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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-06-01

DIR. Raymond Reed, late of Den
yer, COL, has located in our city
and opened an Office in the Daniels
building over ]. D. Hogan's hard
ware store. DR.. Reed practiced
dentistry in Denver for three years,
bat sold out there last fall. While
looking around for new location
he heard of Baxter Springs, and
after coming here and looking over
the field decided to locate here.
The doctor makes a speciality of
filing and crown and bridge work
will guarantee perfect and absolute
satisfaction on all work done. Give
him a call.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-06-01

When ROXY started on his trip to
the far east to clean up the Japanese
navy, he said: You will not hear
from me until after the battle. If I
win, 1 will wire you; If Togo wins,
he will wire you" Well, Togo did
the wiring
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-06-01
VANSELLOUS.

Dark steel dapple gray, 5 years old,
three. fourths Percheron and one
fourth Morgan; 16 hands high and
weighs 1920 lbs. This horse is per
lection itself, and is said to be the
best ever seen in this country.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
CHILDREN HAD NO SHELTER
Sight That Set Well-Fed English
man to Work Providing
Homes for Waits.

When a kind-hearted young doctor
told a company Of well-fed Englishmen
in London, about 40 years ago, that
homeless children slept outdoors In the
city even in the dead Of winter, his
hearers doubted the statement. They
thought 1t possible, says Youths Com
panion, that a child was occasionally
without shelter at night, but 1t was
contrary to reason that any consider
able number could be In such straits.
The young doctor told the company
that within q short ride of where they
were gathered he could show them
score Of thinly clad boys asleep under
such conditions as he had described.
Still doubling, the men went out into
the wintry night and were led to
square in which more than 70 waits
were found sleeping in boxes and bar
rels, and anywhere they could get out
of the wind. The men were convinced,
and helped the doctor in his work Of
rescuing such waits. Since that time
he has found homes for more than
$4,000 orphans, and has not turned
away from his doors a single destitute
boy or girl. He knew that the poor
est accommodation that he could give
them, even though it were only place
to sleep on the floor in a warm room,
was better than the best that they
could hope to find in the streets. Re-
Gently this large-hearted philanthro-
pist died at the age of 80 years. His
name was Thomas John Bernardo.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
HAVE RESPECT FOR LAW.
Idlanders Will Go So Far as to Ar
rest Themselves II Thought
Necessary.

t would be impossible to exaggerate
an Icelander's respect for the law. Only
tlSse people who have travelled or lived
she time with the people have any con-
cetion of their honesty.
trader who recently visited one Of
TIL northern stations Of Iceland says
Id was travelling on horseback near
REkjavik, when he met man riding
hi pony toward the capital.
What is your manner" asked the
trder.
Stefan"
Where are you going?"
TO prison"
What for?"
Stealing sheep"
mo one taking your"
mo. The sheriff was busy, so he gave
nj his warrant and sent me on by my
3d."
Vhereupon the two exchanged SNUFF
al parted.
four days later, as the trader was re-
timing, he again met this fellow, evil
daily on the way back to his home.
Why" he exclaimed, naturally sur
pSed, you said you were going to
pson!"
So was, and went, but they would
nj let me in"
Why not?"
lost the warrant, and the sheriff
aReykjavik said he could not receive
n without it"
But why, then, are you not already
ahome? You should have made the
jFney in two days"
spent two days looking for it., was
Il simple answer
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
Land Without Police.

A policeless land has been discov-
cred by Nelson Annandale in the
Faeroes, which are commonly regard.
ed as little arctic rocks teeming with
sea ards, but which his tourist
glasses revealed as blooming isles
with a climate warmer than Scotland,
despite their location several hun,
dred miles north Of Shetland, with a
vegetation a number of inches high,
er, including Buttercups larger and
bushes brighter than are seen on the
mainland. The morale of the popua.
ton has been so spotless that while
q few years ago several dozen police
men were installed, guardians of the
public peace have proved superfuous
and the force has been cisbanded. !
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
NO XMAS FUN IN SCOTLAND
Presbyterianism Prejudices Holiday
Of North ritishers-Ancient
Superstition Is Cause.

In connection with an ancient SUI
perstition of Scotland against spin
ming on Christmas or Yule day, and
the determination of the Calvinistic
clergy to put down all such notions,
the following amusing passage is quot
ed from John Hamilton's "Faciletraic-
tise:"
"The ministers of Scotland-in con-
tempt Of the vther halle dayes OBJ
seruit be England-cause their wyfis
and servants spin in oppin SIGHT of the
people upon Yeul day; and their az
fectionate auditeurs constraines their
tenants to yok their pleuchs on Yeul
day in contempt of Christ's Natiuitie,
Whilk our lord has not left vnpunisit;
for THAR oxin ran wod (mad) and
brak their nekis, and leamit (lamed)
sum plough men as is VIGOROUSLY
knawin in sundrie parties Of Scotland"
In consequence of the Presbyterian
form of church government, as consti-
tuted by John Knox and his coadjutors
On lnC AuOuCA VI IuC CCClColdSllCdl
polity of Calvin, having taken such
firm root in Scotland the festival of
Christmas, with other commemorative
celebrations retained from the Romish
calendar by the Anglicans and Luth-
Grams, is comparatively unknown in
that country, at least in the lowlands
The tendency to mirth and jollity at
the close Of the year. which seems al
most inherent in human nature, has
in north Britain been for the most
part transferred from Christmas and
Christmas eve to New Years day and
the preceding evening, known by the
appellation of Hogmenay. In many
parts Of the highlands of Scotland,
however, and also in the county of
Forfar, and one or two other districts,
the day for general merry-making is
Christmas
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
INDoN's POLICE SYSTEM.
B Great City Is One Of the Safest
Urban Communities in
the World.

me report Of the London commission
,of police for 1904, though presenting
lres which In the aggregate seem to
,w that life and property are very
safe in the worlds metropolis, In re-
~ proves that the great capital is one
the safest urban communities in the
lid. The authorized strength Of the
Ildon metropolitan police force Is
Arly 1900 men, who are expected to
ltect a population Of about 7,4OO, 900.
/ Of this huge population only 126,53O
Re arrested during the year. In addi-
n to those arrested 49, 1923 defendants
re summoned" before magistrates
trivial offenses.
bne Londoner in % appeared before
gistrate in obedience to some form
compulsory process. In thousands of
ltances the offenses charged were of
kh venial types as riding on the steps
Dmnibuses, cleaning carts in the road
v and neglecting to sweep chimneys,
important requirement in London, af-
ting the fire risk. The many arrests
petty breaches of the law show that
London police keep very close watch
the streets. Their activities may
M meddlesome to Americans accus-
ned to ignore certain minor ordi-
nces, but the comfort, safety and con-
fence of the public are probably more
|efully considered in the streets Of
ndon-allowance being made for the
at congestion of traffic--than in those
any large American city.
rhe most interesting feature of the re-
It is, the emphatic approval Of the
ger-print system of detecting GRIM
lis, system whose value is now fully
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
PRoFlT-sHARINo ON FARMS
Depopulation Of English Villages
Has Been Prevented by
This Means.

With view TO placing a check upon
the depopulation of Kentish villages
which is reaching alarming proper
tions, several large land owners have
decided upon system of profit sharing
with their agricultural laborers, hoping
by this means to stimulate Hodge" to
take greater interest in his employment,
says London paper.
The system Of sharing farm profits
was initiated by e. w. Hussey, a large
estate owner, Of Scotney castle. Every
year the hands are called together and
each receives share Of the profits made
on the working of the farms. On the
last occasion of the profit-sharing each
man received 1913, while a youths
share amounted to 1915. In cases where
several members Of family are en-
gagged on farm sums approaching
$4866 have been taken home
The system has had such successful
results that Mr.. Hussey has received
numerous inquiries asking for details as
to the working of the scheme, with the
Consequence that other farmers in the
country have expressed their intention
of working on similar lines.
III the employees on Mr.. Hussey's
Ldnberhurst estate now take such
keEn interest in their work that they
exhibit no inclination whatever to mi
CRATE to the towns. Lamberhurst,
Though very small place, has long been
Looked upon as a model village, every
thhg being done to encourage the in
haSitants to remain within its bound
arbs. The wealthy residents in the
neshborhood have established a num-
BET Of up-to-date recreative institutions
AM the village Is unaffected by the
prtblem of the unemployed.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
Eomsward Bound from London.

Homeward Bound from London.
In the "fall" the globe-trotting Amer
lean departs from these shores to her
own, carrying with her huge numbers
of pretty presents for the friends who
have stayed on the other side of the
ocean. Perhaps as consequence OF
the exodus that is now taking place
many Of the London shops are making
a speciality of delightful little gifts, and
in one center are on view now hum
dreds of presents that cost one shilling
only. A shilling is favorite sum OF
money with Americans, who quickly
understand its significance, whereas
one and sixpence is a puzzle to them
at FIRST, and the popular Interpolation
of half-pennies and farthings ends in
intellectual bewilderment. To aid his
customers from the other side one Lon
don puryeyor has very cleverly issued
a table showing the relative values OF
sums of money in dollars and shillings.
London Mail.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
A RECKONING.

We who would reckon with England
Ye who would sweep the seas
OF the flag that Rodney nailed aloft
And Nelson flung to the breeze
Count we'll your ships and your men,
Count well your horse and your guns.
For they who reckon with England
Must reckon with England's sons.
We who would challenge England
We who would break the might
OF the little isle in the foggy sea
And the lion-heart In the fight
Count we'll your horse and your swords.
Weigh well your valor and guns,
For they who ride against England
Must saber her million sons.
Ye who would roll to warfare
Your hordes of peasants and slaves
To crush the pride Of an empire
And sink her fame in the waves
Test well your blood and your metal.
Count we'll your troops and your gums,
For they who battle with England
Must war with mothers sons.
Theodore Roberts, in N. Y. Independent
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21

"He should open it on the wedding
day." cried Polly, waving my check
book triumphantly, "and-and air it,
"And send poor Fatima flying home
to her mother?" inquired sarcastical-
ly, that would be eminently fool
ish."
COR else" added Polly" he should
Abe wise and clever and careful enough
Never to let her know of the existence
of Ahat closet. A woman doesn't real
" minN not knowing things Tiff she
never fnds>them out. But when
secret is thrush. ostentatiously under
her nose. it is like a. locked closet OF
a closed drawer or a -teMsSram. She
simply has to open it! If BiSHsbeard
had never warned Fatima away frcem
the secret chamber, she probably
would never have thought OF looking
in it," and Polly turned to her work
of destruction once more with re-
rewed energy, that sent the papers n.y.
ing in every direction.
81 don't believe it," objected.
"Fatima was on the feminine hunt for
trouble, which usually occurs at the
end of the honeymoon. And the wo-
man who goes hunting for trouble can
always find it, whether it exists or not.
The trouble hunt isn't real sport. The
game is too easily bagged. And nine
times out of ten when woman has
found out what she wanted to know,
she is sorry. She would very much
rather believe her husband what she
cnce believed him"
"She can forget" said Polly, with
conviction.
mo. she can't She may think she
can: but the bloodstains would not
wash off Fatimas key, and the stains
of SUSPICION once confirmed will for
ever faint a woman's mind and color
her opinion and soil her love. Nov"
and l glanced insinuatingly toward
my desk, 'if you had happened to open
that secret drawer, for instance"
PolIy's eyes twinkled strangely.
81 should have dispelled the mys-
terry" she suggested.
"And destroyed the perfume OF the
flower" l agreed, pulling comfortably
at my pipe.
and seen the gruesome scalps and
corpses."
"And desecrated the holy of HOLES"
"And found this!" cried Polly, hold
ing up filagree box
l caught my breath so suddenly
that the smoke from my pipe choked
me. The box was from my secref
| drawer!
re-how-did-you-
gasped, clutching at my pocket ana
drawing out my key ring.
"Pooh!" laughed Polly, scornfully
"what woman ever needed a key
when she possessed hairpin!"
closed my teeth unsmilingly. Al
last I knew how Bluebeard had felt'
had to pull on my pipe several times
before I could see quite clearly. When
did look up, Polly was kneeling al
nv feet and holding up the filagree box
for my inspection.
"Iook!" she said, quite gently, y
didn't open it, Jack, dear, and now
never SHALL"
took the box from her fingers, and
stooped to kiss them. Blessed little
Polly!
"In that case" said /, deliberately
fitting the key into the lock, I'VE shall
open it together-and air the closet.
Detroit Free Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21

forces is due to their knowledge Of the
hold which Tammany has upon the
loyalty of q large body Of voters. The
Tammany leaders have attached to
themselves a following large enough
to carry the elections in ordinary years
when the people are not aroused by
some great political scandal. Those
followers are loyal because the leader
takes care of them. When they are
out OF work he finds them employ
ment; when they are arrested he goes
to the police court and secures their re-
lease on bail; when they are sick he
gets a doctor for them, and he gives
free dinners on Thanksgiving day and
picnics In summer.
Those who seek the defeat Of Tam
many maintain that the political or
ganization exists because its leaders
desire primarily to make money out
of the business of government, and
have no interest In the efficient con-
duct of affairs, save as that keeps the
voters complacent. That they are in
politics for personal gain has been ad-
mitted by many Tammany leaders
from Tweed's time to the present.
Tammany hall itself Is a building.
It belongs to the Society Of Tammany,
organized in 1889 as a protest against
the aristocracy Of the Society of Gin
cinnati The general committee of
the Tammany democracy, whose head
quarters are in the building, is the e&
ecutive council Of the political body
popularity known as Tammany hall.
The real point of opposition to Tam
many, then, is that it's political power
Is a combination Of two elements
which are In politics for what is to be
made out Of 1.-THE leaders, greedy Of
money which Office or the control Of
Offices enables them to get out Of the
government, and the followers, whose
idea of good government is that gov
eminent which will protect them from
the consequences Of their poverty, i'll
ness, misfortune or crime.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
MAPPING THE WORLD
TASK THAT PROGRESSES WITH
ITS GROWTH ONLY.
What Has Been Accomplished in the
Work in the Last Half Cen
tury-Many Changes
Male.

The lament of well-known geo.
graphical professor that the whole Of
the world is not explored and mapped
out, seems almost asking too much,
when one compares the maps of the
globe to-day with those of so years
ago. Take the Universal Gazetteer,
published in London in 1855, for In
stance. Even the boundaries of Eu-
rope were not exactly known then,
says the Brooklyn Eagle.
Europe" says the Gazetteer, rs
bounded by the sea In all directions
except the east, where 1t adjoins Asia
by boundary line formed by the
River DON" This astonishing state
ment makes the Volga an Asiatic river
and excludes the Ural mountains as a
European boundary altogether. But
Europe was really very different In
those days. Two of the present six
great powers did not exist. There was
no such thing as the German eempire
or the Italian kingdom. BY Ger
many" was then understood the pres
ent Austrian empire, and the other
German-speaking states. The king
dom of Hanover, which has vanished
altogether, was nearly as populous aa
the still-existing kingdom Of Wurtem-
burg. Prussia, which is now the chief
state in Germany, was a small king
dom, with a population Of $4,000, 900.
There was state known as the Two
Sicilies. There were no such countries
as Servia, Roumania or Bulgaria, and
Turkey-in-Europe stretched to the
Austrian and Russian frontiers.
Asia, as it was depicted so years ago.
looks little less strange. Japan vas a
small country with fanatical popu-
lation, peculiarly impervious to Euro
pean ideas" All northern Asia was
denominated vaguely Russian Tar
tary," and the vast deserts east of the
Caspian sea as "Tartaria." The great
range of the Hindu Kush apparently
did not exist, for 1t is not marked on
the map. More astonishing still is 1t
to meet the Caucasus mountains boldly
situated due north of the Caspian sea,
instead of to the west. According to
the cartographist Of 1854, an enormous
chain of mountains started on Russia's
European frontier and ran absolutely
without a break as far as Behring
straits.
Africa was still less like what it is
to-day The Mountains of the Moon"
then stretched in. an almost straight
line from near Cape Verde on the west
coast to Abyssinia on the east Amer
Ca was only partlySsxplored. A great
band of country, stretching from Alas
"a across the "Stony mountains" to
he source of the Mississippi, was made
Up of independent countries" Chica-
20, st. Louis and San Francisco were
lot considered worth marking on the
nap. Still more remarkable reads the
of South America. Ths
resent vast Argentine Republic was
hen a part of the Republic de IL
'lata," while everything south of bue-
los Ayres was Patagonia, a country
which is uninhabitable by Europeans"
hill, now one of the most important
tates, is dismissed as one of the most
South of Brazil was
Mysterious country, known as Banda
Paraguay existed, but there
'as then no such country as Vene-
uela.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21

recognized throughout the United King
dom. There were 2,616 finger-print rec
ognitions" during the year by the met
ropolitan police. The commissioner
says that the result obtained is ten times
larger than the highest figures secured
by the "anthropometric" method, which
was abandoned in 1901. The finger
prints Of criminals left on cashboxes,
window stills, bottles. glasses and other
things have been the means of enabling
the police to present to the courts valu-
able corrorobrative and circumstantial
evidence.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
TAMMANY COMBINATION.
Answers to Questions Which Should
Interest Students Of Social
Conditions.

What is Tammany hall? Why are
various political organizations in New
York uniting in an attempt to COM
pass It's defeat, and how does it hap
pen that it is thought necessary to
appeal to everything that is not Tam
many to unite against it? The answer
to these questions should interest stu
dents of social conditions more than
the student Of politics, says Youths
Companion.
To take them In reverse order, 1t
may be said that the vehemence Of the
appeal made by the anti-Tammany
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
QUEEN OF CHRISTMAS TREE
Mistress Doll Is the Occupant Of This
Oflce-More Attention Paid
to the Toys.

Queen Of the Christmas tree is Mis-
tress Doll. No matter what else he may
have forgotten, Santa Claus never
leaves behind him disappointment If
for little girls he has dolls enough to go
around. The tastes of boys differ, for
even in infancy the tickle, changeful
masculine soul must assert its charac-
teristics. Some boys will choose tops,
others want drums, while the embryo
savants or scientists crave books or
cameras.
Shopkeepers give more attention to
the quality of their doll stock than to
that Of any other toy they carry, be-
cause they sell more dolls and the de-
mand for new sorts is constant and inn
perative.
Most Of the figures sold are Of foreign
make, although their manufacture in
this country is branch OF business that
receives increasing attention.
German makers Of dolls lack original
ity. They follow almost entirely the
designs brought TO them year after year
by American buyers. Their dolls are
we'll set up and durable, but they lack
the chic which the best French makers
impart to their goods. German dolls
seldom or never have good hair. Tow
or any cheap substance that will serve is
used to represent the couture. AS the
average little girl stipulates in her
prayers that Santa will please bring
her dolly with really hair that she
can comb and curl" many household
might be embarrassed did not Ameri-
can shopkeepers provide themselves
with wigs Of natural hair for the dolls.
The tow locks may be removed from
the head of the doll and the wig fastened
on its Uranium, to the great satisfaction
of the small child, but to the pecuniary
inconvenience of the fond parent, who
must pay from $3.50 to $3.50 for the
wig.
Dolls are this season Of greater variety
and elegance than ever before The
handsomest come from ia belle
France" and have jointed limbs, indie
heads and long hair, fine as
silk.
The dolls are each packed in paste
board box Of cofinlike shape and
swathed in layer after layer Of fine
paper. When the boxes are opened,
some of the dolls are found to be attired,
while others are clad in but one thin
white garment.
The Paris dressed dolls are the
costliest of all. Some Of them cost $50
apiece. A favorite mode of dressing the
dolls is to array them in box-plaited
short coat, with a cloth belt to hold the
garment down at the waist. Over the
white frock the plated skirt has a
beautiful fare to show the silk lining |
Of the coat. A white undersleeve pro-
jects from the coat sleeve, and there is at |
he throat tiny white bow. The hat is
usually trimmed with bit of ribbon
and a few feathers.
Any clever woman can dress a doll to
ook quite as well as the imported fig
Tres. When arrayed in a dainty frock,
coat, hat and underwear, the home
dressed dolly can be scarcely distin-
yuished from the miniature Partisan
belle.