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Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

RENToN, N. flames Williams
i a farm hand Of White Horse, who
is a firm believer in the ground hog
weather theory, was put under the
care Of a physician as the consequence
of his endeavor to capture the AMI
NAL and keep him out Of his hole, SO
that the six more weeks of winter
would be eliminated. Williams expe-
rience was such that he says he will
never bother the ground hog again.
For several weeks Williams had
boasted to friends that he had found
the ground hogs hole and announced
that when the proper time arrived he
intended to insure the community good
weather by forcing the animal to re-
main in the open, even If he did see
his shadow.
Several volunteered to aid him In
the capture, but Williams desired all
the honor, and said he could perform
the feat single handed. Before dawn
he went to the supposed hole Of the
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

parent with stretches, yawns and
sleepy blinkings.
Look at this. This Is what he does
all day and night" and the woman
thrust a piece Of paper ir.o the hands
Of the desk sergeant. 1t read:
"Rises at noon. Eats hearty com.
bination breakfast-lunch. Spends the
afternoon at nickel theaters. Returns
home to supper at six. Takes a nap
until 1880. Visits more nickel the
aters. Retires to bed promptly at
10:30."
well have to turn him over to Ju-
venile court officers" said the SER
geant. They'll put him on the mo
work, no eat diet. He should be ex-
amined for the hook worm or the
sleeping Sickness I'll take charge Of
him"
He looked around for Hermann. The
boy was fast asleep in a chair in the
corner. The mother fed.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14
Put --latest Boy in Chicago" on Diet

n HICAGo.-Three full hours before
~ he had finished his daily thirteen
hour snooze-or rather, daily.nightly
snooze-Hermann Davis, II years old,
''the LATEST boy in Chicago" was rude
ly awakened from his snoring slumber
shortly after 2 o'clock the other morn
ing by a policeman at the home Of the
boys grandmother. Hermann had not
been disturbed before he had finished
his sleep as far back as he could re.
member. He looked at the bluecoat,
decided he could not be annoyed, and,
rolling over, started once more to
snore.
Another rough shake by the police
man brought the boy out Of bed onto
the floor, where he yawningly protest
ed against such treatment and went
back to sleep. Exasperated, the Off.
Ger finally managed to keep the boy
awake long enough to get him dressed
and then took him to the Chicago ave-
nue. station, where his mother, Mrs.
Ida McGraw, was pacing the Office in
a rage.
There he is now!" she shouted an
grily. Look at him. He's the LATEST
boy in the world. / want him locked
up and made to work"
Hermann looked wearied Of 1t all
and answered the accusations Of his
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14
Mississippi Dog a Coed Lion Hunter

trip, DR.. NJ. E. Johnson of Lexington,
KY, taking only a few guns and a
pack of ordinary Mississippi hounds to
go lion hunting his friends laughed at
him.
Now that Mr.. Rainey has the pelts
Of seventy-four full grown lions to
wave in their faces they are eating SO
much humble pie that an epidemic Of
mental indigestion Is threatened.
"The only difficulty was to train the
dogs to take up the lions scent" he
said to a little group Of apologetic
ones who called at his offices at 527
Fifth avenue to apologize for their III
timed mirth Of q year ago.
II really don't blame you for having
laughed at me last year. But / knew
that the pups would back me up. I
had been bear hunting with them in
this country, and l felt pretty conf
dent that dogs that would go to the
mat with a savage bear wouldn't tuck
their tails and run from a lion.
"They didn't take kindly to the scent
at first. / didn't blame them much,
for a lion doesn't feed on clover or
vanilla beans. But they got used to It
after q while-and at the end Of six
weeks all you had to do was to show
them the spoor Of a lion and they
would locate for you in half an hour"
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14
'Bumming" at 20 Below Not a Picnic

CT. LOUIS.-John Vail, postof1ce
y robber who escaped jail at Macon
one night early In January in an effort
to escape a 3-year term in the peni-
tentiary, was arrested at st. Charles.
Vail, who is some So years old and
fairly well educated, chose a bitter
cold night to leave the jail and came
near freezing to death while riding
on the fender Of fast Kansas City
Chicago train. He told about his trip
the other day.
"The night / escaped the tempera-
ture was about 20 degrees below zero"
he said. II went to the depot and
when the passenger train from Kansas
City to Chicago came In / climbed up
on the tender. l didn't know how far
It would run till It stopped, but sup
posed maybe ten or twelve miles.
when we began T. shoot down the
grade east Of town / realized was
up against It The wind tore at me
from four directions, It seemed, and
my overcoat was thin and my gloves
had holes In them. / didn't know
whether / was going TO be shaken on
the tank and scattered along the right
Of way or frozen into q chunk Of ice.
Every time we hit 4 curve or jost-
led over q switch I would cling like
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14
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Thought He Had Captured a Grounding

ground hog, about one and half miles
from White Horse. and waited.
It seemed q long time to dawn and
the farm hand felt drowsy. He
aroused himself and walked about the
hole several times to keep awake, but
was finally overcome, and before he
knew 1t was sound asleep in the snow.
Williams arose with q start. The
sun was brightly shining, and the
snow swiftly melting about him., He
gave one hurried glance into the hole
and then quickly arose. Not ten feet
from him he saw an animal walking
leisurely in the direction OF White
Horse. He believed his ground hog
was escaping, and Immediately start
ed in pursuit. He took the animal un-
awares, and the capture was easy.
Holding his prey under one arm he
started for the village. When he was
espied coming down the road with his
captive there was mighty cheer from
q crowd which had gathered. 1t was
the proudest moment Of Williams
life. AS he walked into the crowd he
held the ground hog up so all could
see 1t and was amazed to see the
crowd suddenly dispense and fee in
panic.
Drop that skunk" the town consta-
BILE shouted, as he dived into cellar.
The villagers scattered in all direc-
tions.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

death to my iron bed, and l knew II
my fingers got stif on me / was gone
Town after town swept by and knew
/ could never stand It to the Mlssis.
sippi river. / had to keep my head
down 30 the cold wind wouldn't cut
my face or. I'd read about men
tramping thorugh Arctic SHOWS, and
how they suffered, but where l was
roosting that night would have made
Cook or Perry turn back. My eye
brows and mustache were frosted 80
you might have knocked 'em OF with
q stick.
"At last / saw far down the track
a red light and when the engine whist
led the light wasn't changed. That
meant stop! To me It was like sec
ing a sail after drifting all night on
q raft in the ocean. I just could get
my bones timber enough to climb
down"
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

from inflammation, and your Sanativo
Wash relieved me. / am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
for me. You can use my testimonial in
any way you wish, and / will be glad
to answer letters. - Mrs. CHRISTINA
REED, 105 Mound St, Peoria, Ill.
Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.
Jessup, Pa.-"After the birth of nv
fourth child, / had severe organic inflam-
nation. Iwould have such terrible pains
that it did not seem as though / could
stand it. This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Then one of r"y friends recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and after taking it for two months
/ was well woman. Mrs. JOSEPH A.
LYNCH, Jessup, Pa.
Women who suffer from female ills
should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound, one of the most success
full remedies the world has ever known,
before submitting to q surgical opera
ton.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

Mr. Edison says he likes to read
novels because they don't require him
to think. Perhaps that's also the rea
son why SO many people like to write
them
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

A girl Of seven in California saved
A passenger train from wreck on bro
ten rails by presence Of mind and
amely warning. This Is one Of the
NV exceptions proving the rule
lGainst the use in life Of the infant
lhenomenon.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

The hens are usually blamed for It
when the price Of eggs becomes pro-
hibitive. but for some reason nobody
has attempted to hold the cows re.
sponsIble for the present price OF but.
leR.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

There seems to be a probability
that the government will not have a
majority In the German reichstag.
Nobody seems to be able to explain
what difference It would make.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

ANY man who can't recall an old
fashioned winter in a sleigh. with hei
sweetness smuggling close and the
stars twinkIing poetry. has q poverty
stricken memory
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

Another severe blow has been given
SimplIfied spelling. Because the indIct
nent against a North Carolina mur.
aerer reclted that he shot his victim
IN the "brest," he was discharged.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

A boy in London got damages from
q ZOO because he was bitten by polar
bears. The dangers Of up-to-date clvi.
IIzatIon are now independent Of time.
rlace, season or appropriateness.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

The incineration Of 300 old square
pianos scheduled for next spring in
New Jersey would be righteous II
among the number were your neigh
boris untuned instrument
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

When the weather man predicts that
Tho weather will be colder It always
hecomes colder; but we consider It
,niy right to give the weather man
credit for refraining from bOasting
Gbout II.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

Compound has dona
for me. Fortwoyearn
! suffered. The doc
tor said Ihad q tumor
and the only remedy
was the surgeons
knife. My mother
bought me Lydia "a
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
today / am a well and
healthy woman. For
m on this ! suffered
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

An Illinois alienist says q wave of
remorse is sweeping over the country
Come to think Of It, this Is the season
pf the year when the greatest number
lall OF the New Year water wagon.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

Lower California. having permanent.
" lost its revolution. has turned again
10 bull fighting as the only satisfac-
tory substitute.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

With prices continually soaring be.
fore long our scientists will have to
give their attention to finding a sub
stitute for food.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

Italy's war expense is a million dol.
lars a day To get an idea OF the
enormous cost reduce a million dol.
lars to spaghetti
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

One doctor who writes for the mag
azines says an automobile is a fine
thing for catarrh He doesn't say how
often II should be taken.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

A bride In Pennsylvania is accused
4 trying to poison her husband by
Sutting ground glass in his pie. II be
compared II with the kind his mother
ssed to make any jury OF housewives
would acquit her on the score Of pro
aocatlon.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

The tipping evil has reached a point
where II should stop. A waiter in
Chicago got an heiress; also. another
In Philadelphia
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

Russia has imprisoned a man for
writing volume of poems Over
here we merely let our poets starve to
death
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

The thermometers are bravely striv.
dng to become normal again and II the
weather forecasters will quit forecast.
ing. all Will be we'll
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

As for the fellow who has been 60
Ing with a girl three years without
renting a fiat and asking the question.
he had better look out. Something is
likely to happen.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

When the millionaire for a day got
back home he had $1.53 in his pockets.
The walters did not know he had 1t
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

You will not have to wait long for an
authoritative announcement concern
Ing the peach crop for 1912
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

We have entire confidence in the
opinion that It is not yet time to put
away your winter underclothing
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

The peach crop having been killed
twice already. we may be justified in
counting on heavy preserving season
next fall
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

Fresh air is not necessarily cold air.
This little fact in natural science
should be kept in mind.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

A statesman is simply a politician
VINO politicates to suit ones own fads
and fancies
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

This is the weather that makes the
roses blossom ON the sweet girls
noses
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14
Colts need exercise.
Keep the apple tree low.

Cold does not kill insects.
Ice should be cut when It is sound
and solid.
Plenty Of salt ought always to 80
with dry feeding.
A half fed colt will never make q
first-class draft horse.
Rapidly is one OF the great essen
tials in milking a cow.
Never whip horse when he SHES.
Il will increase his fear.
In many cases It Is safer to dehorn
cattle in winter than in summer.
Flavor Is the one great quality Of
butter fat over other kinds Of fat.
Quite often the flavor in butter Is
spoiled by making the cream too sour.
The flavor OF butter depends main.
ly upon the cream previous to churn-
ing.
Lead the colt with a halter A bit
will make sore his mouth and dispo'
sition.
The COW is an animal that delights
in warmth, and 1t pays to keep her
comfortable.
Absolute comfort and contentment
should also be enjoyed by the steers
at all times.
It is we'll to give the fowls quarters
an extra bedding Of hay and straw in
cold weather.
The old saying had It that the old
sow's pigs were weeks old the day
they were born.
Every poultryman at this time OF
year is trying to seek out the causes
Of poor Matching.
Ground limestone is useful in any
soil that is so deficient in lime that
there is sourness present
A sheep will contract cold much
more quickly in draughty barn than
it will right out in the open.
The high-headed tree is easier cul-
tivated, but the low-headed trees
makes the fruit picking easier.
The length OF the stall should be
adjusted by the size of the COW, and
always used by the same COW.
Rabbits are very particular about
their food and any taint on the tree
will keep them from injuring IT
Nothing better than camphorated oil
for an udder Inflammation. For
scratches or sores apply vaseline.
The city dealer profits by the lazl-
ness Of the grower, by grading and
his badly assorted fruit.
There is nothing like silage to keep
the dairy cows appetite on edge
throughout the long winter period.
Each bedded COW or horse will make
a large two-horse cartload Of good
quality manure for each month stabbed.
The price of horses seems to be
rather on the down grade, although
good ones sell nearly as high as ever.
One way to save feed bills is to pro-
L4ct the COWS from flies during the
and the cold weather in the
winter.
Horses are very fond Of q variety,
and fussing always pays in the bet
ter condition and greater usefulness
Of the horse.
Good feeding does not consist Of
stuffing the horse for a number Of
weeks before he is put to work on
heavy grain feeds.
The number Of acres required to feed
4 herd Of 20 COWS in full milk will de-
pend largely upon the condition Of the
ground and the season.
Beans are not az good feed for
i've stock as peas, simply because
hey are not as palatable, the cows
lon't like them SO well.
In q time Of high-priced dairy pro-
iucts and high-priced feed the dairy
nan who raises his own feed comes
tut far ahead Of the one who has his
eed to buy.
The dairyman who has alfalfa, Glow
r or cowpea hay to go with his corn
-
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

In weather like this a little cold 10
araught with great danger
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

No one has yet explained why wo.
men never need ear muifs.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

The dairy increases the crop yield.
Not every man is cut out for dairy
man.
Remove all ailing fowls from the
flock.
KafIlr corn is a splendid feed fol
horses.
A heifer twin with q bull seldom, II
ever, breeds.
Keep a little gas tar on hand and
apply it for scaly legs.
The good dairy cow is q lady end
ought to be treated as such.
Alfalfa leaves contain most of the
feeding value Of the alfalfa plant.
Orchard grass makes q better mix
tlire with clover than timothy does.
Cream for churning should be al
lowed to sour at about 65 degrees f.
Calves should have daily outdoor
exercise when the weather will per-
NIT.
The value of skim-milk makes the
separator necessary on every dairy
farm.
II you are going to plant q new
orchard next spring, make your selec-
tions now.
Any dairy farmer can have plenty
of cream for sale when the COWS are
on pasture.
Hens won't lay in such severe cold
weather unless extra good care is TAX
en- of tlNm.
An old SOW, II not too clumsy and
fat, will raise better and stronger pigs
than young one.
Nothing ever came so near turning
December into June for dairy cattle
and sheep as the silO.
Probably the best results come from
pruning the orchard rather vigorously
every two or three years.
There Is a great tendency on the
part Of many to neglect the colts on
the farm during the winter.
When spraying do not work with
bare hands. They'll be sore II you
do. Put on a pair Of rubber gloves.
Scrubs do not produce the best
market animals, and this is the final
test for all meat producing animals.
Field roots are an excellent feed
for all sheep during the winter
months and especially for the eve in
lamb.
The COW barn should and can be
kept so clean that milking will not
prove Objectionable to any Of the
farm women.
When a fowl Is found to be suffering
from a cold 1t is best to put 1t in a
warm, well lighted coop by itself and
treat 1t there.
Corn is the best crop to plant on
new land, as the constant working |
will put the ground in good order for |
seeding In the fall.
Cows permitted to continue their |
natural lactation periods, nine to ten |
months, will usually cease milking |
with very little trouble.
II you want to make ilrst-class COWS |
from your young heifers, feed we'll |
while they are carrying their first calf |
and don't forget to handle them.
Remember that an egg contains 80
per cent Of water, and that no matter
how much you feed the hens, unless
you give them water there can be no
eggs.
The dairy COW brings to impov-
erished, half-farmed lands methods
that give larger profits and greater
than come from other
types Of farming.
Sheep, like other animals, are crea-
lures Of habit, and should always be
handled BY the same attendant, who
should move among them gently and
give notice Of his approach by speak
ng to tho hock.
Do not undertake poultry farming
or q livelihood without making ar
to produce an abundance
4 fruit, vegetables, and green truck
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14
Saved FROM
AN OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, Ill,
Escaped The Sur.
geon's Knife.

Peoria, Ill.-"I wish to let every ono
know whatLydia E. Pinkham' Vegetabh
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

A million-dollar wedding does not al.
ways mean a happy married life.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

Do not undertake poultry farming
for q livelihood without making ar
raugements to produce an abundance
Of fruit vegetables, and green truck
for the family and for the poultry,
and Slso for = COW or two and . few
pigH
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

Several roup remedies are adver-
tised, and doubtless some Of them are
helpful, but none are any good unless
you also take extra care Of the fowls
By placing them in a room by them
selves, bathing their heads and feed
ing them good rich fcrd
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

Sheep, like other animals, are crea-
tures Of habit, and should always be
handled BY the same attendant, who
should move among them gently and
give notice of his approach by speak
ing to tho hock.
Baxter Springs news., 1912-03-14

A weIl-bred colt, II properly taken
care Of and fed the right kind Of feed
during his first three years Of lifer
win bring from SIS to 500 more
when three years old than the one
that is neglected and poorly fed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-26
HIGH SCHOOLS
HOLD MEETING
IN THIS CITY

Manager Voorhees, G%arretson, of
the high school baseball nine has is
sued a call to all school baseball
managers throughout the county to
be present at an important meeting
in this city on Dec. Q.
So successful was the local school
on the diamond in the league last
year that manager Garretson is de-
sirous of entering his team in the
county series again uext season. 1t
is mainly for the purpose Of organ
izing for the 1913 season that this
meeting has been called. An election
of officers will be held and steps
will be taken for preparing a sche-
dule for the coming season.
1t Is the intention of Garretson to
have the county schedule arranged
as soon as possible SO that he and
other school baseball managers may
have a list of open dates to offer
before the beginning of the baseball
season. With such an object in view
much unnecessary labor and confu-
sion will be saved after the season
is at its height.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-26
STATE Y. N. Fl. A.
PLAN BASEBALL
LEAGUE SERIES
Movement Registered to Put
This City's Branch on
Baseball Map.

At the meeting of the executive
council of the state Y. M. H. A. held
Sunday afternoon in Trenton, plans
were discussed for the formation of
a baseball league for the coming sea-
son. If such an organization is af-
fected, this city will probably start
activities in the spring in baseball
with as much determination as they
displayed when they began placing
a representative basketball quintet
on the map Of sportdom.
There has been little opportunity
for Y. M. H. A. baseball players in
the past few seasons partly because
of the lack of funds, which is a
necessity for a we'll regulated aggre-
cation. But several interested ones
under Albert Siskind, as chairman,
have formed a committee and this
body will strive to furnish enough
funds SO that no one will be able to
claim that the monetary reasons him
dered the progress Of the local boys
In baseball.
A baseball league with the teams
whose branches are entered IN the
state Y. M. H. A. would no doubt
prove a great success and 1t would
only be a question Of whether or not
the locals would be able to qualify
In ability. And this they promise
TO do If the prospects are bright en-
ough for a smooth pathway as far as
booking games and getting uniforms
and the like is concerned.