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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

new road to see the loggers load the
huge logs on the great sleds and mar
yelled at the ease with which the men,
by means of their peveys, raised them
into place. The drivers. also. seemed
of strength and no mean skill; guiding
the heavily-loaded sleds down the
humpy road, now holding back their
horses, now encouraging them. after
a needed rest, to the first mighty effort
to move the load.
At the skidway we observed the
working Of the logloader, and did not
envy the men that toiled. about the
queer machine; neither the man in
side, who must keep nine levers at
work; nor the man who grabs the
great hook and fastens 1t to huge
log, which then sways threateningly
above his head until 1t decides to turn
itself towards the man on the log train.
II poises above the load and men on
the car. held only by that treacherous
hook and slender cable, and the man
that is piling must be quick as flash
10 avoid being hit and to place the log
no the load win be. well built. The
loR-scaler, too. seemed to have no en-
viable position, running back and forth
ON the load measuring. and ever on the
alert to avoid being struck BY the de-
scending monster.
KATHERINE POPE
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

The recent erection OF cooperage ana
wood alcohol plants is partly account
able for the increase that Is shown in
the cutting of hardwood, and the pulp
mills yearly require more and more
spruce. Balsam and poplar also are
used as pulpwood, the pulpmills using
much more balsam than do the saw
mills. In the manufacture of woodpulp
and paper New York retains suprem-
acy, being far in the lead of any other
state in the magnitude of these indus
tries.
We are wont to look upon the Adj
rondacks as great pleasure ground,
rather than an industrial center, but its
streams are not wholly given over to
angler and paddler; on many a bank
buzzes huge sawmill or pulpmill; and
the villages are not wholly Of the sort
affected by summer holiday maker.
A lumber company town is generally
a collection of temporary dwellings
sheltering the families Of men that
work in the mills and the households
of the head men of/the company.
It Is interesting to tramp through
the woods and watch the busy life 60
ing on therein. No winter day is too
cold for these hardy woodsmen, and,
well prepared for the rigors Of below
zero weather, they labor away Justify.
The camps keep pretty close to racial
lines; here there is community OF
north Italy men, big. blue-eyed, red
haired, industrious fellows. quite the
opposite Of the gang that tolls list
lessly on the section work and at I'M
skilled labor about the mill. the short,
dark countrymen from southern Italy;
a camp Of Irish-C canadians, these men
also big and stalwart and able to work;
Swedes and Germans. too, labor In the
woods and exhibit their typical charac-
teristics; and lastly, but much to the
fore, are the French Canadian woods
men.
Most Of the loggers live In the tradi-
! tional logging camps, hunks against
wall, long table down the center, box
stove giving out tropic heat. The cook
Is usually q man. though sometimes a
sub-contractor has his wife at camp to
to the cooking and board the men. As
a rule, any one Of these woodsmsh can
turn his attention from telling q tree
to stirring up biscuit or frying salt
pork; and I have noticed among the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

eight-inch rifles, II six-inch, IS small
er guns and six torpedo tubes.
Vladimir Monomach, 5,593 tons, five
six-inch rifles, six four-inch, rs smaller
guns and three torpedo tubes.
Armored cruiser Pamyat Azova, 6,734
tons, four eight-inch rifles. II six-inch,
80 smaller guhs and three torpedo
tubes.
Armored cruiser Admiral Nokimof,
1854 tons. eight eight-inch rifles, ten
six-inch, Il smaller guns and three tor
pedo tubes.
The coast defense vessels, Sebyavin
and General Aproxin, are the sister
ships, with details as follows: Dis
placement, ALPS tons. four nine-inch
rifles.
The following i've battleships are al
20 sisters and the same description an
.swers for each: Bordino, Alexander
IN, Knyaz Potemkin. Knyaz Suyarof,
.glsva and 0rel. displace s,244 tons and
are armed with four 12-ineh rifles. II
.sIx-lnch, ~ smaller guns and three
torpodo tubes
The last group Is distlnctively Rus
sian IN composition. though Tie yes
r,ls are notifications Of the British
~nrshlp Trafalgar" with the free
hoard forward Is inches highsr than
"a he last named ship. Possessing the
.,s,l rpssd Of - knOts. thes can steam
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

with monarchs in such matters. The
sailors are fine-looking fellows, broad
shouldered, and as a general thing
bearded; they are the equal Of any 9TH
er nation in seamanship and are as
brave as the Cossacxs on land. These
men may find fighting at home, how
ever, as 1t may not be expedient to join
the Red Sea squadron in view Of the
Threatening cloud nearer home.
Almost all the armament for these
ships has been obtained from Krupp
Of Germany and Camel OF France, but
1t will be only q short time before all
that pertains to a man-of-war will be
manufactured on Russian soil. The
ship-builders Of the world are now as
tonished at the strides apparent In
Russian manufacture, particularly
when It was recently announced that
I've $500 ton battleships and large
number Of cruisers were projected for
building at Russian shipyards, thereby
keeping abreast of Great Britain spd
America in see power. This Is re-
markable for power which but ten
years ago. had but one battleship in
commission outside Of the Black SEA:
but still It IL IN keeping with the de-
termination to keep In front and strive
to realize the dream Of Peter the Great
southern and eastern getaways to the
sea. NICHOLAS J. oUIRK
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03
LAUNDERING Operations {
in the AdirOndacks
Modern Methods Do Not Entirely
Denude the Country Of All
Its Forest Covering.

| hicks" not little pride In the wom-
anly accomplishments that make up
keeping house." ,
Few of the French-C Canadians. be-
lieve. live In the large camps, but, hay
ing wives and children with them, are
proud proprietors Of individual shan
ties. these shanties. however, are al
most as overcrowded as the sheds, for
the families are sizeable and the dwell
ing one-roomed. visited one the 9TH
er day that was overlooking with
youngsters; made acquaintance with
the shy mother and the shyer children.
These French-C Canadian inhabitants OF
the WOODS are half-wild folk. and their
children untamed creatures that chafe
against restraints other children take
as a matter of course. When put into
schoolrooms they are like Gagged ami
mails.
The furnishing OF the shanties Of the
French Canadian squatter Is. OF the
barest, and while this sort Of thing
does very we'll for week or two Of va
cationing in midsummer, 1t is not al
together desirable during the long,
cold winter. The men look comfort
ably dressed in their thick "macki-
naws," but the children are very thin
ly clad. I saw couple Of boys playing
in the snow with their legs bare. and
was told by the logscaler that he had
seen many Of the children going about
In their bare feet this winter. The
women and children look sickly. but
the men are robust-appearing fellows.
And picturesque in the extreme. as
are all the woodsmen have seen.
They choose bright colors for their
garb, deck their horses in gay red tas-
sells, and their own color is as ruddy as
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03
BERRIES FOR MARKET.
Il Rays 70 Raise Them, Provided the
Crop IL Disposed OF In the Right
Way and Place.

Having been asked, by farmer sub
scriber. II It will pay to grow berries
for market. In reply I will say yes
IL the business is managed right. and
the crop disposed Of in the right way
and place. A good many OF our
towns are not properly supplied with
berries; what they get II any. are
second class-the overflow or refuse
from the cities, where the market is
often glutted. The commission men
send circulars out before the berries
are ripe, giving prices of berries shipped
from the south, inducing many home
growers to ship. BY the time their ber-
rles get ripe the demand is supplied,
prices drop, and the berries being per-
ishable product, have to be sold for
what they will bring.
My advice is to grow berries for local
market towns that are not well supplied.
Such places can be found in the west;
land can be bought for less than hall
that close to large cities, pickers are
cheap, and. as rule, more reliable
Berries that get too ripe on account OF
rain. and which will not do to ship. can
be sold in the home market; all the
rough handling of the railroad men,
shipping expenses, commissions. etc.,
are saved. also crates and boxes. Then
when consumers get fresh. wholesome,
home grown berries. they often get twice
as many, and the growers in the local
market often can regulate the price.
1t is mistake to plant too large an
acreage. We have to pay two cents a
quart for pickers; one cent for straw
berries and blackberries and one and
one-half to two cents for raspberries.
The plckers can make good wages.
have had boys ard girls under 1G years
old make dollar a day. I, IS years
ago. sold as high as $40 worth of straw
berries in day. remember selling
FIVE dollars worth OF raspberries from
one picking off one row the length of ten
acres. Blackberries, u or more years
ago. were not profitable. as so many
grew wild; but Of late years, growing
blackberries has become more profitable.
jacob Faith, Ia Midland Farmer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03
Stops BeIching.
Fifty Cent Bottle Free,

The annoying habit OF belching and those
humiliating rumbEngs in the stomach are
not the most serious things accompanying
constipation. Kidney complaints, lung az
fections. heart troubles or any other iunc-
tional weakness which results from con-
stipation Is worse. Don't take pills or
castor oil, they win make you worse.
Mull's Grape Tonic cures constipation,
not by physcing you, because u won't 90
that. but by strengthening the digestive or
gans, enabling them TO get all the nutrition
out OF the food and to carry the refuse from
the bowels In the proper manner instead
OF into the blood, which causes disease. II 2
that Is pleasant to take and q sure cure.
We want 10 give q 5oc bottle OF Null 9
Grape Tonic TO you II you have never useo
Il. Send US the coupon below properly
filled out and you win promptly receive
full size bottle. 1t Il given TO you without
any promise on your part to buy. SEND 10
day.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

their ornament. Some of the woods
men wear plaid from head to foot;
"mackinaw" trousers of red and brown
plaid, and "mackinaw" jackets OF red
and black. With their caps, tufted
mittens and high thick" shoes they
certainly are arrayed in any but a
commonplace manner; certainly would
attract attention on State street in
Chicago, or Fifth avenue in New York.
They are not only picturesque as to
their costumes, but also at their work.
We watched with much interest the
loggers send the big trees crashing
down, and appreciated the saying 1.-The
whole forest trembles when a lumber
man sets foot in r." Then we clam
bered through the snow over the rough
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03
NOT MUCH IMPRESSED.
George Thought There Was Much
Sound and Very Little Of
the Solids.

II New York has word to say to the
stranger within ito gates, says corre-
spondent of the New Orleans Times Dem
ocrat, it is this: Have You succeeded at
home! If not, why do you think you will
succeed where conditions are more com.
pick and difiicult!' But in New York, 40
in other large cities, those who are not
TO be "bluffed" or discouraged and who 90
resolutely about their business are reason
ably sure of success. Sometimes, perhaps,
q little success makes more OF q noise n
the world then it should.
One evening in restaurant, says the
correspondent, we were waited on by .
real southern darby. lie was SO unmls-
taxable that at last i said to him:
George"
"Yas'm," was the grateful rcjoinder.
you're from the south, aren't your
".sas'm. Abs from de SOUTH"
How did you get up here"
"Ah don know, ma am. how All come.
sand what do you think Of New York,
George!"
He hestated, and then summing it up
In his mind, ne saiu:
New York; 'Pcah's lax dish hyeh
New York es got good deal er rattlin'
er de dishes fer de vietuals what's served
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03
RAISING DAIRY cows.
he Selected Whose Grandmas
Had a Record.

II dairymen would depend upon rails
ing their dairy animals themselves the
result would be much more satisfac-
tory, as rule. than to buy from stock
men or spectators in a haphazard
way any "pickups" that are offered.
In order to begin right calves should
be selected whose grandams on both
sides had good record at the pail or
churn; then there will be reasonable
hope that the calf will evolve into a
profitable COW.
II we are in the dairy business for
milk. then the attention is drawn to-
ward the animal which will turn her
food and energies into furnishing an
abundance of milk; but II the aim be
cream or butter, we do not care
whether the amount Of milk be large
or small, so It yields proper amount
of butter fat.
But II the dairyman deems the rear
ing of calves only a "side ISSUE" and,
as result, gives only Indifferent
treatment, he might as well buy his
own cows, for a stunted calf Is pitt
able object. and will never fulfil Its
destiny, no matter what its after treat.
ment may be.
Extravaganza in the feeding Of the
calf is neutrality-suspicious.
never. Extrayagant feeding-it would
be SO called by many-means milk
fresh from the COW or new milk at
least three weeks after the birth Of the
ca,f; and the calf that Is not worth
what new milk It can consume during
the first few weeks of its life Is not
worth the raising. Let me emphasize
that the first weeks OF the calls exist
ence determine its value later on
Dairy Farmer
Make the best Of the troubles you
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

say seven years from now, the cnarac-
ter Of the country will be much
changed.
WLess now uprise fine spruce and
balsam, hemlock End white pine, birch
and maple, there will be left standing
only such timber as Is .Ot merchant
able; slope and plain will be bereft of
their present noble growth. And yet
1t is an agreeable surprise to one to
walk over tract where the lumber
company has passed through, and note
how much of the forest aspect remains.
l went the other day from camp to
camp with the forester, travelled up
into the woods quite a distance, and
though the company had cut almost all
the timber 1t intended 10 lay low in
the region we were travelling over,
the place did not seem devastated by
any manner Of means; there was not
the utterly barren look l have noticed
In numbered regions of northern Wis
consin.
The superintendent told me lumber
companies do not always deserve the
bad name given them, that they do not
always destroy watershed, despoil a
region, to the extent reputed; and. al
though the trees were thinned out very
considerably in the tract under discus
sion, yet there certainly were enough
left standing to give some woodland
virtue to the surrounding country.
Not so very long ago, New York was
noted for its wonderful forests. occu-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

5000 miles without recoaling, and have
all devices known at the time of build
ing for protection, developed in the
evolution of naval construction. This
is noticeable in the position of the tor
.pedo tubes PLACED we'll below the water
line to avoid the danger OF explosion
from a chance shot before the torpe-
does are fired-a lesson dearly learned
by the Chinese at Yalu river In 1895,
and the Spanish at Santiago.
The exits and passages from fire and
engine rooms are much larger than
those in vessels of any other nation,
while each pair Of boilers is isolated
from the others by bulkheads- which
further contribute to the feeling of Sc
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03
SAFE MILKING STOOL.
II Has Many Points of Excellence ia
Recommend II TO the Farm
Dniryman.

am using a milking stool which
suits me better than anything have
used before. With this the pail needs
only to be held upright by the mixer,
as the stool takes all the weight. The
legs, a a, may be one and one-half or
two inches square. IL inches long and
FIVE or six inches apart at bottom; bev-
eled at top to fit sides Of leg, b. which
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

pied first place in the lumber industry;
1t now ranks twelfth. The annual re-
port of the forest. fish and game COM
mission OF the state of New York,
transmitted to the legislature January
80, 1908, gives the following informa-
ton concerning the forest output
OUTPUT OF ADIRONDACK FORESTS
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03
The Most Common Disease.

Yorktown, Ark, Feb. 29th.-Leland
Williamson, NJ. d., successful and clever
local physician, says:
There is scarcely another form of dis
ease a physician is called upon so often
to treat as Kidney Disease. l invariably
prescribe Dodd's Kidney Pills and am not
disappointed in their effect for they are
always reliable. ! could mention many
cases in which / have used this medicine
with splendid success, for example,
might refer to the case Of Mr.. A. II. Cole.
'Age 81, greatly emaciated, some fever,
great pain and pressure over region OF
Kidneys, urine filled with pus or corrup-
ton and very foul smelling and passed
some blood. Directed to drink great
deal of water, gave brisk purgative and
Dodd's Kidney Pills. The pills were con-
tinued regularly for three weeks and then
a few doses every week, especially if pa
tient felt any pain in region of Kidneys.
Cured completely and patient performed
his duties as farm laborer in four weeks"
DIR. Williamson has been regular prac::
titioner for over twenty years, and his
unqualified endorsement of Dodd's Kidney
Pills is certainly a wonderful tribute to
this remedy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs: mos
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03
Millions of Vegetables.

When the Editor read 10000 Plants for
l6c, he could hardly believe it, but upon
second reading finds that the John A.
Salzcr Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, than
whom there are no more reliable and ex-
tensiye seed growers in the world, makes
this offer. This great offer is made to get
you to test Salzer's Warranted Vegetable
Seeds.
They will send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed
TO grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 delicious Carrots,
1000 blanchng, nutty Celery,
1900 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
ALL FOR BUT Ice POSTAGE
providing you will return this notice, and
II YOU will send them zoe in postage, they
will add to the above q package OF IA
nous Berliner Caulihower. h. L.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

Some men spoil good story by sticking
to the facts.-Chicago News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

"Name the bones of the skull" The can.
ddate for his medical degree, hesItating,
stammers: Excuse me, sir, it must be my
nervousness; but for the life Of me | can't
remember single one---yet | have them
all-in my head.'-London Medical Press
and Circular.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

Economy is the road to wealth. Putnam
Fadeless Dye is the road to economy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

Where the speech is corrupted the mind
is also.-Seneca.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

Many a rich father has discovered that
Il is easier to get daughter of his hands
than to keep a son-in-law on his feet.-
Philadelphia Record.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund money il it fails to cure. 2oc.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

LII about stands the virgin
forest, thick woods that
have thus far escaped the
woodman's axe. But the
lumber company has recent
ly entered in. and Dresently.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03
ToRTURING, DIsFIGURING
Humors, Ecxemns, Itchings, Inham.
nations, Durnings, scalings and
Channgs Cured by Cuticurn.

The agonizing itching and burning OF
the skin, as in eczema; the frightful seal,
ing, as in psoriasis; the loss OF hair and
crusting of the scalp, as in SCALED head;
the facial disbursement, as in plnPless sa ana
rngworm the awful suffering narsnt 81 as II
milk mil crust, letter and salt rheum-all de-
mand a remedy of almost superhuman
virtues to successfully cope with them.
That Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills
are such stands proven beyond all doubt
by the testimony of the civilized world.
Holis-"So you've broken with Bertha
Byrd! You used to say she was peach.
SchuylerS'So DO now. But she's OF the
clingstone variety. Refuses to give up that
diamond engagement ring. boston
Transcript.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03
HE much discussed squadron
of the imperial Russian ma
Wy will occupy the worlds
stage shortly. and under the
command OF Admiral Mara

chief Of Kronstadt. a better record is
expected than that Of the fleet at Port
Arthur under Admiral Stark.
Admiral Marakoff is widely known
through his marine inventions. having
made many mechanical improvements
In naval service. His most important
achievement was in the construction
Of the famous ice-breaking steamship
"Ermak." whose principle Of operation
was borrowed from a smaller type of
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-03

Make the best Of the troubles you
have and don't hunt mora
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-09
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

TO the Editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
An article in last nights Gazette states that
the electric railway is running fans in this
city at cents for - hours, and that one such
fan is equal to ten 10 candle power incandes
cent lights.
Expressing this data in electrical terms,
ten lG candle power lights burning - hours
are equal TO 1900 watts One of our
street electric lights, burning all night
is equal to 3 $50 watts. BY simple proportion,
accOrdingt0 these figures, We should get the
current required for street light from the
railway company for LOO cents per night or
81 30 q year At this rate the 80 lights requir-
ed for lighting the city would cost Sl72 per
annum.
Will Mr.. Spinks kindly show cause why
the City Council should not be eljOined
against the annual expenditure of $500 for
running the city electric light plant. when,
according 10 his own statatement, the same,
service can be obtained from the electric rail-l
way for the comparatively insignificant sum
of four hundred and seventy-two dollars?
The gentleman as a Councilman and guar
dian of the public funds has uttered not a
single word Of protest against this reck less
extravaganza, but on the contrary he advo-
Gates. in the same article, an appropriation
of $4,000 to build new plant to fur ther pei
petuate this unnecessary expenditure of the
| public money. c. +. THOMPSON.