Baxter Springs news., 1910-05-12

Baxter Springs News
cHAs. L. SMITH. Editor q owner.
BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS
Reno, New. should organize an all
star stock company.
Politicians who run in a circle fint
e hard to be on the square.
And remember that custom does moi
sanction straw hats until June /.
Evidently the man who took q
years to milk COW was hired man
Help the census takers to do thell
work right and get their figures cor
rect.
Why win people continue to build
their homes on the sides Of vol
canoes?
II the sidewalks belong to the city
that is another reason for not splitting
on them.
Missouri has a school for poets. The
street car ad. is as yet in its infancy
in Missouri.
AS things are going a cold pigs foot
and a stein will soon replace the small
bird and the cold bottle.
There never get was a spring in
which the calendar and the climate
worked In perfect harmony.
II you fail to run your business and
allow 1t to get the upper hand 1t Is
likely to run you into the ditch.
A man in California has TWO extra
ribs and is said to suffer constantly.
He is twice as badly OF as Adam
was.
Has not Chicago the price required
to nag the best Elgin butter as It
whizEes through on its way to New
York?
Instead of injuring the man with o
hat pin Eve should have hurled hel
other bead at him and retired hall
dressed.
One of Chicago's new hotels has
tanks for living brook trout. That is
an Improvement on the ordinary kind
Of tank.
Many heads of households are think.
ing OF subsidizing hen and thus put.
ting something over on the cold stor.
age plants.
A Connecticut woman died Of Joy,
caused by receiving a large sum IN
cash. It is not, however, q complaint
which is catching.
Bavaria is to try a balloon service,
but for time yet Americans will be
willing to stick to motor cars and
railroads for rapid transit.
Uncle Sam has a torpedo boat that
can travel IS miles an hour: That
would be a grand little vessel II one
had to run away from something.
California fears an invasion of
trained fieas. The general impression
has been that the amateur fieas were
just as annoying as the professional
Now that mere man has secured a
footing in Chicago through the hatpin
ordinance. why not limit the height
Of the heels, the depth Of color on the
cheeks and few other idiosyncrasies
It is said that the wife of an emf
nent British statesman may not get
divorce If she can become q
peeress by staying married. How
strong are the bonds Of conjugal af
fectionl
One publishing house in New York
alone has published SO.OO0.OOO copies
OF the Bible and is still at 1t. Leaving
out the sacred character of-the book
these sales prove that old Samuel and
the others are still regarded as tha
best story tellers.
The conclusion Of American ana
European medical experts in the orielt
concerning beri-beri is reassuring. II
is that berlberi is a non-infectIous ami
non-communicable disease. and that Il
is caused by the practice Of polishing
rice. which removes the skin contain.
Ing phosphorus.
Turkey has Just ordered some new
Warships from English firms, passing
over the advantages held out by Amer.
ican concerns. But that country is
not wholly neglectful of the chances
offered on this side Of the ocean. Con.
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