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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20
Casters"

In an old advertisement for silver
polish. special stress is laid on Its
value for cleaning the casters"
Casters! To many OF this genera
ton the very word is extinct, yet they
were in common use q quarter OF a
century ago, and may still be seen
in small, out-of-the-way hotels and
restaurants.
Ungainly, to be sure, but an easier
way to insure proper seasoning than
the present method where the pepper
Is at one end Of the table. the vine
gar at the other, the mustard entire
ly forgotten, and the salt-well. salt
Is the nuisance Of the present day Ia
BILE.
II in a shaker It Is often too hard
to shake out, and II in a small dish.
we are apt to put too much In lump
in the center Of our potatoes.
So this old.fashioned caster, for all
Its twirling and awkward size, Is not
to be lightly scorned.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

ner. The song OF the brown thrasher
Is inferior In its varied sweetness only
to the song OF the hooking bird. and
there are persons who ind little to
choose between the performances OF
these rival songsters. The notes Of
the thrasher are clear and ringing. and
can be heard upon q calm morning
for the distance OF third Of q mile.
The thrasher takes to q tree top and
there, lifting his head heavenward. he
sings uninterruptedly. seeming to lose
himself In the very passion Of his
music. {.
One morning in late April heard .
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. / fiattered myself that
the bird was singing to me. but after q
little there was movement In the
heart of the tree just below the soloist.
l looked and there sat Nine. Thrasher
drinking In the love notes Of her lord.
and certainly no lovers plea ever fell
more unsteady and more acceptably
upon q lady's ear.
The brown thrasher Is apt to be
timid, save when the love OF Its on.
spring conquers Its fear and makes 1t
willing to dare any danger that'threat'
ems. Prof. Dearborn Of the Field Co
lumbar museum Gagged q fledgeling
brown thrasher In order to save It
from marauding cats. The cage was
hung where the mother thrasher could
see its baby behind the prison bars.
The old bird few instantly to the little
one with food. and fed 1t daily De-
tween the cage wires until its charge
was strong enough to fly and to sing
defiance to Tom and Tabby. 1t Is
perhaps needless to say that the young
one was released to join Its parents
the instant that It's wing power was
developed.
In recent years the barn swallow
(chelidon 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 the
northern United States which does
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

not have hawking" about its streets
a few pairs of these birds. which for.
merly were seldom absent from the
farm. As Bradford Torrey, the New
England nature writer. puts 1t. many
q business man has stopped suddenly In
the crowded streets at the sight OF a
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
q bird lover OF at least one present
day tramper Of the fields. Let him be
nameless, bur he. was led into the
ways OF considering the birds by
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
melting.
The swallow felt the sting Of the
shot and instantly turned and circled
about the head Of the boy, whS fondly
thought he was a sportsman. The bird
turned and twittered within few feet
of the lads head and then few away.
A week later the swallows had flocked
preparatory to migrating. The sky
overhead was black with them. The
boy. still with gun in hand, walked
down the country road. From out Of
the cloud of swallows one darted
down and few round and round the
boy. chirping angrily. The swallow had
hanging from Its wing tip q broken
feather. That incident left its I'm.
press. The shotgun was replaced by
the opera glass. which. on the whole.
makes q much more Satisfactory field
companion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

barely large enough for the entrance
OF the sparrow's head.
Should q 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
his wife cares for the eggs in build.
ing q make-believe nest In fold Of an
awning. He gets 20 or 30 straws in
position and then the wind destroys
the result Of his work. but at II he
goes again and cares not a whit that
apparently his labor Is to be as unend.
ing as the stone rolling Of Sisiphus.
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 i've
perfect nests before they make mp
their minds In which one to rear their
young. The marsh wrens build In col
onies, and It is not unusual to find 80
completed nests In a swamp where
only q 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 superiority Of wren homes.
and science Is still confronted by q
question mark.
The brown thrasher Is not q bird Of
the cities. but It will visit the gardens
of the suburbs and there make its
home II man has been sparing In the
use IL the pruning knife and has left
thicket retreat In some secluded cor
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

air." as st. Francis called them. who
are willing to become brotherly indeed
II they be met In the spirit OF kin
ship.
Some years ago there was a dispute
between one veteran American orni.
biologist on the one eide 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
" always existed. The other said
II 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 1t as
you are with the family cat.
There is no one. be he urbanite or
suburbanite. who cannot have his bird
friends about him II he SO will. A man
living on one Of the crowded business
thoroughfares Of great city. with
gathering cars passing his door every
two minutes of the. day. has o colony
Of purple martins dwelling in little
box houses upon the roof Of his build
ing. Six years they have lived there.
never falling to return at the waning
of winter
The purple martin (Progne subis)
loves the companionship Of man. 1t
has q musical, twittering note that Is
one OF the softest sounds in nature. 1t
Is one of the dreaded foes Of the insect
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20
"GLAD TO KNOW YOU"--- BIRDS

pletely as though It's race had been
annihilatec. Apparently It has been
seized simply with q moving mania
like unto that which attacks many
human families In the May month.
Residents OF q part Of the country
where martins were unknown sud
denly wake up to find that they have
new and welcome bird neighbors. The
martin has come for q change OF air
and scene, but with an unchanged ap-
petite for the same insect tidbits.
In recent years the purple martin has
been diminishing rapidly In numbers
In New England. IN New York state
Il has left some OF the villages to
which II was attached for years, and
has appeared In other places where
before II 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 q 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 IL ubiquitous. Give
II tin can or q 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 II It finds those things which to
wren amount to modern conveniences
It 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 nuts.
ance.
II you wish the wren's company
nail its little house to the side Of a
building or place It upon q pole in the
yard. Make the circular entrance ex-
actly the size of silver quarter and
cut 1t midway between the top and bot.
tom OF the box. The English sparrow
is the wren's arch enemy. but the lit
tie fellow can take care Of itself II the
sparrow be unable to get into the
home and destroy the eggs. Luckily
the wren can slip into hole which Is
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20
Appetixen.

We all know how an appetizer acts,
but do we know why? A famous Ger
man physician says that hunger is
caused by lack Of blood in the stom-
ach. That lack acts on q special
nerve which Is a branch OF the nerves
of the tongue. Therefore, when spice
or sharp acid Is applied to the tongue,
Il stimulates the nerve to action. and
those pricks and spurs to appetite are
not merely the qualification Of cranky
motions" but a response to natural
demands. II is, therefore. a scientific
fact that those foods which bite the
tongue, which give relish, In short
are the best appetizera
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

When you decide to cook me with some
crabs.
Cut all In little dice.
We are so very nice.
That Mt the table everybody grabs,
And plates are empty Of us In a trice.
Beware. though, for ut times, I'm q de-
ceiver.
I'm yellow. then. rs cream.
/ will disturb the dream
or any all too innocent believer,
For things. you know. are seldom what
they seem.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20
|ZzeKI'fGHEN
MUSHROOMS.

M GROWING In the
rich. black ground.
I'm soft and pink be-
low.
Above. I'm white as
snow.
When. by the boys and
girls I'm found.
They wonder II I'm pol
sonous. or no.
When I have grown 70
be OF goodly size.
The cook will gently
take me.
And In the oven. bake
me:
But when I'm small. "
cook In very wise.
She cuts me up and In
brown butter shakes
me.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

associate Member American ornithol-
ogists' Union.)
Copyright. Joseph u. BowlesJ
Scraping acquaintance with the
birds is not the difficult matter II is
thought to be by persons whose men,
tai impressions of feathered life are
those left by the sight Of startled
bird scurrying away before the sound
Of approaching footsteps.
As a matter OF fact there are many
Of these "our little brothers OF the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20
FRIENDLY TERMS EASILY EsrAB'
LIsHEp WHEN CONVINCED
NO HARM IS MEANT.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THEM

Purple Martins War on Mosquitoes
and Flies-wrens' Surplus House
Building 40 Il 10 Looked Upon
by the Naturalist.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

with her apron outstretched for q
prize.
And you throw bit wild. and her apron
you miss,
Cause you're lookin' straight into heI
: eyes.
While you talk OF the pies that YOU
mother will make.
And you coax Jane to pattern righ'
after;
Then you tell her the cherries are rec
as her lips,
And sweet as the birds song. hei
laughter.
So none OF these --latest improvements
for me;
swan, / grow madden and madden.
To think any platform could blot from
my view
Mem'ry's picture Of Jane and the
ladder.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

In Pittsburg-Cleanliness Is not
next to godliness; its next 70 impos-
sible.-The News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

III were you." said the old bache-
lor to the benedict. I'D either rule or
know why"
WELL" was the reply. "as I already
know why. I suppose that's half the
attle."-Atlanta Constitution.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

How did you get here. old LAA'"
an my airship."
Road good"
"Cloudy."-Life.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20
JANE AND THE LADDER.

NEW cherry-plcker they
advertise now.
A wood platform put
under the tree:
But I'm not so fond OF
these new-style ma
. chimes.
The old-fashioned lad
der for me!
They say you can walk
on It all round the
tree;
And II amt In the way
mot at all.
But plckin' the cherries
Is pleasure to me:
And I'll risk an occa-
sional fall.
Best Of all, when your
sweetheart is stand
ing below,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

Bicker-Dolng wrong is simply fol-
lowing the line OF least resistance.
Knocker-Yes. it's as easy rs falling
on the Decalogue.-Life.
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BROWNS BUSINESS COLLEGE

mo ar..a Ave-. EAxsIs IT.. 70 q. p. hsiA Liss
win wIth Pn.itInns 0auTahtssd - soon - quallnsA
Mckee Rhorthand. Bllu voanhsr BookkssplnB-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

A beautiful illustrated catalogue
will be sent free to those interested
In business education. For q copy
address Lawrence Business College,
724 Mass. st., Lawrence, Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

Wifey-Didn't you get soaked last
night, dear? Hubby (absent minded
ly)-Yep; had to be bailed out.-Yale
Record.
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my boy. I'm indeed. surprised to
hear such profanity from you'll" yep;
amt It great? An I'm only six years
old."-Brooklyn Eagle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-09
PERSONAL

. &
Miss sue Golfer, OF the firm Of
Wilson 8 DennIson. has gone 10
Parkersbprg for a few days,
The Rev. u. E. Peters has gone to
Salem 70 attend the Baptist associa-
ton meeting.
The Rev. 2 D. STEELE went TO sa-
lem Thursday to attend the meeting
of the Baptist association.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Walter Duncan
are attending the Baptist association
at Salem this week.
Mrs. BENJAMIN F. Rumble, for
merly Of this city, IS here for a few
days visit from Brooklyn, n. Y.
Miss Ruby Rankin, Of Plttsburg,
and Mrs. l.. NJ Board win leave
Saturday for clarksburg, after a
visit with Miss Mamie Fowler, says
the Parkersburg News-Dispatch.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-09
BURIED IN HOLY ckoss

Anna, two-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William ZalockIi, for
eigners. died at their home at simp-
son Wednesday Of stomach trouble.
The child was buried Thursday in
the Holy Cross cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-09
CONFERENCE
Is Held by Hitchcock and Taft
on the Campaign
Organization.

HOT sPRIGs, Va. July 9-FrahlS
II. Hitchcock, chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, arrived
here for conference with Willia:h
H. Taft. He said he would not
make known the membership of the
executive committee Of the general
organization for the campaign. be-
fore the end of the week.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-09

fInIIorm diminished.
The platform was still unfinished
when the weary subcommittee hav-
ing 1t in charge went to bed close to
midnight, expecting to resume work
Ut $3.50 O'Clock this morning. 1t
seems likely that the platform in full
will be reported to the convention
some time, perhaps late today.
The most important development
of the night was the reaching of an
agreement in the subcommittee up
on the plank relating to the use Of
court injunctions in labor disputes.
With the division of strength in the
convention between Bryan and anti
Bryan people the subject OF so much
speculation ara discussion on the
Ivice-presldentia candidates continues
in the background and there was ap-
parently no change in that matter
during the last twenty-four hours,
Evidently the main question for the
nomination of the presidency must be
out Of the way before the second
place can be intelligently death with.
Delay on Platform.
Further delay In the presentation
of the platform was indicated when
late in the morning after an extend
ed discussion of the railroad plank
recommended by the subcommittee
on the subject, the main sub-commit-
tee of the committee on resolutions
referred the entire plank back to the.
small committee to be redrawn.
The proposed plank relative to the
use Of court injunetions was then
taken up in the subcommittee for
discussion. After a short debate, the
injunction plank was adopted without
alteration. The substance of the in
junction plank is that no injunction
shall issue.t in a labor dispute in cases
where a writ could not be employed
in the absence OF the existence of
such dispute.
For Jury Trinls.
The plank further provides for jury
trials as to the facts in all cases of
injunction. This plank is exactly
what was asked for by President
Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor.
When the full committee met at
10 o'clock this morning the sub-com-
mittee was still unprepared to make
a full report. A partial report was
made and the committee took up
these planks. confidence is express
ed that the committee will be pre-
pared to report to the convention this
afternoon.
The Injunction plank as adopted
omits the requirement of notice be-
fore the institution of injunction
suits, the view of the subcommittee
being that necessity for notice is OBJ
waited by the provision that labor
disputes shall be treated in this con-
nection the same as other contro-
lWersies.
Nix, Says Mitchell.
John Mitchell, former head of the
United Mine Workers of America. to-
day made a personal appeal to the
Alabama delegation not to present his
name to the convention for the vice
presidential nomination.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-09
GOES TO PICNIC
Docs Squire Gordon and Court is
Suspended for the Day.

Nothing doing in court. Mer-
chants picnic" This was the sign
tackled on Squire Harry Gordon's
court Thursday morning. This morn
ing the Squire was seen with his fam
lily. carrying seventeen baskets Of
picnic sweetmeats on his way to the
Merchants picnic at the park. The
Squire notifies all criminals that their
operations must be suspended until
he returns and is able to resume
court
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-09
PLANK SELECTED
Platform Unfinished.

Continued from page ~
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-02-26
Why?


Why did Mayor Greedy one year ago
object to a certain nomination in
ward being on his ticket?
Why did Frank s. Lord refuse to
sign the nomination papers until the
very last moment this year?
Why did Frank 8. Lord make the
statement in two or three places that
he hoped he would be beaten II he
was foolish enough to 60 on the tick
ct? Was it because he objected to
the head Of his ticket II SO, why9
Why have men who have been dem
ocrats all their lives asked for Simon
ton stickers this year?
Is there more than one way in
which these "whys" can be answered?
We ask you, voters Of Ellsworth, is
there?
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-02-26
4 Republican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN THE
Armory. Portland.
Thursday, April 80, 1908,
AT 80 O'CLOCK P. NJ.


for the purpose of selecting six candidates for
electors of President and vice-President to
The United States, and four delegates t-large
and four alteruates to attend the national
republican convention to be held in the city
Of Chicago, in the state of Illinois, on Tues
day, the 18th day OF June, 1908, and the trans
acting OF any other business that may prop
erly come before it.
The basis of representation will be as fol-
lows: Each city, town and plantation will be
entitled to one delegate, and for every 70 votes
cast for the republican candidate for gov
ernor in 1905 an additional delegate, and for
each fraction Of 10 votes in excess Of rs votes,
IN additional delegate. Vancancies in the
delegation of any city, town or plantation
can only be filed by residents of the county
in which the vacancies exist.
The State committee will be in session in
the anteroom of the Armory at H. O'Clock
p. m, on the day Of the convention for the
purpose of receiving the credentials of dele
gates. A delegate in order to be eligible to
participate in the convention must be elected
subsequent to the date of this call, and dele
gates cannot be elected under this call to the
State convention to be hereafter called for the
purpose of nominating q candidate for gov
ernor.
All electors Of Maine, without regard to
past political Affiliations, who believe in the
principles Of the republican party and en-
dorse Its policies, are cordially invited to
unite under this call in electing delegates to
this convention.
Per order, Republican State Committee.
SETH M. CARTER, Chairman.
BYRON Bop, Secretary.
Lewiston, February, IL, 1908.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-02-26
ORLAND.

Mrs. Thomas Drummond is seriously i'll.
Will Gott, Of Portland, is at the home OF
his father, Capt. David Gott, for brief
visit.
Herbert s. Hopkins and wife visited
Mrs. Hopkins parents, Watson Gray and
wife, recently.
A son arrived at the home of Capt. A. l..
Wood and wife last Monday. Congratu-
lations are extended
r. F. Trim is out again after a serious
illness. Among other convalescents are
Mrs. Charlotte Thompson, Mrs. Henri
eta Facteau and Capt. Edwin P. Hutch
ings.
The triplet sons of Rodney Gray and
wife have been christened Kenneth Rod
ney, kelsie Clement and Kermit Hutch
ings. They are now two months old. well
and hearty, and receive many callers from
far and near.
Feb. "a. n
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-02-26
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Election, Monday, March 2, 1908.

FOR MAYOR.
FRANK F. SIMONTON.
Word 1.
For Alderman-Albert F. Stock bridge.
For Warden-S. Milton Beckwith.
For Ward Clerk-George H. Brooks.
For onstable-Reuben s. Sargent.
Ward 2.
For Aderman-Hollis B. Estey.
For Warden--LorenzoD d. Foster.
Forward Clerk-John F. Royal.
For Constable-How F. Whitcomb.
Ward 3.
For Alderman-Ira B. Hagan, jr.
For Warden-Levi w. Bennett.
For Ward Clerk-Martin A. Garland.
For Constable-Almon G. Jellison.
Ward 4.
For Alderman-Hoyt E. Austin.
For Warden-William A. Austin.
For Ward Clerk-Asa w. Maddocks.
For Constable-Frank M. Moore.
Ward S.
For Alderman-C Charles E. Alexander.
For Warden-George NJ. Campbell.
For Ward Clerk-John A. Lord.
For onstable-Dorephu l.. Fields.