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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

I say CHEEKY.
Il contain too much medicine already
lament him.
"A Anecdote are not a medicine"
communicate.
What could be. them require that
convalessence.
"A Anecdote are a short Joke poked
out on the end Of long story. To
make him sound natural Hon. Anecdote
must have one or two prominent Tar. #
statesmen or a actor or a millionaire or
some prominent historical person mixed
up in it. For example, I got a nice laugh
ing -anecdote about Hon. Ben Butler. 1t
begin as, following:
"'Hon Ben Butler. who were very fond
Of riding mules"
IT do not care nothing about Ben But
ler," collide Nichi peevy. Il wish hear
some jokes about Hon. Pierpont Morgan
who I admire for his absorbent wealth. :
'All WELL" / decrop. Then l shah
take out Hon. Butler and put in Hon.
Morgan. This Anecdote are not particu-
lar about who are in it,
So 1 commence another beginning.
''Hon. Pierpont Morgan, who are pas
sionately fond Of mule riding"
Are Hon. Pierpont Morgan fond Of
mule riding?" require little Annie with
childish curio.
How could ] know" / dib back. This
Anecdote got a mule in il. and If Hon.
Pierpont Morgan got to be in 1t too, he
got to ride that mule or get out.'
So l resum on again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

got five lemons in dis bunch-tllree in
de back row and two in de front row.
Say, now, wha's de matter, lift up your
feet, youse, What yer think this is, a
country barn dance? This is dress re-
....:sal. an youse dance like louise had
wooden shoes on, Hi, there, youse Wit
de pink dress on, sing louder, dey can I
hear We in de first row when ye chirp
like canary.
1t was the voice of the stage manager,
He was drilling the first Washington
chorus that was ever placed on a real
stage. Stage managers as a rule are
pretty harsh, but this one seemed to be
the harshest of the harsh to the girls.
many of them having never before ap-
peared on a stage. Not only We're all the
girls of the chorus natives of the capital.
but the music for the piece was written
by Washington composers.
Several weeks ago the above add ap-
peared in the newspapers requesting
those with theatrical aspirations to make
applications for positions with the new
brrlesque show. There was no derth of
material Dozens of girls from all walks
in life appeared. and from these the
chorus was selected, the lure of the
footlights reckoning them to life of art
for arts sake-to plant their feet on the
first runs CT the ladder of stage fame.
When Gov. kernan-certainly he is an
ex-governor! Several decades ago he was
governor of the Vassar Island. where the
concrete beds are. Well. when Gov. ker-
nan advertised for actresses" a few
weeks ago he had no idea that there
were in the city SO many female disciples
OF TheSpis Stage-struck young Wom-
en-, from halfgrown nurse girl to an
heiress answered tie ailuring ..ad," and
came to be tried out. In ability they
varied considerably. but from this army
of ambition and hope the chorus of
1.-The Rollickers'' was selected. and 1t
certainly was one to do the old city
proud, Wine, Women and Song is
the really. truly name of this aggregation
OF catchy things. but the paper did not
materialiZe in time, and they had to use
old posters, thereby notwithstanding 1t for
the time being. However. whats in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

name. etc THE Rollickers would sun
be ..The RoIlickers," though it were call
ed by any old name at all. for 1t rolllcks
ard frollicks very much.
The envious Interested One, filled with
boundleSs curiosity and an aWesome
admiration. betook herself to md out
what had induced so many beautiful and
sanguine creatures to forsake home and
mother to follow the steep and rocky road
that leads to glory and the-well-to
fame.
And she found out many thinGS-Or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

I've never been kissed yet" There was
a thud
who is that?" demands the unSophis-
ticated girl, rs it Charlie --:'
WHO is he?" inquiries the Interested
One who scents news.
Hes a pawnbroker down on
She is assured that it is a case Of mis-
taken identity. and is visibly disappointed.
And just then the Edna May prototype
was introduced Edna Robertson. a
really pretty and truly young ingenue.
with a tragedy already darkening her
life.
This is my first venture into the life"
she informed the Interested One, in a
girlish, almost childlike, manner. Il al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

amt been married yet. Sure, I get lots
of mash notes. That's what we call the
notes what's sent in to us. You see.
we t1irt with the men out front and II
one gets stuck on our style he sends us
a mash note and If we want to, we
meet him. But ! never meet men I'M
less l am introduced by friend. Why,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

Asst Wednesday.
while going with
w. Euro to Suns %
Nagasaki Billiards
& Pools TO play 1t.
/ see my Uncle
Nichi at oda-foun-
tain of kicnio
Futomoto a-drink
ing sour goat-milk
with disagreeab,e
urhn intend tn 40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

HIS was the mag
net that drew
them. dozens of
girls who were
stage struck, and
from these were
selected the tWen-
ty to fill the first
all Washington
chorus, and that
i'm a burlesdue
show.
Say, youse, Use
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15
VIM Uncle NiChi Can Not Live
Forever.
BY HASHIMURA TOGO
wallace Irwin).

Copyright. 1919, by r. +. Collier SOM
TO Editor Sunday Star who are careless
about catching colds because he know
his Name intend to live forever In HIS
tory, even If his Lungs die away be-
fore that time.
HON. DEAR SIR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

many of the things-that she did not
know before by going to an afternoon
rehearsal one memorable day.
AS she entered the portal to the play
house auditorium she was greeted by a
siren voice singing something about
Whats the Use of Moonshine?" or
words to that effect
Look, Look" exclaimed raucous
voice. Number five, number seven, stop
that leallin' to the front that way. Good
heavens, stand up! Don't act like a lot
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
A TELEPHONE DEAL
Cherokee County Mutual
and Baxter Telephone
Companies Como =
10 Terms.

For a long time negotiations
have been going on between the
Cherokee County Mutual and
Baxter Telephone Companies
looking to some kind of an under
standing whereby the subscribers
of one company might have free
connections with the subscribers
of the other company in Cherokee
county. The deal has been made,
and now the subscribers of the
Baxter Telephone Company may
talk to subscribers of the Chero-
kee County Mutual Company in
Cherokee county without any toll
charge being made. And vice
versa.
The arrangements will no
doubt be of great advantage to
the subscribers of both compa-
MES, and we are glad it has been
made, as if it had not been made,
Baxter Springs would perhaps
have had another exchange, and
neither company would have been
able to operate at a profit.
Mr.. Dow, general manager OF
the Baxter Telephone Company,
gives a statement, as follows:
THE Baxter Telephone Com
pany has recently made arrange
ments with the Cherokee County
Mutual Telephone Association by
which their subscribers in Bax-
ter Springs will have the free
use of the lines of the Cherokee
County Mutual Company in Cher
okee county in return for like
privilege granted to the Mutual
Company for the free use of their
Baxter system"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
Library Theatre. Monday Night. FeO. |.
To Enlarge {.

The Gregory Trading Co. has
rented the big room next south
of its present place of business,
and is cutting an opening through
into it. It is the intention of Mr..
Gregory to put in a big line of
furniture and floor coverings,
and otherwise enlarge his bust
ness.
Mr.. Gregory has built up a
wonderfully big business here,
and is going to try and make his
business bigger from now on.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
Same Directory.

The stockholders of the Baxter
State Bank have held their an
nual election, and elected the
same directors, viz. J. M. Cooper,
L. M. Perkins,, F.. J. Clinkin:
beard, W. T. Hartley, A. Swag-
ger. The directors elected the
same officers, as follows: Presi-,
dent, J. M. Cooper; vice presi-
dent, L. NJ. Perkins; cashier, F.
]. Clinkinbeard; assistent cashier,
Geo. c.. Common.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
First Published January 2S, I9oo.]
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that l have made
application to the probate court of Chero-
kee county, Kansas for a druggists per-
NIT to sell Intoxicating liquors for medical,
mechanical and scientific purposes, at my
place of business on lots 7 and s, in block
7. original plat. Baxter Springs, Kansas.
Said application will be heard at the Office
of the probate judge in Columbus, Kansas,
on Monday. March I. 1909, at II o'clock
a. n.
FRED BAUGH.
Applicant.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

When pay day comes, pay up.
When the wholesale people send
bills to our merchants, they ex-
pect the money in return. They
have to have money to do bust
ness. Just so, our merchants
have to have the money to trans
act their business. Arrange
your purchasing so that if you
have to buy on credit, when pay
day comes you can pay up.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
Baxter National Elects.

At the regular meeting of the
stockholders of The Baxter Ma
tional Bank, the following di-
rectors were elected for the ensu-
ing year: J. J. Fribley, A. r.
Kane, F. S. Hall, L. D. Brews-
ter and o. c. Rummel.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
Kepf II ~ Years

A lady of this vicinity spent a
gold dollar at Polstek Bros. the
other day, which she had kept ~
years. The dollar was given her
by her mother AZ years ago, with
the injunction to buy something
that would do her some good.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

All men like to have their
names in the paper, and in a con-
spicuous place but there are two
places they don't like to have it:
the police court record and the
obituary column.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

When man dies you can hear
about any number of good quail
ties he had. Everybody was his
friend; that's a lot of consolation
to him.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
WALLPAPER
Sc to 200 per bolt at Baxter
Paint and Wallpaper Co.'S,
List Of Letters

List 81 Letters
Remaining in the postofice at
Baxter Syringe, Kansas. for the
week ending with Jan. ~, 1909
which if not called for within two
weeks will be sent to the dead
letter Office at Washington, ID. C.:
Mr. Powers Miss NJ E Powers 8
Flossie Powers Mrs Minnie Baugh
Miss Cora Williams Miss Mabel Williams
Wilfred B Survency Mamie E House
Jas ] McKeon Frank Williams
Mrs Eliza WEIGH James Rowland
Mr. Leanded Mcpherson
Persons calling for any OF the
above letters will please say "Adve'
tised," giving date list.
FRED BARTLETT, p. N
A. J. Thompson, d. ID. s.,
phones 261 and 90.
w, A. Windham is in Evans
Vile, Ind, in the interest of the
Lucille Mining Co.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
FOR BARGAINS

Watch the windows of the Baxter
Paint and Wallpaper Co.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

The meeting BY Rev. Hobson
for men only at the M. E. church
last Sunday afternoon was large
ly attended, and much good re-
suited.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Fisher of
Abilene, Texas, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Cook this week.
Mrs. Fisher is a neice of Mrs.
Cook.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

National Bank Examiner T.V.
Sample was here last week on
official business. He reported
the Baxter National in a very
satisfactory condition.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
Farm loans af 8 IL poi
cent. Insurance that In
sur0S. 4. v. Smith.

Get a buggy at Hood's-on
Fuckers plan. They are eoiue
to give a lot of buggies away,
Rucker will explain the plan to
you. Ask about it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
New Restaurant

| have bought the White Rock
Restaurant from Thomas Case,
and will make such changes as
are necessary to make it a first
class restaurant and cafe.
| solicit a share of your busi-
ness and guarantee you the best
of service.
D. E. Hicks.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

Mrs. C. w. Craney entertained
the Carnation Club Tuesday aft
ernoon. The prize was won by
Mrs. A. L. Harvey. Luncheon
was served.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

Mr.. and. Mrs. Oscar Mcdowell
and E. M. Tracewell of Colum-
bus attended the revival in this
city last Thursday night. Mr.:
Tracewell made quite a nice talk.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

Perfection Oil-best in town.
Ask your dealer for it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

Hudson & Oils, operating the
Mason mine, broke a record last
Saturday, when in seven and
three-quarter hours they hoisted
7S4 thousand-pound tubs of dirt.
This was certainly going some,
but Mr.. Hudson says they will
fry TO beat their own record.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

Our Blue Mound correspon-
dent failed to send in the usual
interesting items from that To-
cality this week. Hope they
will come regularly hereafter.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
Official Returns

Indicate Santa Claus was elected
without doubt. and everybody was
convinced that Cooper's is the place
to buy the best in the grocery line,
for which we are made happy again
to see how we'll our customers are
pleased.
Wishing you all a happy New
Year, remember the place to get the
best. Yours for new business, thus
assuring new friends.
]. NJ. COOPER. The GrOCeryman.
e c. Prentice. Manager.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

The revival meetings are being
well attended, and much interest
is being manifested. Many con-
versions are being made, which
speaks we'll for the success of the
meetings. Somewhere we have
read that there is more JOY in
heaven over the saving of one
soul than over the ninety and
nine already saved. The meet
ings will continue the balance of
this week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

The city council held its regu-
lar meeting Tuesday night, but
aside from ordering some neces-
sary street repair work, only the
regular routine business was
tranSa cfed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

A couple of fellows tried to
scare Mrs. Meyerding a few
nights ago while she was driving
from town out to her restaurant
near the depot. One of them was
smashed on the head with a lam
tern for his trouble.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

When some men get mad they
smile, you had better let them
alone; they are dangerous.
When some are glad they have a
very melancholy look; perhaps
they are humorists.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

Monday afternoon Miss Craze
Perkins entertained compliment
tary to Miss Conway of. Ames,
Iowa. A guessing contest and
music were the entertaining fea-
lures of the afternoon. Miss
Perkins served a nice luncheon,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

Dick Enyart has recovered the
team which was stolen from him
along the latter part of Novem-
Der. He found it at Fort Smith.
Mr.. Enyart has been very dill
gent in his search for it, and has
been rewarded. The thief has
not been captured.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28

Hoods are going to give away
a lot of buggies. Gallon G. E
Rucker and he will explain tht
plan to you.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
Words Of Advice for Fools.

There is a fool born every minute,
so We are told, but there is also a
great mortality among them. There
are fewer active ones alive to-day than
there were last week, or than there
will be next Monday morning. 1t
seems useless to say much to this
kind of people, but we do wish to give
few suggestions in the interest of
those who are not fools. but friends
and relatives of fools Unless you are
an expert boatman, do not take a boat
out on the water, and in no event un-
less you are able to control all those
who are in it. Do not try to see how
deep you can dive nor how far you
can swim into danger. Do not try to
see If your automobile can make 20
miles an hour, as guaranteed by the
man from whom you bought it. Do
not blow your brains out simply be-
cause the girl doesn't like you or be-
cause you can't pay your debts. Let
others do the worrying.-Philadelp
Inquirer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
Scotch Modesty.

Love of country is so fine a virtue
that it seems difficult to carry it to
excess. A resident of a small village
in the north of Scotland paid bust
ness visit to London the other day.
He happened to call on a merchant
who was unknown to him but had
once made a stay in his native place.
In the course of conversation the Wis
itor made use of an expression that
led the other to exclaim: Surely,
you come from Glen McLuskie?" The
assertion, however, was denied. Pres
emily, to the merchants surprise, an
other Glen McLuskie expression was
heard. my dear Mr.. MacTavish, I
feel convinced that you are a Glen
McLuskie man after ALL" insisted the
merchant
''Weel," returned the other, I'll no
deny it any longer"
Then why didn't you say so at
first?" demanded the Englishman.
'Weel," was the calm response. 81
didna like to boast O. it in London"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15

The complete success of the new
fuel while on the 265o-mile public
test and the advantages gained
through its use were we'll described
in the following dispatch which the
correspondent of the New York Sun
sent to his paper at the conclusion of
the tour:
"A feature Of the tour which was
watched with special interest was
that the White Steamer used kero-
sene, or coal OIL as fuel instead of
gasoline. The new fuel worked
splendidly throughout the 265O-mile
journey, and all claims made in its
behalf were fully proven. First of
all, as regards cheapness, the White
driver secured kerosene all along the
route from 6 cents to 10 cents cheap
er per gallon than was paid for gaso-
line. Secondly, the new fuel was
handled without any precautions, and
it was not unusual to see kerosene
being poured into the fuel tank while
the crew of the car and an interested
crowd stood by with lighted cigars
and cigarettes. At the finish Of the
tour, the White was the only car per-
mitted by the authorities to enter
Convention Hall, where the technical
examination took place, without
draining its fuel tank. Thirdly, the
new fuel proved to be absolutely
without smoke or smell. Fourthly,
kerosene could be purchased at what
ever part Of the route was most con-
venient, and not once during the trip
through the ten States of the Middle
West was there found a grocery store
where kerosene was not readily and
cheaply obtainable. Finally, the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
Care in Preparing Food.

In recent years scientists have
proved that the value of food is meas
ured largely by its purity; the re-
suit is the most stringent pure food
laws that have ever been known.
One food that has stood out promi-
nently as perfectly clean and pure
food and which was as pure before
the enactment of these laws as it
could possibly be is Quaker Oats;
conceded by the experts to be the ideal
food for making strength of muscle
and brain. The best and cheapest of
all foods. The Quaker Oats Company
is the only manufacturer of oatmeal
that has satisfactorily solved the prob
lem of removing the husks and black
specks which are so annoying when
other brands are eaten. If you are
convenient to the store buy the reg
ular size packages; if not near the
store, buy the large size family pack
ages; If in a hot climate, the hermet-
icallY sealed tins
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
Pests Worried hx Pests.

Since the Dutch philosopher Leeu-
wenhoek discovered that the pupa Of
the flea was sometimes preyed on by
the larvae of mite, it has been we'll
known that various small insects have
their external parasites. And a re-
cent communication to the Complies
Rendus of the Biological society of
Paris by NJ. Bruyant, shows that many
mosquitoes carry about mites in the
larval stage. These described belong
to four different genera They prob
ably feed on the integumentary
structures of the mosquitoes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
VainIy Seek Health in Southwest,

According to statement of the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis fully 1880
persons hopelessly diseased with
tuberculosis annually come to die in
the states of California, Arizona, New
Mexico, Texas and Colorado, most of
them by order of their physicians. The
statement, which is based upon the
testimony of well-known experts, and
all valuable statistics, shows that at
least SO per cent. of those who go to
the southwest every year for their
health are so far advanced in their
disease that they cannot hope for a
cure in any climate, under any cir
cumstances. More than this, at least
60 per cent. of these advanced cases
are so poor that they have not suffi-
cient means to provide for the proper
necessaries of life, which means that
Abs consumptives are either starved
to death or forced to accept charitable
relief every year.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-09-15
MURDER IN A GREAT CITY
1t Seems Easy for Assassin to Escape
After Committing Foul
Deed.

Within few weeks at lease four
atrociouS murders have been commit
ted "a New York, and in no case have
the police been able to intercept the
criminals. To degree this reflects
upon the intelligence of the detective
force, yet in justice to the police the
difficulties confronting those who set
out to trail assassins in a big city
should not be overlooked. It is easy
to clamor against the police when a.
murder mystery remains unsolved. but
it is well to remember that all great
centers of population have their mys-
ferrous crimes and their unraveled
clues, and that this is as true of Euro
pean cities, where the science of de-
lection has been brought to its high
est estate, as 1t is of cities in the
United States.
There are innumerable holes and
corners ! nthis huge metropolis where
taking Of life can be accomplished
without the cries of the victim being
heard by any human being. The ease
with which a man choked and beat
woman to death in a dark and OBJ
scure hallway on East Thirteenth
street the other night and then coolly
slipped away from the neighborheod
OF his crime is typical of the facilities
the city offers to criminals of the
worst sort. There are hundreds of
tenements on the east and west sides
of Manhattan where the sounds of a
fa,al scuftie would attract no more
than passing attention from the
people accustomed to drunken brawls
and family sQuabbles.
And not more difficult than the com.
mission of crime is the escape of the
criminal after crime has been COM
mitted. Give to murderer a reason
able start and there is no place in the
world where he can so readily cover
up his tracks and escape notice as in
city of 100000 people. And this is
more especially true in those cases
where a fugitive can count on the
assistance of friends to help in battling
the police, an assistance too common
ly rendered in the foreign quarters
OF New York-Brooklyn Eagle.