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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-11

Little Josephine Clinkinbeard
is i'll.
Don't forget to remember the
ball game next Sunday.
Jim Chew is back at work after
being laid up with spell of sick
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. J. Morrow
spent few days at the country
club this week.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. A. Johnson, living just north
east Of this city, is quite il.
Mr.. Deane Chamberlain Of Col
orado Springs is visiting Miss
Fern Schnebley of this city.
Howard Sandford has returned
to Joplin after a few days stay
at Sargeant's cottage in Blacks
grove.
Mrs. F, J. Clinkinbeard and
little daughter have returned
from a visit with the formers
parents at Windsor, Mo.
Did you ever notice that the fell
low who knocks on you the hard
est is usually one of the fellows
who is indebted to you?
Tom Edwards of Ogden, Utah,
is here to visit his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. E. Edwards. Tom
is railroading, and is steadily
working his way upward.
The strawberry crop is thing
of the past, but the raspberry and
and blackberry crops are now be-
ing picked. Blackberries bid fair
to make an enormous yield.
/ Cooper & Co. have ordered some
nice new canvas awnings for the
front of their dry goods store.
One will also be put up in front
of the grocery department.
The Miami ball team went up
to Mineral last Sunday to play
ball, but we understand that only
the Mineral team played. AT any
rate Miami was badly beaten.
A letter from Governor Craw-
ford, who has been spending quite
time in Washington, saws:
Change my paper to Baxter
Springs; l am coming home" He
| is expected here in few days.
While the wet weather has kept
the farmer from planting as much
corn as he intended to plant, yet
he may raise just as much corn,
for forty acres of corn well tend
ed is sometimes as good as eighty
acres half tended. The corn crop
will pull through, all right.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Sergeant
and sons, Paul and nellie, Eurd
Craycroft and Miss Nita Fisher
of Joplin are spending few days
at Sargeant's camp cottage in
Blacks grove. Mr.. Sergeant has
Just returned from Memphis.
where he attended a big gun club
hunt.
Wheat harvest is on in full
blast. It is estimated that Is, ,00O
lextra harvest hands are going to
he needed in Kansas to take care
of the crop. 1t is believed the
Kansas wheat crop will be a rec
ord breaker, and reach the huge
sum of one hundred million bush
els.
It amuses us somewhat to no
tice a couple of those Miami news
paper men throw rocks at Baxtel
lSprings, when they owe one o.
the uewsnaper Offices of Baxtel
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-11

The strawberry crop is a thing
of the past, but the raspberry and
and blackberry crops are now be-
ing picked. Blackberries bid fair
to make an enormous yield.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-11

Little Josephine Clinkinbeard
e, III
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-11

Tom Edwards of Ogden, Utah,
is here to visit his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Z. E. Edwards. Tom
is railroading, and is steadily
working his way upward.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-11

Mr.. and Mrs. T.. ]. Morrow
spent a few days at the country
club this week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-11
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-11

Did you ever notice that the fel-
low who knocks on you the hard
est is usually one of the fellows
who is indebted to you?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-11

The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. A. Johnson, living just north
east of this city, is quite il.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-11

Mrs. F. J. Clinkinbeard and
little daughter have returned
from a visit with the formers
parents at Windsor, Mo.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-11

Mr.. Deane Chamberlain of Col
orado Springs is visiting Miss
Fern Schnebley of this city.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01
"GLAD TO KNOW YOU''--- BIRDS

The brown thrasher is apt to be
timid, save when the love of its Off.
spring conquers it's fear and makes It
willing to dare any danger that threat.
ems. Prof, Dearborn of the Field Co.
luubian museum Gagged a iledgelirg
brown thrasher in order to save Il
from marauding cats. The cage was
hung where the mother thrasher could
see its baby behind the prison bars.
The old bird flew instantly to the little
one with food, and fed it daily be-
tween the cage wires until its charge
was strong enough to fly and to sing
defiance to Tom and Tabby. II is
perhaps needless to say that the young
one was released to join it's parents
the instant that its wing power was
developed.
In recent years the barn swallow
tchelidon erythrogaster), one of the
commonest birds of the country dis
tricts, has been invading the cities
The invading host Is not large, but
there Is probably no great town in tho
northern United States which docs
not have hawking" about its streets
few pairs of these birds, which for
merly were seldom absent from the
farm. AS Bradford Torrey, the New
England nature writer, puts it, many
a business man has stopped suddenly in
the crowded streets at the sight of n
scurrying bird. which he recognized
as a friend of his youthful days before
he had left the countryside to turn his
steps cityward.
II was a barn swallow which made
a bird lover of at least one present
day tramper of the fields. Let him be
nameless, but he was led into the
ways of considering the birds by a
barn swallow which as an unthinking
boy he had shot at and wounded. The
tip of the birds wing was struck The
swallow was not injured severely
enough to cripple It, but the feather at
the wings tip turned and dropped,
leaving the bird so marked that its
identity would be unmistakable until
the feather was shed with the next
molting.
The swallow felt the sting OF the
shot and instantly turned and circled
about the head of the boy, who fondly
thought he was a sportsman. The bird
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01
HAS A FINE RECORD
ACTING REAR ADMIRAL VAIN.
WRIGHT A FIGHTER.
Commander Of Second Division Of Pa.
cifc Fleet Comes Of Good Stock
Played Important Part in War
with Spain.

Washington.-The second division
of the first squadron of the Pacific
fleet now on its journey around the
world Is commanded by Acting Rear
Admiral Richard Wainwright, and con
sists of the flagship Georgia and her
sister ships, the Nebraska, New Jer.
sey and Rhode Island.
With the exception of Admirals
Dewey and Evans, no officer in the
navy is better known than Vain.
wright, and there are few who have so
fine record of real achievements to
point to. Wainwright. who Is the son
of the captain of the Hartford-Farra.
CUTS iiagship-was executive officer of
the Maine when she was blown up in
Havana harbor Ii was Wainwright,
also, TO whom Cervera surrendered at
Santiago. He was the commanding Of
ilcer of the converted yacht Gloucester.
which did such execution in the battle
of Santiago.
Wainwright comes of good naval
stock. His father, Commander Richard
Wainwright, who was commanding Of
iicer of the Hartford. died on board
the vessel in the battle of New Or.
leans. His son was at that time n lad
of -. Just before the close Of the
war young Wainwright got an appoint
ment to the Naval academy, and four
years later, in 1868 was graduated.
lie was promoted in regular order, but
it was not until February, 1898, that
the public generally woke up to the
fact that there was another Vain.
wright in the navy. That was when
the Maine was blown up.
A few months later, when it was
seen that war was inevitable, Vain.
wrighs lost no time in letting 1t be
known that he wanted no shore duty.
He was then lieutenant commander
and, of course, could not aspire to tht
command of a battleship or cruiser, SO
when offered the command of the Glou.
cester. formerly J. p. Morgans yacht
the Corsair. he accepted it gladly. II
is said that when the navy depart
nent designated Wainwright to com
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01

air." as st. Francis called them. who
are willing to become brotherly indeed
il they be met in the spirit of kin
ship.
Some years ago there was n dispute
between one veteran American orni.
biologist on the one side and two
younger but equally well-known orni-
biologists on the other as to the cause
of the birds fear of man. One said
the fear is instructive and consequent
ly always existed. The other said
it is the result partly of the teaching
of the young by the parent birds. and
partly of inherited timidity-inherited
only through those generations of the
feathered race which have been in
contact with man and have learned
that he is to be dreaded.
There is no intention here of taking
part in the discussion, but 1t may be
said that pioneers entering a country
where no man before has set foot have
found that some of the birds paid no
more attention TO the human intruders
than they did to the deer of the forest.
Let bird. no matter how wild its ma
ture, learn by actual experience that you
mean 1t no harm and you may get
upon as friendly footing with it as
you are with the family cat.
There is no one, be he urbanite or
suburbanite. who cannot have his bird
friends about him IL he so will. A man
living on one Of the crowded business
thoroughfares Of n great city, with
gathering cars passing his door every
two minutes of the day, has a colony
OF purple martins dwelling in little
box houses upon the roof of his build.
ing. Six years they have lived there,
never failing to return at the waning
of winter.
The purple martin (Progne subls)
loves the companionship of man. II
has a musical, twittering note that is
one of the softest sounds in nature. 1t
is one of the dreaded foes of the insect
hordes and II repays man for a little
proftered kindness by doing its best
to make mosquito bars and ly-traps
useless luxury. The purple martin in
its movements from place to place is
much of a mystery. 1t will be abun-
dant in one section of the country for
years and then will disappear as com.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01

it hns left some of the villages to
has appeared in other places where
before it was practically unknown. In
the great city of Chicago there are
more purple martins than were ever
known to have dwelt under the pail of
the towns smoke. Put a common
box, divided into compartments with
circular entrances thereto, upon the
roof tree and the chances are that this
bird in its raiment Of royal purple
will honor you with its presence
through the summer.
The house wren is ubiquitous. Give
IL tin can or n box in the rear yard
of your city residence or the same
lodging accommodations on the lawn
of your country home and the wren
will come. will look over the premises,
and If 1t finds those things which to a
wren amount TO modern conveniences
ii will lease the apartment for the
season
The house wren is a singer, how
ever, and to those who object to hav.
ing their morning maps disturbed the
wren becomes something of a nuis-
anCe.
If you wish the wren's company
nail its little house to the side of a
building or place IT upon pole in the
yard. Make the circular entrance eX-
actly the size of a silver quarter and
cut it midway between the top and bot
tom of the box. The English sparrow
is the wrens arch enemy, but the lit
tie fellow can take care of itself if the
sparrow be unable to get into the
home and destroy the eggs. Luckily
the wren can slip into a hole which is
barely large enough for the entrance
of the sparrow's head.
Should a house wren condescend to
bear you company for the summer its
music is not the only amusement that
it will offer. There is fund of fun
to be had in watching Mr.. Wren build
mock nests after his mate is snug on
her eggs in the first completed home
With tireless industry, stopping only
to sing between straws. the male bird
will carry building material into every
crook and Granny in the vicinity of his
real nest. At this writing one wren
husband is spending his time while
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01

his wife cares for the eggs in build.
ing make-believe nest in fold of an
awning. He gets 20 or 80 straws in
position and then the wind destroys
the result of his work, but at it he
goes again and cares not a whit that
apparently his labor is to be as unend.
ing as the stone rolling of Sislphus.
In the marsh wren (Cistothorus
palustris) this home-building mania is
carried to an extreme, and both the
male and the female birds are affected
by it. They will construct four or five
perfect nests before they make up
their minds in which one to rear their
young. The marsh wrens build in col.
onies, and il is not unusual to find 80
completed nests in swamp where
only a round dozen pairs of the birds
have an abiding place. Scientists have
tried for years to solve the problem,
the answer to which will be the rea.
son for this superfuity of wren homes,
and science is still confronted by
question mark.
The brown thrasher is not a bird of
the cities, but it will visit the gardens
OF the suburbs and there make its
home If man has been sparing in the
use of the pruning knife and has left
a thicket retreat in some secluded cor.
ner. The song of the brown thrasher
is inferior in its varied sweetness only
TO the song of the mockng bird. and
there are persons who find little to
choose between the performances of
these rival songsters. The notes of
the thrasher are clear and ringing, and
can be heard upon a calm morning
for the distance of third of a mile.
The thrasher takes to tree top and
here, lifting his head heavenward, he
sings uninterruptedly. seeming to lose
himself in the very passion CT his
music.
One morning in late April heard a
thrasher singing from the top of an
Usage orange tree. lay down on the
grass within the shadow of his tree
perch, and listened to his song. The
bird looked down upon me and sang
and sang again. Almost uninterrupted
ly for ten minutes he continued his
exquisite solo. aattered myself that
the bird was singing to me, but after a
little there was a movement in the
heart of the tree just below the soloist.
| looked and there sat Nine. Thrasher
drinking In the love notes of her lord.
and certainly no lovers plea ever fell
more musically and more acceptably
upon lady's ear.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01
RIM AD/1IHAL NI4LlVhAnIGH,

mand the Gloucester somebody in the
department suggested that the gun.
boat be armored.
Don't worry about the armor: give
me good men and good guns" Vain
wright Is said to have replied The
guns were soon installed, and the
morning of the battle of Santiago the
little Gloucester was waiting to par
ticipate in the glory enough for all"
fight. When the Spanish ships on
that July morning came racing out of
Santiago, in their last desperate effort
to escape destruction, the Gloucester
was there. Then out came the Span.
sh destroyers. Pluton and Furor, and,
like a hound on the right scent, Vain.
wright's ship was after them.
Later, Commander Wainwright re.
,eived the surrender of Cervera, and
his treatment Of the vanquished Span
sh Admiral was so E,r 5rous and tact
.u that TO this day Cervera numbers
Wainwright among his good friends.
Ieryera said Wainwright's handling
Of the Gloucester was one of the
pluckiest sights he had ever witnessed
After the war ii was necessary to
rppoint a new superintendent of the
Naval academy, and the position fell
to Wainwright. His friends in the
District of Columbia did not forget
what Wainwright had done at Santi-
ago. In the presence of President Nc.
Kinley and his cabinet they presented
20 him handsome sword and silver
service, the secretary of the navy
making the presentation.
There is a roll of honor, Com.
.nander Wainwright" the secretary
sand. which is known as that of the
bravest OF the brave. On that i'm
perishable roll your name has been
written by your countrymen. In token
If your title l present TO you, to have
and to hold and hand down to your
boy, this sword, the loving gift of your
many friends"
Not so long ago there was an order
ssued that removed from the decks of
he battlesh!ps of the American navy
bout 80 per cent. of their lifeboats,
lrought about by a suggestion credited
Wainwright. Once upon a time
Wainwright is said to have remarked
hat in case OF trouble he would throw
II of his lifesaving apparatus over.
oard, for, as he put 1t, II is foolish to
ny to make fighting safe business.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01
WAS GRlST TO HIS MILL.
Proof That It's an III Wind That
Blows Nobody Good

a prominent Chicago lawyer tells of
an amusing incident which he wit
messed subsequent to a certain breach
of promise suit in which he had acted
as the defendants attorney. The two
were standing talking when they were
Joined by a third man, friend of the
client and an acquaintance of the law
yer. The third man had been out of
town for some little time.
Hello, old man, what are you look
ing so blue about?" the newcomer de-
manded, as they shook hands.
"Oh, I've had a little hard luck
I've got to pay Miss Blank $4,000 on
account of a breach sf promise judg.
ment," was the disconsolate reply.
Say, I'm glad to hear that, old fel.
low!" the friend exclaimIi fervently,
selling the detected ones hand and
shaking it vigorously.
"'Glad TO hear it, I've got to pay
that money, | tell you! What do you
mean?' the other demanded in aston
ishment
Just that, my boy. 1t will be just
about enough for us to set up house
keeping on-Miss Blank and are to
be married next month. you know"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01
APRICOT soUFFLE is GOOD.
Easily Put Together After the Puree
Has Been Prepared.

Half pint of apricot puree. half a
cupful of cream. three whites of eggs,
Ia tablespoonfuls syrup from the ap.
ricots, two heaping tablespoonfuls of
sugar, n squeeze Of lemon juice, three
drops of red coloring. Prepare the
puree by rubbing either canned. or
bottled apricots through a fine sieve.
Use a little Of the syrup along with
the apricots and do not make the
puree too thick. Dissolve the gelatine
in two tablespoonfuls of the syrup and
strain 1t into the puree. Add the su-
gar lemon Juice and coloring. Beat
the white of the eggs to a stiff froth
and whip the cream. Stir these light
ly into the apricot mixture, and when
beginning to set, pour all into wetter
mold and keep In a cool place until
firm. When wanted, turn out on a
glass or china dish. This pudding may
be made more ornamental by decorat-
ing the top of the mold with a little
sweet jelly and a few pieces OF april
cot before pouring In the mixture. Or
the apricot mixture may be set in a
ring mold and whipped cream piled
in the center when 1t is turned out.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01

As feet or more. heretofore has never
been utilized for any purpose, except
that the fruit is sometimes eaten by
the Indians.
In Mexico the maguey plant is
largely used in the manufacture of
pulque, mescal, tequila and aqua miel.
and the fiber for rope and mating.
From the pulp of the leaves paper is
made.
Tuna. the fruit of the opuntia, is rel
ished by many.
The ocotillo has served usefully in
the construction of houses, or shacks,
and fences for the Mexicans and In.
dians.
From the niggerhead cactus-echino'
cactus wisllzenii-cactus candy is
made by softening the fiber by boiling
and filling the pores with sugar.
Other species of cacti have limited
uses.
In Tucson one day. while handling
piece of the echinocactus wislizenii
the writer noticed, after the moisture
was pressed from the fiber, the great
strength and pliability 1t possessed
When dry, however, It became brittle
and chalklike. Experiments. in an eff
fort to obtain strength and pliability
in the fiber when dry, led to success
after about year of careful work.
1t was discovered that the giant sa-
guaro was particularly adapted TO the
manufacture of cactus leather prod.
ucts.
The heart of the saguaro Is peculiar.
ly formed, being series of rods or
poles set in a circle, extending from
top TO bottom Of the cactus. and into
the earth in the form OF roots. This
heart of the cactus also proved of
great value in the manufacture of
many fancy articles, such as baskets,
caneholders. boxes, picture frames,
veneers and for numerous other pur
poses too varied TO mention.
When used in this way sufficient of
the fiber is left adhering to the rods
to bind them together in the form de.
sired. After tanning and drying this
fiber makes a tough. leathery joint,
which binds the sticks together in the
most secure manner.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01
USE ALCOHOL WITH POLISH.
Housewife Discovers That II Aids in
Cleaning Silver.

ut may not be manners to discuss
your hostess" said one of the guests
after an elaborate luncheon, "but did
you ever see such silver? Mine was
actually greasy! Such carelessness is
disgraceful."
Silver is hard to keep bright"
murmured the woman who hated un
kind criticism.
Nonsense. It isn't, and If It were.
that is no excuse. Think how Caro-
lyn's silver shone at her dinner, and
she only keeps one maid. / asked
her how she did it, and she said 1t
was by mixing her silver polish with
alcohol instead Of water. You rub it
up in the usual way, but the mixture
gives much more brilliant look.
when she takes 1t out of the bags.
even after weeks slowed away, all she
need do is tc give must of the pieces
rub or two with a piece of roughee
chamois.
She rinses the parts of the fiat sill.
YER that go In the mouth with boiling
water after using the chamois, as
sometimes II gives queer taste.
That silver last night could never
he cleaned once a week. even much
less given a special holiday shine. II
the butler was too lazy to see that the
silver was polished, at least he should
have given 1t a boil In hot washing
soda and water to cut the grease and
make II look clean"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-10-01
Orthodox Economy,

We have been brought up to bow
before the fetch of competition. In
our economic ritual we are aceus.
toned to such antiphonal responses
as competition Is the life of trade" Z"
business Is business" "let him get
who can and keep who Is able" That
expresses the economic faith of most
of us or the service we render in lieu
Of faith. There Is another economic
shibboleth. the Anglo.SaXOn idea of
liberty. II has run riot with us. 1t
means the right. seemingly to do as
one pleases, and most of US live by
this faith We do not, perhaps, rob
great corporations or break into
banks or steal from our nelghbor, but
we fai! to pay our taxes or we beat the
railways or the custom house. what
is the use of paying the full rate when
other people are paying one.half or
one.fifth? There is no justice in a
mans laying on himself these unnec.
essary burdens. But IL the law is un.
just 1t should be modified. To disobey
the law Is to demand personal liberty
against social welfare. Until we can
get our practical ethics attuned to fine
moral determinations We are still
orthodox economists.