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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

WORK FOR SAILORS WELFARE
Immense Amount Of Good Being A..
eomplIshed by HBaptIst Bethel"
Of Boston, Mass.

At the Baptist bethel on Hanover
street, Boston, is a statue Of q jack
tar whitfield out by a sailor. Although
It is life size It Il composed Of Just
three pieces Of wood. One makes. the
head, body and an arm. The other
arm is made Of two pieces, for It ia
raised so as to have the hand touch
ing the hat in salute. The figure looks
as II 1t were bronze.
There also is a colossal leg Of Chris.
TOPPER Columbus, said to have been
broken from statue and captured by
Bonaparte's army. This was given to
a representative Of the society In
1s49.
Hanging in the vestry Of the church
is the Lords prayer, written In "a Ian
guages and never yet has Q sailor
called at the Bethel who was unable
to find the prayer in his own tongue
In the main part Of the church, "a
cling the organ, is an ancient clock
Recently It was repaired and the man
who did the work said he had never
seen q clock like It and that It must
be several hundred years old.
Last year eight members Of the
church died and the youngest was 81
years old and no one Of the deceased
had been a member Of the society fol
less than rs years. There are several
persons who have been members FOL
upward Of 80 years.
Last year LAO Bibles and Tesla
ments were given away and over loo
libraries were loaned to ships. There
were 760 visits to families, go chill
dren were sent into the country, over
1000 garments were distributed, 44t
comfort bags were presented to sail
ors and 20 barrels Of provisions were
given away. Five tons Of literature
were put on shipboard.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
REACHED THE RIGHT PLACE
Man Who "NeVer Said an Unklnd
Word About Anybody" Chased
with Hypoerltes.

"The late John r. Considine," said
a New York hotel man, had a host
of friends. Yet he was never afraid
to speak his mind. He hated hypo
critics.
when Considine was managing
Corbett so successfully l happened to
praise at a dinner a pugilist he dis.
liked. / said:
There's man who never said an
unkind word about anybody in his
life.'
"Mr. Considine laughed. He said
that such men always recalled to
him Ira Slick.
"Tra Slick he explained, died.
After death he mounted the stairs
of gold confidently. and he knocked
with confidence at the golden gate.
"'But st. Peter, frowning heavily,
stuck his head out Of the wicket and
pointed down.
$50, very much astonished and
panied, Ira Slick descended to the
lower regions. He came to q black
gate from which flames and sulphur
Gus smoke spouted. A fiend stood at
the entrance, a fiery trident upright
in his hand like a spear.
""What are you doing down here,
Ira Slick?" demanded the fiend.
"'T'm sure l don't know" said Ira,
plaintively. "rhere must be some mis-
take. l never in all my life said an
unkind word about anybody"
"''That's all right" said the flend.
quickly. "Step this way, please. At
the end Of the bottom corridor, next
to the fire, you'll find the hypOcrites'
cage."'"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
EVILS LAID TO NEURASTHENlA
italian Physician Asserts That Die
ease ls Responsible for All Man.
ner Of Ailments.

Neurasthenia, according to DR.. Do
mede Garlic Of Naples, an authority
on that disease, Is responsible for all
manner Of evils. Lying, spitefulness,
grumbling, oversensitiveness to criti-
cism, excessive shyness, lack Of will
power, inability to concentrate, a
tendency to alternating paroxysms Of
exaltation and Representatives, and
many other defects Of character may
be traced not infrequently, he says,
to neurasthenia. So deeply impressed
is he with the menace Of the disease
that he suggests an international con-
ference on the subject.
The British Medical Journal, which
quotes his views, takes the matter less
seriously. Neurasthenia, it says, is
often merely high-sounding name for
that tired feeling. The root Of the dis
ease lies in unsuitable education.
Competition, the journal says, is too
much the test of merit nowadays, and
the nerves of pupils are strained to
meet examinations which are not
tests of knowledge really, but traps
for the memory" Therein lies neu-
rasthenia.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
Why skat Il.

Years ago in Germany the people
who played cards divided the pic
lures into three sections, the kings,
queens and bauern (farmers) or what
we now term the Jacks. Back as far
as 1885 q lawyer of Altenburg, who
was also a student Of "taroc," a card
game Of those times, conceived an
other game, which is now called skat.
In the new game he placed the bau-
ern or bowers above the royalty and
It so pleased the farming element at
that time that skat was adopted as
the national game. It was only q
short time after the lawyer invented
the new game that the rebellion Of
1s49 took place and It is quite rea-
sonable to suppose that the idea OF
making the bauern rule over the rep
resentatives Of royalty appealed TO
the growing sentiment Of the times.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
Warned ina Dream.

When Martin Michael went to his
work in q lumber yard in Brooklyn,
IN r, the other morning. he told his
fellow-workmen that he had had a
curious dream and was afraid 1t fore.
Swallowed trouble for him. He seemed
worried over 1t, but the other men
laughed and he did not speak of 1t
again. About ten minutes before the
time to quit work for the day, a
sharp splinter Of wood few from a
piece Michael was holding against
a buzz-saw, and passed through
his body. A doctor was hurriedly
called, but Michael was beyond hu.
man aid.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
Public Towel "Skiddoo. 7"

The public towel is going the
way of tic rublic drinking cup,
and for the same reasons. State
sanitary officers are expected at
any time, and the "skidoo'
sign WILL replace the historic
roller towel in public buildings.
According to the state SAM.
tary officers there is Just as
much danger Of imparting and
contracting contagious diseases
from public towels as from pub
lie drinking cups. Investiga
tons made in this part Of the
state show that disease germs
thrive in the filth Of the public
towel to the extent. that, thu
state sanitary board has decided
that it must follow the route Of
the public drinking cup.
Good gosh, we hope that non
sensical board will not get 4!
pesticatin' with the printin' Of
fee towel, as we had one brok
en- Saturday by a Delinquent
subscriber leaning back agaibs:
it, while absorbing some Of ouI
heat and dealing ont preverica.
tons.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Happiness and harmony are not
The sole ends Of marriage. Surely
home is home. to be kept inviolate
even II II is not happy and harmoni-
Gus; surely II does not follow that
only coercion holds man and wife to-
gether and yet coercion there must
be, II that means the assertion and
administration Of law. human anu d.
vine. Surely permission to separate
from bed and board" Is not to be
confused with divorce from the bond.
From the Century.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
Better Fishing In Kansas.

Better Fishing In Kansas.
Prof. L. l.. Dyche in addition
to his regular work in the Uni,
versity Of Kansas, and his pros
pective journey to the summit
of Mt Mckinley with DR.. Cook,
has accepted the appointment
as state fish. and game warden
offered him by Governor Stubbs
Professor Dyche will retain his
position in the University and
will receive no salary as war
den. he was induced to accept
latter position by the seemingly.
great opportunities of the posi-
ton, the possibility of develop
ing the work Of the fish hatcher
les in stocking Kansas streams,
until they will contribute large
" to the food supply of the
state. 1t is said to be the hope
Of Governor Stubs at the next
session of the Legislature the of
fee of fish and game warden
may be taken permanently
"out Of politics.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
French FOREIGN Legion.

The Foreign Legion is composed Of
a very heterogeneous lot, who have
found Europe too hot for them, and
It Is a curious thing that the German
element seems to predOminate In this
French force. Most Of these Germans
are deserters from their own army,
though In the Legion they soon find
that It Is even worse than an ordinary
case Of 'out Of the frying pan into
the ire" The legion Is now almost
the only survival from the days when
kings and governments accepted the
service Of foreign troops. unless In
deed another instance Of the same
kind Is furnished BY the pOpe's pres
ent Swiss Guard.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
c. A. R. Post Election.

The following officers we're
elected at a late meeting Of
Baxter Post G.. A. r.: Post
Commander, j. 81. Black; s. V.
Com; Geo. Kelsey; j. V. CON-,
G.. Nichols; Chaplin, Morris
Doty; o. D., f. M. Preston;
Quartermaster, s. o. Noblei
o. g., John King; Sentinel, E.
Harmon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
A Fine Library.
Announcements.

Attorney j. j. Bulger of this
city has purcn ased the law IL
brary Of Alto rney G. d. Ashley
Of Columbus, which is about the
finest and most complete of any
in this part of the state. The
library, which is now being
placed in Attorney Bnlger's
elegant Office in this city, is val
ued at 5000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
Captain Hilligoss Dead.

Capt. A. G. Holligoss Of Mon
tana, Kas., died last week at
Washington, D. c., where he
was door keeper at the House
of Representatives, a position
be has held the past three years
He was well known in Baxter,
being a director of the Reunion,
and having had charge Of the
ampitheatre for a number of
years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
New Depot Platform.

The Frisco system has about
thirty men employed putting in
a brick and concrete platform
and walk at the depot in the
suburbs of this city, which looks
as though the present site will
be made permanent.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
List OfLetters.

Remaining in the postoftice at Baxter
Springs, Kansas, for the week ending
with December %, 1909, which II not
called for within two weeks win DO
sent to the dead letter Office at Wash
ingtOn, D. G:
Mrs Carrie Garrett
Mrs Waldo
Mrs NJ B Brains
DIR L B Manning
Miss Emma Swnel
WI Watt. S.MCo
Mrs L Whitney
Mrs Nora Keeth
Chas Cowan
Miss May Sears
Mr. 0. X. NOLAN
Persons calling for any Of the above
letters viii please say Advertised;
giving date Of list.
FRED BARTLETT, P. n.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Get the hop
For the Christmas shop,
And don't stop
Till you've got your crop
OF Christmas things all in,
And your tin,
To the last cent,
Is spent
On a sentiment
That's good all through,
But which makes you swear
If you stand it off
Till the very air
Is filled with the rush
And the jam and the crush
And the pull and the haul
And the punch and the maui
And the run and the jump
And the shove and the thump
Of a million buyers
Who wait and wait,
Then all crowd in
So they won't be late:
A million buyers
Who swear and sweat,
Who squeeze and reach,
Who fume and fret;
A million buyers crowding throu
A million others
Just like you.
Say,
That's no way
To get a hop
For the Christmas shop,
Is it? Wow!
DO it now
w. ]. hampton in New York World
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
PROGRAM
Spring Valley, Garden and
Lowell Townships Sunday
School Convention.
Christian Church, Baxter. Has,

Jan. 9, 1909 100 D. m.
Song by Choir.
Prayer by Rev. JIM. Robertson
Solo by Ms. L. D. .Hodgkins.
Recitation, Edna DilIs.
"The Seven Periods of Life"
Clara Silence.
Song by Convention.
Recitation, Cecil Chubb.
How to Secure Interest and
Regular Attendance.
(a) Primary dept, Mrs D Treat
Discussion, Mrs ChaS Polster
(b) Inter'te dept, Miss L Allen.
Discussion, Mrs Dawson.
(c) Senior or Young Peoples
department, Mrs. Stowell.
Discussion, Mrs. Thompson,
Mr.. E. &. PolSter,
(d) Bible Class. Mrs Sadie Nice
Discussion, Mrs. John PolSter,
Mr.. Joe Plnnock.
Reports Of Sunday Schools.
Collection.
Announcements.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Jas. Armstrong, who is in the
employment of the Pioneer Tele-
phone Co., at Supulpa, Okla,
will be home Friday to visit rel
Itives.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Rhodes OF
Atlanta, Georgia, arrived Mon
lay morning to visit the latter's
mother, Mrs. Samuel Binns.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Earl Abrams, who is attend
ing school at St. Marys, Kas..
arrived Monday to spend the hol-
idays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A, w. Abrams.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Arthur lakewood returned to-
lay from Rolla, Mo-, where he
aas been attending school, to
spend the holidays with his par
ents.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Miss Clara May Noble arrived
Saturday morning from St. Louis,
where she is attending school, to
spend the holidays with relatives
N this city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Miss Eva Rossman left Satur-
day night for a 2 weeks visit
with friends in Kansas City and
Leavenworth.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Miss Opal Mason visited in
Galena last Friday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Miss Pearl Naylor visited in
Joplin Friday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Mrs. G. W. .Earnshaw and
daughter, Katherine, shopped in
Joplin last Friday,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23
Takes Her Own Life.

Mrs. ]. P. Scoles, widow of
DIR. J. P. Scoles, who died last
August at their home in Galena
committed suicide last week by
taking a dose of carbolic acid,
The cause assigned was failure
in health and loneliness since
the demise of her life partner.
Mrs. Scoles was among the pop
uIar society leaders Of Galena,
and was we'll known in Baxter.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Miss Audrey Smith visited
Miss Helen Sapp in Galena the
latter part of last week,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23


committed suicide last week by
taking a dose of carbolic acid,
The cause assigned was failure
in health and loneliness since
the demise of her life partner.
Mrs. Scoles was among the pop
uIar society leaders of Galena,
and was we'll known in Baxter.
On Friday afternoon of last
week Mrs. Thomas lakewood
entertained, complimentary to
Mrs. Adam Ka'r. Viii t was
enjoyed, and the prizes were
awarded to Miss Margharet Swee-
ney and Miss Grace Perkins.
Mrs. Kahr received the guest
prize. An elegant luncheon was
served by the hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. p. King of
Eubanks, Okla, arrived in Bax-
ter last Thursday to spend the
holidays with Mrs. Kings par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Dent.
Percy will be here about two
weeks, and Mrs. King will re-
main about a month.
Will Jones of this city has the
contract for the installing of a
water system at St. Marys School,
on the Catholic Forty just south
of Lincolnville. Work will be
begun at once.
Miss Clara May Noble arrived
Saturday morning from St. Louis,
where she is attending school, to
spend the holidays with relatives
IN this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Rhodes of
Atlanta, Georgia, arrived Mon
lay morning to visit the latter'S
mother, Mrs. Samuel Binns.
Jas. Armstrong, who is in the
employment of the Pioneer Tele-
phone Co., at Supulpa, Okla,
will be home Friday to visit rel
ttives.
Arthur lakewood returned to-
lay from Rolla, No., where he
las been attending school, to
spend the holidays with his par
ents.
Earl Abrams, who is attend
ing school at St. Marys, Kas..
arrived Monday to spend the hol-
idays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Abrams.
Miss Eva RosSman left Satur-
day night for a 2 weeks visit
with friends in Kansas City and
Leavenworth.
Miss Audrey Smith visited
Miss Helen Sapp in Galena the
latter part of last week.
Miss Helen Sapp of Galena
visited friends in this city Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. G. w. .Earnshaw and
daughter, Katherine, shopped in
Joplin last Friday,
Meryle Mason and Harry Rauch
of Galena were in Baxter Sunday.
Miss Opal Mason visited in
Gslena last Friday.
Miss Pearl NaylOr visited in
Joplin Friday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Meryle Mason and Harry Rauch
of Galena were in Baxter Sunday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Miss Helen Sapp of Galena
visited friends in this city Sun
day afternoon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Will Jones of this city has the
contract for the installing OF a
water system at St. Marys School,
on the Catholic Forty just south
of Lincolnville. Work will be
begun at once.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

The Library viii not be open
Christmas,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. King OF
Eubanks, Okla, arrived in Bax-
ter last Thursday to spend the
holidays with Mrs. Kings par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Dent.
Percy will be here about two
weeks, and Mrs. King will re-
main about a month.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
MINNEOTA WINS.

A ball team was organized here last
week and they played the Minneota,
MINI. team at Hendricks Friday, los
ing by a score of 5 to 4. The game
was played in the evening after a
heavy rain, as part of the team did
not get there in time, due to the
breaking down Of an automobile The
field was a sea of mud and water, max
ing fast play impossible, and the game
was called on account of darkness in
the eighth inning. The Brookings
boys say that the umpire was about
as bad as they ever run up against
and they simply had no show to win,
in fact they consider themselves lucky
to do as well as they did under the
circumstances. Another game will be
played with the same team and there
will be a different judge Of play on
duty. Frank Paige pitched good ball
for Brookings, striking out thirteen
men and holding the other team to five
hits
The Brookings team lined up as fol-
lows:
Catcher, Dakin.
Pitcher, Paige.
First Base, Tree.
Second Base, Carlisle.
Shortstop, R. Thayer.
Third Base, HUM.
Left Field, Cough1in.
Center Field, Carl Thayer.
Right Field, Hewitt.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
OUR KIDS WIN TWO.

The Brookings kid ball team added
a couple of more scalps to their belts
the past week. On Thursday they
went over to White and defeated the
kid team from Toronto by a score OF
16 to 6. The Toronto kids were not
in the game at any stage and the
Brookings kids had walkaway. To-
ronto has been claiming the champion
ship of the eastern part of the state
but this game effectively quieted them.
1t now seems to be between Brook.
ings and De Smet as to which has the
best team.
On Monday afternoon the Brookings
team played the Volga youngsters at
the fair grounds and defeated them
by a score of to 6. All reports OF
the game indicate that it was a good
one up to the fifth inning, when the
Brookings kids got busy with their
bats and put the game on ice.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05
.CTOR'S CONFESSION.

The official confession of the quad
ruple murders perpetrated at Rudolph,
near Aberdeen, on July 3, as made by
Emil Victor, was made public on Sat
urday evening after Victor had been
arraigned in court and given until Au-
gust 10 to plead. 1t is as follows:
THAT on the morning of July 3,
1909, I reached the James w. Chris
tie residence near Rudolph, Brown
county, S. D., at $3.50 in the morning;
that l held up j. w. Christie. Then
the boy, Michael Ronayne, appeared
in the barn, and 1 shot him. Then l
shot the said Christie. Then Mrs.
Christie appeared in the doorway
of the residence and screamed. Then
| shot her. She walked into the kitch-
en-, and while she was screaming I
shot her again. Then Mildred Chris
tie appeared in the middle room and
attacked me. tore her clothes. Then
she said, You may as we'll kill me,
for the rest of them are dead Then
she sat down on the bed and / shot
her.
81 took $13 in 81 and 50 bills and
a gold watch from J. w. Christie's S
body at the barn. Mildred Christie
gave me some small money before I
shot her. Then I took some pins and
jewelry and the three-bladed knife. l
walked to Mellette and hid the two
guns, a 41-caliber and a 3S-caliber, in
a field near Mellette.
Il hit the boy, Ronayne, with a
hammer, but shot j. w. Christie twice.
Il did not intend to kill all of these
people until the Ronayne boy appeared.
81 slept in the manager at the Chris
tie barn during the latter part of the
night before killing the people. The
dog did not bother me until morning.
Then he barked and Mr.. Christie dis
covered me and I put a gun in his
face. Then l shot the boy and ]. w.
Christie, respectively, in quick success
sion.
81 make this statement as the truth
and the exact truth concerning the
death of James w. Christie, his wife,
his daughter and Michael Ronayne.
81 thought Christie had more money.
"The foregoing statement has been
read by me and it's contents are fully
known and understood by me. Emil
w. Victor"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-08-05

was beaten into the ground, and even
the grass moved off, leaving the farm
ers without hay or grain. On Medi-
cine creek between Canning and Blunt
it stripped the trees of foliage and
tore off small limbs, and in one place
the hailstones were heavy enough to
pierce sheet iron roof on a barn,
punching number of holes through
the metal.
The losses in Brookings and other
counties struck will amout to thou
sands of dollars, although this county
suffered probably the least damage of
any county struck by the storm. The
storm came at the most inopportune
time, as another week or ten days
would have seen the grain cut and
in the shock, and it is especially to be
deplored as the prospects for big
crop were never better in the states
history Most farmers nowadays car.
ry hail insurance, so the loss is likely
to be lighter than was first thought