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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-04-06

S'SsN Es's~%'"Ns 6NONOA he.o gAAS EAN.
Iished q testimonial or used o letter
without the written consent of the
writer, and never has the Company
allowed these confidential letters to
Set out of their possession, as the
hundreds Of thousands Of them In
their files will attest.
Out Of the vast volume of experience
which Mrs. Pinkham has to draw
from, It is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge needed
In your case. She asks nothing In 10.
turn except your good will, and her
advice has helped thousands. Surely
any woman, rich or poor, should be
glad to take advantage of this gener.
Gus offer Of assistance. Address Mrs.
Pinkham, care Of Lydia =. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought TO have
Lydia 3. Pinkham's SO-page
Text Book. It Is not Q book for
general distribution, as IL Is too
expensive. IL Il free and only
Obtainable by man. Write f0R
It today.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-04-06

ADVICE
TO WOMEN

Women suffering from any form OF
Illness are invited to promptly COM
municate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass. All letters are received, opened
read and answered BY women. A wO-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-04-06

man can freely talk
of her private ill
ness to q woman;
thus has been es-
tablished this con-
hdence between
Mrs. Pinkham and
the women OF
America which has
never been broken.
Navar has she nuh.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05

plunged as though shot from a cata.
putt, and then it grew dark, very
dark.
Sanders thought something smelled
bad-just as the hospital did that time
when father was taken there. He
tried to raise his arm. but there was
some big wooden thing on it, and 1t
hurt. He rested awhile, trying to re-
member what had happened.
Then he decided to open his eyes,
but one was blind, because there was
cloth wrapped around his head.
Finally he looked out with the other
one with much effort, and discovered,
to his amazement, that he was in the
superintendent's ONCE; only 1t didn'e
look natural-there were so many
bottles and things around on tables.
Well, 1t wasn't worth while thinking
and puzzling about 1t, SO he would
take another short sleep. The Dream
Lady came to him vaguely at inter.
walls. and there were many whisper.
ings.
Sanders tried to sit up, but cool
hand restrained him. Not yet, dear
boy" said the Dream Lady, and then
his mind became active, and he want.
ed to know where the stage was.
You are through with the stage,
my little driver" said the Dream Lady.
las soon as I can take you, you are
going home with us, away back into
the east. where there are no stages
but only schools and other little boys
to play with. Where you will not have
to work, but just become man. You
are going with me"
mot by a damn sight" said San.
ders, relapsing into his old-time EN-.
phasis. I've got to stick with Mack.
l amt goin' to leave him. I'm goin'-"
and then before Sanders voice could
become mere broken wall, he heard
another and a deeper voice as II
came to the bedside. 1t was on the
side where the obnoxious bandage
was, and somehow he couldn't turn
his head to see; but with the other
eye he saw a mans hand reach out
across him and grasp the hand of the
Dream Lady, saw a smile of tender.
ness break over her face, and saw her
blush as the big voice went on
Sanders, you are going east, but ID
won't be long until am there to see
you, and maybe some time we will
all come back out here together"
Sanders smiled, but, desiring the
full appreciation of the big man, muir
INJURED: II done my best, Mack, but
they ruined away. And held on like
a game little cuss. You know I did,
don't your"
And the big voice had a note Of
laughter in it as it rumbled: Eyes,
you did, little partner"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05

small river now and the grouse in the
bills changed plumage. The big peaks
put on winter caps OF Wilderness and
the mornings were cold. Another sum.
mer was dead.
So, with the flight of warmth, the
stage-driVer came to the mine one
morning and found the Dream Lady
and her mother waiting for the down
stage.
Mccarthy was trying to look uncon-
cerned, but his eyes were very deep
and lonely. The Dream Lady had a
veil over her face, and no LONGER
laughed as gayly as when she came
to the hills for the summer. Only her
mother talked-talksd volubly and
sharply and increasingly as Sanders
took them aboard.
The superintendent stood awkward
ly by the wheel. Some day we shall
meet again." Sanders heard him say
The Dream Lady turned away without
a word and looked toward the noun.
tain-tops as though bidding them fare.
well
The man did something very I'm.
usual that day. something unprece.
denied. He walked all the way around
the team, tightening up a strap or
testing buckle here and there. Then,
when the others were busy adjusting
their belongings in the narrow space,
he said: Sanders, my boy, drive very
carefully down the Turn Again grade
It's bad place. Be a game little
cuss, and hold the reins tight. AL.
ways remember to be careful there"
Sanders wondered at the admonitfon
as the horses swung out and down the
hill.
The Dream Lady's mother became a
dragon in the stage-driver's air-castIe.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05

his seat. The team wildly plunged
forward.
Sanders couldn't remember all that
happened when he thought 1t over
afterward, because 1t took SO long
There came to him vaguely the
screams of the Dream Lady's mother,
regrets that II he had to have a run
away 1t should come ON this, of all
days, and all the time there was the
battle with the horses. The wayside
was no longer familiar. 1t was a
mere panorama of looming gray rocks
that rose up suddenly and swept past
in a blur. The road was a living.
twisting thing, that tried all the time
to evade him; and before him, wife
outstretched heads and sinewy bodies
strainlng for ever greater reaches,
were two terribly insane animals, bent
on destruction.
Down the deadly hill, lurching,
swaying from side to side, or violently
jumping over boulders, they went, but
Sanders sat firm, with his Drowned
hands twisted desperately into the
lines. In his ears rang again and
again the words: BE a game little
cuss, and hold the reins tight"
At the top of his shrill voice he
called to the horses, trying vainly to
check them-called them by name.
cursed, appealed, or commanded, and
all with no effect. Through him there
ran the realization that there was but
one chance to save the Dream Lady.
and that was to keep his way in the
road, at least until the frightful grade
of Turn Again" stretched smoothly
out over the shadows of the lowland,
away from the river and from the
high bank. And in this time of stress
his unselfish little heart rocked not
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05

Big Stiff" walled with much anguish,
and in loud tones protested his limo
Cence.
Sanders, you little devil" the SUI
perintendent said, you are a fighting
little brat, l have heard, but it won't
go here. When you come to this mine
you come peaceably, or you will have
to''-and then, observing the hurt look
in Sanders eyes, his own softened,
and he concluded lamely-"haye to
fight me-"
Of course it wouldn't do to tell the
cause of the enmity against the yard
boy-that would have been squealing;
but the martyr game was hard one,
and Sanders sympathized with him.
self for many days. But there was
worse yet. Sanders mother heard of
the fight when she came to the mine
to get the mending. Mccarthy was
as great a hero to her as to her son.
II was this dark-eyed, quiet man who
had made life so much easier for her
after her husbands death and had
nut the boy "in the sthage 'biziniss
like rale. castillo Oirishmon in the
ould country. No janttn-ca-ar, but
rale hack, to be shure!"
That night Sanders had another
battle, and when it ended his mother
cried while he stood sullenly by, feel
ing that had he not been ashamed to
fight with her, she could lay no claim
TO physical superiority.
The tamaracks changed color aud
the grass on the open spaces grew
gray with age. The stream was a !
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05
SAVING LIVES FOR PROFIT
Life Insurance Company and Policy.
Holder Both Gain by New
System.

In November the one wage-earner
of family In Jersey City fell sick.
He was young man of 81, supporting
a mother and two young sisters. No
doctor was called. He considered the
cost, and determined to wait a day
or so in the hope of a turn for the
better.
Like most Of his class he had no
savings. Early in the autumn his in.
come had stopped for a time on &C.
count of tdleness during a strike, and
he had run behind
The next day he was in delirium,
and his mother and sisters tended him
as best they could. In the midst Of
their distress there came a rap at the
door. The visitor was the collector
for life insurance company. The
mother met him.
I'VE cannot pay today; there Is no
money. John is deadly SICK" she
said.
What does the doctor say?" asked
the collector.
II am sending for him." she an.
swered
Inc man went away. Two hours
later a woman came and took charge.
She explained to the astonished fam.
lily that she had been sent by the life
insurance company. When the doc.
tor arrived, late in the day, she told
him that the man was in the grip of
pneumonia.
II have done what I could" she
said.
The doctor looked at her curiousiy,
wondering how a patient of this class
happened to have a trained nurse in
attendance. Then he turned to the pa,
tient. After a brief examination he
looked again to the nurse.
Tell me-" he said, how you han
pen to be here. and why"
She explained that she had been
sent by the insurance company.
who pays for your services?" he
asked.
The company" she said.
Il suppose" he said, they will gel
1t back some way from him"
They will if he lives" she said
for he will probably keep on payins
his premiums for a long time. If he
dies, they lose"
The doctor thought it over for
I'm this case" he said, they win."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05

ming The boy felt axxrisyed I'll.
Dream Lady was very fine. but tbars
was no one too good to be friends
with Mccarthy, and she must have
SAID something to have changed him
so. AA1N
hnother sore spot was that big
SUM OF yard-boy up at the Golcon.
a. whom Sanders hated because ba
mad winked one day when the super.
lntendent and the Dream Lady were
talking together In front of the big
shaft-house. Sanders waited his
chance, all his turbid blood afiame
with a desire for retaliation. not for
an offense against his own person. hut
against his hero.
Ihere came a day, as the summer
Waned, when his chance was upon
hlm' and being one of action he seized
1t. There was none In sight, az the
stage came to halt near the black.
smith shop, save the big Stiff" San.
ders crawled, deliberately down from
his perch, took of his much-patched
coat, laid his hat on top Of 1t, and be.
fore the big Stiff" was aware of
forthcoming trouble, dashed into him
wildly with both fists. This was his
day, he thought 1ubilantly, so he
fought grimly using teeth, feet, and
hands with equal effect, and heed.
ing not his adversary's shrieks and
lamentations.
Oh! it ended ANONYMOUSLY for San
ders! Before he was really at the
acme of his work, Mccarthy came I'D
from behind, seized both belligerents
by the slack of their clothing. tore
them apart, and held them in the air
exactly as he would pair of puppies.
Sanders continued with set teeth and
blazing eyes to kick and strike wildly,
although held high In the air. The
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05
Plea for Lives of Birds.

One billion dollar loss each year il
suffered by farmers and fruit growers
of this country by reason of the reck
less and senseless destruction of bird
life" declared the president of the
League of American Sportsmen, Pa
He is a recognized authority on the
subject of American game and de,
clares that reliable statistics show
that the crop values of the country
are S1,00O,0O0,000 year less than they
would be if birds were as plentiful as
formerly, so that more insect pests
would be destroyed
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05

OF the harm or death that might be
his own lot, but dwelt on the hurt
that might come to the girl, or on
the sorrow that would fall upon the
superintendent head. He thought of
his mother, and what would happen
to her if he failed to survive, and of
the end of all his glorious career. And
the drumming Of the hoofs whipped
ever faster and faster as the pace in
creased.
Up from below, with bells tfnklins
on the leaders, and driven by one who
carelessly whistled, came an ore.
wagon. The whistle stopped abruptly
and the driver was startled into az.
ton, but too late. Sanders had seen
the danger, and made instant choice
1t was that his own ViciousIy running
horses must be swung up into the bluff
to avoid being hurled into the river
below He reached far out, and
caught tenacious twist in the line
nearest the bank, gritted his teeth
and with sudden jerk threw his en-
tire weight back in one mad fling
The rapidity Of previous panoramas
was outdone. Many things happened
at once. There was sharp crash.
which reverberated back into the
hills, the splintering of wood. and a
confusion of struggling horses. San
ders felt himself hurled high into the
air, heard the whistle of the wind
shrilling in his ears. accompanied bv
the groans and screams of the manned
animals. He had vision of wildly |
kicking. hoofs into which =. |
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05

perhaps because above the clanking of
the vehicle and the clicking of the
shod heels her voice arose in scolding
tones at regular intervals.
Once the Dream Lady rebelled, and
said: oh, mother, please stop. / am
old enough to understand" Then
there was silence.
The horses felt the GOODNESS of the
morning, and were mettlesome. Their
hoofs rang spitefully on the frost.
hardened roads, and they tugged at
the bits until Sanders tough little
arms ached with the persistent pull.
They surged against the lines or
jumped, as if frightened, away from
familiar objects. The drivers legs
Strengthened out like small pillars. to
the brake that had been made long
enough for his foot to reach: but to-
day it didn't seem to hold well
A weed blew airily across the road.
and the off-horse shied-shied SO VIC
lently that Sanders swore under his
breath and gave a quick Jerk. The
horse felt that Sanders was nervous.
Up the short rise they went, and then
swung over the brow and down on the
crooked reach of Turn Again grade.
while far below them, and alongside,
the river wound its foamy way over
the boulders.
What the devil ails your" yelled
Sanders, as the off-hoPse suddenly
broke into run. Sanders foot struck
out madly for greater purchase on
The brake, defective bolt snapped
somewhere, and he nearly fell from
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05
Good Cause

81 worship the ground you walk
on" he declared.
Why shouldn't your" she asked
ut is worth $3.50 front foot and n
owns n
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05
SANDERS AND THE
DREAM LADY
BY ROY NORTON
Copyright by y. L. Nelson

IcCARTHY, superintendent
of the Golconda, big, bluff,
and buriy, was unhappy.
He stood at the station
waiting for the belated
train that was to bring
with 1t the special car con.
tanning the wife and
daughter of the president.
Mccarthy disliked the
waste of time and the role
of entertainer for women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-04
GILLETTE IS INDICTED.
Misuse of Mails in Los Angeles Oil
Concern the Charge.

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 4.-The federal
grand jury has returned indictments
against Grant G. Gillette, William j.
Batchelder, Thomas A. Montgomery,
John Montgomery, Jr., w. A. France
and Edison France, charged with fraud
ulent use of the mails in connection
with the sale of stock in the Cleveland
Oil company of Los Angeles.
The offices of the Cleveland Oil COM
ago on warrants issued at the request
of the United States district attorney
and the four first named defendants
were arrested and released on bail
All the defendants with the exception
OF w. A. France, who is reported on his
way from Columbus, O.. to Los Angeles.
were i'll court when the grand jury re-
turned the bills. AT the suggestion of a
deputy United States attorney, Judge
Wellburn fixed bail for Gillette at S15,-
900, Batchelder and W. A. France So
$4,000 each, and it was given immedi-
ately.
After making a small fortune in Texas
cattle. G. G. Gillette started in 1898 as
plunger in cattle. A cattle com bina-
ton, which he fioated with the fnan-
cial aid of a number of Kansas City
capitalists, went under when the mar
ket sagged, and Gillette fed to Mexico,
leaving debt of million dollars His
mining interests there were more fortu-
nate, and he was able in 1903 to make
settlement with his creditors so that
they would not prosecute him on his
return to this country. He has lived in
Los Angeles without any notice since
1905
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-04
TIE. AK

Miss Florence Weber, who is IN the
principal role of 1.-THE Climax, re-
CARDS herself as better suited to the
part than Miss Leona Watson who
created it. Her personality, Miss Web
Der thinks, is the better fitted for the
place and in this her audiences agree.
Miss Weber is of athletic build while
Miss Watson is not, and the more
athletic build suits the part all the
better.
Patrons of the Grand who saw Miss
Watson last season as Adelina Won
Hagen remarked of the fact that while
Miss Weber has a better range of
voice it does not exceed in sweetness,
still the difference in personality
seemed to charm.
Miss Weber being interested in
outdoor sport to a marked degree de-
clares that it has had a great deal to
do with her work in the delicate love
story which really is filled with ideal
Simplicity She held the amateur golf
championship of Indiana for two years
and last year was a warm contender
at the Newport, r. l., meet. Besides
she is an automobile enthusiast.
whether a physician has a right to
use his medical knowledge to accom-
plish his own private end is the eth
teal question which Edward Locke
brings skillfully into the drama. DR..
RAYMOND is engaged to Adelina Won
Hagen. who bids fair to be a great
nrinna donna. minor operation has
10 be performed on her throat. and
RAYMOND conceives the idea of men
tal-suggestion by means of IAN atom
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-04
TO PUBLISH THEIR REPORTS.
Commercial Club Will Let People
Know What Has Been Done.

The board of directors of the Com
mercial club this noon decided to have
published in pamphlet form the annual
reports of the president, secretary, and
treasurer of the Commercial club in
order to show the members and the
people of Topeka what the club has ac-
complished in the last year.
The president. for the first time. will
write a report, and this will embrace &
general summary of the work of the
club, and the prosperity which has OBJ
tanned IN the capital city. The report
of the secretary, among other things.
will outline in brief the proposed
changes in the policy of the club for
the ensuing year.
The reports will be read at the an
nual business meeting of the organiza-
ton which will be held a week from
Friday evening. At that time the ap-
pointment of the men who are to COM
pose the new board of directors will be
made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-04
WANT MORE PAY FOR CLERKS.
Board of Education Thinks Pay Should
Not Be Limited.

1t is the sense of the board of edu-
cation that boards of education through
out the state should not be limited Ill
the amount of salary paid clerks. the
governing body of the city schools is
of the opinion that the duties required
of the clerk are such as to require the
services of an expert, and feels that
the services of such a man cannot be
retained at even the maximum salary
which the law allows-$1, OG0 per annum
The board at the regular January
meeting held Monday evening author
lied the clerk, w. J. Stage, to furnish
data in respect to subject in question
Upon the secretary of the board
said Mr.. Stage, rests the duty of dis
bursting the money, purchasing all sup
plies, keeping accurate account of all
his acts, and watching and taking care
of nearly one-half million dollars of
insurance on the school properties
1.-The statute in this case restricts the
board TO $1,000 per annum. This re-
striction should be removed for the rea-
son that person competent to per-
form these duties is worth more money
and will not assume such responsibility
for the compensation the board can
give trust that those of the legisla-
ture having educational matters in
charge will see that this primitive and
restrictive statute is stricken out and
that the board may be given power to
pay its secretary a salary cornmenSur-
ate with MS duties anu TeSpoHSluiil-
ties.
When a statute is so restrictive as
to impair the efficiency of service it
should be speedily amended. The state
of Kansas has grown rapidly in popu-
lation and wealth, and is second to very
few states in the matter of education.
Her broad prairies are dotted with COM
modious school houses and her cities
and towns have their grade and high
schools. Universities, colleges. and aca-
denies are distributed throughout her
domain. She has risen far above the
primitive deestrick skule' of a very
few years ago, but her statutes, in many
cases, have not kept pace with this gen.
eral advancement
In cities of more than 10000 popula-
ton, which includes more than 10000
children of school age, with 25 to &c
buildings with an average of nine OF
ten rooms; expending, on the average
of $4,000 per school month for teach
ers' salaries, janitor service, repairs to
buildings, insurance, equipment and
school supplies, the boards of education
in all such cities find themselves seri-
ously handicapped by such statute"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-04

First Ange1-What is that spirit fussing
about2 Second AngeEShe says her hat
pins stick out bevnnd her halo.-Harpers
BaZar-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-04
Important News of
the Great Dis
cOvery
WHICH is CURING so MANY PEo-
PIE

1t is good news, indeed, to those who
are sick, when informed of the many
remarkable cures which are being made
by Root Juice throughout the country.
The remedy is certainly doing won
ders for scores of people. as it did for
Mr.. Sam Anderson. well known far
mer of Gas City, Ind, who wrote:
II tell you, Root Juice is a great
medicine. 1 suffered several years with
rheumatism and stiff joints. When
awoke in the morning L could hardly
raise myself from bed. My feet and
hands were sore, stiff and painful.
more especially during rainy weather.
1 also had to get up many times dur
ing the night, on account of my kid
neys. and had a great deal of pain in
my back. Root Juice cured one of my
neighbors of a bad stomach trouble
SO thought 1 would give it a trial and
see what it would do for me. After
taking it a week I felt so much better
that I went back to the drug store and
bought six more bottles In a few
weeks every symptom of my trouble
was gone, and 1 now feel as well as 1
ever did in my life, for it is certainly
a wonderful madeleine
Root Juice has proved its wonderful
merits to many people Of this locality.
and the people at Arnold drug store,
523 Kansas avenue. are pleased to sell
it because of the great good it does