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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

Pa has had the hardest time of his
life In Paris. and IL ever pitied
man II was Pa.
You see, that last fly In the airship
pretty near caused him to cash In his
chips, and 60 over the long road to
the hereafter, cause he got blood
poison from the thorns that run into
him where he landed in the top limbs
OF the thornapple tree, and he
sprained his arm and one hind leg
while being taken down with a der
rick, and then before We left the
country town for Paris he drank some
goats milk, which gave him ptomaine
poison In his inside works, and a peas
ant woman who sewed up his pants
where they were torn on the tree
pricked him with q needle, and he
swelled up so he was unable to sit In.
q chr seat, and his face was scratched
by the thorns Of the tree and there
were blotches all over him, so when
we got to Paris the health officers
thought he had smallpox and sent him
to q pest house, and they wouldn't
let him in. but vaccinated me and
turned me loose, and l went to the
hotel and told about where Pa was,
and all about 1t, and they put our
baggage in q sort of oven filed with
sulphur and disinfected 1t, and stole
some Of 1t, and they made me sleep
in a dog kennel, and for weeks had
to keep out of sight, until Pa was
discharged from the hospital, and the
friends of Pa out at the airship club
in the country got Pas airship that
he bought for a government out OF
the tree and took II to the club and
presented bill for 5000, and l only
had 81, so they held II for ransom.
Gee, but l worried about Pa!
Well, one day Pa showed up at the
hotel looking like he had been in a
railroad wreck, and he was so thin his
clothes had to be pinned up with
safety pins, and he had spent all his
money, and was bursted.
The man who hired Pa in Washing
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

held on to their wrists and told them
to keep away, and I thought Pa was
real saucy.
A head waiter whispered to me and
wanted to know what allied the old
sport, and told him Pa was bitten
BIZ q wolf In our circus last year, and
we feared he was going to have n.y.
drophobia, and always when these
spells come on the only thing to do
was to throw him into tank OF water,
and should be obliged to them II they
would take Pa and duck him In the
fountain in the center Of the cafe,
and save his life.
Pa was making up with the girl he
had padded with the silver tray, buy
ing champagne for her and drinking
some Of It himself out Of her slipper,
when the head waiter called half 4
dozen Frenchmen who were doing po-
lice duty, and told them to duck Pa
In the fountain, and they grabbed him
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03
RHEUMATISM PRESCRIPTION

The increased use OF whiskey for
rheumatism is causing considerable
discussion among the medical frater-
nifty. 1t is an almost infallible cure
when mixed with certain other ingre-
dents and taken properly. The fol-
lowing formula is effective: ITO one
half pint Of good whiskey add one
ounce of Toris Compound and one
ounce of Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound.
Take in tablespoonful doses before
each meal and before retiring"
Toris compound is a product OF the
laboratories of the Globe Pharma'
ceutical Co., Chicago, but 1t as well az
the other ingredients can be had from
any good druggist.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03
PREPARES TO
INVADE AFRICA

government agent, and all his papers
authorized him to do was to travel
at his own expense, and to buy all the
airships he wanted to with his own
money. and Pa had fit. All the mon
ey he had spent was a dead loss, and
all he had 10 show for 1t was pune.
tured airship, which he was afraid to
ride in.
Pa swore at the government, at the
consul, and at the man who buncoed
him, and they released him from ar
rest, when he promised that he would
not pose any more as government
agent, and we went back to the hotel.
"Well, this is fine scrape you
have got me In" says Pa, as we went
to our room.
What in thunder did I have to do
about it?" says /; just like that. Il
wasn't with you when you framed up
this job and let man in Washington
skin you out Of your money by giving
you q soft snap snap which has ex'
ploded in your hands. Gee, Pa, what
you need is a maid or valet, or
something that will hold on to your
wad." Pa said he didn't need any
body to act as guardian to him,
cause he had all the money he need
ed in his letter Of credit to the Ameri
can Express Company in Paris, and he
knew how to spend his money freely
but he did hate to be buncoed and
made the laughing stock Of two con
tinents.
So Pa and | went down to the Elk
press office, and Pa gave the man In
charge a paper and the grand mailing
sign OF distress, and he handed out
bags of gold and bales Of bills, and Pa
hid q lot in his leather belt and put
some in his pockets, and said: Come
on, Henry, and we will see this town
and buy 1t II we like It,"
Well, we went out after dark and
took in the concert halls and things
and Pa drank wine and | drank moth
ing but ginger ale, and women who
waited on us patted his old bald head
and tried to feel his pockets, but Pa
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

ton to 60 abroad and buy airships for
the government told Pa to use his
own money for a month or two and
then draw on the secretary OF the
treasury for all he needed, 30 before
Pa went to the hospital he drew on
his government for $4,000, and when
he came back there was a letter for
him from the American consul In
Paris telling him to call at the ONCE.
so Pa went there and they arrested
him on the charge Of skull digging.
They said he had no right to draw
for any money on the government
at Washington. Pa showed his pa
pers with the big seal on, and the
consul laughed in Pas face, and Pa
was hot under the collar and wanted
to fight, but they showed him that
the pagers he had were no good, and
that he had been buncoed by some
fakir in Washington who got $500
from Pa for securing him . Job -
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03
Her Experience.

Lefty was a little colored girl whose
chief occupation was the bringing OF
water from distant spring. This
was very much to her discomfort, Tor
the summons to fill the empty water
bucket called her often from her
play.
One da- her young mistress was
giving her a lesson in Bible history,
the subject being Noah and the Hood.
Lefty" she said, what did Moan
do when he found that the water was
all gomez
Lefty, who had been giving scant at'
tention to the story, replied with .
sigh:
~ spec he sent after mo-"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03
Her QualIhcatlons.

A prominent educator tells OF Q
unique recommendation made by the
board of examination with reference
to certain questions put to a primary
school in an Indiana town.
81 desire to recommend Mary VIII
son also for a reward OF merit" stated
one of the board in note appended
to the report. Being very young.
Mary naturally missed the point OF
all the questions in the examination
papers, but her answers were In every
instance SO ladylike and refined that
think she should be awarded Q
medal."-Harper's Monthly.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

~ local applications. % they cannot reach the az
ased portion OF the ear. There g only one way 70
sire deafness and that h BY constitutional remedeA.
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When TIM
abc 8 inlamed you have rumbling SOUND o. m
,crfect hearing. and when 9 entirely closed Deaf
- Il the result and unless the Inflammation can bo
AIKEN out and this tube restored 20 is normal conol-
Ion. hearing VIII DO destroyed forever; nine cases
,ut Of ten arc caused by Catarrh, which = notnmS
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any ease Q.
Deafness (caused BY catarTh) that cannot be cured
~ Halls Catarrh Cure. Send TOT circuiam neS =
M. Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03
On. Way to Gage the Brute.

81 think that's a charming thing Tor
your wife to do" the visitor remarked.
ITO sit down on the floor and take
your shoes OF for you after dinner
1T is" acknowledged her husband.
but there's method in her Madness
She does It to keep me at home. She
knows that once my shoes are on
and my slippers on I'll be too lazy TO
put the shoes back on and 60 down
TOWN."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03
KANSAS

"Can n fellow marry comfortably on
q salary OF $500 ycar?' asked the
young man. "Sure he can" replied
tho sage of Sageville. that Is, provid'
ing he has saved his last years salary
and can get his employee to pay the
next years In advance."-Chicago
News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03
WILLIS WOOD THEATRE
Kansas City.
Best Of All Light Operas Corning.

Walter Rothwell, the noted German
conductor, who occupied the direct
or's chair with Henry W. Savages
production in English Of Puccini's
operate masterpiece, Madam Butter
fly" recently returned from -urope,
where he has seen Franz Lehar's oper'
eta, 1.-THE Merry Widow" produced In
five different countries in as many diff
ferent languages.
In discussing the sensational vogue
attained by "The Merry Widow" MI.
Rothwell said:
.IIehar and the librettists OF The
Merry Widow deserve the success
they have achieved, for the operetta
is undoubtedly far better than any
thing of its class in years. 1t takes
one back to the best days of Herman
Strauss. It is in q class with The
Bat Prince Methuselcm.' The
Queens Handkerchief and A Night
in Venice. 1t reminds one OF Karl
Millecker's best work and may be
favorably compared with The Beggar
Student Merry War; and Poor iona.
than Indeed, Audran's 'Girofe.giro-
fla is not superior to The Merry
Widow and, personally, / consider 1t
better than anything Gilbert and Sui
Ivan ever did. Of course. I realize
that such a statement may be met by
a storm of disapproval in country
where Gilbert and Sullivan pieces are
idolized-and rightly so-but all will
agree with me after hearing The
Merry Widow"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03
IT DID,.

Mr.. Holesale-So old Pepperpot had
4 kick coming on that last bill OF
goods, Ell? Wouldn't that make you
sore?
Mr.. Litewate 1.-THE salesman)-It did
me. sir. He kicked me out.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

Benevolent Old Gentleman-I am
sorry, Johnny, to see you have a black
eye. Promising Youth-You 60 home
and be sorry for your own little boy
he's got two!-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

Youngly-Did you ever notice that
the matrimonial process Is like that OF
making q call? You go to adore, you
ring belle and you give your name to
q maid.-Cynicus-Yes. and then
you're taken in.-Boston Transcript
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

Stella-Jack stole kiss from me
last night. Mabel-Poor fellow! Stel'
la-Why do you say that? Mabel
Had he been wealthy there would have
been no occasion for him to steal it.
Chicago News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

"Why do you wear that ridiculous
hat?" he growled. "Do you really
think 1t ridiculous?" she replied, gra-
ciously. "How lovely of you! l was
afraid 1t wasn't quite the style!"-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

It isn't fair to talk about man be-
hind his back. 1t Is better to be per-
fectly frank and kick him there.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

The charity that begins at home y
renerally too weak to travel
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNsIcHILf'
Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large OF. package, cents'
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

When men are friends thsTe y -
pesd Of justice.-kristOtle.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
( buy Furs 4 Hides. Write for catalo6 lD
N. w. Hide & Fur Co, Minneapolis, Ainn.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21
Deafness Cannot be Cured.

by locll applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the
ear. There is only one way to cure
deafness, and that is by constitu-
ttonal remedies. Deafness is caused
by an inhamed condition of the
mucous lining OF the Eustaclian
Tube When this. tube. is infameu
you have a run bling sound or ilupee-
feet hearing. and .ileu it is entirely
closed. deafness is the result and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored 10 its
norl1al condition, haa,ing will he
destrpAed forever; nlne cases out OF
ten are caused by catarlh. which is
nothing but an infamed cnnditIon of
the mucou surfaces.
We will give One hundred Dsllars
for any ease If de .fiess (causeu hy
catarrb) that. canuot be cGled by
Halls Cauarrh Cure. Sena Tor cir.
culars free.
f. 4. CHENEY s. CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by dr. lists. 75c. Take
Halls Family fills for constipation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21
ONE WORD IN TIME
Is Better Than Two Afterwards. >.
Chance to Profit by a Mitchell
Mans Experience.

1t is a strange thing how people
will put away an opportunity until
too late; it's only little things that go
to make up our every day existence;
the trouble is we don't pay sufficient
attention to them. Backache Is a lit
tie thing. Sometimes 1t comes after
a hard days work, or a slight cold.
1t will pass off, you say; it's only the
result of overtaxing my back. 1t
isn't the fault of your back, but your
kidneys. The exertion or straining
has interfered with their delicate
mechanism. You call it backache,
but it really is kidney ache. If the
kidneys are not relieved, chronic dis
orders set In, and this is where the
"little thing" should not be passed
over. A Mitchell man has learned
to appreciate what delay means.
Robert B. Mayberry, living on Law
Ter ST., Mitchell, S. D., says: 81 am
confident that Doan's Kidney Pills
have no equal for kidney complaint.
l have suffered for over five years
from this trouble and my condition
became so serious about three years
ago that I was told that I was rum
ming into Bright's disease. The Sc
cretions from my kidneys w%eresvery
scanty and the passages painful and
scalded. My lower limbs became
swollen to twice their size. I was
finally told to Try Doan's Kidney
Pills. I procured a box at Diehl &
Browns Drug Store and they gave
me the greatest relief. / am going
to continue their use and Am conf
dent they will give me a permanent
cure"
For sale by all Dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21
One offbe
Essentials

of the happy homes of to-day is a vast
fund OF information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
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Well-Informed of the World; not Of indi-
viduals only, but of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and. COM
mended by the Well-Informed of the
Worldasa valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
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effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21

21st, followed by cloudiness and rain
in those sections by the 22d; but
these conditions will widen and in
tensify as they pass eastwardly across
the country during the 23d to 26th.
The vernal equinox will add force to
the storms. especially in the southern
parts of the country, through all the
last half of February, and severe to
dangerous equatorial storms will be
quite possible, beginning about the
18th, toward the West Indies and
working up to our South Atlantic and
gulf coast regions about the 22d to
25th. In the event of such storms,
and cold, disagreeable weather over
most parts of the interior. We be-
lieve that such will be the case and
SO warn and counsel the readers of
these forecasts.
A reactionary storm period will be
in progress as we pass from Febru-
airy into March, the eliminating
stages of which will fall on March
list and I'd.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21
DIDN'T GET HIS DIVORCE
Julian Tiffany Was Denied Decree G
Divorce From His Wife on
the Grounds Asked.

q Spokane, Wash, dispatch APP
peared in the dispatches of The
Republican Thursday telling Of the
martial troubles Of Mr.. aud Mrs.
Julian Tiffany formerly of this city,
in which Mr.. Tiffany made appli-
cation for a divorce from his bride
of but a few years. Mr.. Tiffany is
referred as 10 living in Clinton.
lowe, hut his hone for a number Of
years has heen in Mitchell. lie met
his wife at auerdeen in the summer
of 1904 and we're iualrled late in the
fall of that year, and returned to
Mitchell, whese they remained until
they went out to spokane, Wash.
At that place Mr.. Tiffany has a
responsible position with one Of the
biz banking institutions in that
city. Reports have reached Mitch
ell that all was not harmony between
Mr.. and Mrs. Tiffany. although i,
was denied by their friends, hut the
recent divorce ease indicates that
the report was not ove.drawn.
According to the dispatch Mr..
Tiffany objected to his wife's as
ISOLATION with other men and ..ir
boating parties. aud of doing a higt
kicking act at a social function
where only men we're present.
The court declined to issue TIT
decree to Mr.. Tiffany on the GROUND
that high Kicking did not come
under the law OF divorce in thai
state and he did not regard it a,
sufficient grounds for the separation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21
Will FIGHT PRIMARY CLAUSE
The Prohibitionists Object to Paying
the Fees of the Primary to
Become a Candidate.

There is d clause in the primary law
which is highly Objectionable to the
prohibition party of this state. 1t
refers to the fees Set forth under a
section which all candidates for office
shall pay before they become eligible
to have their names placed in an
official ticket. The prices range in
degree according to the Importance
Of the official position.
The prohibition party leaders feel
that a great injustice has been done
them for making it practically i'm
possible for them to place a state
and county ticket in the field With
out going to a great deal Of expense,
and they declare that such an act is
against the constitution, which de-
clares that there shall be no property
qualifications in selecting officials.
1t means to the prohibition party
that with these fees in f rec that
in many of the counties Of the state
they will not he able to induce men
w USSSPS VI q AOuJAuaCACu Ol UD0lI
ticket. They readily admit chat
they have very little chance to won
with any of their candidate, but at
the am time they believe they
have d right to have their party
represented in the state and county
elections, and that a legislature has
no right whatever to impose financial
conditions that will make it Il
burden for a person to enjoy their
right OF becoming a candidate for
office.
1t is stated that up in North
Dakota this same section Of the
primary law has been carried 10 the
supreme court TOR a decision and
that body declared that it was in
valid.
Quincy Lee Morrow, of Brookings,
the secretary of the State Prohi-
bltion committee, has taken up this
question and has employed counsel
to present 1t to the supreme court
for a decision. Mr.. Morrow conf
IDENTIFY believes that the court will
declare that clause void and restore
the right to the people which an in
surgent legislature sought to deprive
them of.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21
Wasting Energy:

Springfield Republican: Railroads
in those western states which enacted
2-cent fare laws last year, r plan
ming to take advantage of the bust
ness depression to force their re-
peal. 1t seems that up to the time
of the panic they were faring SO
well in q revenue way from the low
er rates and larger traffic resulting,
as to be unable to make out a case
Of ~conf1scation. Now they think they
can, although of course the decline
in revenue arises altogether from
other causes, If there had been no
decline previously because of the
lower rates. Apparently, then, the
roads would gain little or nothing
by going back to the higher rates
under a repeal Of the 2-cent laws.
It would result in further loss OF
frxla6sai certainly as the reduction
resulted In an increase.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21
JOLTED AT WATERFOWL
Codington County Republicans De.
clined to Endorse Governor
Crawford for Senator
ship.

WatertoWn special.-The repub-
lican county central committee met
Tuesday afternoon, and there were
some surprises in evidence from the
standpoint OF the novice. First, the
committee was expected to indorse
Crawford for the senatorship, the
"insurgent" element supposing itself
to be in control of three-fourths of
the committee. This was disappoint-
nlent number one. A resolution Of
tered by Burt of South Shore for the
Endorsement of Crawford, finding no
support worthy OF note, was finally
withdrawn.
The second surprise was the in
dorsem~-.C accorded to Wilbur S.
Glass l.. congress; even the stalwart
element ~aered no opposition, in fact,
barring one or two insurgents on the
committee, the support accorded Mr..
Glass was from the stalwart crowd,
the bulk of the committee remaining
silent.
The third surprise came when it
leaked out that MI. Glass himself,
who virtually led the fight in the
last legislature for the insurgents
cause, was opposed to declaring for
Crawford, it having been ascertained
that Mr.. Crawford's home county
(Beadle) had already declared,
through its republican committee, for
Hall and Parker for congress-.
The fourth surprise came when it
was learned that Mr.. Crawford's per-
sonal representatives, among whom
was j. ID. Mclaughlin, superintend-
ent of the deaf mute school at Sioux
Falls, who came up posthaste to at
tend the committee meeting, had for
days been planning to capture the
committee and to send a delegation
to the state convention divided be-
tween the Crawford and the Kilt
redge element.
These personal representatives Of
ferred to divide on the basis of six
to Kittredge and seven (with the
chairman) to the Crawfordites. This
offer was rejected on the ground that
since the state law provides for pri-
maries this system should be used
In selecting delegates.
The committee, aside from pro-
%nouncing for Glass for congress, de-
clared for Taft for the presidency
! without opposition.
The battle in Codington promises
to be somewhat warm, although the
stalwarts since the recent purchase
of the Daily Public Opinion, the only
stalwart newspaper in the county,
will be without newspaper support
but they will carry on the war never
theless in the interests of Secretary
Taft and Senator Kittredge.