. PlnkhamS
Vegetable Compound.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

A woman in front of q mirror naturally
feels quite beside Observation-Disclosures
Record.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06
Riftcr-Swcet.

Ted-That girl of mine has the germ fad
and won't even eat ice cream.
Ncd-Youre in luck
"But she doesn't stop there. She won't
kiss me for fear of microbes"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

What you would do with million dollars
may be guessed by study of what you do
with one.-Good Cheer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06
Fairy Stories.

ct tell you your country is painfully new.
Why, You haven't even any fairy tales.
me and look at the tablets on our best mon
uments." -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

There's always room at the top, except
for the bad Observation-Disclosures
News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

Hoax-"You say he owes everything he
has to you" Joax.-"Worse; he owes more
than he has to me. "-Philadelphia Record.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06
An url<,ua Ca<.

Tess-Do you think the cut Of my skirt
pretty?
Jess-Yes, indeed; very.
'Do you. really"
eyes. had two like that when they were
the style" Philadelphia Press.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
as cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 800 Thirt
Ave., n, Minneapolis, MINI. Jan. Q, 1900.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

The active tool never gets rusty.-Chi.
cago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

A bad man is worse when he pretends 70
be q saint.-Bacon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

Bibbs-"No man knows himself" Gibbs
THAT'S so. He would lose his best
friend if he did."-Smart Set.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

Nothing is so dangerous foe to ambi
tion as the fattery Of inferiors.-Town Top
les.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

An old bachelor says that woman is the
bitter half of man.-Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

Some people pay too much attention II
the talk of the insane.-Atchison Globe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-06

Very few liars are good liars.-Atchison
Globe.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
WHAT WE ARE Toll D.

In India and Persia sheep are used
as beasts of burden.
Belfast is the richest and most
populous city in ireland.
The price of medicine in Prussia
rs regulated by the state.
six months cruise will decrease
the speed of a ship Is per cent.
There are 11,70o hotels in Paris, in
which there are on an average 100000
guests.
Backwoodsmen of China still use
the bow and arrow as weapon and
do very effective work With it.
Most civilized nations begin the day
at midnight; astronomers and navi.
gators since the time OF Ptolemy be-
gin it at noon.
On some of the foreign steamship
lines the captains are naval officers
and, in case of war, would retain
their commands.
The Arabic vernacular furnishes a
singular illustration OF the popular.
ity of war in the east. Il has over
50 names for the sword.
demonstrating with policemen
cab drivers aud street car conductors
is a serious offense in Austria, as all
those persons are rated as public
officers, TO insult whom means impris-
onment and fine.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
TOLD OVER THE TEAcUps

An Indian and . Russian woman
are among the graduates Of the
Woman's Medical College Of Psnnsyl-
vania this year.
Every year shows an Increase IN
the number of women who in travel
Ing employ Wallets, instead Of maids.
The valet acts as courier au1 attends
TO the luggage.
The Inauguration OF the monument
to Rosa Bonheuy, which has not been,
hike most monuments, raised by sub
scription, but erected by a prifate
individual, took place recently at Fon-
tainebleu.
Turkish women, 10 rs sad are be
coming more independent every year.
Despite of orders to cover the face
in public, many boldly let their veil.
fall aside and keep them off alto.
gether when entering a shop.
There are hundreds OF women con.
nected with the newspapers of the
land as literary, dramatic and art
critics, society and general reporters
but the honor of being the only WON.
an city editor is said to belong tS
Mary M. Lee, of the Titusville pa
Herald.
Miss Rebecca Page Knox, daughter
of the United States attorney gen.
eral, is a pretty brunette OF 90, anC
is described by her father as "level
headed girl" Miss Knox has spent
much of her time in study and travel
She is the constant companion of heI
father in their home life and they
are spoken of as comrades.
The advent of two Moorish u-omer
from the grand vizier's harem, who
have accompanied the deputatio1
from the sultan of Morocco TO Kins
Edward, is quite a matter of mo
ment. We know little OF our sisters
in Morocco, for the Moor, as In tn,
olden days, still jealousy guards hi
women relations from contact will
the outside world.
Mrs. Louis Botha, wife Of the Boel
commandant, vindicates womeI
against the aspersion that they can
not keep a secret. The most expert
enced diPlomatist was never NOR,
discreet than this lady. During he
stay in London she has been besough
by interviewers and bombarded witt
letters. But not soul has the leas
idea of what is passing through hel
mind. And she has enjoyed shopping
in Regent street as if she had not
| care in the world.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03

then and there to bedeck themselves.
Those that wore the big gray felt
hats pinned a band Of the fringe
around the brim, With the balls
dangling; some made necklaces and
bracelets of it, and others used il for
belts, while all that was left they
looped Enthusiastically over their red
blankets.
There were broad grfns of satisfac-
ton on their faces, when suddenly the
leader said: "Eat," and of they strobe
in search of food.
One squaw, says the Detroit Free
Press, got a big sack fsll of bananas
and, calmly seating herself in the
middle of the pavement in the busiest
part of the town, began to devour
them. This was too much for a group
of small boys near by. They imme-
diately dared the bravest of their
number to steal or beg banana, As
the former was far from safe, he put
on hungry, woe-begone look and ap-
preached, gesticulating and saying;
Me eati" The squaw eyed him I'M
blinl<ingly and went on boiling ba-
nanas. But with his companions guy
ing him from a distance, the urchin
would not give up, SO the pantomime
continued until the last banana disap-
peared, when she rose with bounce,
slapped it's skin full in the boys face,
and strobe off after more.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
FOoTLIGHT NOTES.

The Paris theaters give away at
average of $500 free tickets daily.
London people spend on an average
seven shillings year in theater tick.
cts.
1t is said that Pietro Mascagni, the
Italian composer, has signed con.
tract for an eight weeks tour in this
country with an Italian orchestra, be-
ginning early in. the fall, for which
he is to receive 10000.
Mime. Melba is great lover of the
River Thames, and for the third year
in succession has taken a charming
little house at NARROW, above Lon.
don, in the Quarry Woods, with a
lawn which runs down TO the
Thames
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03

him with club to induce him TO come
along with me.
some day had an aching tooth, and
decided to go to a dentist and have
the miserable molar yanked out. 1
felt so bad that 1 took that pointer
pup along with me for company on
my way to the dentist'soffice, and when
he got to the door he slipped into the
office with me. Next thing / knew
taht pointer pup of mine was sitting
back on his quarters, appointing at a
picture of some ruffied grouse that the
dentist had on the wall Of his recep-
tion-room.
In the course of time pointing got
to be regular mania of that dogs,
and / couldn't take him out for exer-
else very often on account of his habit
of tagging behind and pointing at
feathered things. Took him out one
afternoon when he was about a year
old, and furniture van with lot of
pillows piled on top of some beds
came along. One of the pillows was
broken at the side and a lot of feath-
ers escaped. That dog of mine saw
the flying feathers and blame me IL
he didn't sit down and point at that
furniture van. Fact.
But that wasn't the cutest thing
he ever did. The cutest thing he ever
did was one afternoon when took
him down 90 the Santa Barbara beach
for walk on the sand. / hadn't any
sooner got him down to the beach than
he sat down and began TO point out to
sea. couldn't for the life of me make
out what he was pointing at. There
wasn't airy bird, not even a sea-gull.
in sight. Bot he kept right on SQUIRT
ting there at the verge of the sea and
pointing out over the water, and if
ever a man was puzzled then / was.
At first / calculated that he might be
installing the crests of the waves for
feathers, but no, a little reflection
convinced me that he wasn't any such
fool dog as to do thing like that.
Then I noticed that be was pointing
directly at white ship that lay out in
the harbor. pulled out my field glass
es and took a look at the ship, and
then the mystery was made clear. The
ship he was pointing at was the Unit
ed States man-o'war Petrol" and
then the man with the shifty eye ex-
ecuted sudden leap and escaped from
the car before his wrathful listeners
could hop on him and macerate him.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

Winks sometimes speak louder than
words.
It's an il wind that blows the docto
good.
Some people who bay spring lamh
have the wool pulled over their eyes.
The rate at which some people live is
only regulated by the question of how
much credit they can get
Here is a coin," said the collector.
that / am sure ia valuable, but il is
so old and worn thet cannot tell just
what it is" Can't make head or tail
Of it, eh?" remarked the man who
wasn't much interested in antiquities
Philadelphia Record.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
HINTS FOR BATHERS.
Do not bathe when tired.

Do not battle when tired.
Avoid bathing when cooling of
after perspiring freely.
Leave the water immediately if the
slightest feeling of chilliness is OBJ
served.
Persons whose heads and feet have
feeling of numbness after being in
the water short time should not
battle in the open air.
A strong and vigorous person may
battle early in the morning before
breakfast, but young children and
adults who are not strong should not
battle until at least two hours after
eating
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
DOG WORTH OWNING
Strange Feats of a Rceuter Who
Knew a Thing OF Two
Pointing Got to Re a Regular Mamie
with Him Untn Everything That
Wore Feathers Attracted
His Attention.

stalking about bird dogs" said the
man with the shifty eye, in the rear
seat of the trolley car-and nobody,
suggests the Washington Stey, had
said a word about bird dogs or any
other kind of dog@''I had the most
remarkable bird dog that ever hap
pened, 1 guess, when 1 Yves living out
in Santa Barbara, Cal, in 20. don't
s'pose there ever will be the likes Of
that dog on this earth again raised
him from a pup. He was q pointer
from away back 1t was rAst as
natural for that dog to flop on 10 his
Launches and point at bird as il is
for us humans TO eat things that don't
agree with US
''He began to point before BE he'd
shed his milk teeth. 1 took him out
for walk one day when he was only
about two months old. and it took us
about four hours TO get over four
miles of ground, for that dog would
sit down and point at bird about
every ten feet of our progress. IT ord
not make any sort of difference what
kind of a bird it was that he pointed at
He'd point at any old kind of bird
If little bunch of English sparrows
would settle down in the middle of the
street he'd just sit down and point at
them, and it was all could do to get
him to come along with me. He'd
point at a robin sitting on top Of 8
cottonwood tree, and he'd point at &
Brahmin rooster clawing up flower
bed in front yard. Any old thing
that had feathers on IL that doc of
mine would point at. Had him out one
afternoon when a bald-headed eagle
began to soar around above SAINT
Barbara, about three miles up in the
air, and blamed il that dog didn't
catch sight of the noble bird and squat
down and point at it until / had to ba.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
IA QUEER. MEMENTO.
History Of Piece of Chewing Gum
Told by an Actress.
II Explains Why . Youthful Prodfg NJ
Returned to His Doti.g Mann
naa and How Beauty Affect
. cd n BellboY.

The sctress, recently returned
from season made up largely o.
transforming, was unpacking her
trunk, under the cormorantlike eyes
OF her stay-et-home friend. The lat
tor knew the loathing with which gar
ments associated with one-nighs
stands are forever viewed when the
tour Is over, and she always found it
to her advantage to be on hand when
the trunk was turned upside down.
Suddenly she plunged an arm into its
disordered depths and drew out a
small something, at which she gazed
in horror.
"Welll" she declared, 81 understood
that one-night stands shatter the
nerves and reduce the strongest
brain to more or less idiocy; but
never, never, did think that should
find In the trunk of a friend of mine
piece of chewing gumi"
The actress gazed at the accusing
morsel and smiled THAT is a token,
my dear; not an ordinary piece OF
vulgarity. You see, 1 kept one-halt
and he kept the other"
Worse and worsei" gasped her
friend. Never yet have 1 known you
to stoop to the chewing-gum kind.
Who was he, and is it serious?"
Serious is the word for it, L ad-
NIT. 1 met him in a 'one-horse' town
In Missouri under the most romantic
circumstances. I really thought ]
had had some experience with the
sex, but he went beyond anything
have been accustomed to. I went
to the hotel the night we arrived
end rang the bell for a pitcher OF
hot water. A boy about Is or 1e-
you couldn't tell his age, for his fig
ure was young and his face was old
answered my ring. He brought the
water, Get down the jug, and, as ]
supposed, left the room. When ]
turned there he was, staring at me
Can't do anything else for you?
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03

he could and smoked the cigars like a
little hero. But in an unguarded mo-
ment the other night the truth came
out. Mrs. Melton awoke some time
after midnight with a start.
John, John" she gasPed. there's a
burglar in the house"
20, think not" said her husband,
sleepily.
Eyes there is" gasped Mrs. Melton,
81 know 1t. He is in the dining-room.
1 heard him lighting one of your
cigars"
Zone OF those Pride OF tho Tene-
ment' that you gave me?"
"Yes, that was the lest box !
bought"
"All right" said John, turning on
his side and shutting his eyes again.
Leave him alone. Well find his deed
body on the floor tomorrow morn
ing"
Mrs. Melton says that John can Just
buy his own old cigars now.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
MELTON WAS BRUTAL.
That Is why His Good Wife VIII
Never Again Buy N Box Of
Cigars for Him.

Mrs. Melton, asserts the Chicago
Tribune, is not going to buy any more
cigars for her husband. She almost
believes now that all the jokes in the
comic papers anent the kind of cigars
wives buy for their husbands are true.
She has insisted ever since Christmas
when she bought the first box of cigars
for Mrs. Melton on purchasing all his
tobacco for him.
Mr.. Melton thought IL would be too
bad to tell his wife just how bad the
cigars were, since her only object in
buying them was to contribute to his
pleasure, so he smiled as sweetly as
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
Yer Mo4h~

Wha'd yer Go without yer mother7
How'd yer know what things Hus right
Wha'd yer do wen yer wuz friShtened7
Who would hear yer prayers at nLSht9
How'd yer keep yer clo'es theSither7
How'd yer dast ter hev a sick,
Ef thar want no ma ter help yer
What could fix yer up right ouickf
Thar's sometimes yer ma she lkoks yen,
(Though perhaps yer osghter be;
Praps yer been a-makin' faces
Or a-fghtln' with Bob Lee):
But yer wouldn't trade yer mother
Not fer more'n a dozen farms;
Fer thar's nuthin' dast ter touch yeP
Wen yer In yer mother arms.
An one time knowed q felhr
What jes' didn't have no ma
Don't 1t seem like that was awfulf
Oh. o. course. he had er pa:
But tn pas ainSt mas, no, street
Wen feller's feehn' bad;
An reckn I'd be loneSozue
Eff a pa wus all had
Detroit Free Prees.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
The Plain. of Pcnra.


''Give me the heights OF faupA
The hills most high:
And let me write my name
Across the sky!''
Thus In the night I heard
The voice OF one
Whose heart and soul we've stirred
To reach the sun.
Anon, across the yeauS
1 heard him cry;
20 give me back the fearA
The hopes gone by!
The lowly ways were beSN
The vale and glen.
Where 1 could toil-and rest
With other men.
THE heights OF fame are sweet,
But sweeter still
That humble. glad retreat.
Beneath the hill"
Charles Hanson Toxne IN Youth,
Companion.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
INDIAN SHOPPERS.
Whenever rncie sa. Pays Them
Thefr Allowance.

Arkansas City. Kan. is quite a trad
ing point for the Indians from the ter
ritory. One day number Of bucks
and squaws rode into town single file
tier their ponies in bunch. and start
ed out to spend their last allowances
from Uncle Sam.
The first place they came 10 was a
furniture store, the owner of which
had CHANGED to display q lot of old
fashioned, bright-colored ban fringe
in the window. They gave q few sig
nificant grunts, walked IN, and par
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
Enchantnaent.

The perfect hush Of summer broods Ger
all;
The distant masses of blue. misty trees:
The sleeping clouds. like speil-bound pal
aces,
Lie motionless, nor heed the parting call
OF yon belated cuckoo. AS m thrall,
The river scarcely moves: the gentle breeze
Is softer than the murmuring of bees;
And even the dew Will hardly dare TO fall.
This charmed peace hse brought my soul
so near
To Natures heart OF deep tranquility,
That all the world is far removed from me /.
And when my thoughts, as always, turn to
thee,
IT seems hundred years since thou and I
Were here together. Did dream IL, dear?
james Slaney, in Chambers journal
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-03
summer Clouds.

FLUFFY, airy. shapeless masses,
Swinging through that cope OF blue.
Blending of from snowy whitenesE,
To a grayish dappled hue.
Listless, lazy, languld, lettering,
PILED against the eastern sky;
Hurrying. skurrying. onward ever,
Rolling, romping, rushing by.
Battlements of wondrous grandeur
Lying low against the blue;
Edged with quaint fantastic figures,
Sinking, drifting. drop from view
hayward. wandering cloudlets Jostle
And sweep by with bellying sail;
Lost to view and lost forever
To the mortal in life's wake
Arthur r. Ford in Cane dian Maya zine