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cred with n snowy cloth, and three
shining copper cooking utensils, sur
repttiously removed from the Har-
court mansion, were hung on the wall.
Theresa planted a tall artificial rose in
a pot and placed 1t in front of the
cottage so that it peeped in at the
kitchen doorway, or what would have
been the doorway if there had been
any. most romantically.
1t was so lovely when Il was all fin
ished that even Theresa began to think
that perhaps Lord and Lady Harcourt
would be happy there and wouldn't
mind being deprived OF their more
splendid home.
There was nothing really to be done
at Harcourt house to prepare for the
bride and bridegroom except to ar
range a few bridal bouquets. The fur
niture was all in perfect order and
extremely elegant and it was swept
and busted sto fault. The drawing
room, furnished in gilt mahogany and
damask, showed not a chair out of
place nor velvet hanging awry.
The elaborately decorated walls re-
flected in the long gold framed mirrors
were without a blemish; the dining
room displayed a dazzling array of
china and glass; the bedrooms all con-
tained complete sets of perfect furni
ture, highly befrilled beds, large gold
chandeliers and heavy carpets; the
marble bath was spotless. kitchen and
pantry perfectly equipped, the library
walls were completely lined with books
and the heavy leather furniture placed
exactly where it should be- There was
not even the slightest need for added
pictures or mantel decorations. Paint
ing and statuary, magnificent clocks,
handsome tapestries etc, filled every
available space. Theresa and Marian
sighed as they admitted that there was
nothing to be done. mot even to fill
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I'VE can fix it UP so that II will be just
as sweet and pretty as can be We've
got, lots of new paper and carpet and
we can mend the furniture with stick
ing plaster. I'm sure they'll be pleased
with IL when we get through"
mo" declared Maud Marian. decis-
lively 1T won't do for a bride, Theresa.
There's only one thing TO do. Well
have to move Lord and Lady Harcourt
over into this cottage and give the
bride ana bridegroom their house. OF
course he can't expect Dinah to keep
on living here with Lord and Lady
Harcourt-there wouldn't be room
but she can move over to Harcourt
house and work for Mary Belle. Wen
have to change the name, | suppose.
and call this Harcourt cottage. Then
the other house can be called Bellevue,
after Mary Belle.
But l don't think Lord and Lady
Harcourt would like that at ALL" re-
monstrated Theresa. They've lived at
Harcourt house too long to be willing
TO give 1T up, and besides, they're so
grand and elegant 1T seems suited to
them.
Yes" said Maud Marian but. now
that they are older they would really
he more comfortable in this nice little
cottage, and / think theve had their
share of Harcourt house. They ought
to be willing to give somebody else
chance to live there. We can fix up
this cottage for them just as we would
have done for Mary Belle. and they
ought to be quite satisfied"
Well said Theresa, perhaps they
ought, but I'm afraid they won't be-"
Maud Marian. however, had firmly
made up her mind about the matter
and was already busily engaged in
looking over the box which contained
the playroom house furnishing stores
with a view to freshening up the cot
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tage for Lord and Lady Harcourt's oc-
cupancy
n the house furnishing box were odds
and ends of walf paper left over
from papering the various rooms,
bits of carpets for rugs, pieces of satin,
velvet and denim and chintz for cush-
ions and upholstery and white barred
muslin for curtains. Theresa and
Maud Marian entered eagerly into the
task of renovation aft er they had dir
vided the house between them, Theresa
selecting the bedroom and the kitchen
and Maud Marian the drawing room and
remaining bedroom. They ran down
stairs TO get warm water with which
TO scrub the floors and -four paste from
the cook TO put on the wall paper.
For the drawing room there was a
lovely lattice paper, with climbing vio-
lets clambering over it, "A lattice is
so like a cottage" said Maud Marian.
AS this room served the cottage as
dining room also IL was necessary to
have a dining room table and side
board. The table was covered with a
violet denim cloth and the chairs were
upholstered In violet denim, which was
also used for the floor covering. In
the center OF the table Maud Marian
placed vase full of artificial violets.
-THEREsA's kitchen was. however,
the most beautiful of all the rooms
when II was finished. 1t was pa
pered with a blue and white bathroom
paper which looked ike thing and the
floor was covered with blue and white
oilcloth. Theresa gave the stove
good coating OF shoe polish and IL was
oil aAN
which refused 10 come clean, was COW
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the vases" said Maud Marian. "for the
bouquets in them are better than any
we could get"
Lord Frederick and Lady Gwendoline
Harcourt sat in the drawing room
while Theresa and Maud Marian looked
their residence over. They were both
very large and magnificent dolls, but
1t seemed to Theresa that they had
never looked so large and magnificent
before. She looked from them to the
newly furnished Harcourt cottage with
misgiving. She felt they would be very
uncomfortable in the smaller abode.
Lady Gwendoline, she was sure, would
not be able to sit in the chairs and
Lord Harcourt would lose his stately
presence and grow round shouldered
because of the low ceiled bedrooms
Are you going to tell them now?"
she asked Maud Marian.
no" said her cousin; lit will be best
to send them out for spin in the
motor. Then Jack and Mary Belle can
come in and take possession, and we
can lead Lord Harcourt and Lady
Gwendoline gently to their new home.
Their clothes can be sent after them"
\ a result OF this move the Young
~ Brave presently brought around
the motor car and Lord and Lady
Harcourt, little thinking that IL was a
final farewell to the mansion they had
occupied for so many years, were per-
suaded TO take a spin.
1t was then decided 10 bring Dinah
over from the cottage. Dinah, who had
watched the renovation of the cottage
with great interest, seemed not at all
pleased to be obliged to leave the little
house now that il had been made so at
tractive Her large new kitchen, with
its great array OF cooking utensils,
seemed strange and unhomelike to her.
She sat stifiiy in the chair where Maud
Marian had placed her and seemed not
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tage for Lord and Lady Harcourt's oc-
cupancy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
TO KILL MOSQUITOES

making a pretty picture In the after
noon haze.
AN old Indian guide who was in the
party was the first to point out the
dragon flies and tell us that the mos
Quitoes had been afraid of them. A lit
tie after the dragon flies had gone and
back came the mosquitoes. Then aft
er little the flies came back. Q dozen
of them this time. stretched out across
the plain in line of battle 10 feet apart
and each one advancing and darting
from side to side in quick dashes. Ev-
cry dash meant a mosquito killed and
eaten, and 1t was no wonder that the
mosquitoes fed.
"A few years ago the question was
seriously taken up at the Museum Of
Natural History and at the Smith
sonian Institution in Washington Of
whether It would not pay to breed
dragon flies, or devils darning nee
dies, as the grandmothers used to call
them, to rid the country Of mos
quitoes. The investigations were called
of for some reason and never pur-
sued.
Il know a lady out in Cambridge
who breeds lot Of dragon flies in an
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
Insect Is Deadly Foe of Singing
Pest.
Experiments Made 70 Determine
Whether It Would Not Be Good
Investment to Breed Dragon
Flies.

New York.-"Experiments are being
made at Bronx park to determine
whether 1t would not be a good In
vestment for the government to breed
dragon flies to destroy mosquitoes,
said William Conroy, an employe of
the geological department Of Harvard,
after spending his vacation in and
about New York and Jersey City Ia
king notes on the mosquito.
Not everyone knows" he said.
that the dragon fly is the worst nat
ural enemy that the mosquito has.
Both of them are born in the water
and both wiggle around in> the mud
and ooze till the time comes for them
to emerge. Then they come out on
the stock Of a lilypad. dry on in the
hot sun and split their skin down the
back and emerge from 1t with wings.
The dragon fly has wonderful
lower jaw that shoots out like an arm
and can grab almost anything that
comes its way, but what 1t likes bet
lCl Nidh any lAAub OAoS 40 q hOo1uA1O'
"A few years ago was out on the
plains of Wyoming at a rather high
altitude and near some wet land
where mosquitoes simply seemed to
eat us alive. Late in the afternoon
they came swarming around us as the
sun sank and made life torment. /
was with a troop of United States SOL
diers, and we had camped for the
night and had built fire to smoke
the mosquitoes away, but It did little
good. While we sat there slapping
at the pests, there came sudden dis
persing of them. In seconds time
almost there wasn't one Of them in
sight. We all noticed It. Then, dart
ing from side to side and flying around
the camp. came the dragon files, six
or eight of them. with their big shin
ing bodies and tremulous gauze wings
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
Mira. srluus' speech.

II brevity is the soul Of wit. one Of
the wittiest speeches on record was
made by q woman. Mrs. Briggs lived
In the northern part Of Indiana, . long
distance from any village. Hearing
that the Rev. Mr.. Goodwin was 10
preach in q township some twenty
miles distant, she resolved to be pres
emit, and as no other way offered, she
walked the twenty miles.
The pastor heard Of this and was
20 pleased at the appreciation which
II showed that at the close Of the ser
mon he mentioned the fact to the con
gregation, and called upon Mrs. Briggs
10 tell them how she came.
Rising slowly, she looked over the
audience with great solemnity, and
said:
II hoofed It."
Then she sat down again.-Youth's
Companion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
Cats solo for Rabbits.

London.-In his report issued re
Gently the medical oficer Of Finsbufy
describes the discovery Of a cat in q
consignment of ostend rabbits.
"The cat, fat, sleek. well matured
animal, weighing about four pounds
had ben deeapitated. It's tail re-
moved, and its carcass had been dex.
terously attached to the emaciataed
head Of q rabbit. sewn on by ordinary
gray thread.
"0n q previous occasion three car
cases Of cat-rabbit mad been conhs-
catatsd IN like manner The doctor
also describes a bottle Of leman
squash which contained a large por
ton Of the backbone Of a ash
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
CAT INJURIES YOUNG WOMAN
Springs on Rooster on oIri'S Hat as
Latter Passes Under Tree
Adornment Ruined.

Des Molnes. Ia.-When It comes to
distinct disadvantages, the hobble
skirt has nothing on the chantecler
hat, in the opinion of Miss Lucy Liv-
ingstone. She is a freshman at Drake
university and lives In Garden Grove.
Recently Miss Livingstone became
the proud possessor of q handsome
chantecler hat and the envy Nof her
classmates, and a big cat with a pro-
nounced appetite for poultry. The
classmates sighed resignedly, the cat
designedly.
Puss wanted the realistic-looking
roster Of the hat and several times
followed Miss Livingstone, me-owing
covetously. Finally, convinced the
rooster was not to be given It, the
cat brought strategy into play.
While Miss Livingstone was passing
the point where puss had been accus-
toned to take up her trail there sud
denly was precipitated from a high
overhanging branch Of a tree q ball
Of splitting fur. II landed half ON and
half on the chantecler hat
The cat clawed at the rooster and
the atmosphere and succeeded In ruin
ing the handsome hat and q goodly
portion Of Miss Livingstone's features
before Il was beaten OF.
The services Of q surgeon were -
Quired TO close the wounds IN the
girl's face.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
Treat PeeUish Zoo Python

ers fearlessly took the creature from
its glass cage out into the open. There
the reptile wiggled for a half hour
while the three keepers tried to
straighten It out so that 1t could be
stuffed. And they had to be extreme
ly careful. for II the python should
coil itself around the body Of one Of
them 1t could with great ease crush
him to death. After a hard struggle
the big snake was forced to swallow
two roosters which had been pur-
chased in a Bronx butcher shop for
the banquet.
In captivity the regal python Is
vicious and resents any familiarity on
the part Of the keeper. While con-
fined 1t prefers to feed on poultry and
can engulf without difficulty, as 1t did
few days ago, two eight-pound
ROSTERS in full feather. Two such
fowls usually constitute a square meal,
but a very hungry snake Of this spe-
cies will consume four chickens OF
this size and be ready for more with
in ten days. time.
During the Arst few months OF
confinement very large specimens Of
this variety Of snake appear to suf-
fer from the restraints of captivity.
and refuse food. Whenever a large
serpent is thus languiBhing and ap-
preaching a suicidal end, 1t is neces-
sary to feed 1t by force and thus coun-
teract its sluggish appetite. General
ly young rabbits are killed and tied
together with twine; the snake Is
then held by the keepers as nearly
straight as possible and by means Of a
pole the meal is forced down its
throat a distance of about six feet.
Food thus administered usually
changes the snakes demeanor toward
captivity. With such q meal once d.
gested, there comes an appetite for
food, which usually can be- detected
by the snakes actions. although for q
time the reptile may lack sufncient
courage to feed voluntarily. Atten-
ton on the part Of the keeper usually
renders a repetition Of compulsory
feeding unnecessary. although occa-
sional specimens are very stubborn, a.
in the case of Czarina at the park.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
Government Census Figures Show
That There Are 164,s3o Clergy.
men In Country.

New York.-All churchmen have
been interested in the census bulletin
recently issued giving church stats
tics.
There were 164,S3O Christian minis
tiers in the United States. besides 1,OS4
Jewish rabbis, and they increase at
the rate OF nearly 1000 year. Their
average salaries are not so small as
many suppose, for the sum is 1868.
Baptists and Methodists have more
than half the whole number Of minis
tiers in the country, due to their large
number of small churches, especially
In rural districts.
There are in Manhattan and Brook
Ign several scores Of ministers whose
salaries exceed $4,000 a year. The
highest salary ever offered a minister
TO preach in New York, and given out
in a public call, was $4,000 a year
and a house, offered last year by the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church.
and declined. Several ministers re-
ceive $4,000 a year, and there are a
dozen or more who get $4,000. These
salaries are the highest in the world.
A minister in London who gets $1,000
a year is near the top. In New York
he Is near the bottom.
The government shows the average
salaries of ministers in cities having
ann non population and over for the
principal religious bodies to be: Bap-
list. S1,7ss; Congregational, 1898;
Methodist, S1,672; Presbyterian. ST.
$50. Protestant Episcopal, S1,S7s; Re
formed, 1855: Roman Catholic. 1854.
and Jewish rabbis. t1.4s1.
IT'S estimated that in 1910 the sum
Of 500 700, 900 Is being paid 70 minis
tar Of the United States IN personal
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
WHY NEW ORLEANS
CITY 10 LOGICAL POINT FOR
WORLDS PANAMA EXPOSITION.
It's Geographical Position and Many
Other Considerations Mark Il 40
Most Suitable Spot for Dedl.
cation Of Great Work.

Public sentiment has decided that
the completion Of the Panama Canal
In 1915 shall be celebrated with .
great International Exposition In
which all the nations Of the world
may participate; and the question Of
where this Exposition is to be held
will be settled by Congress at its ap-
preaching session.
New Orleans and San Francisco
are contrasting for the honor of hold
ing this Exposition. and both cities
have guaranteed immense sums Of
money as an evidence of their ability
to finance so great an enterprise.
An Exposition worthy of the term
worlds Fair" such as New Orleans
proposes to build. will be a great ed
ucational movement. It's success as
such, however. will depend entirely
upon the percentage of our popula-
ton who can secure its educational
advantages, this in turn, depends up
on its location. as the time in travel
ing to and from the Exposition, and
the cost in railroad and Pullman
fares, are the most important factors.
Considering these matters, New
Orleans claims to being the 'Logi-
cal Point" for this Panama EXPOSE
ton. seem to be fully substantiated
by the following facts:-
New Orleans is 500 miles from the
center of population in the United
States. San Francisco is $500 miles
distant therefrom.
Within a radius OF 800 miles from
New Orleans there are 17,500,000
people. Within the same radius from
San Francisco there are only 100000.
Within a radius Of 1000 miles from
New Orleans. there are 65.0O0,000.
Within the same radius from San
Francisco there are only 100000.
At an average of 900 miles from
New Orleans. there are 70 OF our
principal cities with a combined
population OF 100000. Averaging
900 miles from San Francisco there
are only s large cities, with COM
bined population Of just 100000.
The average distance Of all these
cities to New Orleans is 1902 miles,
to San Francisco 2,407 miles.
Over rs per cent. Of the people Of
the United States could 60 to an
Exposition there at an average ex-
pense for railroad fare Of $3.50, as
against an average Of $3.50 to the
Pacific Coast; and for several mil
lions OF our people, the Pullman
fare and Dining Car expenses alone,
for a trip to San Francisco, would
amount to more than all their trans
portation expenses for trip to New
Orleans.
This Is an important public ques
ton to be settled by Congress at the
session which convenes in December
Many Of our readers will wish to
visit this Worlds Panama EXPOSE
ton, and II held in New Orleans q
great many more could spare the
time and money for the trip than
could go to San Francisco. There
fore, we urge our readers to write to
the two senators from this State and
the congressman from this district,
requesting them to support New Or
leans In the contest
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
PLANTS 27 KINDS OF WHEAT
Oregon Farmer Raises Many Varieties
on His Farm-Seeds From All
Over the World.

Cottage Grove, Ore.-Felix Currin, a
farmer residing four miles east of
Cottage Grove, has on exhibition here
q varieties Of wheat grown on his
farm, planted as an experiment, from
seeds secured from different parts Of
the world, each variety being planted
in q single row 100 yards long.
Among the different kinds is the
original wild wheat from the old
world. One variety, the Mediter.
ranean, has been grown on his farm
continuously in one field since 1853,
and this years yield will be heavy.
Among his other experiments, Mr..
Currin has $50 varieties Of squashes
and pumpkins.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
czarlna, Star Monster Of Her Kind,
Forced to DeVour Two Eight
Pound BOOSTERS.

New York.-The regal or reticula-
ted python Czarina, measuring "a
feet in length, weighing 200 pounds
and possessing a color pattern Of a
richness that rivals oriental tapestry,
had to be fed on two eight.pound
ROSTERS, feathers and all, at the
Bronx park zoo a few days ago. and
now it is satisfied and preoccupied
with digestion.
Czarina, the star monster Of her
kind, has been very peevish of late.
The keepers in the reptile house
notified Curator Raymond L. Ditmars
that the big snake had refused food,
and 1t was then decided to force the
python to eat, So three husky keep
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
His inailenabIe Riaht.

When Willie goes to school next
week he will have a new teacher.
The new teacher will like Willie
when she begins to know him, but the
process may take several terms.
Willie's teacher began to like him
Just before the close Of the school
year, and she testified to her affection
by offering him pocketknife.
There, Willie" she said, you have
tried so hard to be a good boy that ]
am going to give you this nice four
bladed pocketknife-but you must
promise me never to cut the school
furniture with It,"
Take it back, teacher" said Willie
sadly.-Cleveland Plaindealer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20

aquarium on her back porch every
summer just to keep the mosquitoes
away. After breeding they hang
around the porch all summer close to
the water where they were Matched,
and she never has to use screens.
While l sat there on the porch under
the honeysuckle one evening I count
ed Is dragon flies on the wall or
vines-but never a mosquito"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20

Cheerfulness should be the gift Of
the sunlight, the air should suffice for
inspiration, and radiance Of wisdom
is the lonely waste Of the pine woods,
making us dance and run about hap
piIy like children.-Emerson.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
Physicians Everywhere Use ReslnoI
With Very Great and unVarylng

During the last six months have
prescribed Resinol in numerous cases
of acute and chronic skin diseases and
chronic alterations with very great
and unvarying success. It is a reli-
able preparation, and its action is
prompt and pleasing.
A.. Volkman, Baltimore, Nd.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
She Has Changed Her Opinion.
Il hear your maiden aunt is visiting

Il hear your maiden aunt is visiting
you"
YES. Came yesterday"
How long does she expect to stay"
"Oh, don't know-probably for
some time
Il feel sorry for your wife. l be-
lieve l heard her say not long ago
that she despised the old lady"
She used to. but she has changed
her opinion-in fact, has great re-
spect for her now. Aunt Hetty brought
three trunks. two Of them filled with
things she smuggled in from Europe"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20

A Kansas woman wants a divorce
because her husband throws bricks at
her. No man has a right to throw
anything at his wife but bouquets and
hot air.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
Average Pay of Ministers

salaries, and that congregational ex-
penses, missions and extensions In
volve an outlay this year Of $780,
100000 more. These OUTLAWS are high
er than ever before.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
Indications.

'T might know this conservatory be-
lorged to baseball enthusiast"
"Why?"
Because It has so many pitcher
plants"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20

A careless philosopher says man
never knows who his friends are un.
Ill he hasn't any.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20

II you are a self-made man try to be
a self.contained one also.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20

There are limitations, don't be fooled
Ask for Lewis Single Binder cigar for sc
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20

ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUsEKEEPERs
Use Red Gross Ball Blue. It makes clothes
clean and sweet as when new. All grocerh
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20

We are always complaining our days
are few and acting as Il there were no
end of them.-Addison-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20

Dr. Pisrce's Pellets. EmAn, Ioe1r-coaied, easy 2
fnkeU n candy, regulate and inTtgor1to ROMAN
liver and bowels. Do notGhpe