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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31
BOUND TO HAVE SPORT.
California Huntsmen Ring Tn Coyote for Fox and a Chinaman
 Spells the Game.

Foxes are few at Burlingame, fash ionabla resort in California, and fol- lowing a dead aniseed bag on live horses has become rather tame sport; so when the word was whispered re- gently that live coyote (price $350) had been secured, there was great joy, much brushing of pink coats and wig orous polishing of horns, relates the San Francisco Argonaut.
 The chase came near being a, failure on account of the coyotes ignorance of his duties. Instead of running, he sat still and looked friendly and puzzled.
 Noises of various kinds were made, and when the coyote at last decided to move he proved himself descendant of the animal Mark Twain made fa- nous. When he had a good start the hunt followed.
 The chase was hard, and the triumph stolen. The coyote, thoroughly enjoy ing the sport, was peacefully loping across the San Mateo landscape, in ad- vance of the hounds, where he was seen by a Chinese cook.
 There is Chinese superstition that the flesh of wild animals makes one brave, so this cook obtained gun and slew the beast just as the hunters were becoming exQted over who would be in at the death"
 was such that the Chinese felt the need of a courage-inspiring coyote steak at once. ~-.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31

strange language, must get some un- derstanding of foreign customs and prejudices. The missionary and his converts are provided transportation by the Perpetual Emigration Fund of the Church." which loans In this manner to it's new people.
 To-day the Mormons have in the field from 1,8OO to 2,4OO missionaries, and probably over 1000 of these are at work in our southern states. Those who have charge of the religious statistics of the United States report that it is difficult to obtain accurate figures of the annual number of Mormon converts, that the estimate for late year varied from 10000 to 65 ,000. Two factors minister to the success; the transportation fund that carries the convert to the Promised Land; and the wonderful system of the Mormon church, it's centralization pol icy.
 The early Mormons travelled 1000 miles to found their new state, to seek a retreat where they could feel reason ably safe from molestation, but that 1000 miles was much longer journey than is thrice the distance in this era of quick and facile transportation; and the em1grant Mormon of the present has to undergo no such material hardships as did the first ones to the land where tradition says there was but one tree in the valley and a faint strip of green where the Jordan river threaded its way across the burning waste" That they often meet with disillusion and disap- pointment no one will deny, but the Promised Land certainly is much mUre fertile and fairer than that one of 1847. CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31

MORMON CHAPEL IN HONOLULU. to-day there are large number of Nor mons on these islands, in all parts of the group.
 It has long been the custom to send the Mormon missionary forth without scrip or purse. That he has returned often with riches and an army of fol- lowers suggests the zeal with which these men carry on their work, or at least the ingratiating manner by means of which they are able to make head way. One writer boldly declares that the missionary activity of the Mormons puts the Christian world to shame. The same author, MT. James Riddle Halsey, says the Mormon evangelists are trained from childhood up, and when young manhood is attained the worker goes promptly to the field designated-in America, Europe, Japan, Oceanica, wheresoever it may be. AS 8 rule, he is absent from home a a'couple of years, during which time he must support him. self, and may have to undergo hardships and prosecutions. Often "-H must learn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31
Earnestness.

Take life earnestly. Take it as an earnest, vital, essential matter. Take it as though you personally were born to the task of performing a noble task in it-as though the world had waited for your coming. Take it as though 1t was grand opportunity to do and to achieve, to carry forward great and good schemes, to help and cheer a suffering, weary, it may be, Q heart broken sister. The fact Is, life is undervalued by great majority of women. It Is not made half as much of as should be the case. Now and then a woman stands aside from the crowd, labors earnestly, steadfastly, confident ly, and straightway becomes famous Detroit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31
The Union Supply Co
 Ills South Main St. Telephone 7ll-4
Combination Orders
 Good for the Week.

Free, $4 worth, 40 green trading
 stamps. with the following order
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31
His Father wouldn,t Like Tt.

Mister" said the little boy to the farmer leaning over the fence, "the mule has run away and split my load O hay. Won't you come and help me put it on the wagon again?'
 "I will," said the farmer, Eff you will come over here fuss an hep me git my cows out O the pastur'."
 "Oh," said the little boy, 'T'm afraid father wouldn't like that''
 why wouldn't he?" growied the farmer.
 Because" said the little boy The ai- ways taught me to look out for him first"
 Where is your father?s asked the farmer
 Please, sir" said the little boy, ".hes under the hay" Lippincott's Maga- zine
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31
The Amateur Gardeners.

~ ORIS wants garden. now that spring is here, AA~~ And she will doubtless get it, for Doris is dear A little bed, six feet by eight, with roses
 and sweet peas. She says she's sure that can work, 8 plot
 like that with ease And I agree, because find To argue doesn't change her mind. With pad and pencil she has planned the
 little garden out Just where the mignonette will go and
 where the pansies sprout, What sort of border we must have and
 that geraniums Will hold their. bloom until it's time to
 pick chrysanthemums It's fun for Doris. As for me, I've naught to do but just agree. Der catalogues we pore each night, se- lecting what we feel Will grow the best-and what the neigh
 bor's children will not steal And every morning out we go into the old
 back yard To choose a spot where digging soil won't
 be so awful hard,
 For Doris says-bless her dear 11eart!-- She knows that will do my part. But there's thought that worries me
 through all these, preparations For raising blooms and saving them from
 youthful depredations-- I'd like to ask her if may, and yet do
 not dare, Plant something that is good to eat out in
 our garden fair.
 Will she permit me one small spot To raise spring onions? I fear not Jack Appleton in Cincinnati Times-Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31

Few Women Ventriloquists. Of women who become public en- tertainers, very few, 1t is said, suc- ceed as ventriloquists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31
Speak Spanish.

With the exception of Brazil, Span fish is the prevailing language of every country in South America
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31
Cost of Mail Carriage.

The United States pays more money for the transportation of mails than all other countries combined.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-31
Not Guessing,

"Where are you going?"
 "Fishin'," answered MT. Erastus Pinkley.
 What kind of fish are you going to catchy'
 .tWhat's de use O guessin'? Ev'body dat goes fishin' don ketch fish no mo- dan ev'body dat goes to church gifts re- ligion Washington Star.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-01-08
Each Has His Playhouse.

a little boy with heart so light
Built for himself, with his blocks so
bright,
a castle, and left 1t to stand all night:
But. ali! when he came to look next morn
All the joy from his heart had flown.
Ills house was wrecked and | heard him
mourn:
somebody tored my playhouse down,
Somebody throwed my blocks around,
just as got the work all done
Somebody tored my playhouse DOWN.
Mother spoke to her baby low:
Hush. little dear! Don't you cry so!
This is the rule Of life. you know;
you'll ind as you travel the world
around
just when you get your work all done
~SomebodyH tear your playhouse down.
"Somebody'll tear your playhouse down:
~Somebodyn throw your blocks around;
Just when you get your work all done
Somebody'll tear your playhouse down"
This is the old worlds way with us all:
uften we've seen our castles fall.
Sweet dream castles. fair and tall.
Weary we toll and plan alone:
just as we think to claim our own
Somebody tears our playhouse down:
Somebody throws our blocks around:
just MS we get the work all done
Somebody tears our playhouse down.
Puck.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-01-08
XII.

oiiEhh hAs Nj
Lawrence Richmond was thunder
struck when he saw Captain Grant walk
into the room alone.
Had he been given n chance to stake
his belief to the others, he would have
sworn that the soldier duelist would come
back no more; that his words Of parting
and promise to be with them again in
n few minutes after he had convinced the
foreign detective-if such the stranger
was-of the mistake he had made We're
bit empty braggadocio, and that in re-
atty he was in the power Of a man who
had hunted long for him. and would not
be apt to have the wool pulled over his
eyes by his game.
Fancy the old mans CONSERVATION and
amazement, therefore, when, after the
lapse of a short time, the %adventurer
coolly stepped through the open window
leading out upon the veranda.
There was a look upon his face that
none of them could fathom, for it seemed
to be a mixture Of triumph, cunning and
dread.
You see I convinced the fool he had
made a big mistake, as l told you l
would, and he has gone on to Richmond.
some one misled him, but it is all right
now," said the Captain.
Lawrence Richmond noticed several
things that excited his curiosity. In the
first place the Captain was whittier than
he had ever seen him before, and SEEM
ed to be trembling somewhat. Then again
he had a handkerchief bound around his
left hand, and it seemed to have been
bleeding too much for him to have
scratched it on a thorn in passing.
The Captain did not seem disposed to
renew his assault upon the old man. In
deed. what had passed since then seemed
to have quoted his spirits in a wonderful
manner. and he was even ready to believe
the story Of Lawrence Richmond in re.
gard to his suspicion that Roger Darrell
had been the one who had committed
this daring abduction.
The news seemed to affect the Captain
for apparently he hated Roger with an
intensity such as is given by the tiger
for its prey or its foe, but he did NOT re-
main at the house more than a couple
of hours.
There is no use of our lingering here.
crying over split milk. When we are
ready for the ceremony again we will
meet once more" and with this the val
liant Captain left the house.
ITO he continued.l
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-01-08

ladies'. and Carol responded by rearing
his card in halves and hurting it from
her. which was a plain way of Showing
her dislike of the doctor, who smiled in
his grim way.
She and her mother went in again. and
the door was barred. The young cir
was lost again in a new whirl of amaze
ment and nameless horror. Was Nora
Warner really insane, as the doctor HAD
said? Somehow or other she could mo-
believe it, even though many things seem.
ed to point that way.
Even if Roger Darrell were ignorant of
the cruel, heartless manner in which his
wife was treated. would that lessen his
responsibility any?
lie must surely have been aware Of the
nature of the place in which she had
been put, and even a simple mind ought
to be able to read the character of the
villainous mad-house doctor.
Neither of them seemed to think of
rest, and it was near dawn when some
noise in the unoccupied part of the ruin.
ed mill reached their ears.
A few minutes later, while they stood
listening, in dread suspense, and half
suspecting that the insane asylum doctor
had returned to bear them way to his
den Of infamy, so as to hide all evidence
of his iniquity, the widow drew Carol
to the window.
There they could plainly see a mar
walking rapidly away from the mill.
What had he been doing there? Once he
turned and looked back. but they had
no light in the room, and. besides, his
attention seemed directed toward the
main part Of the old mill.
Carol recognized Captain Grant, and
her heart beat rapidly as she wondered
whether he sought her.
Whatever mysterious errand brought
the duelist captain to the mill at that
strange hour, he had no idea how close
he had been to his missing bride.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-01-08
SuperstitiOn.

The poems of Mexico are supersti.
t1ous and credulous to the last de-
gree. A writer in the New York Trib-
une recently had a curious proof of
this last characteristic. He writes:
The planter with whom | was stay
Ing wanted to take me out for a days
hunting expedition. But he was afraid
that the minute he left the plantation
all his laborers would knock off work.
Now it happened that he lost one of
his eyes in an accident, and the miss.
Ing optic had been replaced by a glass
eye. When all was ready for the
hunting trip he went to the field where
the poems were working. 4 shall be
away to-day, my children he said ia
them in fatherly tones, but | will
leave my eye on guard in my absence.
All the day it will watch you. and
at night when l return it will tell
me If any have failed in their duty. ;
After this little speech he carefully
extracted the glass eye and left il on
a stump, where 1t could apparently
overlook the field. To say those ma
tves were amazed is stating 1t mildly.
They simply gasped, and one and all
solemnly promised they would work
with the utmost f%aithfulness until sun.
set. So my friend and l started OH our
hunting trip, confident that the poems
would work even better than if he
was there to watch them"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-01-08
Bemoaned His Pr odigaiity.

A negro criminal condemned to hang
In North Carolina sold his body for $40,
which he invested in ginger cakes. The
cakes he finished the night before the
execution was to occur. The next day
the sentence was committed to life i'm
prisonment. One man then wished
that he had saved his $40 and another
that he had made his cakes last longer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-01-08

treat you. madam. That fend has set the
hounds from the asylum on nv track
again, and at any minute they may spring
upon me. Then it would be too late, and
she must suffer-"
There was wild entreaty in the tones
of the girl, and, although the reference
to the asylum had startled the lady for
a moment, she believed the other TO be
sincere, and turning, took several steps
toward the closet in which Carol had
been shut.
At this juncture her ears were saluted
with savage oaths and a cry of alarm
from the disguised girl, followed by the
sharp report of a pistol.
Two brutal looking men had sprung
from the ~neighboring bushes upon her.
They were the keepers of the mad
house.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-01-08
An Opinion.

so you Think said the good-na.
tured monarch, that 1t is absolutely
necessary to humbug the people with
ostentatlous display and false prom.
isesi'
Il do" answered the cold-blooded ad.
wiser. III there is anything that mer
seem to resent 1t is taxation without
Misrepresentation" -WashinCtop star
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-01-08
oNNNNNNNN~

Do Not Sleep On the Left Side
When a patient complains Of a bad
taste in his mouth every morning on
waking up, says a physician, the first
question l ask him Is as to the posi-
ton he assumes when going to sleep.
An immense number of people sleep
on the left side, and this is the most
common u of the unpleasant taste
which is generally attributed to dys-
pepsia. II a meal has been taken with
in two or three hours Of going to bed,
to sleep on the left side is to give the
stomach a task which 1t is difficult in
the extreme to perform. The student
! Of anatomy knows that all food en-
tiers and leaves the stomach on the
right side, and hence sleeping on the
left side soon after eating involves a
sort of pumping operation which Is
anything but conductive to sound re-
! pose. The action of the heart is also
interfered with considerably, and the
lungs are unduly compressed.
Drink at Meals.-In an interesting
and somewhat historical article DR..
G. A. Ewald. of Berlin, discusses the
mooted question of drink at meals. He
considers soup, because Of its small
percentage of nourishing material,
merely as nuid; he states that, aside
from what is directly taken as drink,
much fluid reaches the stomach during
a meal, through the sauces and from
the water percentage (both natural and
by ~cooking) Of the meats, vegetables,
etc. Most persons feel the necessity
Of adding more fluid to the meal by
drinking either ordinary water, carbo-
mated waters or alcoholic beverages.
The more n eats, generally, the more
one drinks, and the greatest eaters are
generally the greatest drinkers. If
drink be prohibited, the amount eaten
is less; indeed, on the above very great.
ly depends the secret Of the "Schwein-
insure for obesity.
1t is a well-known fact that If the
appetite is weak and the mind and
nerve are somewhat relaxed, a drink
Of water will excite the appetite and
stimulate both brain and nerves: and
that is due directly to the fluid and
not to alcohol, for we find the results
to be the same in abstainers. The
more fluid in the way of gastric juice,
the greater is the quantity secreted;
hence the greater the tax upon the gas.
trio glands.
Under normal circumstances, how.
ever, the stomach, without detriment,
accommodates itself to a range of
large quantities Of fluid. Ewald says
that much Of the fluid passes into the
intestines, another portion is absorb.
ed; hence there never is in the normal
stomach a stagnation Of large quanti-
ties of liquid.-German Paper.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-01-08
Making Sure i'm Advance

First statesman-what are you writ.
ing there so busily?
Second Statesman-oh, this? This
Is a denial of the interview | am 20.
ing to give this evening to a newspa.
per man.-Boston Transcript.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-29
LEGISLATIVE NEWS.
A Topeka Daily Newspaper Which
Will Give In Detail the Dolngs Of
the Forthcom' ne Session Of
the Kansas Legislature.

The Topeka State Journal is the
largest daily newspaper published
in Kai ne, it being ten or more
pages every day.
The coming session of the Kan
sas Legislature will be important
because there will be something
doing" OF course, you want to get
all the news, so you will make no
mistake in subscribing for the To-
peSa State Journal. The cost is
small-l0O days for $l00, which will
include the Legislature before and
after taking"
The news service includes the
full leased wire report of the Asso.
ciatrd Press. large amount of
state, railroad, political, sporting
and general news; telegraph mar.
ket report, entertaining selections
of short stories, humorous articles
and special features of interest to
men. women and childrep.
II you wish the news carefully
and impartially told and interest
ing reading matter, eend for the
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one hundred cents. Address To-
peka State Journal. Topeka, Kas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-29
EXCURSION RATES.

Holiday rates for Christmas and
New Years--one fare plus fifty cents
for the round trip, except where
fare and one.third makes lees. Min
imum SOC; between all points on
the Frisco System. Also to- all
points in Ark. Ind. Ter, Kas.. Neb.,
Okla. and Tex, aud to certain points
in Col, 40. and Tenn. Dates of sale
Dec. "a, Is. p, 81, and Jan. and 2.
Return Jan. 4.
One fare plus two dollars for the
round trip to all points in Iowa,
Minnesota, Nebraska. South Dakota
and. Wisconsin, and TO certain
points in Colorado. Illinois, Kansas
Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota
and Wyoming. Dates of sale Dec.
20, II. % and 26. return limit 30 days
from date of sale. Also same rates
and limits to all points in Tonnes
see. Mississippi, Alabama. North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.
Florida and TO certain points in
Louisiana, Kentucky and Virginia.
CARL PETERSON, Agaeut.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-29

We have no lands for sale in Tex.
as, Oregon or Oklahoma, and We
are not Offering "white sshy" lands
for sale; but If you want a good
Cherokee county farm that will pro-
duce corn. wheat, oats, timothy and
all kinds of fruit, come and zee us.
We have never considered II good
policy TO give our city or country
property black eye Ia order 20
sell lands and city lots in other
states. We know our farmers are
prosperous. Very few of them owe
q dollar, and very few want to sell.
No state or section of country has
more prosperous farmers than
Southeastern Kansas. Come and
see US and We will show you the
lands aud the crops raised on them.
Big and little farms for sale.
DANIELS & PLUMB.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-29
400 ACRES OF LAND FOR NOTHING

We have a 160-acre farm within
Eve miles of Baxter Springs which
can be had for lees than the in
provements are worth. II you will
pay for the improvements we give
you the farm for nothing. Good,
clear title; fine honse; big barn; 500
apple trees; iots of small fruit, big
spring of soft water; good land; fine
healthy location. II il well worth
$40 an acre and yet we will give /, to
you for nothing II you are willing
10 pay us for the improvements. II
must be given away soon. Don't
forget this. Daniels & Plumb.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-29
DOCTOR P. |. FREELAAD,
Rooms , and 3, over
Dents store,
Baxter Springs, Kansas.
SPRIN0vALLEY TOWNSHIP 5. s.
CONVENTION

SPRIN0vALLEY TOWNSHIP 5. S.
CONVENTION
AT 1:30 p. M, on Sunday. Jan. s, 1888
in the NJ. E. church of Baxter
Springs. Kas. Following is the
program:
Song, by convention.
Prayer, by Rev. Bridger.
Song, by Mount' Hope sunda,
school.
Welcome address, by Miss Daisy
Catlett.
Response. by ]. O. Chubb.
How 10 Study the Scriptures, by
Mrs. John Polster.
Township Sunday School Work,
by President Wagner
Duet, by the Misses Bennett.
Sketch of Elijah, by A. Hutchins.
Sketch of Elisha, Mrs. S J. Kelley.
Song by convention.
Willingness. by r. N. Denton.
Influence of Sunday School in
a Community, by DR.. Thompson.
Song by Primary Class.
How the Home May Help the
Sunday School, by Rev. White.
Reports from Sunday schools.
Questions and Criticisms. by the
convention.
Discussion on all topics where
time permits.
All come who will and help make
the Sunday school convention a
credit to the township.
BY committee.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-29

A very nice residence of 4 rooms
good we'll, fruit and shade trees and
three nice lots for $3.50. You can't
beat Il. Daniels & Plumb.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-29
Presbyterlan Church Notices.

Sabbath school 9:l5 10. Morning
rervice Al li;o0a m. Evening ser
vice. 7:30 p m. Junior Endeavor
Society, Monday 400 p m. Prayer
meeting. Thursday at 7:a0 p m.
You are heartily invited to attend
all the above services.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-29

Chamberiaiu's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are becoming a favorite for
stomach troubles aud constipation.
For sale by A. r. Kane.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-29
Paw UP.

The subacription iist for the right
Of way on the electric road in the
Baxter National Bank for collection.
Subscribers will please take notice
and pay mp. @. 3. FUCKER.
Chairman of Committee.