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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

giyen me, and j am recommending IL
to all my friends. Mrs. w. s. FORD.
1888 Lansdowne St., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy In this
country for the cure of oil forms OF
female complaints is Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stood the test Of years and today is
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. Ithas cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, inflam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, ir.
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing-down feeling. flatulency,
Indigestion, and nervous prostitution,
after ali other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any Of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If You would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass. for it. She has guided
thousands to health free OF
charge.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
"ieIIo Mr.. Starving Man."

ing slap-stick about this style OF hui
NOR. ! dare say III find slap stick
in my stocking from some editor who
likes more ginger than l am able to
compass.
But when I'm thinking l let my
thoughts follow their own way-never
trying to coerce them, and what I'm
after is Merry Christmas for lots OF
people. We elected the man most OF
us wanted, and he's a sort Of Santa
Claus himself. He'll do all he can to
give us a succession Of Merry Christ
masses. Let's get together and help
all we can.
Hello, Central! Give me that man
who is said to DO starving. There's
a man next door who has telephone
and he'll let him use It,"
Hello, starving man. Buck up
Christmas is still with us and there
are a lot of people who have their
eyes on you. You may die-we must
all debut I think you'll die Of
surfeit of Christmas cheer"
Merry Christmas!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

dinner for them, and even II they had
no stockings. let alone anything to
put In them, some unknown person
had wished them well.
think we all wish the poor well.
Those people who at banquet gave
three cheers for the poor gave them
with great vim, I've been told.
But as the really poor seldom go to
the Apense Of having telephones put
in on the bare chance that some one
may wish them Merry Christmas,
most OF us will be unable to wish them
well unless we 60 to see them.
And that suggests another thought
that their lack Of a telephone Ii like
ly to prove expensive for us.
You can call a poor man up and
wish him a Merry Christmas with all
the feeling and all the sincerity In
the world, and then you can ring on
before he gets a chance to ask your
number. but IL you 60 to see him. why.
1t looks as II you ought to take some
thing with you beside mere saluta-
tons.
A winsome manner and cheerful
voice, and q hearty hand-clasp 90 q
long way to bring touch Of gold into
the gray day of bed-ridden woman
whom Santa Claus omitted to call
upon, owing to the shocking condition
Of her chimney flue, but, after you
have gone away, hunger Is just as
likely to visit her as II you had not
visited her yourself.
II might not be q bad idea to take
something along.
II you who read this intended to
take something along or to send some
thing pleasant, don't take offense at
my reminding you. / was talking to
myself as much % to anybody-think-
ing aloud.
Isn't It q lucky thing that We don't
feel called upon to be charitable ex-
cent ss stated times-Christmas and
New Years and Thanksgiving day. ]
think that's all. II we had to think
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

II the world had not passed beyond
the age of myth-making, the disaster
in southern Italy would be ascribed to
the turning of Enceladus In his sleep.
Enceladus was one of the giants who
rebelled against Jupiter. He was killed
by one OF Jupiter's thunderbolts, &C.
cording to Virgil, and buried under
Mount Etna. When he turns In his
grave the earth quakes, and when he
breathes the mountain belches forth
fire and smoke. 1t was the peculiar
geographical and geological formations
round Sicily and the Strait Of Messina
that gave rise to many Of the ancient
myths. The rock of Scylla, dangerous
to navigators, was believed to be the
home OF a monster which seized the
sailors from the decks Of the ships
that passed too near. The whirlpool
of Charybdis, across the strait, was
said to be caused by another monster
which swallowed the sea and spewed
It out again three times day. The
Sirens lived on an island in the neigh.
borhood and charmed sailors to their
destruction. They were finally foiled
by Odysseus, who closed the ears OF
his sailors with wax and had himself
dashed to the mast Of his ship. So
chagrined were the three sisters that
they threw themselves into the sea,
and were transformed into rocky is.
lands which bear their names.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

Of the poor every week they would ge'
ON our nerves.
Talk about duplicate wedding pres
-ents-I fancy that some OF the poor
In our town. people who are moi
troubled by visitors to any great or
tent from January to Christmas week,
have duplicate turkeys on Christmas
day.
or course the poor woman can put
the duplicate In her refrigerator and
have 1t served up cold for many a cold
day. but perhaps q smallish chicken
every month or so would not cost
much more than the big turkeys that
come to her from different donors
early Christmas morning.
And It's possible that she has no 70
frigerator.
But her room is cold enough to keep
the bird a long time.
Another thought-why not endanger
the keeping powers Of the big bird by
strewing q few Jumps Of coal on her
floor?
We are using up coal at such ruin
GUS rate, we American people, that
there will be none to burn In q com
paratively short time; but ! do moi
think that the poor are nearly as ex'
travagant in their use Of 1t as the rest
Of us are.
Did It ever occur to you that the
superfiuous heat In your houses, the
heat that is making nervous wrecks
of many Of your women folk, would
comfortably warm thousands OF poor
people all winter long?
Aren't we foolish? We shovel In
coal to the wrong furnaces. In your
house 1t is so hot that you are always
smiling with colds, while in the
homes OF the poor on the next block
but one It is so cold that they are all
smiling with colds.
All smiling together but not all get
ting together to devise means by
which they might share little OF your
superfluous coal.
Merry Christmas!
I said that to myself just to cheer
myself up, because l felt that ! was
going on in anything but Christmaa
strain about things in general. Moth.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

I'VE BEEN
THINKING
ABOUT CHRISTMAS
BY
Charles Battell LOOMS
Copyright by W. q. Chapman,

tCOpyfiEut " vs. sOhePAaeab
Merry Christmas!
Did you ever think how pretty those
letters look, and how delightful the
words sound?
The NJ and the @ are red and there's
a jolly looking Santa Claus, ruddy.
checked and stout, looking out from
behind them, and the salutation
sounds like sleighbells and the crankle
of good packing snow. and happy
voices.
Merry Christmas!
Have you ever tried telephoning the
good wish to the abject poor who live
huddled In tenements? The trouble
Is that most Of them have no tele-
phones. But II they only did have
them It would be such kindly thing
to wake them out OF their troubled
sleep on Christmas morning to wish
them q Merry Christmas.
Then ring OF.
It wouldn't take much time and It
wouldn't take any money III you
chose the poverty stricken Of your
own town. and they needn't know who
spoke to them.
Then they could 60 back to bed and
90 to sleep again or else stay up to
enter upon their firing, sordid round
If things, but they would know that
sven II there was to be no Christmas
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

England alone Of all the great Euro
pean powers has done but little exper.
Imentation with aerial war-craft. Yet
she is of all nations the most threat
ened by the recent inventions and i'm
provements in aerial work, because
she has depended largely for security
on her splendid isolation. protected by
her powerful navy. says Henry B. Her
sey in the Century. Now she realizes
that this isolation cannot be main
tanned against aerial attack by any
present means Of defense. and that
such defense must be prepared In the
form Of feet Of air cruisers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
How to Tell a Good school.


Even more indicative OF the inner
spirit OF a school. however. are the lit
lie indications given by the talk Of
boys at home on their vacations. says
Appleton's Magazine. Don't make the
mistake OF believing what they tell
you about the lessons. or the food. or
even the prowess of the football team.
A boy Is an inveterate generalizer and.
moreover. you are quite likely to mis-
understand his terminology. He VIII
tell you that the food Is rotten"
that the milk is always sour, that MT.
So.and.so is a fearful soak" and
gives out hundred lines OF Virgil to
q lesson right straight along, and that
the football team has never been
beaten; all Of which will only mean
that sometimes II has happened that
the food was not above criticism,
the milk was sour. Mr.. So-and-so gave
out long lesson. and the football
team has won. No, don't try to pump
him about the school, but just notice
how he talks OF It, and Of the masters.
II he fires up when you suggest that
there is anything to criticise in 1t. II
he speaks OF this or that master with
a gentle suggestion of affection In his
voice, and more especially II he does
not try to entertain you with stories
Of how this or that boy beat out" this
or that. master. then the chances are
that he goes to a good school.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

from irregulari-
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling In my
stomach. / had
given up hope OF
ever being well
when / began to
take Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
I felt as though
new life had been
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
A Darky's Letter.

A New York business man was
cleaning out his desk the other day
and tearing up his old letters when
the colored porter. who was In the
Office, spoke up and said: BOSS, GIN
me one OBJ dem letters?"
"What do you want II for?'
II promised TO write a letter to my
old nanny In Norf Car'lina, but, as !
hasn't lahned to write yit, can jess
send her one oh dem letters you haint
got no use for. Hit will make her
feel good, hit Will"
The gentleman gave the affection
ate son a patent-medicine anti-fat cir
cular, which was duly mailed and ad.
dressed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
prATE or ONO CIT or TOLEDO. I =.
LUCAS COUNTY.

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANZ ]. CHENEY makes oath that he b ssnios
partner OF the nrm Of y. J. CHENEY 4 Co.. doing
business IN the City OF Toledo. County and State
Aforesaid. and that said arm win pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
ease Of CATARRH that cannot be cured ~ the use Of
HALLS CATARRH CURE. -
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn 20 before me and subscribed IN my presence
this 9Th DAY OF December. A. D.. 1856.
snAL M notary PUBLIC.
1921
Halls Catarrh Cure taken internally and act,
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
ystem Send for testimonials. free.
FL. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo. o.
Fold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family pills for constipation
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
He Wins Either Way.

The Doctor-Your wife is threat
ened with pneumonia. and she'll die IL
she attends that party.
The Hubby-Then ! shall not advise
her either way. She'll die II she has
TO miss It.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

Prosperity is the touchstone Of vir-
tue; for 1t is less difficult to bear mis-
fortunes than to remain interrupted
by pleasure.-Tacitus
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

Concerning that declaration that
woman Is mans horse" 1t Is further
commented that the gray mare is often
the better horse. Besides which cyni.
cal persons may observe that II . man
puts his money on the horses long
enough he is apt to 90 broke.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

It sometimes happens that mar
rage license furnishes man with a
good excuse for trying to drown his
troubles,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
KNEW WHAT HE NEEDED.

II. r. Sute-Sonny. kin you tell me
where kin get a
Kld-Nothin' doin', pop! De barber
shops Is all closed on Sundays!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

Sore throat leads to Tonsilitis, Quinsy
and Diphtheria. Hamlins Wizard Oil
used as a gargle upon the first symptoms
of sore throat will invariably prevent
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

Clear white clothes are sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large OF. package, 8 cents.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

Power and fortune must concur with
prudence and virtue to effect anything
great in political capacity.-Plato.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
A Domestic Eve Remedy

Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to Pure Food and Drugs Laws.
Wins Friends Wherever Used. Ask Drug
gists for Murine Eye Remedy. Try Mu-
line in Your Eyes. You Will Like Murine.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

For Hoarseness and Coughs Browns
Bronchial Troches'' are wonderfully eff
fective. % cents a box. Samples sent free
by John /. Brown q Son, Boston, Mass.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
AFTER
FOlJRYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md. -"For four years
my life was q misery 10 me. Isufered
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

When a woman's husband Is the
subject of conversation, she isn't in a
position to say what she really thinks.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
Great Home Eve Remedy,

for all diseases Of the eye. quick relief
from using PETTITS EYE SALVE; al
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

Women wouldn't be SO laxative
II they only spoke their minds.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
PLACING Him.

Papa" inquired little May, after
Sunday school, was George Wash
lngton an Israelite?'
Before her father could answer this
somewhat unexpected question Mays
six.year-old brother broke in.
why, May, I'm 'shamed OF your ig-
nance! George Washington Is In the
New Testament, not the Old."-Wom-
ans Home Companion.
There are four advantages in tax.
ng Munyon's Homeopathic Remedies.
First, they are positively harmless.
Second, they are pleasant to take.
Third, they relieve quickly. Fourth.
hey cost nothing unless they give sat
.sfaction.
Prof. Munyon has just issued a Mag
azine-Almanac, which will be sent free
10 any person who addresses
The Munyon Company. Philadelphia.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04
WILL MAKE you RICH

Fifty b u IN els per
O ere have been
grown. General
averagegreaterthan
in any other Fart Of
the continent. Under
man, ra0,,lat;ooe Il n
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-09
-
Foreign Futures
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Future Grain and Provisions

CHICAGO Dec S.-Reviyed fears of serious
damage by frost to Argentine crop supplanted the
government report in the wheat market today
and caused advances of u d2c from the low point
the top. Corn and oats also closed strong,
while provisions steady.
Prospects Of liberal yield of winter wheat in
the United States, as outlined by the official
statistics made public yesterday, seemed to have
been entirely ignored by traders in the wheat pit
today. and their attention was directed to Ar
gentina, where the ripening crop is reported to
have been damaged by frost. Todays advices
seemed to indicate that the injury might be more
serious thain suggested in earlier dispatches
Bullish sentiment augmented by light re-
ceipts at all primary points due to the severe
Storm the total arrivals being $50, 900 bushels
compared with 1.039 900 bushels the correspond
ing day last week.
leading elevator interest liberal buyer
of the December delivery. which caused the price
of that l,tion TO advance from SLOT TO 81 90
May. ir the meantime, rose from SLOTS to
S1.0S14 al .0S3s. The December delivery was
quite erratic the final half hour The market.
however, closed strong with December at the top.
Final figures May were at s1.0s.
Light receipts and cold weather throughout
the corn belt were chiefly responsible for
strong corn market An advance of u a. nc i'm
the price of the cash grain stimulated additional
demand for futures. The market closed strong
with prices as M1ac higher
Buying of the December option by cash inter-
ests was the feature of trading in oats The
principal bulish influence the continuance
of light receipts, which resulted in advance of
!, a In the price of the cash grain. The
market closed strong with prices 9s N Nc higher.
The leading futures ranged follows:
Articles Open High Low Close
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-09
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS
Cotton Market

NEW YORK. Dec. s.-Hutton's wire SAYS;
THE market advanced today on government
ginners' report OF only S.S7S. .277 bales glnned 20
December l. compared with IL, Dos 66l bales 10
corresponding date last year. This lndlcates
crop of Q. S67 600 bales exclusive OF hnters. anu
10 167 900 bales, allowing the usual amount Tor
linters and repacks. IL is probable. however;
that the government estimate next Friday viii
show about 10. 400. 900 bales but this nglre -
1. .OOO. 600 bales below the popular guesses Dy
members OF the principal exchanges and the
trade az large.
Heavy realizing caused slight recessions. pu,
the market showed a very firm tone. with puhS
claiming that the figures Indicated
government estimate Of under lO.25O-OoV baleS.
The commercial crop last year was about To-
500. 600 bales.
The proportion OF the last three crops ginned
to December 1 is SOL per cent for l9oS. f9.' per
cent for 1907 and 77.2 per cent for 1906 koln'l
bales included for this year are lSS.9i5. asaln-c
POI $50 included for 1908 and 1.4. 'Esl Tor i3ot-
Sea island bales are included as IL,t4O ior iSoS'
6s 500 for 1908 and 90 200 for 1907
Spot cotton closed quiet 10 points niGner-
Middling uplands, 14.95e; middling gulf. IS--Ue-
Cs.r. hn1a
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-09
CHEATING GOVERNMENT
CARRIED ON FOR YEARS
Custom House Weigher Says
Officials Knew of Graft

NEW YORK. Dec. S.-Underweigh-
ing sugar and cheating the govern
ment out of duty is not a new art. ac-
cording to testimony introduced today
as the government continued its prose-
cution of six former employees of the
American sugar refining company.
James COnlon, a former customs
weigher. testified that, although he had
apprised- his SuperiOrs of the existence
of fraud more than 10 years ago, moth
ing was done TO punish the guilty per-
sons until after the death OF III. o.
Hayemeyer.
Thomas KehOe. a defendant. was inn
plicated by ConlOns testimony when
the latter swore that he had twice seen
Kehoe manipulate the scales by a spe-
cial apparatus He seized the instru-
ment, SO he testified, but in the first
instance returned il after Kehoe had
pleaded with him. Later. he testified
he reported the matter. but it brought
no results
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-09
Butter. Cheese and Egrs

The market for butter and eggs developed an
easier tone yesterday and the quotation for the
top grades of both lower. Extra butter
declined l5c on a sale at 361ac on the exchange
and extra eggs were 1c lower offers TO sell
at 54c a dozen. Sellers were unable TO effect
change. soc being the highest figure bid. Cheese
remained firm at the old quotations. California
makes being particularly 1t reported
that stocks OF butter in cold storage were closely
cleaned up result of liberal Withdrawals for
shipment to the north Large holders of cold
storage eggs said to be contemplating an
advance in prices for the upper grades.
Sales the exchange We're follows:
Butter-10 of fresh extras at 361ac a
pound
Cheese-5o fancy California fats at 1s,ac a
pound
Receipts were % 800 pounds Of butter, 1000
pounds of cheese and sos cases of eggs.
The following official quotations estab-
lshed by the sales, bids and offers on the floor
of the dairy exchange. Prices in the street,
while governed by the exchange quotations. gen
orally range from l9c to &c higher, owing to the
various charges to be added.
Butter-Fresh creamery extras, 36l2c per ID,
weak; do frsts. 31c, steady; do seconds, 29c,
steady; California storage extras. 3Oc, firm; ex-
ira storage ladies, 25l5c, steady; do frsts, 2oc,
steady.
Cheese-California fancy fats, 1S15c per lb.
steady; do frsts, lie, steady; do seconds. loo,
steady; fancy Young Americas, 19c. steady; do
irsts, 1Tc, steady; fancy Oregon Young Amer
ieas, 1S1ac. firm do fats, lie, firm; California
fancy storage flats. Ice, firm; do hrsts, l5zac,
firm; storage Young Americas, 1S13c, frm; New
York singles, 19c, firm: do daisies, 1915 hrm.
Eggs (per Dozen luded)-Californla
fresh extras, 54c, weak: do frsts 4Sc, hrm; Call
fornia storage extras 30c firm
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-09
SPECIALLY THE CALL
UNCERTAINTY IN
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK, Dec. s.-Prices of stocks
Of interruption and hesitation, final re-
action wiping out much of the gains.
The opening rise brought in consid-
erable volume of profit taking sales from
an element in the speculation which has
come to expect an alternating current in
the price movement from one day to
another.
The renewed operations on large scale
in United States steel on a rising scale
had an important sentimental effect on
the general tone. The action of that
stock was not explained by any new de-
velopment, but the idea persists that the
price is destined to rise to par some time
before Christmas. The buying of stocks
was accompanied by professions of salts
faction with the tone of the presidents
message, which was called moderate and
conservative and as warranting expecta-
tion of ciroumspect treatment of the topics
reserved for future special messages. The
feeling on the subject was enhanced by ad-
vices from Washington alleging the hkeli-
hood of the suppression of attempts at
radical measures in congress.
Published reports of the ripening of
plans among railroad trsinmen for con-
certed demand upon the railroads for an
advance in wages after the first of the
year were without apparent effect.
The census bureaus figures on the
amount of cotton ginned to December
was taken as having q widespread IN
terest outside the actual cotton trade.
The rise in the price of cotton to the
highest price of the season was considered
significant of the prevailing high level of
prices in materials.
contrary tendency was shown by the
price of copper. one of the few materials
which has failed to share in the almost
universal rise in prices. The Western
Union quarterly report of earnings proved
unsatisfactory TO some holders of the stock
and the retention of the previous dividend
rate seemed to bring some disappointment
also. The fall in Amalgamated copper
was one influence in the sharp reaction late
in the day.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par
value, s5,ls6 900.
United States IS, coupon, declined Il
per cent on call.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-09

Standard Oil. Cos $50
Super & Pitts 15% 1914
Tri Bullion. 1915 1
Tonopah Ex.. 4S %
United Cop. rs 7i2
Do pfd -. 81 80
Tn r K Co. % y
Yukon Cold. ) 3 1-16
Ray Cent - rs 1 7-16
Ray Cons. -. 22i2 %
Ohio $50. 3 5-l6 3 T-l6
Ely Cent. 1916