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Willmar tribune., 1903-02-07
FITTING Her Out Cheap.

A poorly dressed woman sat alone in
a railway station. Attention was called
to her by a man, who. eXclaimed:
Here's poor woman who has no tick
ct to her destination. III chip in 10
cents for her. WHO'LL help" Presently
he had hatful Of coin and announced:
''She has more than her fare, but
not enough for a shawl She needs a
shawl. I'll chip in a quarter for that"
Again he made the rounds and again
announced: ''She ought to have bon
net. I'll chip in half a dollar for the
bonnet" When he made the rounds the
third time, newcomer entered the
station. shook hands heartily with the
woman and, turning to the philanthro-
pist, said:
"Why, Hiram, Pm right glad to see
you and your wife again.
Flows this?" asked one of the con-
tributors. ''Is that woman your wife?"
"Yes," drawled the philanthropist.
"What right have YOU to collect
money for your wife?" demanded sew
era1.
"What right have to collect money
for any other fellows wife?" was the
retort that closed the debate. i 1
Willmar tribune., 1903-02-07
The Nations Prayer.

God of our fathers, Lord of All,
Who sits on justice for a throne,
Both right and might are thine alone,
Beseechingly on thee we call
FORBID that greed should vanquish right,
That naughty power and selfish lust
Should strangle justice. Thou art just:
Let justice triumph by thy might
Save us from foolish men and blind
Who sell their souls to save a cause
And tranple underfoot the laws
Thou hast decreed for all mankind
Have mercy on the few who hold
The mil lions welfare in their hand.
VINO TAIL to see or understand
Ihat justice pays thousandfold.
And pity, Lord, as PHYS thine
Inc arrogance that mounts throne
And robblng thee of what's thine own
Proclaims it rules by right divine
Let caste and class be checked again,
And ranks and ORDERS let them pass,
AND let us, looking at the mass,
Find beings God has made for meA
And give us patience TO command
lhc faith to hope that right OF last
VIII triu-EpA. TIL the stor1.a is past
Let reason lead us by the hand -.
The burden of our brothers, wrong
- BY fellow feeling let US learn, +, =>s<
And If allowed this one return
Help us to suffer and be strong.
- z'.> Chicago News.
~ u : = e. =sa =
Willmar tribune., 1903-02-07
AMERICAS INDUSTRIAL POWER
BY ANDREW CARNEGIE

E2 must Europe and America unts-continent
MVkM against continent There porentous
NAgH First: We find Europe armed camp,
time and labor for taken for military
merely unproducve labor but labor
of thus called military
Union the other hand has only of $4,000 there
conscription Its the military
constantly adding the material wealth of
further enriched through the operation of conscrpion
Europe has battlesp coasdefene Ships
35 1t would be difficult effect
ast the industrial development Of the
Second: America united WHOLE peace with ITSELF
from attack by gbors, Europe
Hence industrial development has indispensable condition.
full security In Europe this lackng There nothing
capital. UNTIL THESE CONTRASTS CEASE ANYTHING
APPROACHING EQUALITY OF POWER BETWEEN THE
INDUSTRIAL ARMIES OF THE OLD AND THE NEW
WORLD IS UNATTAINABLE
Willmar tribune., 1903-02-07
GEMS IN VERSE
Gods C1tledralS.

Gods C0thedrals.
We Dc not know;
We only go
Our way.
We who live within the wood.
Each day
We feel the presence of the verlasting
Good.
The woods are Gods cathedrals, hospita-
BILE churches
Whose pillars are the pearl white birches
And the rugged hemlocks green;
The chancels are agleam with the bal
sans tender sheen;
The aislcS are quiet reaches
With dones of golden beeches;
From Natures leafy organ loft
Mystic harmonies swell marVelously soft
Offertories tremulous and sweet floating
downward from the height
Where the choristers of the forest stay
their flight:
Everywhere-from the mountains rocky
peak down to where the goldenrod
Bends above it's nossy sod
Everywhere the breath of God.
F. G. Barry in Leslie's Weekly.
Willmar tribune., 1903-02-07
Democracy in Public Schools
BY PRESIDENT J.. G.. SCI4URN1AN.


schools
E ton of knowledge go, vastly superior
k schools individual schools Private
tend breed and division among children of the
The public school, the other Of
the republic In the public schools of have
democracy in the world
When look at the hard facts blame
the schools for defects of blood apse blight charae
which neither policy require schools to
bat. YOU MUST BLAME THE CHURCH, YOU MUST BLAME
THE OFFENDERS, YOU MUST BLAME YOURSELVES
when children become the victims nmperance vice or
piety. !" :>*zs} ><-*--*.~ g.. =.
Willmar tribune., 1903-02-07

At the Start.
Young man,
What is your plan
OF progress? Are you
Going TO pull through,
Or will YOU lie down in the road
And let your load
Sink you out of sight
In the mud?
Have YOU white
Blood,
And pale,
That curdles at the hard word Fail"
And dares not face
The chances of the race,
Or have you red, clear red,
The good, strong color
All the great have shed
In deed or thought
For every triumph wrought
Out of what seemed full
OF the impossible?
Have you the nerve
To serve
Until you can be master? To wait
And work outside the gate
Until YOU win
The strength to open it and enter in?
Have you the heart to meet
Defeat
Day after day
And yet hold the way
That upward leads
And must needs
Be hard and rough
To make man tough
OF sineW and of soul
Before he sees the goal.
So, when it is attained,
He shall have strength to hold
What he has gained,
And use it SO
That it to greater good shall grow9
Young man,
Think or these things.
What each one brings
Is you choose it.
You may take
The stake
Or you may lose it.
Start in
To win
And keep straight in the way
Un1laggiEg to the end.
Whatever it may be
Is victory.
William J. hampton in Success.
Willmar tribune., 1903-02-07
An Eye For an Eye.

Laugh a the world or be laughed at,
F'roWn or it froWns On you,
For the wicked old earth from the time
of it's birth
Has exacted travail as it's due
Sing if you aim to be pitied.
Sigh if you want to be scorned
For the echoes rebound to the mock joy
full sound
Of Indifference, by envy suborned.
Be glad, and your fellows take umbrage:
BE sad, they regard you askance;
There are those to assign for good for
tune Of thine
Such fell reasons as malice advance.
There is room in the halls of pleasure,
But we would We alone We're there
And one by one we have all passed on
10 narrow, selfish care.
For the smiles we fain would scatter,
And the hand we would fain reach out
Is an impulse we live and learn to see
CnreGutCd and put to rout
Ana Detrayals have oft been our EGytiOn
For the kindness we would bcstOw;
SO away with pretcnse, out Of pure self
defense
We must mete out woe for woe
Sing Sing Prison S.ar of Hope.
Willmar tribune., 1903-02-07
A Trinity of Blessings.

A Trinity of Blessings.
l thank thee, God, for these,
My trinity of blessings
seeing eye, the open door
Through which my soul looks out
And grows more glad
At every glowing sky and opening flower;
For ears that hear thy music,
Alike in speech Of friends or song of birds
Or man made harmonies of sound
By thee inspired
And, lastly, God, for this thank thee
A heart through thee
Made friend to all humanity,
A heart of understanding, swift to read
IN all the beauty Of the world
Thy message Of eternal love!
-MariOn Cromwell Prcntiss in Criterion
Life Is a Song.
Life is q song
That should ring to the skies
An anthem that grandly
And gladly should rise.
Life is a song
That is ended too soon.
All, why should we ever
Be heard out of tune?
-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Idealist.
With heart self blind
He struggles on, at last to find
The best OF life, the real, is left behind.
All desperately
He breasts the height of dreams to see
That which he strove for, yea, can never
be.
e. To learn, alas,
I'ho S: 2r.T glitter in the grass,
The lig:,; he climbed for is a bit of glass.
-. ~. God help them all
Whose lives less honey have than gall,
Who build on the unreal that must fall!
Madison cawein in Lippincott's.
Willmar tribune., 1903-02-07

W%11AS0yN the family there questions of creates
M(0Q@9qSTHNzN Importance than those which tho
EE55NyM011N family and just the question of divorce
NN%2XXX$N DIVORCE of divorce for for
reasons is agiatng the minds of the
nker lawmakers and sociologsts all the world
was originally the complaints and influence of suesne
unhappy marriages that prison
aJ so that she might have chance escape and
who frightened by being left alone cing door
KNOB knob CRYING: "DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR TOO MUCH, HH
MIGHT RUN AWAYw
Both OF these circumstances perfectly when
member that in both that of the unhappy marriage ha
OF divorce, it is the woman who suffers
Mrageor marriage as we know it in Francois br
no means contract that equal rights the parties
cenea Our laws give to all authority and make
promise OBEDIENCE The husband has the exclusive right choose
the residence of the family disposed can by abusing
TINS privilege make his wes position almost unbearab He has.
tne right to decide how and where the children shall
ana can be used as another thumbscrew make the wife doce
"nen between and wife makes life
home dgreebe the husband very easy arrange
pleasures and comforts outside of the home
What there natural ,uhoz
hrst appeal for help to have the ftters and
she has aroused strong public opinion egsaor
made dissolution OF undesirable and unhappy marriages possible
But unfortunately for the law making divorce legal
worked both ways-lT NOT ONLY LIBERATED ABUSED Wo
MAN, BUT ALSO OPENED A LOOPHOLE FOR MAN.
AS husbands and lovers and judges amiar
with the idea Of divorce frightened by increasing
facy with which they might be legally turned loose left shift
for themselves.
We must remember that modern society marriage goal
OF Women is their natural dese all their wishes
upon It, Then remember too that marriage becoming
difficult for moderate circumstances think how
must affect them they they when thew
have succeeded in getting married.
They begin realize unrest the
end and then the protests protest touching
in its childGke simplicity
Public opinion has always treated very lenieny
divorce he figure correspondent in divorce suit
his wife get divorce from him grounds
will always find plenty sningy cali
his escapades fes that ought be forgiven regulations
and standing society will suffer- No will think
of him. and most will probably think him fascinating
than he had always walked the straight and path
But if everything is changed commits if
only and found she forgiven her own
will judge her harshly than divorced woman
has friends she finds door closed against matter
how hard she tries she build her lost reputation
be and child, she in
strange city, the is found that divorced
she doomed and dropped societv
This is the why who formerly
have liberal divorce laws
thing that will make dissolution of marriage easier
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
MAIL or PASSENGER OFFICIALS.
In JULY AIr. Townsend Received 36,480
Letters, Cards and kilograms.

In JULY DIT. Townsend Received 38.480
Letters, Cards and kilograms.
II is not generally known what heavy
amount Of mail is received daily at the gem
eral passenger offices Of the great railroad
systems As IN illustration, H. c. Town
send, general passenger agent of the Mis-
souri, Pacific System, gives the following
interesting figures:
During the month Of July there>were re-
ceived at the St. Louis offices under his
charge 36.43S letters, cards and kilograms.
The heaviest days mail was on July 9th,
when 2.4Sl pieces were received, and the
lightest was the following day, when 40
pieces were received. The other twenty mine
days averaged from 500 to 1000. The daily
average for the month was l,40l pieces.
These figures, of course, represent the
amount Of mail received only at the Offices of
the general passenger department, and do
not include that Of the freight, operating
and other departments.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
FAMILY BOOKKEEPING.
Better Half I'm Trying TO
Keep Accounts.

Most persons know so many competent
business women that it will not do to take
loo seriously the popular SANDER that the
better half of the race cannot master the
principles of banking. Still there is occa-
sionally a joke Of this kind good enough to
stand with apologies, and a recent one from
the Chicago Post will not be taken amiss.
my account book" she said, proudly,
Showed that had eight dollars and, fifteen
cents more than / really did have, 50 felt
at liberty to spend the excess"
"But there wasn't any excess!" he pre-
tested.
"0h, yes, there was!" she replied. THE
book showed it,"
'If you didn't have the money" he urged,
lit was shortage"
Certainly not" she returned. ut was
right there on the book-eight dollars and
fifteen cents more than had, and when the
balance was SO much bigger than it should
be, ] felt free to spend the money"
"lf You had more money in your purse
than the book showed" he suggested, what
then~
II should have spent it," she answered.
EITHER way. it's all the same"
Now he ie trying to get her to give up
keeping accounts.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
Latest Kansas Events.
Col. "Alcxv johnson Dead.

Col. w. A. Johnson, who is dead at
Garrett, came to that vicinity in 1858
and for over 40 years was prominent
figure in Kansas civil and political af-
fairs. He was a delegate to the Osa-
watomie convention when the republic
can party in Kansas was organized. He
was captain Of the Fifteenth Kansas
cavalry and fought from 1861 to 1865
in the war of the rebellion. During a
part Of this time he was on the staff Of
Gen. James H. Lane. In 1872 Col.
Johnson was member of the Kansas
senate and was a supporter of ingalls,
against Pomeroy. He was one Of the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12

work without the greatest exhaustion.
This is very common sight and is
almost always due to pelvic catarrh.
1t is worse than foolish for so many
women to suffer year after year with q
disease that can be permanently cured.
Peruna cures catarrh permanently. It
cures old chronic cases swella rs aslight
attack, the only difference being in the
length of time that it should be taken to
effect cure.
Ifyou do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your ease, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
GRATEFUL, HAPPY WOMEN
Thank Pe-ru-na for Their
Recovery After Years of
SUFFERING.

Miss Murisl Armitage, SO Green
wood Ave-, Detroit, Mich, District
Organizer Of the Royal Templars of
Temperance, in q recent letter, says:
II think that q woman naturally
shrinks from making her troubles
public, butrestored health has meant
SO much to me that feel for the sake
OF other suffering women IL is nv
duty to tell what Peruna has done
for me.
81 suffered for five years with
uterine Irregularities, which brought
on hysteria and made me q physical
wreck. / tried doctors from the diff
ferent schools of medicine, hut with
out any perceptible change in my
condition. In my despair I called on
an old nurse, who advised me to try
Peruna, and promised good resultsif
Iwould persist and take itregularly.
! thought this was the least I could
do and procured o bottle. I knew as
soon as / began taking it that it was
affecting me differently from any
thing / had used before, and SO I kept
on taking it. I kept this up for six
months, and steadily gained strength
and health, and when I had used
fifteen bottles I considered myself
entirely cured. I am q grateful,
happy woman to-day."-Miss Muriel
Armitage.
Perunn cures catarrh of the pelvic
organs with the same surety as it
cures catarrh of the head. Peruna
has become renowned as q positive
cure for female ailments simply be-
cause the ailments are mostly due
to catarrh, Catarrh is the cause Of
the trouble. Peruna cures the ca
tarrh. The symptoms disappear.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
Female Weakness is Pelvic
Catarrh.
Always Half Sick are the Women
Who Have Pelvic Catarrh.

Catarrh of any organ, if allowed to
progress, will affect the whole body.
Catarrh without nervousness is very
rare, but pelvic catarrh and nervousness
go hand in hand.
Whatisso distressing sight as poor
half-sick, nervous woman, suffering
from the many observation-disclosures
toms of pelvic catarrh? She does not
consider herself i'll enough togo to bed,
but she is far from being able to do her
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
Historic Character Dead.

Mrs. Parmelia Curtis. grandmother
of Congressman Charles Curtis, is dead
at Topeka, aged 96. She was born in
Massachusetts in 1907. In August. 1926,
she married Mr.. Curtis in Indiana.
In 1863 they came to Topeka. For 50
years she had been a member Of the
Methodist church. She leaves four
living brothers, the oldest of whom is
81 and the youngest SO. She was the
mother of IA children, IL of whom are
living. She has Al grandchildren and
% great-grandchildren
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
CAPABLE.

A very jaunty looking applicant for the
position OF stenographer ard typewriter in
the Office of gentleman in public lie was
told that it would be necessary for her to
have thorough knowledge OF grammar.
She gave proof Of her entire proficiency by
saying: well, / have always knowed how
to spell: and when it comes to grammer
don't take no back seat for nobody, don't"
-Woman's Home Companion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12

They equal those
that have been cost
ing you from $500
to $500. The i'm
mense sale OF W. L.
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
oil other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
That Douglas uses Cor.
ona Colt proves there Is
yaiue In Douglas shoes.
Corona Is the highest
grade Pat.Leather made.
Fast (Olor. Essslsfe ase1
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
Flood of Price Raid Claims.

James L. Allen, Price raid commits
sioner. has listed to date S14S,40O in
unpaid claims, which aye held by 227
persons.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
wichita Is Growing.

Wichita's new city directory con-
tains 1900 names, indicating pop
ulation of $4,000, an increase of 5000
within the year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
Want $4,000 EXHIBIT.

At a meeting in Topeka of the COM
mittee of Is from the state teachers
association, 1t was decided that the
association should ask the Kansas
worlds fair commissioners for an ap-
propriattion of $4,000 for the Kansas
exhibit in the educational building at
the st. Louis exposition next summer.
The educational exhibit will differ
greatly from any exhibit ever made by
the state. There will be very few
manuscripts in the exhibit. There will
be a number of relief maps of the
state, which will show its resources,
as well as the work of the pupils.
There will also be q number of photo
graphs of the county high schools and
the best Of the city school buildings.
A Lure, Rather Than Determent.
Something like year ago a coloreG
man was burned at the stake in Colo
RADIO after he had committed an assault
on little girl. The name Of this COL
cred man was Anderson, and his home
was at Baldwin. Kan. Less than six
months ago brother Of this man was
sent to the penitentiary from Douglas
county for similar crime. Last We'd
nesday the only remaining brother was
bound over to the district court at
Lawrence for the same crime. The
horrible death of the first brother
seems to have acted as lure, rather
than a deterrent, to the remaining
members of his family.-Kansas City
Journal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
A Problem for Lawyers.

A man named Mathews had house
In North Topeka. The house was COW
cred by a mortgage. When the flood
came the house was washed away and
landed on o lot on Ada street. The lot
belonged TO Mathews. 1t was his house
and his lot. The mortgage is due.
Can the mortgagor collect the mort
gage on the house?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
Fish for WIcI,Itn Lakes.

The state game warden has signi-
fed his willingness to furnish Wichita
with all the fish that may be needed
to stock the lakes and streams Of the
city parks.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12

presidential electors from Kansas in
1876 In 1888 he was delegate to the
national republican convention and
cast his vote for Harrison from the
first ballot until Harrison was nomi-
mated. Gov. Morrill, appointed him
Judge of the court Of appeals and he
was the presiding judge of that court
until 1895. In April, 1899, Gov. Stan
ley appointed him presiding judge Of
the Kansas court of visitation, which
position he held until the United
States court held the law creating that
court invalid.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
Fire Took Farmers Bnrn.

The barn of Robert Kenney, a
wealthy farmer IL miles east Of Abb
lene, was destroyed by fire, including
four houses.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
No 81 Gas for Topeka.

The city of Topeka has been defeated
In the courts in the suit to compel the
local gas company to furnish gas at
81 per 1000 feet.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12

Silence is an excellent remedy for gossip.
Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
.snIood Money, from Jointlsts.

District Judge Glass called special
grand jury in Cherokee county to IN
vestigate the charge that certain county
officials are ''pinching" jointists at
the rate of sc q month.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12

Persecution blows out the candle OF pre-.
tense.-Ram's Horc.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
mutton 10 speak I'm ohio.

Senator Burton has agreed to cam
paign ten days in Ohio this fall for the
republicans
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12

Any one can dye with Putnam Fadeless
Dye, no experience required.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
bonds to Repair Roads.

October Concordia viii vote on q
proposition to issue $1,000 bonds to
build and repair roads leading to that
city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12

Opium and Liquor Habits Cured.
Book free. 3. NJ Woollev. n. D.. Atlanta, Go.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J
t. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. Is, 1906
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12

OL ~ GIT Edge Inc cnunof Be eqRails1 at am rHee
Shoes by mall, 60 cents extra. Illustrated
Cataiog free. w. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton. Haas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
New Chance for Convicts.

The indeterminate sentence law,
which was enacted by the legislature
at its last session, will be put in opera
tion next month. Under its provisions
O person convicted Of a crime is sem
fenced to the penitentiary for an in
definite period. not less than the mini
mum nor greater than the maximum
term provided by the statute as pun
ishment for the crime committed.
After serving the minimum term the
convict is eligible for parole If his con-
duct has been good.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-09-12
To Deal with Dairy Industry.

The September quarterly report of
the state board of agriculture will deal
with the dairy industry in Kansas.
The dairy interests Of the state have
grown so rapidly that there is great
er demand than ever for information
regarding dairying.