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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
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christmas
T a k6r
By A. W. FERRIN

>1O one welcomes the advent of
IN the holiday season more heart
lily than the sidewalk mer-
chant Of the city, the street
IaKlr. for, while he seems to flourish
like green bay tree all the year
round, at Christmas time he reapS his
great harvest Of pennies. nickels and
dimes. The hearts of even the most
parsimoniOus open with the approach
Of Christmas, and purse strings loosen
as at no other time. On every corner
and between corners these ctlrbstone
nomads are surrounded by admiring
and purchasing citizens and novel.
ties from rubber pigs which can be
Inflated to the size of small balloon
and in exhausting their airy contents
squeal like It real porker. TO elaborate
mechanical toys, sell like hot cakes.
Every year distinct features of this
queer trade come to the surface and
are put on the market simultaneously
by fakirs throughout the country The
factories in which these things are
made work overtime to meet the de-
mand of the shrill voiced bark ers''
who personify Santa Claus to the chill
dren of the city. New York is the great
headquarters of the fakrs. and they
visit it Mt least once "A year to arrange
for the novelties of the ensuing season
and to do a little business in the me-
tropolis itself. There are several large
jobbers in the city who deal exclusively
with the sidewalk peddlers. and they
issue voluminous catalogues describing
thousands of articles suitable for sale
on the street. Every fakir carries one
OF these books. and when he runs out
of stock he sends an order to his firm.
which is filled by return express.
On most of the things he handles the
fallir makes IA profit Of 100 per cent
and sometimes more than that Ar
ticles sold for a dime are usually
bought for Il nickel. and those which
sell for a nickel for 2l4 cents Coca
sionally, however. when some novelty
makes a real hit. the manufacturers
put up the price until the fakir's profit
Ia only Il cent on each sale.
The old time faVoI'te. the jumping
lack, evolve into Il sailor who climbs
. rope hand over hand; dirigible tin
mice, kissing bugs. Holsters and crabs
papier maohe frogs which jump like
the hero of Mark TWaInS famous story,
all find ready market. While cheap
perfumery, Christmas cards and lead
soldiers are peGdled in vast quantities.
just where the fakir gets his title is
a mooted question. The real falir
whose habitat is India, is a person of
religious consequence and has nothing
to do with fakes unless it be that he
performs wonderful tricks which owe
their success to sleight of hand rather
than to the influence of the gods by
whom the fakir is professedly actuated
However, fakiI is us good a name for
the itinerant vender as any other and
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22

churia, the introduction of the railroad
and the ever increasing numbers Of
missionaries, all of these things are
gradually working a change in the Chi
nese empire. Mission work Is rapidly
Increasing in Korea. Japan has Dor
rowed most of her civilization from
Christian nations and is seriously dis
cussing the proposition Of adopting
their religion also. The Philippines be-
long to America, and considerable
portion has been Christianized.
Christmas morn in the year Of our
Lord 1905 will therefore have a mean
ing to more nations and more people
than any previous Christmas morn in
the history of mankind. The fact that
this day will be celebrated by such
widely variant types and in such wide
" separated nations gives a powerful
suggestion Of unity in the human race.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
THE FAKIR AT WORK.

its etymology doesn't matter much.
Some Of the fakirs make enough by
their petty trade to graduate into man
ufacturers Of Christmas novelties or
even into a higher line Of business, and
1t Is well known that one Of the
wealthiest men Of New Orleans, who
owns sugar plantations, stores and fac
tories, once peddled shoestrings.
Carrying his capital in his pack. the
wandering salesman is independent to
. degree rarely equaled except by the
Ale rich aud Weary Willie. In the
olden days, before the invention Of
the newspaper and the telegraph, me-
diaeval merchants, travelling from pal
ace to palace and from town to town,
shared with the troubadours the pro-
fession of disseminating the news.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
David's Well,

Within two miles of Bethlehem IL q
well which is said to have been the
one from which the mighty men Of bat
tie in Israel. after breaking through
the Philistine host. brought water to
David, In response to his exclamation,
"Oh, that one would give me to drink
Of the water from the well which Is by
the gate!" David refused to taste the
water for which his brave men had
risked their lives and poured it out as
an offering to God. Some picturesque
ruins are said to be those of the home
Of David's youth
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
Some Christ mas History.

In 1905 the terms of peace between
France and Austria were argued and
agreed to on Christmas. In these Aus
tria was forced to make several large
gifts of territory to France. and Italy
to acknowledge Napoleon as king of
Italy.
The United States forces began their
withdrawal from Charleston. $. c., to
Fort Sumter on Christmas, 1850.
Under duress from the powers, Tur-
key, on Christmas. 1876, gave out a
new constitution for the whole Otto
man empire, which granted Christians
equal rights with Mohammedans-a de-
cree, by the way, which the sultan be-
gan cheerfully to disobey as soon as
the duress was removed.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
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christmas
Triu1nnph
By GEORGE LAY LAW
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By GEORGE LAY LAW

FTER little over 1900 years
from the birth of it's founder
Christmas has become the
most generally observed re-
ugious holiday on earth. There is
scarcely land beneath the sun that
does not witness some celebration of
the day set apart to commemorate the
birth Of the Carpenter of Nazareth
While in many Asiatic countries few
participate in these celebrations, there
are yet enough so that all peoples are
learning the significance of the eere-
mony. Then, too, the number of actual
participants is increasing year by year,
so that it takes no very great stretch
Of the imagination to picture a time
when Christmas observances will be
practically universal
The charge Of the Master to carry his
gospel to all the world has been re-
ligiously obeyed, and the prophecy Of
the thousand years Of peace which were
to follow close on that contamination
should be on it's way. OF the six CONT
nents Christianity entirely dominates
four and is rapidly winning it's way in
the other two. Both North and South
America are Christian in every part
The same is true of Australia and the
surrounding islands constituting Aus
tralasia. All Europe follows the same
faith, with the single exception Of the
southeastern corner belonging to Tur-
key, and even considerable part OF
the Turkish empire, including Armenia,
Bulgaria and others of the Balkan
states, embraces Christianity, while
Christian missions exist in Turkey
In Africa, where the British govern
Egypt and all South Africa, while
France has virtual control of Morocco
and other European powers have colo
MES throughout the continent, the faith
Of the Nazarene has larger following
than any other religion.
Asia, teeming with it's vast Chinese
and Hindoo hordes, is practically the
only continent in which Christianity is
not the dominant faith, and even here
it has incalculable political and strate-
gic advantages that are rapidly work
ing transformation. Siberia, occupy
ing nearly half Of the entire continent,
is ruled by Christian power. India,
on the south, is under the control Of
England, and the missionaries are
gradually winning their way. Tibet.
the stronghold of Buddhism, is under
Russian influence and is being invaded
by England from India. Palestine,
Syria and Persia contain important
Christian missions, though as nations
they are still under Moslem control.
The Boxer uprising was practically the
last gasp of the virulent opposition to
the advance Of Christianity in China.
The lesson received from Europe at
that time, the important concessions
granted in the chief ports to the great
Christian powers, the invasion of Man
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22

pecially as the waiter set the dish SO
the words should read. The little CLAIMS
went where all good clans should 60,
and two hearts began to soften insen-
sibly. Two squads, nesting side by
side on toast, were accompanied by
two cards bearing the legend:
peace ON EARTH"
The salad was delicious, the entrees
q dream, and with each course came
two cards with some sentiment calcu-
lated to remind the recipients Of the
day. Honeyboy pushed his cards in
gloriously away, but honeybun gath
cred hers in q neat heap. The last
course was ice cream-very pink-and
nodded into the shape Of large heart
with white ribbon tied in true low
er's knot around it, but the heart was
broken through the middle and press-
ed apart deity. A single card read:
"CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
PEACE AND GOOD WILL.
GET TOGETHER"
Even Clinton now saw, but he
thought this was all the clever work of
honeybun. He looked at her. She was
all rosy and sweet, no longer pale and
hungry. Maybe, too, the good dinner
had something to do with it. but he
beamed love on honeybun, and reach
ing over took her little left hand and
kissed the wedding ring. Neither ever
knew that the fat head waiter nearly
danced in his retreat as he saw the
broken heart drawn together and eaten
from the same dish by both. He sighed
as he whispered, II have reunited
them, but this house has lost two GUS
toners"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
PEACE ON EARTH.

PEACE ON EARTH
cCRHNDS Ct steel and cable bind
y Closer all Of humankind.
Hni the workers. Of tie world
bave common nag unfurej.
Chougbt and traffic Danish strife;
Love becomes the Law Of life
NTNGCG6N hundred years ago
~ Came a message sweet and low,
lind that song by angels sung
Cbrough the centuries has rung.
barkl 1t rises once again,
peace on earth, good will to men,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22

LINTON, honeyboy. isn't it
charming and awfully, de-
~ lightfully wicked to go OF on
this spree all by ourselves?'
"Absurdly So" replied the still infat-
oated young husband, squeezing the
plump arm tucked so confidingly under
It's.
And Aunt Mary thinks we are in
Connecticut. while Uncle James be-
ueves us to be in Canada and our
mothers and fathers are sure we are
In Florida. 1t is just too lovely for
anything, isn't it?''
And so we escape the deadly bother
Of Christmas tree and the intermina-
BILE dinner party and all the sticky
children. And we will have our Christ
mas eve dinner all by our lonesome in
the SWEETEST place In town. And here
we are, honeybun."
The happy couple stepped into the
vestibule. shaking the flakes from their
coats ana stamping the snow from
their feet The light fingered lovingly
on the pretty young face With it's blue
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
GIFTS FOR A SOUL FORLORN.

GIFTS FOR SOUL FORLORN.
N0GS, Christmas is here
Y With its chill an cheer,
Hn' I know one seul ferIorn
He will dine today
In diff rent way
Chan che h95ered on this morn.
II I had not cent that BASKET down
Go that wilder, would choke
H-eattn' my dinner, but nov, ye 80,
I'm happy, II I am brete!
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22

TN this later. brighter day
l. Hre NC nearer peace than tbey1
Still our So; With blood is wet.
Oar is round about Us yet.
WiIl the carnage ever eeasc'
Still NC bear the song Ct peace.
TC will come. 'Cis net dream.
i, Chrou5h the darkness srines a CLEAN
Cts glimpse, prophecy
Or the years that are t. be,
OF j new time come to birth.
Or the dawn Of peace on earth"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22

HAPPY AN BROKE!'
Hb, Christmas is here,
II Hn' it's worth year
O. Gavin, i an slavtn' too,
for to get the feel
O. the Christmas zeal
q ceursin' yer o. heart through.
Hn' glimpse . the happiness I view,
rs I've assisted to bring,
Is recompense for all I have spent,
Hn' a let to boot, jing!
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
The Spiusi& of
G@r6sGm@sGi@@
BY ARTHUR I. BURDlCK

COPYRIGHT 1905. bp Arthur J. Bssrdtck
"GLL, Christmas 10 here
W Wttb tts chilli an cheer,
Hn' I am bappy-An' beehei
Ny surplus has flown
Go the "Great unknown;''
I've not the price Of . smohe.
But Ieok At TIE emile on my Jehnny's faee,
Hn' listen to MelIy'e laugh!
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22

- " O~sse
In my little ones
behalf.
@GS, Christ.
Y mas te here,
I'm it's mighty
clear
Chat I am cleaned
out o peIf;
But should I make
moan
Ger cash as has
Ncwn
I " outd be
as BAN d OF
myself!
FOR Nancy is wear
in a happy
emile
With the dress I
bought for
her
Cbat's worth about
tive ty- five
times the price
I am ready to
aver.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22
Peace ON nGur0h,
Good will TO Mem
By J. A. EDGERTON

Copyright 1905. bB J. Il Edgerton
A1INGCGGN hundred years ago
CAME message eweet and levy
Ger an tnfAnt's humble birth
ftll a new strain to the earth.
NngeIs Gang the chorus then,
"peace en- earth good will to men,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-22

INCG that
y dim and die
tant time
Oar has been in
every cline,
Garth has been
submerged In
blood
81 4 common bro
therbood
Vet amid tire bat
tic cries
OFT that eet
8 eng would
ari6e.
" He X and
~ forth the
dardS
reeled
On the grim and
tented field,
While afar that
baliewed air
Rose to heaven
like a prayer,
Where the fe y
were chanting
stiIl,
Peace on Garth,
t. men 9ood
will.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
nr. ". +. BuRGEIT, DIV. S,

United States Army Veterinarian, for O
period of one year. now located at
Benham's Livery Stable, Columbus, Kas,
Treat all diseases of the domestic ami
mails. including horses. cattle. swine, ca.
mines and poultry. by the most improved
and scientific methods known to veteri-
mary science.
FistuIa, Poll Evil and Lump Jaw
successfully treated. Removing Tumors.
Warts. Cancers. Castrating Spaying and
Dentistry a specially. If you have an an
;mal that is not thriving. come and consul!
me. A consultation with me may mean
many dollars to you. Consultation and
examination free. Calls attended prompts
~ day or night Phone a. Columbus,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18

fore the surface. This may seem a
little thing, but it amounts to a
good deal in the course of a years
dragging. Ifyou wait too long you
cannot do 30 much as II you had
dragged just at the right time
when the road was soft in the mid
die.
Nor is an iron. faced instrument
absolutely necessary. began with
drag work in February, March or
April, made of an old post and a
frost-bitten pump stock held to-
gether by two or three short pieces
of board nailed on top. 1t pulled
to pieces at the beginning OF the
second year, and at first l simply
drove a team straddle of one wheel
track coming and ofthe other wheel
track coming back, merely break
ing the rim or earth that rises on
each eide of the wheel track and
leaving the road in good condition
for teamsters to "straddle the rut."
After smashing both ruts / remem-
Der used to look down the road
approvingly, pat my self on the back
and think 1 had the incest road in
the country; and while / did at that
time, yet it would look very rough
to me at present.
Perhaps the best feature of the
plan is that the farmer is tempted
TO make drag and use it free OF
charge on the road on his farm.
The use of this tool, which costs
about $3.50, keeps all the weeds
down at the edge of the highway,
maintains a perfectly true and even
surface on the road, which permits
the shedding of the water, and by
contin uing use so puddles and i'm
pacts the roadbed that il becomes
like iron and almost inpervious to
the action of the water. 1t can be
handled by any good farm team
and boy can operateit.
Credit for the inception of this re-
form method is due TO the State
Board of Agriculture of Missouri,
who have backed Mr.. King In his
efforts to introduce his discovery.
and in no small measure to the off,
cials of the Northwestern road. who
are rendering such useful aud
gratuitous service to the farmers of
Iowa.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
chamberlaln's Cough Remedy the
Best and Most Popular.

Mothers buy it for croupy chill
dren, railroad men buy it for severe
coughs and elderly people buy it
fo- la grippe" say Moore Broe,, e.
don, Iowa. 1--WE sell more of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy than any
other kind. 1t SCENE to have taken
the lead over several other good
brands" There is no question but
this medicine lie the best that can
procured for coughs and colds.
whether IL be child or an adult
that is afflicted. 1t always cures
and cures quickly. Sold by A. R.
Kane, druggist.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
GOOD ROADS PROBLEM SOLVED

Last Monday was a red-letter day
for the state of Iowa-the day when
"good roads" campaign was in.
augurated, 80 extremely simple in
operation and trifling in cost that
nobody ever got onto it before. No
complicated organization required,
no bonded debt and burdensome
rate of taxation, no high salaried
civil engineers, only just come
horse sense and gumption applied
on an old log, a bit of iron, saw
and an augur, and good roads, good
enough for a trotting course, are
secured at an annual expense OF
$40 per mile. At Onawa the North
western good roads train started its
campaign on Monday last. The &C.
casion was made festival day by
the people of that place. All visit
ing farmers, and they numbered
over 800, were given two good meals
by the enterprising business men
of the city. The sum of $50 was
subscribed by them in thirty min
utes to be offered as prizes for the
best kept mile and half.mile of road
during the season of 1905 by the use
of the King road drag, while agree.
ments we're secured whereby the
city of Onawa cares for one mile of
road leading out of the town in four
different directions and the farmers
care for an additional seven miles
on each route. The cause of all this
enthusiasm and unusual public
centers around the remarkable aud
extraordinary results obtained by
the use of a drag, a most simple
and inexpensive contrivance in
vented by d. Ward King of Matt
land, Mo-, and which now being in
troduced into Iowa bids fair to
revolutionize the whole system of
road work and give to Iowa people
rood roads everywhere at a most
trifling cost. We believe that no
matter of greater importance can
be presented to the people of Iowa
at this this time, and so We give a
full description of the drag and
method of using:
ABcoF ROAD DRAGGING
The most difficult part of road
dragging lie getting at it. All the
rest is so simpl that one learns 1t
in the doing. The fret noticeable
effect is the smoothing of the road
surface, and this in time allows the
rain and snow water to flow of, and
encourages the distribution of
travel over the road from side to
side.
Teams usually follow the beaten
trail. Dragging destroys the old
trail. and the new trail, each time
broader and less definite than be-
fore, is made on q different portion
of the highway. BY dragging
while the earth 10 yet moist the
road finally becomes series of
practically waterproof layers of
puddled earth, each one of which
lie rolled and pounded by the wheels
and hoofs of travel. Almost imper-
ceptibiy the center of the road lie
elevated 10 a smooth grade that is
not easily affected by bad weather.
Dragging kills the weeds IN the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
GRAFT,
First published In the Baxter Springs
NEWS May 4, 19OS.l
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
administrator.

State of Kansas, Cherokee county, IS:
In the matter Of the estate of Alfredo
Haruer late CT Cherokee county, Kansas.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
Notice Is hereby given. that on the 18th
day of April, A. d. 1905. the under.
signed was, by the probate court of Cher
olee county, Kansas, duly appointed and
qualified as administrators of the estate OF
Alfredo Harper late OF Cherokee county
deceased. All parties interested In said
estate will take notice and govern them
selves accordingly CHAS. L. SMITH,
Administrator of the estate of Alfredo
Harper, deceased.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
tho only f,leh grace Baking Powder
made at moderate price.
Baking
Powder

First published in the Baxter Springs
News May IS, Ioo5.)
Notice by Administrator.
State of Kansas. Cherokee county. IS.
In the probate court in and for said
county and state.
In the matter of the estate of Abner
Moore. deceased:
Notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned that the undersigned has been
duly appointed and qualified, as admins.
traitor of the estate of Abner Moore de-
ceased.
All persons having claims against said
estate will present them for allowance.
and all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to pay the same to the under
signed. WIN. H. BRADSHAW.
Administrator Of estate of Abner Moore.
deceased.
May IS. 1905.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
May IS. 1905.

a plank laid on the cross-bars, for
ordinary work. Stand at E for ditch
cleaning or to make the draw throw
more dirt to the left. To move dirt
reverse position of driver and last
hitch. If working clay road, put
iron, old wagon tire, or something
of the sort. on lower edge of drag
at end of six monthe; for softer soil
at the end of twelve months.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
Going to Denver?

low rate for for the international Epworth League
convention in July. Through chair cars and
Pullman sleepers, fast time, block signal system
Harvey meals
The only line to Denver passing en- route through
Pueblo and Colorado Springs
Low rates for trips to interior Colorado points
after the convention; also to Grand Canyon of
Colorado.
Write for descriptive literature and other infor-
nation.
Won't you go Santa Fe way? If you want real
pleasure trip, you WILL
Address, w. J. JANNEY, Passenger Agent,
Kansas City, Mo-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18

BOURBON is black with white points;
I6 hands high; fine form, head and ear; z
years old and has good disposition; bred
In Kentucky from imported stock. See
pedigree at barn.
Also two of Bourbon's 3-year-old colts
will stand at the same place and under
same conditions. They are one black and
one brown; IS hands high, and the best
pair Of colts in the state.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
DIAGRAM OF d. WARD KINGS
sPLIT-LoG DRAG

IA, split log, 4 to 0 feet long, 10 to
~ inches thick, Get on edge, 81
inches apart, both fat sides to the
front, BIB, strong oak or hedge
the ends of which are wedged in
two-inch auger holes bored through
the logs or slabes. Stand at c, on
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
KENTUCKY BOURBON,

The largest. the best and surest jack with
in so miles Of Baxter Springs, Kas., will
make the present season at my stables one
block west of Springs Park, at $Io to in
sure living colt, to live 80 days. Money
due when colt is one month old, If paid
before foaling S.. or when service is rem
dered S.. Not responsible for accidents.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
PASTURE FOR STOCK.

I have 14O acres of tame grass pas
ture adjoining the corporation OF
Baxter Springs. Price 81 a head per
month, 5 cents a day for less than q
month. Register stock with me al
cooper's residence or dry goods
store. JOHN /. COOPER
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18

wANrED-iOO pigeons. Price must
be reasonable. Call at this Office