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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
Ten Eastern States to Be Visited
This Year.
SeVenteen-Year Variety Shows lndis'
putabIe Signs Of Appearing In New
Jersey and other Nearby Com.
onweaIths-Habits of Insect.

Cocoon City. n. J.-According to
State Entomologist John B. Smith.
New Jersey and nine other states will
experience a plague Of locusts this
year. The state entomologist has a
corps OF workers studying methods to
ward of the threatened plague, among
whom is Mrs. Z. S. Starr. of this place,
who, under his direction, is observing
the underground habits of the insect.
Mrs. Starr has made statement on
the result Of observations. She says:
There are Is species Of the cleada
septendecum, or 17-year locusts, in the
state bureau Of entomology. This
makes the study Of the insect almost
continuous. With each appearing Of
the insect something is added to give
the entomologists a new problem to
work out. In Cape May county the In
sect gave indisputable evidence of its
presence months in advance OF its reg.
ulation date for appearing, in April,
when its seventeen years sleep under.
ground will end.
Last summer breaking out on the
surface of the earth was noticed. 1t
resembled circular spots about four
inches in diameter. The soil in
these spots was different in color from
that nearby. The layers of the mounds
were even and appeared to have been
blown from central cavity, such as
the ashes from a volcano. There was
no central opening visible. but inves-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
Alberta Man Emissary to That State
70 Secure Wives for Hunters
and Lumbermen.

Ottawa, Kan.-"We want marriage
able women" was the substance Of a
message received here by W. R.
Hutchinson, from Alberta, Canada.
we understand that Ottawa has lots
Of good looking widows and girls Of
manageable age, who have no imme-
date prospects or intentions in a mat
rimonial way"
Oliver Moore, formerly OF Ottawa,
now Of Alberta, who is here on visit,
was the bearer Of the message. He
was in earnest, too. There are no
women at all up there" said Mr..
Moore. 1T has been too cold for them.
Why. it has been so degrees below
zero for a week now"
The hunters and lumbermen Of AL
berta have organized themselves into
a society for the purpose Of mutual as
sistance In q search for wives. Mr..
Moore, who came down to Kansas on
business, was given full authority to
bargain for as many women as he
SouAu SCI. E4o dBIcCS " IhA0 al WAO
will go under the promise Of being
married inside Of 30 days after they
are there. He has gone to counting
noses here, with the assistance Of his
friends, and he has found 50 who
could "just as well 90 as not"
Several women have been interview
ed and have given their consent to
carry on a correspondence with some
Of the most likely Canadian nimrods.
It is rumored that Ottawa is going to
lose some Of its feminine population
and that q few trunks are being pack
ed with dainty things" Just now.
This sudden demand for wives has
caused the young men Of Ottawa a
good deal Of nervousness, and Judge
Chaffee Of the probate court has low
cred the price of marriage licenses
from SO to $2.35.
Moore said he would probably ex-
tend a similar invitation to other cities
shortly In behalf of his brothers In the
north. -And." said he. kansas City
W1l likely be next on the list OF
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
URGES BABY EVERY 2 YEARS
Or. Eliot, HarVard's President EmeF-
titus, Gives Recipe for Happiness
Though Married.

Boston.-As a result OF difference Of
opinion between DR.. ]. Lovett Morse
and Charles w. Eliot. president en-
eritus of Harvard. on the subject Of
large families, Boston women are up
in arms.
Il don't agree with Dr. Morse in
his advocacy of small families" said
President Eliot. Il believe no restric-
ton of the birth rate can be supported
by morals or economics. The durable
satisfaction of life depend upon having
the normal number of children, and
the normal number Of children is FIVE
or six to the family. A mother should
bear a child every two years.
Granting that marriage should
come at the average age of twenty
four, this periodical child bearing
should continue until the mother is
forty, resulting in eight children. This
high number. however, would be low.
cred in average by the death of eth
er parent or two or more of the chill.
dren. believe in monogamy, equal
chastity and the normal birth rate.
Durable satisfaction of life is not
obtained by families that have only
one or two children. Therefore, l am
not able to accept the economic ex-
cuse for limiting the number Of chill.
dren. The number to be born has a
natural limit. and the economical lin.
itation is wholly unnatural"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

to feel better when / had taken only
one bottle Of Compound. but kept on
as l was afraid to stop too soon."-Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 272S n. d. St., FL
wood, Ind.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out o sickly,
haf-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the JOY of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
For thirty years it has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, inflammation,
liberation, fbrcid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backdche, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinl1ham's Vege-
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham mt Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential
and the advice Free
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
A FOOD STORY
Makes a Woman Of 20 zone In 10000"

The widow of one of Ohio's most
distinguished newspaper editors and
d famous leader in politics in his day,
says she Is 20 years old and q "stron-
ger woman than you will find In ten
thousand" and she credits her fine
physical condition to the use Of Grape
Nuts:
MANY years ago / had q terrible
fan which permanently injured my
stomach. For years I lived on q
preparation Of corn starch and milk,
but Il grew so repugnant to me that /
had to give It up. Then tried, one
after another, q dozen different kinds
Of cereals, but the process of diges-
ton gave me great pain.
1T was not until ! began to use
.Grape-s1uts food three years ago that
I found relief. Il has proved, with the
dear Lords blessing. a great boon to
me. Il brought me health and vigor
such as never expected to again en-
10y. ana in gratitude never fail to
sound its praises" Name given By
Postum Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
There's q Reason"
Look for It IN the little book, ~rhe
Read 70 wsIlville." to b. found In pfgs.
aver Rad the above lstteFR A new
.uno nnpears from tine 90 time. They
~ genuine, tEaeI a14 fuii 81 har.a-
"~.~U1IEr
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
Encourage the Boys.

When a boy presents an idea that
is feasible, pat him on the back and
encourage him, and he will develop a
love for agriculture and become the
pride of your heart in your declining
years and will love the homes and
the farms that you have worked SO
hard to pay for.
If farming has not paid in your case
by all means give the boy a chance
TO begin without your handicap.
What was good enough for me is
good enough for the Boy" is a maxim
unworthy Of q New England farmer.
Give the boy a chance at an agricul-
tural education. and he will help you
to stop the leaks and turn the past
and present into brighter future.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS

tigation showed that 1t had been cover.
ed with sand. There was no change
In these mounds until after a rain,
when the central portion seemed torise.
Later galleries in the mounds were
discovered Some Of these extend
ed more than three feet beneath the
surface Of the earth. 1t was in these
that the locusts were sleeping.
THE range Of the outbreak, so far
as has been discovered, extends along
both sides Of the West Jersey and Sea-
shore railroad from Mt. Pleasant to
near Ocean City, and over uncultivated
ground for mile to the northwest.
There are mounds to be seen in the
woodland but they are different in
formation from those in the open coun.
try.
With the first indications OF an
eruption word was sent to DR.. L. O..
Howard of the Bureau of Entomology,
Washington, and to Doctor Smith Of
the New Jersey bureau. Both pro-
nounced 1t the work of the 17-year 10.
Gust, but without precedent, It then
being a year in advance of the time
scheduled for the insects to appear.
Doctor Smith sent an assistant TO
make an investigation. He reported
that the mounds were the work of the
cicada septendecum, but that it was
of an unusual character. A careful OBJ
servation OF the appearing of the To-
Gusts is to be made in Cape May
county, where, 1t is believed, they will
be more numerous.
Brood XII. Of the cicada septende-
cum is due to appear in ten states next
spring, the territory ranging from
Saratoga county, New York, to west
ern Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia,
and ending in the north central por-
ton of North Carolina. In New Jer-
sey the locusts underline the state. The
last appearance Of the locusts was in
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
S1,5OO,oOo TO BUILD ROAD
Delaware PhiIanthropist Plans for
Boulevard 100 Miles Long as Gift
to Native State.

New York.-Gen. T. Coleman Du
Pont Of Wilmington, Del. is arranging
with New York lawyers a deed of gift
for an unusual philanthropy. He plans
to contribute $1,55O.OOO for boulevard
the length of Delaware, from Clay
mont on the north to Shelbyville on
the south. The proposal will be sub
mitted to the Delaware legislature.
Gen. Du Pont proposes the roadway
be 100 feet wide and 100 miles long.
It will be given outright to the people.
The only condition is that majority
Of the legislature consent to It
This is the first offer Of the kind
made to any state.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
| Doubling His Word.

Two Irishmen occupied beds in the
same room. BY and by one Of them
woke up.
Mike" said he, did you put out
the cat?"
Il did" said Mike.
An hour later Patrick woke up
again.
Mike" said he, Mike, did you put
out the cat?"
Sure l did," said Mike, sleepily.
ION me word of honor"
Some time later Patrick again
walked up.
Mike" said he, Mike. ye divvle;
We did not put out the cat"
WELL" said Mike angrily, If ye
will not take the word of honor Of a
gintleman get up and put her out
yerself."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
x.Rays to Find Pearls.

London.-Dr. J. Hall Edwards. in q
lecture at Bishopsgate Institute, said
that the only practical use to which
he knew X-rays were put apart from
medicine was the discovery Of pearls.
Instead Of the oyster being destroyed
in order to find II It contained pearls
the rays could be use, and If nothing
was discovered the oyster was put
back into the sea in the hope that Il
would grow pearls.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
Annie TeIford, "cueen's Nurse" Of
5aIlyantraI, Ayrshire, England,
Writes as FoIlows:-

I have great pleasure in testifyiAg
what valuable remedy in various
Skin Troubles have found Resinol
Ointment to be. have used 1t in ex-
tremely bad cases Of Eczema and in
poisoned wounds, and always with
most satisfactory results. l have the
highest opinion Of its curative value.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

1894, when in Cumberland and Cape
May counties the discarded shells Of
the insects covered the ground. Trees
and lumber today bear traces OF that
visit.
Doctor Smith has sent out warn.
ing against the pruning and setting
out Of orchards until the locusts d!sap.
pear"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
DEMAND FOR KANSAS WOMEN

course ottawa would be first, as 1t was
my home town. But there are no bet.
ter looking girls on earth than those in
Kansas City"
Moore is a wealthy land owner and
lumber man in Alberta.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
Teach Farming In City.

Kansas City, Mo.-The state agri-
cultural school at Columbia will open a
night school Of agriculture in the Cen
trail high school, City men viii hear
the instructors lecture on such sub
iects Is The Money-Making Farm
ana improvement Of Whsat-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
RsoaIln Peaea Of ehent.

Brussels.-A committee has been
formed at Client to arrange for the
celebration in 1914 Of the centenary Of
the congress Of Client, where peace
was concluded between Great Britain
and the United States y 1914.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

Spring Humors are due to the i'm.
pure, impoverished, devitalized condi-
ton of the blood brought about by
the unhealthful modes Of living dur
ing the winter, too close confinement,
too little outdoor air and exercise, too
heavy diet. Hoods Sarsaparilla cures
them and builds up the whole system.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

Executive ability consists in finding
. man who can do the work-and in
letting him do it. Lots Of men who
can do the first, can't do the second.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

bic Compound, I
was sick three
months and could
not walk. I suf-
fered all the time.
The doctors said I
could not get well
without an opera
tion, for I could
ha rdly stand the
pains in my sides,
my right
one, and down my
right leg. / began
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

Hoods sarsaparIlla has no equal
for cleansing the blood and expelling
the humors that accumulate during
the winter. 1t effects its wonderful
cures because 1t combines the utmost
remedial values Of more than twenty
different ingredients. Insist on having
Hoods. 1t has no substitute.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

WI SILL IRRIGABI. FRUIT AND ALPALPA LAND signed
under u. b. Elephant Butte Irrigation project on in
ftallment plan. Expercneed Salcsmcn Wanted;
3 Trust Company, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

Constipation, indigestion, sick.headache
and bilious conditions are overcome by
course Of Garfield Tea. Drink on retiring.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
cerman Navy 20 shin Base.

Berlln.-It Is reported that the Ger
man submarine hotilla win shortly be
removed from the Baltic to WilhelmB-
haven, which b 70 be its base In the
future
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

The breath of scandal is RESPONSE.
BILE for much breezy conversation.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

Life is a stage play; it matters not
how long we act, SO long as We act
well.-Bacon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bottle.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
WOMAN
ESCAPES
OPERATION
WasC uredbyL T. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Elwood, 1nd.-"Your remedies have
cured me and 1 have only taken six
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

PILES CURED IN TO Is DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MlSEr fails 10 cure any ease of ltcElng, Biind,
or Protruding Files In 10 IL days. GOc.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

Even a little trial is big one If
you have no others.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

Slight exaggerations do more harm
than reckless violations of it-Ches.
terfield.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30
Hoods SarsapariIIa,
For
All Spring Blood Diseases
and Ailments

Possesses medicinal merit Peculiar to Itself and has an
unequaed record of Take it this spring. in usual
liquid form tablets known Sarsatabs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-30

Rotten Cigarette Paper.
Much cigarette paper is made from
waste untarred hemp rope.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02

times, and said that / ought to have an
operation. L would not listen to that,
and when friend of my husband told
him about Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and what it had done
for his wife, L was willing to take it..
Now / look the picture of health and
feel like il, too. can do my own house
work, hoe my garden, and milk cow.
/ can entertain company and enjoy
them. can visit when l choose, and
walk as far as any ordinary woman,
any day in the month. L wish / could
talk toevery suffering andgirl."
Mrs. DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
The most successful remedy in this
country for ttA cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
1t is more widely and successfully
used than any other remedy. 1t has
cured thousands of women who have
been troubled with displacements, in
fiammation, liberation, fbroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous p3Ostration, after all other
means had failed Why don't you Try it?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
TO CRUISE THE WORLD
IN A GASOLINE YACHT.
Millionaire Will Spend the Rest of His
Life on the Vessel.

James B. Hammond, the millionaire
typewriter inventor and manufacturer,
has started in his ninety-five foot gas
oline yacht, Lounger IL, on the round
of the ports of the world.
He is seventy-three years old. and he
says he intends to spend the remainder
of his days on the Lounger II. AS
Mr. Hammond has made up his mind
to live to be 100 years old, he has
twenty-seven years of blissful voyag-
ing and cruising in prospect. The
yacht is certainly beautiful and COM
modIous enough TO tempt one to pro-
long existence upon her.
She is sixteen feet beam and draws
only three feet. She is equipped with
every device that science can suggest,
provided with every comfort and lux
ury. II her engine should refuse duty
there is sail to fall back upon. She Is
good for fifteen knots an hour.
There is a refrigerating plant for
cooling the cabins in summer, and
there are thermostatic installations for
keeping an even temperature in win
ter. She has tank for carrying fresh
fish. In a cockpit especially construct
ed for It nestles an automobile.
The start was made from the yard OF
the New York Yacht. Launch and En-
CINE company. Accompanying him are
a nurse, a masseur, a chauffeur, sec
retary, Ptnky, a Boston bull: mother
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02

II were. Men talked about him at
homes. wherever they were congregat-
ed. About the fat rate, however, Ger
tain men merely winked. It was a
splendid piece Of buncombe for the
public 1t was a splendid weapon
which would give Breed power of life
and death over any business upon
which be chose to exert IL, but that
IT meant JUST what it stated on the
surface was past belief.
Suave gentlemen representing vari-
Gus large interests trailed Rollins
from his New York offices down to
Forest Lakes to meet in succession
quite rude shocks. There was posi-
lively no satisfaction to be had from
Rollins.
The first of these was John G. Hep
perdon, the head of the petroleum
trust, one of the most perfect combines
in existence and one which had been
built almost entirely upon rebates and
freight concessions of various sorts
Mr.. HepperdOn was trife impatient
over the necessity Of having TO make
such a trip and was insistent upon
coming 10 a crisp working basis at
once. For that reason he did not go TO
Mr.. Rollins at all. He very calmly
walked over that gentleman's figura-
tive head TO Mr.. Breed.
Hello, Breed" said he, walking in
upon that gentleman as he sat in his
library porting over a set of photo
graphs, one Of which happened to be
Mr. HpDDerdOu'S II cts get down 10
blunt bedrock on this freight PROPOSE
ton. How much OF a rebate are we to
get. and what percentage of it goes to
you individually?
Glad 10 see you, HeppeTdon," said
Breed 1t has been a long time since
l had the pleasure of a brush with
you. Where have you been keeping
yourself so longT'
Just got back from Europe" said
Hepperdon. But how about this
freight business? / have TO get back
on the next train"
out Of my hands entirely" said
Breed. You'll have to see Mr.. Rol-
Inns" and he rang for Kelvin. TO whom
he grayeIy introduced Hepperdon-
Mr.. Kelvin. take Mr.. Hepperdon up
and introduce him to ar Rollins" said
he
Kelvin smilingly did so and, having
introduced the two gentlemen. quietly
withdrew.
There is to be no rebate" declared
Rollins. why should there be a re-
bate? You have to ship over our roads.
and you may be thankful that we are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02

before I make a solitary concession
declared Rollins.
Would you pay 5000 for building
lot If you knew that you could imme-
diately sell it for S1o,0O0T' demanded
Kelvin.
Certainly" replied Rollins But 1
don't see where the illustration APP
plies"
I'm Just this way" explained Kel-
vim. with concessions buy legisla-
tors from enough of these men to Sc
cure legislative control and go after
the balance. This gives your fat rate
pretty wide scope, Rollins, and it pro-
tects us until we can control our own
legislation. We have, Mr.. Breed and
myself. as you must have appreciated
by now, certain large ideas of reform.
There never was q more just and
equitable contrivance than your fat
freight rate, but you can see at once
what powerful interests are arrayed
against it. We must conciiate those
interests in order to cripple them We
will rent Hepperdon's and Raymer's
senators until we can buy them or
supplant them with some of our own"
Rollins was silent for a long time.
1T Is very simple proposition, Rol-
lins," urged Breed. you are only
granting these concessions in order to
be able later on to refuse them"
Doing evil that good may come.
eh?" laughed Rollins a little uneasily.
Put it that way If you like" re-
sponded Breed dryly, but when you
are president of the United States,
with the house OF representatives and
the senate in thorough sympathy with
YOU
PRESIDENT exclaimed Rollins.
yes, president" returned Breed 81
don't mind telling you our slate now.
Our program includes this coming
campaign running Kelvin for presi-
dent and yourself for vice president
Mr.. Kelvin wants but four years as
president At the expiration of his
term of Office we intend to put you up
for president"
And Wen elect you" supplemented
Kelvin confidently.
"Presidentr' repeated Rollins in
daze.
They had touched the right cord.
To be president!
1.-THE plans are under way" stated
Breed. I'VE have had them secretly
at work for a year. Today we could
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
CHAPTER XIV.

SA1AA AlN
TT HE fiat freight rate was a ire
mendous sensation. 1t was
hailed as the great utopia d
reeHza ton. the one supreme
act which was TO level all dis
unctions. which was TO place all
business upon an equal footing. which
was to cure all the economic ills Of the
country. And who was back of this
huge philanthrOpic move? Rollins
Sumner Rollins. the Napoleon OF the
railroad world. And who was back
OF Sumner Rollins? Henry Breed. Yet
another step, who was back Of Breed
Phillip Kelvin. There was the man!
Until Kelvin had come Breed had done
none of these radical things Since
Kelvin had appeared upon the scene
Breed had broken up the Stock Ex-
change, he had reduced the price of
bread TO cost. he had disintegrated the
Unified Steel corporation. be had re-
moved the unjust discrimination Of the
railroads; ergo. Kelvin was really the
big force of all this reformation.
Kelvin. Great was Kelyinl Column
upon column was printed about him,
his past life. his phenomenal rise. his
tremendous executive ability. He be
came u national figure overnight. as