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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22

Jerrys folks. She wished Phineas
were here to help her receive them,
but he had been called away unex-
pectedly, and would not be back
much before dinner time. One of the
neighbors had needed him.
Somewhere down the road sounded
the rumble of stage wheels, and
mother got up, nervously, and stood
on the floor, listening. 1t was such
q pity Jerry's folks had had to come
up in The stage! Hark!-yes, 1t was
turning into the lane. 1t was almost
here. She must 60 to the door and
meet them. A strange, girlish shy
ness swept over the little old figure,
and two spots of pink color bios
somed in her wrinkled cheeks.
The rumble ceased. A confusion Of
voices greeted mothers ear-sweet,
shrill little voices, with the bubble Of
laughter running through them. And
then, above them all, mans deep
voice called: "Mother! Mother,
where are your" What did it all
mean-for it was Johns voice call
ing! It was Johns wife getting out
of the stage, and Johns little chill
dren chattering and bubbling! Johns
folks!
Mother found herself at the door
in the midst of them all, and her
wonder and faint dismay were
drowned in the sweetness and joy OF
their coming and the warm rain OF
their kisses on her face.
There were so many little voices in
her ear. so many little arms around
her neck! And John was there-a
big, bearded John, with little Johns
love in his voice! There was no room
for dismay at all-only joy. 1t was
later when the mystery had cleared
itself away and it was almost time
for Phineas to come that the dismay
came back. Dear land, what would
Phineas say?
Mother stole away by herself and
looked things in the face. She had
not told John that it was all mis-
take, and that his letter had gone to
Jerry and Jerry's invitation come to
him. 1t was all clear enough now to
mother, but she had not told John.
How could she? In a moment the
joy was overwhelmed in the utter
dismay. For Phineas would be home
soon, very soon.
Something must be done. The lit
tie children-if the father should see
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22

can-and you must come home or he
will disown you! And he is in earnest,
dear! He is hungry for sight of your
face. And your mother-dear boy,
come right home quick! Iwant to kiss
you ALL"
Both letters were sealed, and then
she directed them in her quavery,
quaint little hand. But her face was
grave enough.
"I'm afraid Jerry's folks won't want
to come, and don't know what Phin-
cas- would do if they didn't. He's
set his heart. We ought not to have
waited till the last minute-I don't
see why we did. There won't be time
for them to answer-oh, dear, they
haven't been home for so long, and l
can't help thinking they won't want
to come now!"
But she went briskly to work with
her preparations. She cooked and
cooked till the shelves in her neat
pantry groaned under their loads.
Jerry's folks could not have cleared
them in a week. She made the mince
pies The way the boys had always
liked thep, long ago. She made mo-
lasses sauce for the pudding because
they had been fond of that kind.
And she made two little saucer pies
she had never failed to make, long
ago. They were pumpkin pies, and
she crimped the edges carefully.
"Jerry's girls are grown up, and
maybe they won't care for them
maybe nobody WILL" she thought,
"but 7 always made them for the
boys, and i said would to-day. Only
/ hoped, then, that Johns folks
would come. / hoped till the last
minute"
1t was the last minute now, and
mother had given up. She Lad set
the long table with her whitest linen
and her prettiest dishes. Then she
had dressed herself in her best dress
and sat down to wait. She was quite
pale. Mother was . little afraid Of
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22
1oNNSES'HEQ1he
"a Thanksgiving Story<
Dy Aoo,e ANmiNssN OsNNeM.


Size had gathered all her strength
Tor that question. She did not dare TO
look across at Phineas. His reply
rumbled deeply in his throat, but she
could make out all the words. Fl1ty
wears she had lived with Phineas
Quimby.
81 said we'd have Jerry's folks here
to Thanksgivin' dinner. We amt had
'em for some time. and this is kind OF
q extry year, bein' our anniversary.
II know, father-our fiftieth anni-
versary. That's why l wanted
wanted-John's-"
"You better write to Jerry right OH.
Better do it to-day, and Silas Bluntll
mail it for We tonight. It's Sis night
to 60 to lodge"
Nothing more, and when she had said
'sfather," Amelia Quimby had played
her last Gardner trump. She had not
called him father" since Jerry and
John were great brown boys and it had
happened. Twenty-seven years ago,
was that? All, the heartbreak
mother can hide in 81 years! When
she has had twin sons laid in her arms,
and held them one on one side and one
on the other, and gazed for long, weak
days from one little pink face to the
other,-when she has watched them
grow out of pinafores into trousers,
out of childhood into tall, splendid
strength, when she had fed them and
patched them and loved them-ah, to
lose one of them, then! Mothers know.
At first she had hoped for a recon-
citation. Year after year, at Thanks
giving time, she had hoped. For, odd
" enough, il was on Thanksgiving day
she had married Phineas Quimby, and
two years later, on the day after, that
they had laid his twin sons in her arms.
The day was doubly momentous to her.
But year had added itself to year and
the wound was unhealed yet: Phineas
Ouimby was Phineas Quimby still, and
John was still his son. How could they
change? How could one ever say the
relenting word to the other, that in
her heart the wife and mother knew
was all that would be needed?
"Only, I'd hoped SO much from
this Thanksgiving" Amelia Quimby
mourned. "Why, it's going to be our
fiftieth anniversary-you'd think a
father and SON would come back to
each other on the golden wedding day!
It was too soon to hope for it on the
silver one; but now, after all these
years, you'd think 1 had right to hope
for III"
"Isrry's folks" meant Jerry and his
wife and the two grown girls. But
Johns folks-the mother smiled visit
fully as she counted up the little names
ON her fingers. There were so many;
It took all her fingers but two! John
had not been married as long as Jerry.
His "folks" were little folks.
"And this year there's the twins.
They'd be big enough to come. And to
think they're both boys, and their
nasnes"- Suddenly the wistful voice
.ouivered and Johns mother cried over
the names of his little twin sons. The
patI,os of them and of her empty arms
that yearned for them broke down her
patient endurance.
sIswant them-oh, / want them!
want Johns little baby boys!" she
cried out aloud. But there was no one
to hear. Phineas had gone away to
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@WNM 9H Wherein 1Ss,1sx: Thy siy; little
~-- For unseen hands
that bui.o and break
The cloud-pavilions for my sake
This fleeing beauty. high and wild.
Toward which / wonder, as q child.
] thank Thee for the strengthening hills.
That give bright spirit to the rills;
For blue peaks soaring up apart.
TO serd down music on the heart;
FOR tree-tops waverinS soft and high,
writing their peace against the sky;
For forest farings that have been;
For this Fall rain that shuts me in.
Giving to my low little roof
The sense OF home secure, aloof.
And thanks for mornings stir and light,
And for the folding hush of night;
For those high Geities that spread
The STARTLED chasm overhead:
For elfin chemistries that yield
The green fires of the April field;
For all the foam and surge OF bloom;
For leaves gone glorious to their doom
All the wild loneliness that can
Touch the immortal in q man.
Father of Life. thank Thee. too.
For old acquaintance, near and true
For friends who came into my day
And took the loneliness away;
For faith that held on to the last:
For all sweet memories Of the past
Dear memories of my dead that send
Long thoughts Of life. and of life's end
That make me krow the light conceals
"A deeper world than II reveals.
-Edwin Markham. In Success.
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Secure Either Way.

81 suppose you are going to be
thankful on Thanksgiving day"
"Yes," said the man of gentle pa
thos. "If 1 have turkey and fixings,
I'll be thankful for them. And If
/ don't, I'll be thankful 1 am not go
ing to get indigestion. Washington
Star
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In the Mark.a Place.

81 suppose you know where you'll
get it about Thanksgiving timer
said the oyster.
81 can see your finish, anyhow" 70.
piled the turkey. you'll be in my
midst. Chicago Tribune.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22

Quais--Funnyman tried writing his
Jokes on the typewriter, but had to 20
back to his fountain pen.
Space-What was the matter with the
typewriter
"The bell rang too often" Manila
American.
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At Least One sympa ON.

Kind Father-My dear, II you want -
marry good husband, marry Mr.. Good
heart. He really and truly loves you.
Daughter-Are you sure Of that, pa?
Eyes, indeed. I've been borrowing
money of him for six months, and still ho
keeps coming. "-Stray Stories.
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"Any man." said the solemn man,
"should hesitate to lie under any circum-
stances" "Yes," was the emphatic re-
Spouse Of the man with the bullet head,
'at least long enough to make it sound
straight and to avoid mistakes. "-Indianr
apolis News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-11-22

These turkeys so fine standing round In
a group,
They feared II they fingered they'd be
in the soup
On Thanksgiving day
Which Is not far away
So they said: LET us all ny the COOP"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07

sweet and as luscious as the Maryland
 diamond back? Pride and patriotism combined brought forth different answers
 to the question. Epicures along the low
 CT coast will insist that there is no es- sentlal difference, unless the difference
 be to the credit of the Louisiana terra
 pin. in that the flavor is more striking, more spicy, as it were. the very fumes from the tureen permeating the dining room with an odor as sweetly soothing as a wind-wafted whiff from garden of roses. and literally ravishing in it's effect upon ones appetite. To which, of course, the patriotic Marylander will ob- ject. He will tell you that the taste is. too wild, and that the Louisiana terrapin hasn't that delicate flavor peculiar to the genuine diamond-back of Chesapeake Bay. and he will roll from his tongue f1owery apotheosis that will make you believe that the Maryland terrapin is indeed a bird of Paradise" and that the juice of the same Is indeed the nectar of the gods. So the Fish Commission steps in on the dividing line and pro poses to find out by close analysis, based upon observation and experiment, just what the difference is, if any difference really exists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07
His Purpose Explained.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 This dentists waiting room was very much like others. There was a stack of magazines on the table. in addition to one or two folded newspapers.
 The patient. to while away the time, picked up one of the magazines. The articles had familiar look and the sub iects discussed were outlawed by the statute of limitations. He turned to the cover and found that the date was Au- gust. 1900. He picked up another maga- zine and opened it at an article that treated solemny and speculatively of question that was definitely settled in 1900 Then he tried a newspaper, only to find that it gave him the nice fresh news of three weeks previous.
 About this time the dentist entered.
 Doctor" said the patient, 'I sincerely hope your methods are more modern than your reading matter.
 The dentist laughed
 You think that's neglect, don't your" he asked.
 Isn't it?"
 Not at all. sir; it's design. After thirty minutes with that collection of antiquated literature anythng-even dentists chair-is a relief"
 By George, you're right" returned the patient. There is contentment in the op- eratng room after this. Just take me in quick, doctor, and I won't even mur- mur'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07
Railroad Inventions.
Utica Press.

GIlCd E-Tt5h.
 It is strange that America was the pio- heer in building railroads. All the inven- tions pertaining to them were made in this country. It has been said that ths first T rail was laid on the Mohawk d. vision of the New York Central Railroad. But this is a m.5take. The first T rail ever made was invented by R. L. Stew ems of Hoboken, N. J.. and made in 1880 by Sir John Gurst at his works in Wales. under the personal supervision of Mir. Stevens It was with these rails that the Camden and Amboy Railroad was laid in 1881 One of the great inventions for a railroad. although simple in It's ap- pearance, was made in Utica by black smith on John Street. It was the fish plate that connects the two rails and is held by bolts passing througfh the rail. taking the place of the old cast-iron shoe. The blacksmith never made a dollar out of it. Had he availed himself of the opportunity and obtained patent, he would have been the richest man in Utica. The chilled iron-faced car wheel was also invented in Utica, by a man named Peckham. He also neglected to take out patent and made nothing out of it., but a man by the name of Dodd of Rochester secured 1t in some way and made a fortune
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07
NEW RuB1NsTEIN STATUE.
Made in Paris and to Be Set Up in
 St. Petersburg.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 The Russian sculptor, Leopold Bern- stamm, who has lived and worked all his life In Paris. and has made statues and busts of a great number of French and Russian celebrities, has just fin- ished a fine life sized marble statue of Antoine Rubinstein, to be placed in the conservatory of St. Petersburg.
 Bernstamm personally knew the great pianist; he had made bust of him about twenty-five years ago, and having after ward repeatedly seen him, he was able to study the model and the statue has therefore turned out to be one of tho most striking ones of conterAporary cel- ebrities, SO far as likeness and demeanoF are concerned. Rubinstein stands with head slightly bent downward, as was his mood when about to perform at one of his concerts. He has one hand resting on music stand; his attitude is one of great ease; 1t is the same as I saw him take many years ago. standing near the mantel piece of Madame Marchesi's clasa room, when he refused to give his au< tograph to the young women of the opera class, whom he had just heard sing. and when he said. T am sorry, but I never pay for having heard voices, however good they are, and however we'll they have sung"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07

are eligible to Congress. Representatives are chosen at the rate of one Represent ative for every 20,000 souls. this rule cov- ering the whole Swiss Republic. The members of the State Council, or Senate, are elected by the cantons or States two for each Canton. Each State pays the salaries of its Senators. but tho salaries of the Representatives arc paid by the National Government.
 All laws are made by Congress but if the laws are not satisfactory to the peo- pie, upon the application of 5000 peti- tioners or of eight of the State govern ments they must be submitted to the popular vote, and if this is against them they cannot go into effect. This Is what Is known as the referendum and it Is one of the characteristic features of the Swiss Government.
 In addition to this they have here what Is called the Initiative" This provides that if a petition signed by 5000 people Is presented to the Government asking for an amendment to the Constitution, | that amendment must be at once sub mitted to vote. If there Is a majority in the affirative, Congress has to modify the Constitution accordingly.
 In many of the Swis Cantons it used to be that all political matters were set tied by viva voce election of the peo- pie. All came together in the open air speeches were made and the questions submitted to vote. At present such things are generally done in council chambers The cities have their own aldermen, and some of the States have their own Leg islatures.
 The Supreme Court.
 The laws are administered here in a way different from that of the United. States. We appoint our Federal judges. In Switzerland they are elected by Con- gross. The Supreme Court consists of nine judges and nine alternates elected for terms of six years. Any man except clergyman can be chosen, and 1t makes no matter whether he is a lawyer or not The court, however. must be so divided that three of the judges can speak French. three German and three Italian.
 The Swiss judges receive only one-fifth as much salary as the members of our Supreme Court. They are paid $2OOO a year. with 8 day extra for travellng ex- penses while absent on judicial business from the capital.
 Our Supreme Court judges are elected for life, those of the Swiss are elected sitution provides that their vacations shall not exceed four weeks of the year Their jur sdction extends to the same matters as the Supreme Court of the United States, including all questions of dispute between the cantons or States all matters of treason and international law, and also certain cases of appeal
 Frank G. Carpenter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07
Frank G. Carpenter Interviews the
 PreCident of the Swiss Republic.

of this today with Mir. Frankenthal, our Consul at Berne. He says: "The foreign importations of all sorts into Switzer- land through the post are enormous. The parcel post. which is in vogue in many parts of Europe, makes this whole continent our supply point. I get my turkeys, chickens and eggs with my let ters. They come from Galacia, not far from the Adriatic Sea, and I pay the postman for them on delivery. I pay only 9 cents for the delivery of ten pounds of fat geese from Austria. The geese themselves are perhaps worth q % and this extra charge brings them into my house here and includes the sending back of the money to the seller. The chicken raisers of Roumania advertise Tn our Swiss papers. They send the goods on approval through the post. and 1t takes only postal card to give the order. It is great institution, and 1t ought to be adopted in the United States. If we had such an international arrangement With Switzerland. we could annually sell million dollars worth of shoes in this country, and if with all Europe, it would open up the whole continent to all small articles of American trade"
 It Is strange that the Swiss do not raise their own eggs?" said I,
 Yes. 1t seems so,' replied Consul FrankenthaL There Is no reason why they should not, except that the surn- mer season Is short and they apparently nave not learned how to handle the pro-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07
The Swiss Congress.

I spent some time in going through the capitol building, and during my stay took a look at the Swiss Congress. The House of Representatives Is built in the shape of a half moon, with the seats rising in concentric rows from front to back. The President sits on raised platform somewhat like our Speaker g desk, with a clerk on each side of him. The press galleries are at the front. so that the newspaper correspondents face the members. Each member has his own desk and chair. and the House, when in session, looks not unlike one of our leg islative assemblies.
 A curious feature of the Swiss Congress Is the public translator. These people have more different languages than the Canadians. The eastern part of the coun- try is German. the western French and the southern Italian. About 70 per cent. of the people speak German. 20 per cent. French, and about per cent Italian. with 2 per cent. speaking other lan- guages. In Western Switzerland pearly all the signs are French. in the Eastern States they are all German, and in Ticino they are Italian. The Government re- ports are printed in German and French and the speeches here are made in either German or French. for nearly all the members understand 10th languages. The orders of the President are translated by the official interpreter. and all of his messages are furnished the press in the two languages.
 The upper House or State Council Hall is much like our Senate Chamber. Both chambers are lighted from the ceilings. and in addition have electric lights.
 Odd Government Institutions.
 The Swiss Republic has a number of features which are mt found in that of the United States. All citizens who are over 20 have the right to vote and all voters with the exception of clergymen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07
Copyright, 1902, by Frank G. carpenter.)

 ( --- --- --, -'"'-"' '-- ~-- .-- Berne.
 I have just had an interview with the President of Switzerland. He is the na- tioEal representative of. this little re- public. and as such ranks among the rulers of Europe His power Is nothing like that of President Roosevelt. The Swiss have more democratic govern ment than ours and they are more strictly republican. The country is divided up into cantons or states. and these cantons hold to their sovereignty much more than do the States of our Union, and they have released but few of their rights to the National Government.
 Switzerland has a Congress just as we have, but it's Congress elects Federal Council of seven members, whose busi- ness it is to execute the laws. The coun- cl has to large extent the same pow CTS as our President. and the President of the Swiss Republic is only one of it's members and its presiding officer. The council is elected for three years, the President for one. He is chosen not by the ballot of the people, but by that or the Swiss Congress, and the constitution provides that he cannot hold two terms in succession. The President has no veto, no appointing power, and he cannot even nominate a man for any position. His only distinction as regards the other members of the Federal Council is that he gets $500 more per year, and that he receives the Foreign Ministers on cere-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07

life wooden hen of modern times No incubators are used here. notwithstand- ing every hotel has to have its eggs for breakfast, and that $2.000.O00 worth of eggs were imported last year. These people plan their lives after that of their grandfathers. Poultry was not raised in the past and the present don't care to make the experiment.
 The New Swiss Capitol.
 Switzerland has just completed new calptol building. It is a magnificent structure on the banks of the Aar. sur rounded by some of the most beautiful views of this beautiful country. The building cost more than a million dol lars. It covers several acres, rising from massive stone platform or esplanade looking out over the r1ver and the moun- talns. The structure is pure Swiss in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07

monial occasions and Is addressed as His Excellency.
 A Cheap Government.
 You might think that the Swiss Govern ment Is an expensive one, inasmuch as seven men are required to do what one executive does in the United States. It is not. The Council acts about as our Cabinet Ministers and, altogether 1t re- ceives only about one-third as much as President Roosevelt. Each member gets only $2,316, and the Swiss President less than $2,70O. the extra s3OO being for en- tertainment. This makes a total of a little over $16,00O, or not one-third as much as we annually pay our President
 The members of the National Parlia- ment receive s5 a day for the time that they are in session, with their travelling