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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
CAMP FOR CONSERVATIVES.
Pennsylvania to Furnish an Opportunity for
Those Afflicted with Pulmonary Com
plants to Enjoy IN Outdoor Life.

Harrisburg. Pa, April s.-Pennsyl.
vania will, this summer, furnish the
opportunity for persons afflicted with
pulmonary trouble to enjoy the bene-
fits to be derived from fresh air and
green, wooden slopes. The state owns
in fee simple something like 100000
acres of land in the way of forestry
reservation. Much of this domain
is composed of mountain and glen,
and in these businesses there are to he
established this year camps for the
relief and cure of afflicted persons.
These camps are not to be charities.
Tents will be furnished, but the oc-
cupants must provide their own food
and attend to its preparation. Later
on it is possible that something may
be done in the way of giving the
campers light outdoor employment.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
BRAVE WOMAN TEACHER.
Miss Lizzie Coltman Rescued Her Scholars
from Horrible Denth by Drowning
Near Harrison, Neb.

Harrison, Neb., April 9.-"An act
of heroism unsurpassed in the annals
of the state" is the expression used
by Sioux county citizens in connec-
ton with the performance of Miss
Lizzie L. Cottman, teacher in the dis
trict school near here. Alone, facing
a torrent of water carrying trees,
dead animals and all the debris borne
on q flood, she rescued from hor-
rible death the scholars of her school
and preserved the building itself
from what seemed inevitable destruc-
ton.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Omaha Line to the Gulf.

Kansas City, Mo-, April s.-Men
identified with the Kansas Southern
railroad and Omaha, Neb., capitalists
have made preliminary arrangements
for the building of new line for that
company from Omaha to the southern
line of Nebraska and thence to En-
poria, Kan. At the latter point it will
form a junction with the Santa Fe,
reaching into Texas, Mexico, and with
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, which
has line into Galveston. The pro-
posed railroad will give Omaha almost
an air line to gulf port.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
LOOKS DARK TO HIM.
Bishop Turner Sees No Future for
Negro in the United States.
Tho Race Nonentity, He Says. So Far No
Civil and Political Rights Are Cor
nered-wants Them to Re
turn to Africa.

Nashville, Tenn, April s.-Bishop
II. NJ. Turner, senior bishop of the
African Methodist Episcopal church,
was in the city presiding over a meet
ing of the board of the Sunday-school
union. The bishop sees no hope for
his race in this country. In discussing
the future of the race he says: ~ he
negro has as much fuure in the Unit
ed States, north or south, east or west,
of being a man, potential factor, and
filing the bill of citizen, enjoying
civil and political rights as frog has
in snake den. He is not regarded
by the dominant owners as a part Of
the American people, except in tho
tax collectors office and in the peni-
Tertiary. So far as his civil and polit-
ical rights are concerned or his social
status he is now nonentity. and his
condition is destined to be worse. The
remedy is, do rs God would have lis
do-emigrate and gradually return to
the land of our ancestors. The negro
was brought here in the providence
of God to learn obedience, to work,
to sing, to pray. to preach, acquire
education, deal with mathematical alb
straction and imbibe the principles Of
civilization as a whole, and then re-
turn to Africa, the land of his fathers,
and bring her millions to God. One
black missionary or teacher can do
more good in Africa that 20 whites.
1t is far the greatest continent on
earth, and the black man is crazy for
not going where he can be man,
and congress should put line of ships
between this country and Africa to
help us return"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
PRAISE FOR PORTO RICO.
Gov. Allen Says 1t VIII he One of tho
Richest Territories In Uncle Sans
Expansive Domain.

Washington, April s.-After years
study of the situation Gov. Allen be-
lieves that Porto Rico will be one OF
the richest territories of the United
States. 1.-The term 'poverty-strick-
en-" he said, "is misnomer as ap-
piled to Porto Rico. The sugar crop
this year will reach 100000 tons, as
against q normal production of 49,
600. The tariff relations with the
United States give the Porto Rican
planter IN advantage over other sugar
growers of $35 q ton in gold. That
is $3,5OO.OOO right there, which does
not indicate poverty. I have been
looking all over the island for this
starvation that is talked about, and I
have not found it yet. When the tariff
comes off there will be an additional
Is per cent. of that $3,5O0,OO0 going
into the sugar planters pockets"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
A Joint smasher Chief Of Police,

Wichita, KAN, April 9.-Frank Burt
was appointed chief of police last
night. He is the original joint smash
er, although friend of the "wide
open" policy. Under the regulation
system, five years ago, when he was
made chief, he took an ak one night
and smashed $4,000 worth of fixtures
in a saloon that tried to run without
the permission of the mayor and
council.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Hobaon,s Work Undone.

Santiago, Cuba, April 9.-In blowing
up the forward superstructure of the
sunken collier Merrimac, which has
long impeded the entrance to the
harbor, 1900 pounds of dynamite were
used. The explosion was plainly
heard in the city, five miles away.
When the electric button was touched
q pyramid of water rose 40 feet and
the surface was Immediately covered
with wreckage and tons of dead fish.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Horse Abattolr Starts Again.

Portland, Ore, April 9.-The horse
abattoir at Linnton, which was shu,
down last fall, has started up again
1t is estimated that there are more
than 100000 cayuse ponies ranging
over the country tributary to this
market. Stockmen are very anxious
that these horses should be driven
away to preserve the ranges to cat
tie and sheep. Horse meat has found
favor in Sweden and Norway and sew
eral orders have been received from
there.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Advocate Banishmeut for Negro Criminals.

Macon, Ca, April 9.-Bishop Henry
NJ. Turner, of the African Methodist
church, who has been conducting
services among the negro churches
here for the past two days, openly
advocates the Punishment of negro
criminals. He thinks the United
States government should send all ne
gro criminals to Africa. He deplores
the fact that this country has no
steamship lines to Africa.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Mrs. Nation Wants Her H..ohst..

Topeka, Kan, April 9.-Mrs. Car
RE Nation says she will sue the city
for some of her hatchets which are
now in the possession of the police
department. The hatchets were
taken from her on the occasion of
her several arrests during saloon
smashing days. She made a demand
on the chief of police for the hatch
cts yesterday, but was refused.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
DRUNKENNESS IN ARMY.
The Abolition of the Canteen Said to BE
Showing BAD Effects mt Mill.
tary Posts.

Washington, April 9.-Information
from the army posts in different
parts of the country indicates already
that the effect of the abolition of the
army canteen has been the opposite
to what was expected by those who
insisted on the provision being insert
ed in the last army bill. Drunken
ness and disorder have increased at
the army posts.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Ireland's Population Decreased.

London, April THE census of the
United Kingdom will not be tabulat-
ed for some time, but the indications
are that the population of England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales is more
than 50,OOO,OOO. Ireland's population
is less than it was ten years ago, and
probably lower than at any time in
the nineteenth century.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Ends Hope of the Younger,

st. Paul, Mimi, April s.-The bill to
parole the Younger brothers, now
serving life sentences in the state pris-
ON for the bank robbery and murders
in connection Herewith at Mortified,
Mimi, % years ago, was Saturday
finally killed by the house of repre-
ssentatives.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
GLORY was Not Avn Fun.ton,s.

Lake City, Fla, April o.-J. D. Tay-
Tor has received letter from his son,
Lieut.. James d. Taylor, Jr., of the
Twenty-fourth infantry, in which he
claims he secured the information
which enabled Gen. Funston to cap
ture Aguinaldo. The young man tells
his father of Gen. Funston's full ac-
acknowledgement of his services.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Toased Them In Blanketn.

San Francisco, April s.-The men,
bers of the Thirtieth.regiment volun-
teer infantry, which was mustered out
this week, celebrated their release
from the army by tossing in blankets
bill collectors who called at the camp,
land then departed for home, leaving
ssome $1,000 in unpaid.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
The PIatt Amendm,n, R.,.ct.d.

Havana, April s.-The Cuban consti-
-tutional convention voted Saturday
mot to accept the Platt amendment,
ireciting the relation which the United
States declares should exist between
that country and the Cuban republic.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Manila Harbor improvements.

Manila, April THE proposed int
provements of the port of Manila by
the Philippine commission includes
about 100000 cubic yards of rip-rap,
$1,000 cubic yards concrete and rubble
masonary in breakwaters, about $780,
900 cubic yards of dredging and a pile
of bulkhead 4,700 feet long.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!

f. Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack.
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place Of coffee. The children may
drink it without injury as well as the adult.
All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. / the
price of coffee. l5c. and 25cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
rhe twentieth Century.

The twentieth century began January LIST,
1901, and will end with 1000. People did not
begin to reckon time from A. d. l., but
waited until about the 550th year OF the
Christian era. People who begin to take
;he great health restorative, .Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, Immediately after the first
outbreak of dyspepsia, malaria, rheumatism,
constipation, nervousness or kidney trouble
win date their cure Immediately from then.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
Beware OF Ointments for Catarrl
That Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys.
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
physicians, as the damage they will do is
often ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken inter:
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen
uine. It is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney 4 Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price ,75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

Mrs. Nebb-"My husband never tells me
any of his secrets; now what do you think
OF a man who keeps his wife from finding
he's age genius @ohiO State journal. 'n'nN
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE

Write to-day to Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy,
Ease i powder to shake into ~ your shoes It
cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet. 1t makes New or tight shoes
easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bun
ions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25c.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
One Good Thing,

"There is one good thing about this clas-
steal music" remarked Mr.. Meddergrass.
"You can start or stop anywhere you want
to without spelling the sense of the piece"
Baltimore American.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
A Lively Wake.

II hear there was doings at McGhoolig.
hans wake"
"Doings? There wor so nanny foine
fights, me boy, thot tn wake was rapport
ed in the sportin' column. indianapolis
Press.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13
No Advantage.

He (boldly)-Do you think two can live a.
cheaply as one?
She (blushing do.
Lets not become one, then. "-Yonkers
Statesman
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

A small degree of wit, accompanied by
good sense, is less tiresome in the long run
than great amount Of wit without it.-La
Rochefoucald.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
bic medicine for coughs and colds:-N: w.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. IL, 1900.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

If you want to keep your teeth clean,
bright and sound, you will chew Whites
"Yucatan" Gum. Every confectioner sells it..
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

Riches can buy a man a whole lot o
trouble.-Los Angeles Herald.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

When girls nose gets red when she
cries, and she doesn't care who sees it, that
settles it; her grief is STANDARDIZATION
Globe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

When q man gets angry his reason take
Q short vacation.-Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

No matter what ais you, headache 70
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

Nothing is SO much plagiarized as original
sin.-Puck.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Qunine Tablets. Al
druggists refund 1t fails to cure. 95c
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

A thief's talk is always about the dichen-
esty of GENERALIZATION Globe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-04-13

Has something in its eye-the threaded
needle.-Golden Days.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
Old seryants, Prizes.

On the Austrian emperors fete day 9
number Of prizes were distributed to
servants who have been a long time
in the same situation. The prize was
about Els in each case. First on the
list was a valet. aged Il, who had
served forty-six consecutive years in
one family. The second was nurse,
72 years old, who had served forty-two
years in one family; maid Of all work,
II years old, who had served forty -one
years in nunnery, came next; then
an under cook, aged 81, who had
served thirty-nine years in a boys or
phanage.
There was a maid of all work, aged
76, who had served thirty-nine years
in one family; kitchen maid, SO years
old, who had been in the household of
Princess Clementine of Coburg for thir-
ty-nine years, came next, and then, 6e
years old. came one who had been 8
lady's maid to Baroness Chley for thir.
ty-eight years.
Altogether there were twenty-one
names on the list, and the shortest term
Of service was thirty years. Our cor.
respondent remarks that the mistresses
Of these good people deserved prizes
too, for they must surely have lovable
tempers If they can go on being waited
upon by ladies' maids and maids Of all
work Of the ages named.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
NO NEGROES IN THIS TOWN.
One Kentucky Village from which tn,
Black Man In Barred.

One Kentucky Village from Which the
Black Man Is Barred.
Calvert City, In Marshall County, In
Kentucky, is one Of the few places in
the world that has effectually solved
the race problem. Not a negro is to be
found within a radius Of dozen miles,
and the negro is yet to be discovered
who has any permanent desire to come
here.
To threaten a negro with Calvert
City is to bring before his frightened
vision pictures of death more horrible
than by lynching.
The peaceable, law-abiding spirit that
prevails In the little Kentucky town is
swiftly banished when a negro ap-
pears. If he keeps going he is not
molested, provided he attends strictly
70 MS own affairs and does nothing to
provoke the ever-alert hostility Of the
residents. But he can neither take up
his abode there nor remain over all
night, and SO disastrous have been all
past attempts to break this unwritten,
but none the less, stringent law, that no
negro would to-day dare to move into
Calvert City and announce his intention
Of remaining.
The town itself is a small place of q
few hundred inhabitants, situated on
the Illinois Central railroad, only q
dozen miles from Paducah, the metro
polls Of Southwest Kentucky.
The intense hatred of the negro dates
back twenty years or more. Fe w pro-
fess to know its origin. and many claim
that it was born in the people, but some
of the older inhabitants declare that II
had its inception years ago, when two
negroes married white women and set
tied there. The aversion of the people
became SO great that numerous at
tempts, resulting in considerable blood.
shed, were made to expel the mismated
couples, and eventually they were
driven away.
This aroused the bitterest hostility
among the negroes, and the white peo-
pie soon grew to SO hate the sight of
one that every negro was aultimately
run out of the vicinity, and one has
never been known to live in those parts
since.
In recent years there has been nc
serious trouble, but it is estimated that
no less than ten or dozen negroes who
had settled in the neighborhood have
been shot from ambush or otherwise
mysteriously killed.
This reprehensible means of exter-
minating them. however, was always
adopted as last resort, and no one
was ever punished for relieving the
community of their presence.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
WHAT ARMY OFFICERS EAT.

Great Variety of Food Is Dispensed by
the Comm ssary Department.
No one outside Of the. army has any
idea of the variety of commissary ar.
ticles which are carried in the sub.
sistence storehouses at army posts.
The present extensive stock is grad
ual growth since 1866, when the old
army sutler was supplanted by the
post trader, who in turn was driven out
of the service by an exposure of cor
ruption and collusion which involved
even the wife of a cabinet officer and
dragged the latter into retirement.
The post trader carried few ar
ticles which he sold to the officers and
men at exorbitant prices, and one of
the choice government snaps" was a
post leadership, for which men were
willing to pay large sums that they
might have the protection and license
of the government in robbing the help
less army officers and soldiers of re-
mote frontier garrisons. The variety
of the post traders stock was as linn
tied as its quality was Indifferent.
When the post trader was banished
the subsistence department of the
army extended it's system SO as to en-
brace something besides the ration
which it purchased and issued to
troops. 1t began to keep such articles
as smoked fish, sirups. canned oysters
and Holsters, jellies. jams, -four, hams,
coffee, candles and salt. The list was
meager one, but it was the beginning
of an elaborate system and an extern
sive stock. The department has i'm
proved its supplies year by year, keep
ing In mind the needs and the desires
Of the enlisted men, the officers and
their families. These supplies are out
side the regular ration and are sold at
contract prices even to officers and
men on the retired list, provided they
certify that the supplies are intended
for their own consumption.
In the list of foods there are now all
kinds of canned and evaporated fruits,
canned vegetables, fish and meats,
four varieties of soup, four varieties of
crackers and three varieties of white
sugar. There are all kinds of spices
and seasonings, sauces and jellies,
among which are four varieties of
pickles and two varieties of table
sauce. There are four brands of ci-
gars and four varieties of smoking to-
bacco, with other smoking articles and
supplies. Sometimes these varieties do
not meet all the demands of the army,
and additional kinds are provided, but
there is limit placed on certain arti-
cles, and the department does not pro-
vide more than ten varieties of cigars
none costing more than Sc per 500,
or $l2 in the open market), six varie-
ties of pickles or crackers and five of
smoking tobacco or soup-Saturday
Evening Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
When He Held the Jack.

"He was scottish sort of chap, but
played tolerably fair game Of seven
up," said ex-Sheriff Warren K. Ridg-
way, of Pike County, Pennsylvania.
1--WE were sitting in, up at Lacka-
wanna, playing for quarter a corner.
1 knew he was dead gone on a girl up
at the Narrows, and so remarked, casu-
ally, early in the game:
EVERY time fellow gets the jack
Of trumps in seven-up it's a sure sign
his girl is thinking of him.
Then sort O. watched the young
fellow, and the very next hand he
picked up noticed his eyes light up
and real nice flush Of pleasure spread
over his face. So led out, and, sure
as pollywogs! caught his jack, as l
thought maybe 1 would. And it worked
SO well all the evening that 1 had a
whole lot of his quarters when we
quit. But he seemed pleased, and
went up to the Narrows on the next
train" New York Evening Sun.