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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
His First ~
Weak Fish
BY
ssMICKEY FINN"

THE sloop yacht Sibyl lay tugging
at her anchor rope in the middle
of the Fishkill channel, in Jamaica
Bay. June had lain her smiling bene-
diction over all the land and sea. Gases
of grass in the black water waved in
the pulsing of the ebbing tide. A
strong breeze from the ocean had
kicked up fretful sea. The wind was
warning with the tide. The wide wa
ter reaches were alive with white caps.
The spume from the little waves swept
the deck of the Sibyl. 1t was bap-
tism by sprinkling. The sun was rest
ing his chin on the edge of New Jer-
sey, throwing fiery pathway up the
lifting tide, and painting the horizon
with reckless prodigality of color.
The angler stood in the cockpit with
O ten-ounce rod in his hand. 1t was
fashioned with wood from the jun
giles of Calcutta. A master workman
had welded 100 pieces of this resilient
wood together with glue such as Guam
arius used in his sobbing violin. The
rod was further strengthened at in
tervals with fibres of crimson silk.
The guides were lined with smooth
glass and the tip with amber. When
at home the rod reposed in rosewood
box carpeted with blue velvet. No
woman can ever take the place in an
anglers heart occupied by his best
1ishing rod. That rod had skittered
pork rind for pickerel in the wilds Of
Pennsylvania. 1t had jerked the gym
nastic bluefish from his environment
of blue water. 1t had thrown thin
shadow over the smiling ripples Of the
Neversink at the foot of Slide noun
tain. 1t had conjured leaping grilse
from the tide waters of the Miramichi,
and still its spring was arrogant, its
FIBER unimpaired.
The reel was a mechanical gem of
solid silver, cunningly devised, like a
Jurgenson watch, its pivots running
ON Jewels, its barrel multiplied four
times with each revolution of the
handle. The lightest touch would set
II whirling as if in sheer delight of its
perfect bearings. For any one but a
high priest of the art Of angling to
touch this reel were q PROCLAMATION.
The line was Of 12-thread linen of a
..pecial weave, with tensile strength
of ten pounds to each of the 300 care
FULLY parafined feet. The cost of the
line only was sufficient to pay
months rent in tenement house. The
double leader was five feet in length,
of carefully selected silk-woven gut,
and the hook of blued Steel keen and
cruel. 1t measured three-quarters Of
an inch from shank to barb, and
would have held anything from
shark to rubber boot filled with sand
in . swirling East river racing tide
way.
aThe wind Is rising, sir" said the
Guide. "We1l have to reef her goin'
In. Shall / take up the anchor?"
ssNot yet" replied the angler. II
have been out here ali the afternoon
and not sign have seen of our old
friend, Cynoscion regalia. have
..chumrned him with two quarts Of
shrimp, have tempted him with yards
Of blood worms ct five cents per yard,
and vet he has not responded to my
,rrooing. / shall try one more cast
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
The Field All to Himself.

Abilene has a unique industry en-
ploying 100 men almost night and
day who make all parts used in me-
chanical shooting galleries, merry
go-rounds, nickel-in-the-slot pianos
and military band organs. The con-
Germ is said to be the only one of
it's kind in the world and is operated
by Charles w. Parker. His trade
field includes the two Americas, Eu.
rope, Asia and Africa and the islands
of the sea.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Drowned While SEEMING.

Harvey Baker, a farmer, was
drowned in the Raw river a mile
above Bonner Springs. He with a
number of neighbors, had gone to
the river to seine fish. Mr.. Baker
had the outer end Of the seine in
charge, and was swinging out from
the bank when he stepped off into a
pool over his depth.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
PLACED THE FISH GENTLY IN THE
WATER.

ming the hook of pocket scales
through the blight of the smell, the
angler raised the fish.
"Three pounds ten ounces" said
he, land with belly rounded like q
fifteenth century prior's."
Then he lay Cynoscion RECALLS
back upon the deck, a living jewel
bathed in brine. His sides were sil-
very, with irregular dark, undulat-
ing stripes. His eye looked like a
spot of jet ina circle of amber. He
lay perfectly still except for a faint
motion of his fanlike rudder. As
the light touched his armor the
FURNISHED scales took on iridescent.
Kaleidoscope hues.
"Do you think he is dead?" asked
the angler.
'No, sir; he is only wind-blown."
The angler leaned over the side
of the boat and placed the fish, gem
thy in the water. He lay upon his
side, supine, inert. But the waves
handled him and the juvenescence OF
old ocean trickled through his GRIM
son gills. His body began to tilt UNI
til it stood nearly on an even keel.
His dorsal fin rose like sail on the
far horizon. CynosciOn RECALLS was
alive again. One firt of his mighty
tail, one heave of his virile, fexu-
Gus body, and he was gone, leaving
the angler wet with the spray, of
his parting salute. -
Two hours later the angler went
down an elevated railway staircase,
near Central Park West. At the foot
of the stairway carriage was watt
ing. In it sat a woman wearing an
anxious look.
"Oh, john" she said. 81 am SO
pleased to see. that you have come
back in time. Really, was getting
frightened"
"well, my dear, don't see what
there was to be afraid Of"
"Why, do you know, / was afraid
you would not get back before all
the fish stores were closed."eN. Y.
Times. ..
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
School Fund Distributed.

The school population of Kansas
is 5OS,011 and the semi-annual distri-
button of the state school fund ag-
gregates S223,524, being the interest
on a s7,OOO.OOO permanent school fund
investment. This is A cents per
capita, an increase of five cents per
capita over the last distribution.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Record for Quick Corn.

Tanquarry brothers, who are ex-
tensive farmers near Beloit, claim
the record for quick corn. They have
well developed corn exactly Sc days
from the time they planted the
seed. They expect yield of 60 BUSH
els to the acre.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Recites a Peculiar story.

Minnie A. Bushnell has brought suit
ut Ottawa to set aside a divorce re-
Gently granted her husband, ID. j.
Bushnell. The petition sets forth
that Mrs. Bushnell was induced to
sign an agreement for separation by
Bushnell's representation that he was
in a compromising relation with a
girl at Williamsburg, and that he
would remarry her-the plaintiff in
the case-as soon as the Williamsburg
affair could be settled. Bushnell is
said to have failed to carry out any
part Of his agreement, and to have
deserted his divorced wife entirely.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Option on 1,7OO Acres.

1t is understood that site fol
the proposed S1O,OOO,OOO cotton mill,
projected by southern and eastern
capitalists, has been selected at Hol-
liday, IA miles from Kansas City.
The promoters, it is said, hold an op'
ton on 1,70O acres Of land at Holli-
day.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Must Come Further West.

The center Of corn production in
America is 81 miles southwest OF
Springfield, III. The crop which will
be raised in Kansas this year will
yank the center of corn production
a few leagues further west.-Topeka
Capital.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Rose In working Hard.

Vernon Rose, the democratic nom
inee for congress in the Seventh dis
trict against Congressman Chester 1.
Long, is conducting a very active
campaign. He is in the field all the
time and is speaking twice a day
most of the time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Thi. Will Relieve Them.

A license tax imposed on Yelling
ton druggists by the action of the
city council of 500 year for sell
ing liquor and $500 year if beer is
included, was declared invalid by Po-
lice Judge Sherman.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Against Political "Pulls."

"The state board of charities will
endeavor to have bill passed by the
legislature next winter making it a
misdeameanor, punishable by fine and
Imprisonment, for person to bring
political influence to bear to secure
the appointment of employees in the
various charitable institutions" said
Henry ]. Allen, president Of the
board. "The proposed law will also
make it crime for a superintendent
to make political recommendations,
and the penalty will be removal from
Office and fine"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Bigger Acreage Than Ever.

Despite the comparative failure OF
the wheat crop this year, the farm
ers of the wheat belt are putting in
a larger acreage of the cereal than
ever. They consider that it was
only exceptional conditions which In
terfered with the crop this year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Explanation OF Astronomers Find.

Astronomer Husey, of Berkeley,
CAL, announces that he has discov-
cred 200 double stars. We are inclined
to think, says the Chicago Chronicle.
that Astronomer Husey must have
tried to cross the street in front of
"devil wagon"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Baptised Over 5000 People.

Rev. W. B. McNutt, Baptist min
lister who died in Pratt at the age OF
10 years, had been engaged in active
church work for half century, and
during his career as minister had
baptised over 5000 persons.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Claims Harris Reelection.

Grant Harrington, who has charge
of the fusion Legislative campaign,
asserted that the fusionists would
elect 80 out of the 1873 members OF
the house and that w. A. Harris
would be returned to the United
States senate.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Bow Killed by Lightning.

Grant Frame, aged seven, son OF a
farmer near Jerusalem, johnson
county, was killed by lightning as
he was entering his fathers barn. A
horse and three hogs were killed and
a brother stunned by the same bolt.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30

France has secured the patent rights
of a new nitroglcerin powder which
1t is commended will send a rifle bullet
Tx miles and increase the ARTILLERY
range Is miles.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Big Wheat Yields Mt HilIsdnle.

Some big wheat yields are reported
around Hillsdale. J. T. Minnick
thrashed SO acres and the total yield
was 1889 bushels, an average of 36h
bushels per acre, and it was of stand
ard weight.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Two Crops from One Field.

In, Brown county, Morgan Walters
planted corn in his wheatfields imme-
diately after harvesting that grain.
He has now plowed it three times
and will have a good crop.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Farmer Uses Motor Cycle.

J. G. McClun, a farmer near Caw-
ker City, uses a motor bicycle in
riding over his farm and the sur
rounding country. The machine
makes IS miles an hour and cost 5000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Tanted Juat RiEht.

Charles Marbel had second crop
of strawberries on his vines near
Troy. They were not as plentiful as
the first crop, but were Of good size
and tasted just right.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
For, spanking His wife.

Before a Coffey county justice OF
the peace o. d. Dow, of Lebo, was
fined $40 and costs for spanking his
wife, Just as he would two-year-old
boy, only harder"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
varneII win Dig for Gas.

RI. varnell, of Eldorado, will sink
a gas well on his farm adjoining town
and proposes to spend several thou
sands of dollars.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Grandfather Before He Could Vote.

In Franklin county boy of 10 re-
Gently married a woman Of 40. This
woman had a grown up son and at
about the same time this son also
married. Now the son is father of
a child and the Ottawa papers are
presenting the step-father as rec
ord-breaker-as a man who became
a grandfather before he could vote.
kansas City Journal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Has the Largest Acreage.

According to statement prepared
by Secretary Coburn, of the state
board of agriculture, 45s,OoO acres
was planted to alfalfa in Kansas this
year, and it has larger acreage thar
any other tame grass.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
A Pioneer of 1859.

Charles Swartz, resident of Lyon
county since 1859, is dead at the age
of so. He still occupied the farm he
homesteaded AZ years ago.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Eighty Bushels to the Acre.

Eighty bushels of oats to the acre
is the phenomenal yield of ten-acre
tract on the Isaac Baughman farm,
near Centropolis.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
one Cow Brought e61.65.

Lew Baker sent COW from Com
anche county to the Kansas City
market which weighed 1870 pounds
and brought $61.50.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Rock Island May BE Interested.

1t is believed at wellington that
the Rock Island is back of the scheme
which is being pushed to develop
salt mines in that vicinity.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Perish the Thought.

They are now claiming that the
"pre-historic" skull dug up at Ian
sing belonged to an ex-convict. The
skull was found on the site of the
old prison cemetery.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
TO- MOTHERS
Mrs. ]. II. Haskins, of Chicago,
ILL.,, President Chicago Arcade
Club, Addresses Comforting
Words to Women Regarding
Childbirth.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:- Mothers
need not dread collaborating after they
know the value of Lydia T.. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
While I loved children I dreaded tho
ordeal, for it left me weak and sick
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
MRS. j. II. HASKINS.

for months after, and at the time I
thought death was a welcome relief;
but before my last child was born
good neighbor advised Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, and
I used that, together with your Pills
and Sanative Wash for four months
before the child's birth sit brought
me wonderful relief. I hardly had an
ache or pain, and when the child was
ten days old / left my bed strong in
health. Every spring andfall / nowt take
abottle of Lydia E.Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound and find it keeps
me in continual excellent health
MRS. ]. II. HAsKINs, 324s Indiana Ave-,
Chicago, Ill. $4,000 forfeit If abOus tsstimo.
NAL Is not genuine.
Care and careful counsel Is
what the expectant and wOuld-be
mother needs, and this counsel
she can secure without cost by
writing to Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30
Marshall County's New jail.

The new $4,000 jail at Marysville
is nearing completion. 1t is located
on the public square alongside the
$4,000 courthouse.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-08-30

Smith Sad thing about Brown, isn't ity
Jones--Don't know. What's the troubled
"Why, his recent illness has affected his
wife"
'Pshawl ! know lots OF sane men who
can't realize that their wives are the same
women who fished them out Of the bachelor
pool."-Chicago Daily News.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-31
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Provisions of the Nelson Bill as Passed
by the Senate.


Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Mel
sons bill creating a department of
commerce. which passed the senate
during the day, was amended in vari-
Gus particulars. Probably the most
important of the amendments was one
changing the title to read THE De
partment of Commerce and Labor"
1t provides for secretary, who is to
be a member of the cabinet, an assist
ant secretary, and also the other Off
Gals and clerks necessary. The pro-
posed department is especially charged
with the collection and distribution of
statistical information and with the
development and fostering of foreign
and domestic commerce. In the de-
partment there is to be new bureau
of manufactures and many bureaus
now included in other departments
are transferred to this new depart
ment, including the life saving serv-
Ice, the lighthouse service, the marine
hospital service, the steamboat serv.
Ice and the bureaus of navigation, of
shipping and of immigration, as well
ms the control of the fisheries. the Chi
nese exclusion question, all now with
| In the jurisdiction of the treasury de-
partment, the fish commission and the
census bureau. The department also
| Is given jurisdiction over the consular
service so far as it pertains to com.
MERGE
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-31
CONFIRMS coNDoR's FATE.
Steamer Queen City Brings Authentic
News of the Disaster.

Victoria, B. c., Jan. 29.-The arrival
of the steamer Queen City from the
west coast of Vancouver island served
only to confirm belief of those who
have feared that the British sloop-of-
war Condor was lost on the way from
this coast to Honolulu. The Condor
left Victoria Dec. 2. On the night of
the Sd there was a heavy blow in
which the collier Mattewan was lost
and other crafts came to grief. The
officers of the Queen City state that
Dec Indians of Ahousett picked up
a portion of boat which was white
and had a copper bottom similar to
those of boats carried by warships.
1t had brass letter &c" on a black
boss and three bow arrows. which sig
nified that it was the property of the
admiralty of Britain.
A lighthouse keeper at Cape Beale
also found chronometer and gold
watch of English pattern and chain.
A nameboard also was picked up bear
ing the letter &C"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-31
A BUSY MEETING.
Merchants Favor Municipal
Lighting Plant.
Want Tariff on Lumber Removed, Ask
for Government Mail Wagon, and
Consider Other Matters.

The Merchants Protective association
held it's regular meeting Tuesday night
and transacted good deal of business.
The matter of cheaper electric lights
for commercial purposes was the prin-
cipal topic for discussion. 1t was
thought that this was much more
important than cheaper street lighting.
The matter of organizing local COM
pany to put in another plant in order
to have competition was talked over.
It was thought that this should be a
stock company.
J. B. Richards, Hans Jorgenson,
Robert Lamm, Frank j. Busch and M.
o. Sundt were appointed committee
to ascertain how much is charged for
commercial and street lighting in
cities where there is municipal owner
ship and in cities where there is pri-
vate ownership, to see which is the
cheapest. The committee is also to
ascertain how the people Of Mankato
feel about the cityssputting in a plant
to do commercial and street lighting.
This. committee is to report in two
weeks, when special meeting of the
association will be held to consider the
report. ....
Secretary J. B. Richards was in
structed to write to Congressman Nc
Cleary and urge..him to see what Can
be done about removing the tariff
from lumber. The feeling of the meet
ing was that the tariff ought to come
off. s.- ...,. .
Fred Westhoff, Louis Kruse and
Fred Kron were appointed a commit
tee to urge Congressman .McCleary tc
stand by the forest reserve.
The secretary was instructed to
write Mr.. McCleary and ask him tc
see whether the government cannot
furnish a..wagon to transport the mails
between the postofice and depots. II
W as felt. that this would be much
more metropolitan and add safety to
the mails, than the present plan.
The matter of the request of the
Omaha and G. &. N. W. roads for the
vacation of the foot of Walnut street
for an eating house was talked over,
and..the general.opinion was that the
council ought not to vacate the street
unless the road gives some equivalent,
on Fourth street or in the matter Of
favors to the city in rates, passenger
and freight. The opinion was ex-
pressed that the city has been very
good.to the roads and received little in
return. Messrs. ..Westhof, ssKruse and
Kron were appointed committee tc
see the aldermen on this subject.
The committee on freight rates was
not yet ready to report.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-31
SECURED AN ENGINEER.
Prof. SIagher of the University Will
Design a Lighting Plant.

Mayor Petersen has returned from
Minneapolis. While there he met
Prof. John j. Slagher, who is a de-
signing engineer at the university, and
arranged with him to come to Mankato
Monday, when arrangements will be
made for him to look over the city
and make an estimate on the cost of a
street electric lighting plant and the
operation of the same.
Prof Slagher prepared the plans
for putting in municipal electric
lighting plants at Sisseton, S. D.,
Webster, s. D., Hendricks, Mimi,
Winthrop, Mimi, and Cambridge,
MINI. He is now engaged in design
ing private plants for s. E. Olson and
another Minneapolis gentleman. He is
said to be thoroughly capable to do the
work. He will not be able to give
any idea of what plant for Mankato
would cost until he has looked the city
over.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-31
GUESTS IN A PANIC.
Occupants of ST. Louis Hotel Siam.
peded by Fire.

peded by Fire.
st. Louis, Jan. 29.-Two hundred
and thirty guests of the Lindell hotel
were driven from their apartments
into the streets at 10 p. m. by raging
flames which wrecked the adjoining
building at the corner of Seventh
street and Washington avenue and
for 80 thrilling minutes threatened to
sweep away the hostelry.
Women were carried from the upper
floors by elevator and down the stair
way in fainting condition. Mothers
with infants in their arms CROPPED
their way through suffocating smoke,
men dragged their trunks after them
down the broad stairways of the hotel
and clerks in the office hastily pro.
cured the valuables of the guests from
safes and vaults and carried them to
places of greater safety. The struc-
ture in which the fire originated was a
7-story brick affair known as the
O'Neill building. 1t was an ancient
and inflammable structure. There
were a dozen or more firms occupying
it, whose losses will approximate
$500, 900,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-31
ScHLEY AT LOUISVILLE.
The AdmiraI's Trip From Chicago One
Iona Ovation.

The AdmiraI's Trip From Chicago One
Long Ovation.
Louisville, Jan. 29.-Rear Admiral
Schley, who under the chaperonage of
the board of trade and the Knights
Templar, will be Louisville's guest un-
til Friday next, arrived here over the
Monon road. He was greeted by an
admira1s salute and a shouting crowd
of many hundreds at the depot. He
was escorted to his carriage by the
full committee representing his hosts
and driven to the residence of Marion
F. Taylor, president of the board of
trade.
The trip from Chicago was one long
ovation and so vigorous were some of
the handclasps which the distin-
guished sailor received en- route that
his right hand was nearly "out of bust
ness" as the admiral explained
The admiral made no speeches on
the trip, although at some of the stops
he spoke few words of greeting.
kilograms from every station along
the line. many of them stating that the
schools had been closed to allow the
children to see the admiral. were re-
ceived They asked that the admiral
appear on the platform If only for a
mnmeut