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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

hear the broken brakes refuse to mako
o brake? Good-by. my love: good-by.
my dove! on tbs I do decide; when
airships come in use I'll take you up
to Morningside.".
He found q car well loaded down
with 30 souls or more to take tho
pathway through the town he'd taken
oft before. The guard unto his voice
gave vent: Observation-Disclosures!
then closed the gates and of they
went. bound for Morningside.
Fat men sat down In ladies' laps
they'd never met before: and sad and
solemn-looking chaps exploded some
and swore. Some used the air to stand
upon, the floor was occupied by $1,000
feet bound out for Morningside.
II want my haiti" small man cried
in accents full Of heat; and when to
reach for II he tried, somebody swiped
his seat. Ten thousand souls hung
onto straps and did the slide-the-
slide; the human laundry which at
night hangs out for Morningside.
Beneath the car the third rail snaps
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
Stood In the Raleigh Courthouse Land
Until End Of Civil War.

Up until the end Of the war and
little while after the whipping post
and stocks stood not far from the
northwest corner Of the courthouse
and between that building and the
present post office, and there the last
whipping took place, though as 1t be-
gan 1t was sought to be stopped by q
federal officer. The sheriff was, how
ever, simply carrying out the mandate
of the old court Of pleas and quarter
sessions.
In those days the stocks and the
whipping post too were special attrac-
tons, notably to boys. The latter
were allowed to ridicule people who
sat in the stocks, which held their
hands and feet, but not to throw any
thing at them.
OF course this deprived the boys Of
some degree Of pleasure. yet they
contrived to get good deal Ct fun
out of the thing anyway. II seems odd
now even to think Of. such scenes -
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
CALLED FOR SOME PUNISHMENT.
Prisoner Altogether Too Deliberate for
Life In Arizona.

Arizona Judge Ito defendant in an
assault-nnd-battery case)-You say
the complainant called you a liar and
horse thief at least a dozen times be-
fore you knocked him down, Ell?
Defendant-Yes, sir.
Judgc-He said you were q coward
and gutter?
Defendant-He did.
Judge-All right I'll let you on on
the assault charge; but-don't be in q
hurry, mister-I reckon I'll have to
fine you jest about $50 for not knock
Ing him down sooner! The sheriff
will take you in tow and see that you
cough up the dust before you pass
out illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
First Had Itching Rash-Threatened
Later With Blood.Polson In Leg
Relied on cutlcura Remedies.

"About twelve or fifteen years ago
I had a breaking-out, and It itched.
and stung 80 badly that could not
have any peace because Of It. Three
doctors did not help me. Then used
some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint-
ment, and Cuticura Resolvent and
began to get better right away. They
cured me and I have not been bothered
with the itching since, to amount to
anything. About two years ago I
had Ia grippe and pneumonia which
left me with pain in my side. Treat
ment ran It into my leg, which then
swelled and began to break out. The
doctor was afraid It would turn to
blood-poison. used his medicine
but 1t did no good, then used the
Cuticura Remedies three times and
cured the breakingout on my leg. J. =.
Hennen. Milan. Mo-, May 13. 1907"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
How They Stand Great Heat.

persons who complain Of the heat
when the thermometer reaches the
nineties," said steamship engineer,
seldom think Of the discomforts Of
men employed in gas works, In blast
furnaces and in steamships, where
the firemen have to endure an atmos-
phere ranging from 11S to 140 degrees.
In all these and many other places
where big boilers are located, the
men wear very little clothing, and
while they undoubtedly suffer from
the exposure, they do not feel the heat
as much as might be supposed. The
explanation of this fact is that these
men are not reached by the humidity.
They are working in places where the
artificial heat is so intense as to drive
out the humidity, and 11S or more de-
grees of heat in pure, dry air Is not
felt so much as mixture Of 90 de-
grees of heat and 80 per cent. Of hui
midity, that tells on people and sorely
tries their vitality"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

and banks and trieB to bite while
those who hang around on straps turn
over then turn white. It signs for
those and cries for those who In the
coaches ride, and makes them wish
they did not live far out at Morning
side.
Where does the fat director ride
who owns the iron road? With human
sardines does he hide while homeward
he is towed? Not on your life! a
squeeze like that would surely hurt
his pride; he takes the benzine buggy
when he goes to Morningside.
The cars will crowded be tonight;
therell be another crush; for hunger
waits on appetite and all must home
ward rush, and stand like men to pay
the debt monopolies provide on any
road, on every notwithstanding Morn
ingside!
How about It!
Copyright, zoos. by &. W. Dillingham; Coz
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

evening, brings out all that is in q
man, including a lot Of loud words he
didn't know he had.
The last census shows us that the
street cars of New York have more
ways Of producing nervous prostration
and palpitation of the brain to the
square inch than the combined popu.
lation of Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
Tinkersdam and Gotterdammerung.
To get in some Of the street cars
about six o'clock is a problem, and to
get out again is an assassination.
One evening rode from Forty-sec.
ond street to Fifty-ninth without once
touching the floor with my feet.
Part of the time I used the out
posts Of stout gentleman to come
between me and the ground, and dur
ing the rest of the occasion ! hung
from strap and swung out wild and
free, like Japanese flag on a windy
day.
Some OF the New York street cars
lead double life, because they are
used all winter to act the part of a
refrigerator.
1t is cold day when we cannot
find 1t colder in the street cars.
In Germany we find Germans in the
cars. but in America we find germs.
That is because this country is
young and impulsive.
The germs in the street cars are
extremely sociable, and will follow q
stranger all the way home.
Often while riding in the New York
street cars / have felt germ rubbing
against my ankle like a kitten, but,
being a gentleman. ! did not reach
down and kick 1t away because the
law says we must not be disrespectful
to the dumb brutes of the field.
Many of those street cars are built
on the same general plan as a can of
condensed milk.
The only difference is that the
street cars have sour taste, like a
lemon-squeezer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
II IL 10, X"

20. K" was not long ago passed
upon by a court in Illinois, and has
received judicial sanction.
Two prominent manufacturing con-
Germs had become involved in dis
agreement which threatened legal
complications. Their lawyers induced
them to compromise their differences,
and to. append their signature to an
agreement that was made mutually
satisfactory and legally binding. In
attestat!on Of the facts in the case,
the attorneys merely used the letters
O. K, thinking the matter happily set
tied. Suddenly. however. one Of tn.
contestants brought suit to have the
agreement annulled, on the ground
that o. X. was a mere slang phrase,
and hence not legally binding. But
the court ruled that 1t undoubtedly
gave that which is the universal con-
ception and understanding, and was
therefore correct, valid and legally
binding upon the parties concerned.
In brief, It was o. K.-Illustrated
Sunday Magazine.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
WHIPPING POST AND STOCKS

these must have been. Figure to your
self passing by the courthouse green
at Charlotte or Raleigh and seeing a
gentleman held by the ankles and
wrists by wooden bars, sitting there
In the sunshine for all the world to
look at.
Those were the days Of the brand
ing iron too. A set of gives Of iron,
In use for holding the ankles or
wrists, are on exhibition here, but Of
branding irons there are none. These
were used here in January, 1866, for
the last time.-Raleigh correspond
ence Charlotte Observer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

miss me! but don't start weeping II
I'm crushed; just kiss me, sweet
heart; kiss me! IT'S miles to go
long miles to go to where ! do reside
and boogie men are in the cars thai
run to Morningside!"
Her eyes were like two stars that
shine and sparkle through the rain;
she sobbed: "Good-by, sweetheart OF
mine!"-he kissed his love again
"And should / not return some day to
claim my blushing bride. you'll find me
on the right of way twixt here and
Morningside!
"Oh, Phyllis, must pull up stakes
this awful trip to make-hark! do you
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
Discovered What the Noise Was.

While returning from work at Blairs
Mills, Franklin county, Pa. Barney
Wise, hearing a noise in the creek be-
low Harris tannery, paid no attention,
thinking 1t was a COW. The noise
turned out to be a large bear and II
came out of the bushes into the road
about ten feet in front Of Mr.. Wise.
Barney is q noted pedestrian, but that
evening he broke his record and was
home before his wife had supper
ready. The bear continued on his
Journey up Horse valley.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

When travelling by train from 0roya
to Lima, in Peru, the passengers were
held up at Galera, $1,000 feet up in the
mountains, by a fully armed band. who
took some of the travellers as hostages.
Fifteen soldiers who were In the train
were disarmed. four being wounded
and one shot in cold blood because he
would not hand over his rife to the
miscfeants.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

"The OLD Geezers' club" has been
organized at Pittsburg. Only old men
can belong to It, and the purpose Of
fits members is to vote for old men. no
matter what ticket they may be run
ming on. 1t is expected that branches
of fhe organization win be rapidly es-
tabllshed throughout the country. and
Il may be that old age shall yet b
respectod IN this prond land.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
Dishonest Herolnes.

The steady increase Of crime ar1ong
stage heroines is beginning to get
serious. 1t used to be the mer who
did all, or most Of the dreadful .hings
Ia plays-I mean the picking and steal
ing, the forging and embezzling. and
offenses of that kind. Now It is the
women-and It Is all the fault Of the
late Henrik Ibsen. Heaven rest his
soul, notwithstanding.-M. A. p.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

In two recent instances a bull has
attacked a locomotive, and in each
case got the worst Of it, although the
last emotion of the bull may have
been that of satisfaction.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

A tiny Maltese cat has completed q
trip from Holland, Mich, to San Fran
cisco, a distance Of $500 miles, In .
drawer Of a bureau wrapped In sack
ing and shipped by slow freight. When
freight hands opened the bureau draw
er the cat jumped out.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

A man has been arrested in Phila'
delphia for swindling several lawyers,
hence It may be necessary to revise
the old saying concerning the shrewd'
ness OF q Philadelphia lawyer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
important 20 Mothers,
Il Would Seem So.

Beauty is only skin Deep" 70
marked the party with the quotation
habit.
"And II some portraits Of handsome
women are accurate" rejoined the
peevish person, beauty is quite dis
lance outside the cuticle."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
Free-The New Cooks Book.

Write the Jacques Manufacturing
Company, Chicago, to-day and get
their beautiful cooks book, edited by
Mrs. Hill. It will be sent absolutely
free to any lady reader Of this paper.
See X. G. Baking Powder ad. in an
other part Of this paper.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

The moral seems to be that when
travellers visit Yellowstone park they
should carry no more rocks, partic'
ularly OF the yellow variety, than are
absolutely needed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

A professional swindler OF lawyers
has been caught and not a single one
OF the profession has volunteered to
build him a case Of craziness.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

President Diaz has been invited to
serve another tenn as ruler Of Mexico.
How the kings and sultans and czars
and shahs OF the effete east must
envy him!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

The kaiser says that peace Is as
sured. He adds incidentally In an or
hand sort of way that he is keeping
his powder dry.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

Alaska is still a rather neglected
region. But wait until few centuries
hence It becomes the center Of the
continents coal supply.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

In Denver divorced woman MIL
lionaire married detective set upon
her track by her former husband. De-
tective work Is full of hazards.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

The Drago or Calvo doctrine is tina
private claims OF foreigners agains
American countries shall not be col
lected by force.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

Oysters are reported to be un.
usually fat this year. Evidently their
feeding grounds were not much dam.
aged owing to the drought.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

There is in Ohio man who has
written $1,000 words on a postcard.
Now let him round out his useful ca
reer by trying to swim the English
channel.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

Now the summer girl checks up her
accounts, striving to strike balance
between her damaged complexion and
her conquered young man.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

When you get out you cannot gel
In, and when you get in you cannot
get out, because you hate to disturb
the strange gentleman that is using
your knee to lean over.
Between the seats there Is space
OF two feet, but in that space you will
always find four feet, and their own.
ers, unless one Of them happens to
have a wooden leg.
Under ordinary circumstances four
into two won't 60. but the squeezer
cars defy the laws of gravitation.
A squeezer conductor can put 26
into nine and still have four to carry.
The ladies Of New York have start.
ed a rebellion against the squeezer
cars, but every time they start It the
conductor pulls the bell, and leaves
the rebellious standing on the corner.
We are very nervous and careless
people in New York. To prove how
careless we are, l will cite the fact
that Manhattan island Is called after Q
cocktail.
This nervousness Is our undoing
because we are always in such a hurry
to get somewhere that We would
rather take the first car and get
squeezed into breathlessness than wait
for the next, which would likely
squeeze us into insensibility.
Breathlessness can be cured. but
insensibility is dangerous without an
alarm-clock.
For a man with a small dining-room,
the squeezer car has its advantage,
but when a stout man rides In them,
he finds himself supporting lot Of
strangers he never met before.
One evening jumped on one CT
those squeezers feeling just like a
two-year-old, full of health and happi.
ness.
The thought Of It makes me feel
quite Tennysonsque!
From Cortland street he proudly
strobe at suppertime that day to take
the elevated road which goes up Har-
lem way. He shook and shivered like
the deuce. and then he sadly sighed,
because the path was long and loose
which led to Morningside.
He kissed the downtown girl he
rushed, and said: Il know you'll
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

Now and then Hetty Green lectures
contemporary capitalists as II she re-
garded them merely as boy financiers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

The falling of in attendance at med
zeal colleges leads some to fear that
we will have a shortage Of doctors.
The undertakers are expressing no
alarm as yet, however.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

Two policemen and soldier ex-
changed 30 shots at Kansas City with.
out hurting anybody. Is western
craftsmanship a myth?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

A man named Wind won $4,000 in
q Panama lottery. and, Of course. blew
Il all In inside OF q week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

Sanitarianism, or half vegetarian
ism. has gained many converts since
Minister WI coined the new word.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
Reason.

He that will not reason IL a bigot:
he that cannot reason Is fool; and
he that dares not reason IL slave
Henry Drummond.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

York has produced an insane murder
who Is insane. Such rare occurrence
10 worth noting.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

South Dakota boy commits suicide
p because his mother won't let him go
fishing. Won't mothers ever get any
sense?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

II seems that a most inartistic tenn
per may 60 with the artistic tempera-
ment.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

This summer has been oid-fashioned
enough to satisfy the most exacting
ice dealer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

Beware OF the good thing" that
comes to your door and tries to
break In.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

II we are to believe the novelists
the good people who get into society
are not worth writing about.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

England loses $4,000 persons every
year by emigration.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22

"And did your uncle remember you
In his will?"
well. he remembered me. all right,
but that was why he didn't mention
me In IT,"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24

is friendly to the Roosevelt policies, as
we presume he is, he will be, we
think, unanimously nominated by the
convention.
A third excellent name is quite recently
suggested, and appears to meet with
much favor, that of our townsman,
Thad. M. Chapman. A fighter, again,
and a good one; and thoroughly in
accord with both Roosevelt and his
policies. "Thad." has been chairman
of the Republican State committee for
four years, and has made a most ex-
cellent one. He is, too, a f~avorite
with all that know him, and his ac-
quaintance is wide. We think if his
name is presented he will be elected with
practical unanimity.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
RIPToN.

Mrs. Martha Kemp recently received
the news that her sister, Mrs. Eunice
Connolly, died in Randolph a short time
ago. Dur older residents will recall that
at one time she resided here.
j. E. Goodro and H. E. Day were
elected delegates to the district and State
conventions, and given power to choose
their alternates at the caucus held on the
18th inst.
DR.. Hamblin is back from the Sol
diers' Home, and says he will stay and
practice medicine for a while, at least.
He is looking as though life agreed with
him where he has been.
Prayer meeting at c.. Z. Mobiles Satur.
day evening at 1870.
The whooping cough has made its ap.
pearance in district four.
By letter from u memberoof Con.
gress, the Hon. d. j. Foster, we are in
formed hat all war widows are placed
on the equal footing of Sl2 per month,
the bill having passed both houses and
gone to the President, who no doubt will
sign it. for it is his measure. We take
this method to answer many inquiries.
A Sunday school rally is advertised to
be held at the M. E. church on the after
noon and evening of May Is, and con
Quoted by the field secretary of the State
association. An attractive programme is
promised and a general invitation is X
tended.
G. l. Button and l. l.. LaFleur of Mid
dlebury were here on the 21st inst. try.
ing the ejectment case of Eliza j. Hale
against David Leno and wife before
Jnstice Chandler and a jury, and in
which the defendants finally prevailed.
An appeal was taken, and those limbs OF
the law liked our scenery SO well that
they tarried until close to midnight.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
AUTO KILLS BOY.
Machine Skids and brushes the
Lad AGAINST BuiIdinq.

Trenton, N. j., April 19.-The skidding
of an automobile, occupied by three
Princeton students and three young wom-
en-, who were out on a lark resulted in
the death of Charles BELGIUM, aged
eighteen years, of this city, early this
morning. The owner and driver of the
car was Corwin Nichols, a senior in the
university, whose home is in Whining
ton, Ohio. He attempted to turn out Of
the car tracks onto a slippery pavement
in the southern part of the city, but in
doing so the car ran on the sidewalk
and crashed into the house of DIR. p. w.
Yard.
BELGIUM, who was returning home,
was struck by the automobile and his
skull fractured. He was carried in front
of the car until it struck the house. He
lived only a few seconds. The automo-
bile was wrecked, but all the occupants
escaped serious injury.
Nichols and his companions were ar
rested, but were later released on bail
for a hearing tomorrow night. Bail was
furnished by John II. Backes and Nelson
l.. Patty, who were retained as counsel.
Nichols is a son of Clinton G.. Nichols.
president of the First National Bank of
Wilmington. sOhio His father will be
here tomorrow. The other students in
the car were Winfred Adams of Corinth,
Miss, and Walter G. Horton of Roanoke,
Va. The women were Annie Dancer,
Mrs. Mabel Fisher and Kate Bowling.
Dean Fine, of the university, sent Proc
tor Coan here today to investigate the
accident and to authorize the counsel re-
tanned to see that bail was provided for
the students. The latter declare they
were not running at an excessive speed.
washington Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
WANT I'D .

General manager of our manufacturing
business for Middlebury to handle demon
strators and to sell a household necessity
of superior quality to dealers. $275 cap
ital required; can easily make $4,000 to
$4,000 a year; positively the best oppor-
tunity we know of to build up a large ex-
elusive business on small capital. Thor
ough Investigation invited. Write for
particulars. Address Twentieth Century
Manufacturing Co., 496 Main ST., Buff
falo, n. Y. 17t1
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-04-24
Interest on Savings Deposits

The Hyde Park Savings Bank pays interest
from April list on all deposits made before
May 18th.