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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21
"BacMumber Joe" Quits Business With Fortune

he always managed to get the desired
publication in the course Of a few
days. How he did It was a trade SCI
cret for which he made his customers
pay well.
His system of payment was the
strangest feature Of his novel bust
ness. He fixed the price he demand
ed by the age Of the paper desired.
zone penny a day from the date Of
publication, for any paper In the
world. in addition to the original
cost of the paper was his rule. It
was q lucrative trade. A paper a year
old, by this rule, was worth 1855
above the original price; q paper two
years old was worth $3.50, and q pa-
ted ten years old brought $3.50. And
when 1t is borne in mind that very
often he supplied newspapers 30. 80,
or even 100 years old, the profits Of
the business are apparent.
Ar the fame Of Joe grew among
lawyers and antiquarians, he &C
uuired more and more stock and need
ed larger quarters for 1t than he orig
inally occupied In his little shop In
Fulton street. For many years he
stored his papers in q warehouse of
hi own somewhere on the West side
Of the city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21
Her Babies Enrsaties Causes Woman to Steal

EyANsAs- CITY, Mo.-"Bring rs
N some red coral beads. some red
ribbon, some red sweaters, and q new
dress. mamma" begged two little
girls Of Parsons, Kan, when their
mother kissed them good-by the other
morning to come to Kansas City on q
shopping tour. To make sure that the
mother would not forget they handed
her slip Of paper on which they
had written. their wants. All the time
she was shopping she carried that pa
per In her hand. looking at It every
little while, until fits entreaty had
burned itself into her thoughts.
The words Of her little daughters
Ont deeper and deeper. for she had
come 70 the city with only enough
money to supply long needed wants
money that her husband had given
her to buy q dress. As she walked
through some Of the large department
stores temptation came.
This q the story the mother told
Cant Charles Edwards Of the Walnut
street. station. The Watchful eye Of .
etorg detective had caught her and .
companion Who had come With her
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21
POOR CREAM MEANSPoOR BUTTER
Il lie Important That the SKINNED
Product Be Kept In Sanitary
Place.

The question Of making good butter
Is q question of knowing how to care
for cream.
It is q simple thing to produce good
grade of cream. The first important
thing is to keep 1t cool. This IS be-
cause cream is q most excellent food
for bacteria, and they multiply very
rapidly II the temperature Is above 20
degrees. Some Of the bacteria pro-
duce an acid in the cream which less
ems its butter making qualities.
Many cellars and caves are not cool;
only their dampness gives the impress
sion of GOODNESS. II the cream Is kept
in a well, spring or tank Of cold water
Il would be much better, according to
the state dairy commissioner at the
Kansas Agricultural College. This
not only prevents the cream from
souring so. rapidly, but II Is usually q
more sanitary place to keep 1t. Usu-
ally, other things are kept In q cellar
that are likely to give the milk or
cream a bad flavor.
The second requirement Of producing
good cream is cleanliness. Keep the
pals, separator and COWS clean.
Never mix warm cream with cold
cream. II IL wen to stir the cream ire
qusntly to keep It smooth and uniform
Il also IL wen to deliver the cream
or churn ii-as soon as possible. This
dives the Injurious bacteria less chance
q multiply.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21

NEW YoRK.-Lawyers Of this city
" who handle will cases requiring q
search of early records lament the re-
tlrement Of ''Backnumber JOe," for
ne was their lrst-aid and searcher-in-
chief In digging up facts from the
archives.
'Backnumber Joe,". despite his
name, never lost touch with the events
Of the day. His speciality. though, was
the accumulation Of back numbers OF
newspapers, back numbers Of maya
zines, back numbers OF religious
tracts, back numbers Of comic sup
elements, and back numbers Of almost
anything that ever was printed. -
Even II "Backnumber Joe" did not
have the particular copy Of an old
newspaper needed by q lawyer who
was STRENGTHENING out a tangled suit
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21
Genus Hobo Approves Of Kiosk Tent as "FIOp"

HLEVELAND. 0.-The populace
- stormed and fumed about the kiosk
in the Square the other day. wonder
ing how the thermometer and the rest
Of the public-spirited instruments To-
Gated there we're conducting them
selves In the geld air.
Everybody who came to see and
could not was frankly angry. Even
the Socialists excogitating aloud on
the Square were aroused.
The Kiosk is surrounded by a little
tent without a roof, formed Of paint
er's flies. A week or so ago an energet-
ic painter and decorator painted the
kiosk a nice, peaceful battleship gray
color. Then, to keep the folks from
coming up and demonstrating the Of.
ficiency of the Bertillon system In
their excitement over learning that
the mercury had gone down a point or
so. he put up the tent. Quite acct
dentally he left large sign bearing
his name and business In bold letters
on each side Of the tent.
The paint had been dry for three
or four days, but the tent remained.
No doubt the man has forgotten all
about 1t. Detective julius Specs Of
Central station walked by there the
other night, and, shivering a bit in
the. chill air. bethought himself Of
finding out what was what. He no
tIced q movement Of the canvas that
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21
Zone LestIe Kees" Thumped With Rolling Pin

-four. there was q sharp crack. and q
dull thud. Luco took the count. Mrs.
Belinsky was frightened and tried to
to leave the room. Then there was q
struggle that aroused the curiosity
OF neighbors In the FIAT beneath.
Here: here! What's going on!"
demanded Sam Dubois, rushing up
stairs and pausing at the door.
II am going to KEGS YOU" Dubois
swore that he heard Luco say
I'll kiss you!" said Dubois. He
seized Luco about the waist and bit
him on the hand so that he had to
let 60 Of Mrs. Belinsky and sank to
the floor.
Lets throw him out Of the win
dow" Suggested Dubois. So Mrs. Be-
linslHy sat on Luco's chest while Du'
bois hurriedly raised the window. Then
the two took the invader on either
side and gave him q sailors toss over
the ledge. It was IS feet to the
ground.
Dear me, do you suppose he's kill
ed?" whispered Mrs. Bellnsky as she
and Dubois loked out the window at
Luco, who lay on the ground. After
q moment It seemed he was about to
get up and 60 sway.
Dubois permitted himself to be
dragged downstairs and stood over
Luco until Mrs. Belinsky returned
with q wagon load of policemen.
Luco heaved a sigh Of relief as the
policemen half carried him into thu
wagon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21

made him suspect someone was be-
meath the tent.
Lifting 1t and looking underneath, he
discovered the recumbent figures OF
two members Of the box car gentry.
They had calculated that the tent
would not be a bad place to sleep, al
belt there was no roof.
"Wot are you doin 'there?" demand
ed Specs.
We'll, we thought It would be q
good place to 'fiop.'" replied one. "out
Of the wind and all the modern con-
veniences-pretty swell to have q reg.
ular thermometer and all the regular
tools for knowing just what kind OF
weather It is. right in yer bed
room"
Specs advised them to move on. As
they started away a difident young
ster approached him and said:
Please, mister, when does the show
start. and can I carry water fer the
eleyfunt?"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21
Training Men for Success.

KANSAS has developed her common
school system in a remarkable way
and several thousand young men and
women complete the country school
course Of study each year. What next?
Can they afford to end their educa-
tlonal work with such limited prepa-
ration for meeting the problems that
must come to them? The Kansas high
school should have its doors open for
these graduates OF the common
schools, but It should be the duty Of
those high schools to offer courses that
fit for the life OF today and tomorrow
and not continue to offer courses based
upon educational practices Of the Mid
die Ages. The first schools we're for the
sole purpose Of training for the clergy
for teaching. 'or for the practice OF
law. The textbooks used six hundred
years ago and the subjects studied
when there was. no Industrial life are
certainly not the subjects to be studied
today when our whole life is industrial
Schools should not continue to give
husks instead Of bread.
The Kansas Agricultural College. g
product Of an industrial age. an ex
ponent Of Industrial and technical
training, offers to the youth Of Kansas
industrial training in agriculture
mechanic arts and domestic science;
offering to train men for success IN
farming and in engineering, and tc
train women for successful home max
ing President Waters, K. s. A Q.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21

NJ oST OF the wheat flour sold to
N the family trade In the United
States is called patent flour"
Other common grades are known as
straight, clear and low grade. The
clear is sometimes called bakers. This
latter term Is a misnomer. While the
commercial baker does use several
kinds OF flour which the housewife
does not use, this does not mean that
he uses inferior grades. The CONNER
cIal baker, who knows his business,
uses the best flour adapted for his
purpose, and as he makes variety OF
bakers goods he uses several kinds OF
flour, and he learns by experience
which is best for the purpose he has In
view; for example, flour which
makes good ginger snaps does not
make good bread and flour which
makes good bread does not necessarily
make flood ginger snaps.
Almost every housewife prefers the
best patent flour and for good reasons.
II she has used the patent grade and
then tries the straight flour she does
not like 1t. The dough is harder to
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21

handle. In order to get as good light
bread from the straight flour as from
the patent she has to work harder
with the dough and as she has more
than enough to do already she does not
like that flour. 1t is different with the
baker. He has his machines run by
powerful engines.
The housewife uses her flour for a
variety of purposes. She, as a rule,
does not have a convenient place to
store more than one kind Of wheat
flour. The flour she finds easiest for
bread she also uses for her pastry
work and cooking in general, and here
the patent grade suits her best. For
the same reason that It is easier TO
handle in the bread dough. 1t is easier
to handle in the cake batter. Besides,
It responds better to the action OF the
soda and baking powder. Many house
wives have found that flour sold as
pastry flour is the best for all kinds
Of pastry.
The wheat of the United States may
be divided into two large classes, the
hard and the soft. The hard wheats
make flour best suited for light bread.
or bread made with yeast The soft
wheats make flour best suited for max
ing hot breads or biscuits and all kinds
Of pastry. This does not mean that
light bread cannot be made from soft
wheat flour and that hard wheat flour
cannot be used for pastry. House
wives in the West and Northwest, who
use flour ground in the local mill, use
hard wheat flour in all their cooking,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21
Scotch Query,

A blum, consequential gentleman
from the south. with more beef on his
bones than brain in his head, riding
along the Hamilton road, near to
Elantyre. asked q herdboy on the
roadside, in q tone and manner evil
IDENTIFY meant to quiz. II he were half
way to Hamilton?" Man." replied the
boy, 81 wad need to ken whar ye hae
come frae, afore / could answer your
question. "-Exchange
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21

pounds of wheat the miller makes one
hundred pounds of flour. Seventy-five
pounds OF this will be good enough to
class as patent. Twenty pounds, or
the next best, will be classed as clear,
and the last five pounds will be classec
as low grade. II the seventy-five
pounds OF patent and twenty pounds
Of clear are mixed together 1t will
make straight flour. Besides the
flour there will be about thirty-seven
pounds of feed, called bran and shorts.
Three pounds will be lost as dust and
evaporation of moisture.
The number of pounds put In the
patent varies with the diIIerent Mas
and market conditions. Some millers
will, out Of these hundred pounds OF
flour, put eighty-five pounds In the
patent; others will put only sixty-five.
1t is evident that the less number OF
pounds put in the patent, the better
the grade, both of the patent and OF
the clear, provided the quality OF wheat
and the milling are the same. The
difference in practice has led to the
classification of patent flours into the
long patent and the short patent. The
latter being rs per cent. or below and
the former above rs per cent. Some
times the term patent is not true to
name. There are flours on the mar"
ket which are called IS per cent pat
ent. These should be called straight,
as they are the same as those flours.
It is unfortunate that the term patent
is not restricted to the class OF flour
for which it was originally designed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21
WHAT KIND OF FLOUR DO YOU BUY? IST
PATENT, STRAIGHT, CLEAR OR LOW GRADE?
How the Mills Grade Their Product Before Sending to the Con-
sumer---iess Work for the Busy Housewife in Making
Bread from the "Patent" FOur---Bakers
Use Several Grades
[Rx c. o. Swanson, Assistant Chemist, K. s. A CT

and housewives in the South and East,
who use local flour, use soft wheat
flour in all their cooking. They have
learned how to use 1t. II the house.
wife who is accustomed to use soft
wheat flour in her bread should try to
use hard wheat flour she probably
would have trouble the first time. but
this trouble would cease as soon as she
became accustomed to the flour. Yet
the distinction in the characteristics
OF these two flours remains. II she
could afford 10 keep two kinds Of
wheat flour on hand she would find
that the hard wheat flour was best
suited for bread making and the soft
wheat flour for biscuits and pastry.
The commercial bakers use soft wheat
flour for pastry baking and hard wheat
flour for bread.
What do patent, straight. clear and
low grade mean? Unfortunately. tAe
meaning Of these terms Is not uniform
and sometimes the flours sold under
these terms are not even true to name.
They should have the following mean
ing: From one hundred and forty
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21

from Parsons, secreting goods under
their cloaks. Their arrest and confes-
sIons followed. The mother had taken
all that her children had asked for
and more. In two suit cases that they
confessed they had brought empty
was found more than 500 worth Of
silks, scarfs. ribbons, jevelry and
beads. These they had stolen BY
wrapping them a. e. the articles lay
on the counter.
Il don't know now why ! did Il,
the mother said, teArfully. TT seemed
such an easy thing 70 DO. and the
thiieS dat look Ike they would Be
missed Then she showed her daugh,
tsrS' note 70 the captain,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21

Many farmers have come to believe
that kafir Is the equal Of Indian corn
a. a stock feed. Il certainly q becom-
ing one OF the leading crops Of Vest
err KansaA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21

Constipation causes and aggrAvates many
serious diseases. Il n thoroughly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The fAvorito
family laxative. Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21
Bears the
Reality = small Matter.

"Have you anything against Tim
persF
Nothing more than the fact that he
makes film q word Of two syllableS.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21

important 60 Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, q safe and sure remedy FOL
infants and children. and zee that II
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-21

NJ oST OF the wheat flour sold to
Nv the family trade In the United
a - Ctatao ia callad anatanf flOur.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
To the Voters of Grant Parish.

In making my announcement ns
a candidate for sheriff, thought |
would have an opportunity to see
all the voters of the parish and
have face to face talk with them
but on account of having a lot of
work / was compelled t. do | wa
late in getting out to canvass, and
at the same time the weath her beIi.a
very bad Kept me frum seeing
lot of voters, and / am asking tn
voters to not think hard of me fol
not going to see them all. l hay.
always had to work hard for a Is
ing, and still have it to do, and If
| am defeated l can continue to
work, and l am glad to say l am
not afraid of it, and il / aul elected
it will be by my hard work tr, Ing
to see all the voters. l am no.
able to hire any one to canvass foi
me, neither am l able to buy an.
votes. l have made no promise
for deputies to gain any votes. s.
L am asking the fair minded hon
est voters of this parish for thei
support.
l have been accused of bein,
brought out to split the vote b. :
tween two of my opponents, Mr.
Perkins and Mr.. Wagner. This !
deny and can prove. This is all ]
have been accused of OPENLY. l
am above being used as a tool I,
destroy the friendship which ]
now claim to have in Grant p irish
Neither would / stoop So low as I,
he hired to help put some one ovt
the people they don't want. / an,
not lined up with any other cant.i
date, and am not trying to ride an.
of their horses into Office. III i
was depending on anything lik'
that l might find some Of them il
my fx-a-foot. This being the
case, and / should get in the sec
ond race, just stand at the polls
BOYS, and vote for the swiftest cal
didate that ever pulled off pol.iI
cal foot race in Grant.
Thanking one and all in advanc,
who might see fit to support me, J
still remain a.candidato.
GEo. N. OWENS,
ADV. Candidate for Sheriff.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
Cameron and Calcasieu Live stock Mar
roOned Without Food.

Lake Charles, La, Jan. l..
Reports reaching here from Cam
eron parish state that many heao
of live stock are dying from star
walton, having been driven to
high ridges by floods and having
trampled down the grass, have
no means of obtaining food.
Hundreds of cattle have drown
ed. and the total number estima-
ted lost by drowning and starva-
ton is placed at 5000.
In Calcasieu it is reported that
about 300 cattle drowned south
of Vinton, several hundred head
Of live stock have met similar
fate in Verrlilion parish around
White Lake and south of Guey-
dan. The loss to stockmen viii
be heavy. Waters are begin
ming to recede and no greater loss
is expected.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

j. B. ROBERTS, Chairman.
Secretary Pro TEN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

idea, that is, of course, except MIR.
Plat. whom, of course, didn't con-
cult. So got up a subscription paper
and went to everybody in the Office
Except Mr.. Plat. of course). l got
$3.50. including ten. cents from the
janitor. who wasn't expected to give
anything but wanted to give some
thing. which shows just how popular
Mr.. Plat was with everyone in the
building, when janitor even would
chip In
Christmas shopping is hard enough
goodness knows, when you do it for
yourself; but when you do it for a
stock company capitalized at s26.60.
with % stockholders, with rs different
kinds Of ideas and tastes, then Christ,
mas shopping rises above a mere an,
noyance to the dignity of real trou.
BILE. And that's what was up against.
I thought 1t would be nice to get al
expression Of opinion. So l went
around one morning and asked for
ideas. But couldn't get word No,
body could think of anything. !
couldn't myself At noon I went
out and looked. walked miles.
I priced. then went back tc
the office. You should have seen
my desk. Honest, you would have
thought some one had turned in gen
eral alarm. They couldn't wait for me
to get back. There they were--2s. of
them. that is, q, or % with mel
They all had suggestions, and they
were all different.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

on the secret except the suburban
minister who tied the knot. the cab
man who drive them out there and the.
girl from the minister's kitchen, who
was witness. apd left thumb-print
Of grease on the certificate lshe was
frying doughnuts at the timej and the
minister's wife Eat least the name was
the same) Let's see. where was |?
Oh, yes, when the Platts were mar
ried, 1t being that kind of a wedding
there was no chance to send them
wedding gift as would have liked 20
do. or to have done. whichever is
proper. or grammatical. though I'm
sure can, never tell which,
But Mr.. Plat is one of the incest men
in the office. that is. he was before
this happened So ! felt we ought to
do something for him. Just to show
our good willard, anyhow, we've
dug down for others we thought much
less of. so why shouldn't we for him?
But the wedding was over. without in
vitations. or even reception, and
they were housekeeping before we
knew 1t. So what could we do?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
The Warehouse Plan.

The warehouse plan that was
urged with so much vehemence
during the nineties by the Farm
ers' Union seemed so good to the
Conference of Governors that
they have recommended it as the
best means of preventing un-
natural variations in prices.
Other features have been added
to the original idea of the farm
ers. The plan is at once simple
and holds forth every promise
Of success so far as success can
be attained in keeping prices
normal. With every liability for
claims removed from cotton in
store, except liability to holders
of certificates that have been is
sued against it, it will form the
basis for commercial paper that
viii be good the world over. =
Morgan City Outlook.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

Well, Just then
Christmas came
along not just then
but two months
after the wedding.
They were mar
ried October 29;
so 1t wasn't quite
two months, but
that's e ! o s g
enough. w b e n
Christmas came
along, tnat ID,
just before it
came along. ! sug-
gested that we
make up a purse
and give them a
sort of delayed
wedding present,
just to show our
good will. Every
body thought it
was a splendid
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

great people Alllaborers deserve
better wages. All farmers deserve
better prices for their produce.
This would quiet many discontenl-
ed minds aud make many happy
homes. A goldea opportunity fer
those who have the power. We
believe all men should be paid &c
cording to their work and merit.
aud that we all have one great
common interest in the upbuildinp
of our whole people.
Respectfully submitted,
b. E. WOODS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

Mrs. A. r. Tabor, of Crider. Mo-. had
been troubled with sick headache for
about five years. when she began taking
Chsmberlain's Tablets. She has taken
two bottles of them and they have cured
her. Sick headache is caused by dis
ordered stomach for which these tab
let's are especially intended. Try them.
get we'll and stay well. For sale by all
dealers.