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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26
FOREIGN BELIEFS ARE QUEER
Spanish Wedding IL Ruined " One
Person Appears Entirely In Black
Some Other signs.

In Spain the wedding is spoiled II
one of the guests appears entirely In
black, or II the bride looks into q
mirror after orange blossoms ana ven
are, fast In her headdress.
When q persons hair ends split, It's
taken by the superstitlous for q sign
that she is either q witch or has been
bewitched. AS blond hair splits more
readily than dark hair, all witches
spirits and sorceresses have blond or
red hair, according to popular BELIEF.
Likewise, according to the standard OF
art.
On the marriage eve there is often
much good-natured rivalry between
the groom and the bride in the Slav
countries as to who shall blow out
the candle. for the person who does
will be first to die" II Is impossible
to trace the origin Of this superstition
yet It prevails In aristocratic society
as we'll as In the peasants hut, even
as like this, that ito insure the LIE
and health of the children" the WON
an must occupy the right side OF the
bed. In addition, she must not smoke
before her forty-fifth year.
There is a superstition in this coun-
try and many others against burning
q broom. The bud Of birch broom Is
used in Southern Germany as a pre-
ventive against erysipelas. These
buds, a piece of yellow wax and some
other articles are enclosed in a pink
silk bag, secured with red silk and
worn on the back Of the neck. The
person must change his shirt every
Friday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26

tor told me to 60 to . hospital. ] did
not like that idea very well, 90, when I
saw your advertisement IN o paper, !
wrote to you for advice, and have done e
YOU told me. / have taken Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Liver Pills, and now ! have my health.
"If sick and Cling women would only
know enough to take your medicine, they
would get relief. Mrs. BENZ. b. STAINS
Berry, Route 6, Box Is, Upper Sandusky'
Ohio.
If you have mysterious pains, irregu-
Iarity, backache, extreme nervousnessD
Inflammation, liberation or displace-
ment, don't wait too long, but try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound now.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills; and such unquestionablo
testimony as the above proves the value
Of this famous remedy and should give
every one confidence.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26
(cOpyriaht BY F. L. Nelson

starting In to talk against time. Bill
knew what he was after. and he got 1t,
after waiting an hour. Bill saw that
the cashier, whose name was Bell,
locked up the vault. He used two sets
of keys. one for the inner door to the
small safe and the other for the big
iron outside door. He put the keys
In different pockets. Bill was close
enough to the keys to remember them
II he saw them again. Bill followed
the cashier to his home, which was In
the suburbs, In a neat two-story cot
tage, and the preliminary work was
over.
at would have been easy to take the
next step, which would be to get the
keys and open the safe. That is what
some thieves would have done, but
l had a better trick up my sleeve,
which came out Of my caution, and
would aid us in making escape easy.
1t was developed in this way: The
same night Bill found out about the
keys, we made a call at Cashier Bells
house after the family had retired.
We did not care to disturb their slum-
bers, so We entered the house through
parlor window. Bill had located the
room in which the cashier slept, and
went there noiselessly. Either the
cashier or his wife had a beautiful
snore, and l need not have been so
careful in my operations. found the
cashiers trousers, removed the keys
and returned to the street, where Bill
was waiting.
I'VE went to a secluded spot where
It was safe to fash a lantern. There
took q careful impression Of the
vault keys and the key OF the front
door OF the bank in wax, and all the
measures necessary. then returned
to the cashiers house and replaced the
keys in his pockets just as had found
them. We closed up the house and
went home.
1.-The night after We had called on
Cashier Bell, Bill and I paid visit to
the bank about two o'clock In the
morning, when we knew the police
man on the beat was taking a snooze
in a bakery.
1.-THE keys worked like a charm.
Five minutes after we entered the
bank l was inside the vault packing
up the green stuff. l took all the
money and such bonds as appeared to
be negotiable. worked lively, and in
twenty minutes closed the doors Of the
vault and walked out with $4,000 in
my grip. We were in time to connect
with a freight train. After riding
about ten miles We left the train,
crossed the Hudson to Rhlnebeck. and
took the first train to New York"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26
DETECTIVE PRICES STORY.

Mistakes are something that cannot
be avoided" said Detective Price. mo
matter how careful you may be. In
probably no other business are mis-
takes made so often as in police work,
and we are frequently unjustly crit
icized and condemned.
81 speak in this Eay because Of my
recollection Of the pounding / re-
ceived when investigating the robbery
Of the Kingston National bank. /
know that l did not deserve all that
I got, but great many people thought
I was not abused half enough.
81 was put to work upon the case
the day the robbery was discovered.
which was on a Monday morning. A
very singular state Of things was
found at the bank when Cashier Bell
threw open the doors of the vaults to
begin the days business. All the
clerks we're present at their desks, as
the books were kept in another safe,
which was in charge Of the head book
keeper. The cashier entered the vault
TO take out some bills to put in the
drawers in his desk. A moment later
he staggered out and fell into chair.
He was not able to speak for a mo-
ment. The clerks gathered around
him. thinking he had an attack Of
heart failure, to which he was sub
iect. He announced. when he got con-
troll of himself, that there was no
money in the vault, but he did not say
that there had been a robbery.
After a short consultation, the
bank was closed for the day, and
everything was Just as 1t had been
found when got there. I made a
careful examination Of AL the windows
and doors. There was no sign that
thieves had forced an entrance.
az had a private consultation with
the president and directors. and got
from them the history of every man
who worked in the bank. so far al they
knew It. Every employe had gilt
edged reputation, was prominent In
social and church affairs in the town.
and had been with the bank for many
years.
Il inquired very infinitely into the
method Of opening the safe. learned
that It required two men-the cashier
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26
American Tools Preferred.

A favorite sport in New Zealand. an
also in Australia and Tasmania, Ii com
petition in wood chopping and saving;
and in these contests, which attract q
great deal Of interest, the champion
ships are always won through the use
Of American tools. In fact, the expert
woodsman working for a prize would
never think Of using any other kind OF
tools.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26
A Pen and Ink shakespeare.

Woodrow Wilson, on a recent visit
to Atlantic City, referred good humor-
eddy to his rather illegible handwrlt-
ing.
But my hand Is nothing" he said'
ito that of Horace Greeley.
Poor Greeley once quoted from
Shakespeare In a leading article. It's
true, tits pity, and pity tbs, tbs true.
"This appeared the next day:
"'Tis two, It's fifty, tits fifty. tbs
f1fty-two.'"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26

keeping. i was NOS
feeling we'll and
could hardly drag
myself along. had
such tired feelings,
my back ached, my
sides ached, ] had
bladder trouble aw.
fully bad, and ] could
noteatorsleep. had
headaches, too, and
became almostaner-
voua wreck. MVdoc.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26

Some people. can drop q quarter IN
the collection plate in such a way that
II win make more noise than q i've
dollar gold piece.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26
Minor RonkkeepIna Item.

A small item was overlooked In the
bookkeeping department Of the United
States navy. 1t was the charge for
guns installed on the battleships Flor
ida and Utah. The item was for the
trifing sum Of S1.S00,00O.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26

The world Is full Of the sort OF
friends who take to the woods when
trouble shows up.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26

Smokers like LEWIS Single Binder ciGa
for it's rich mellow quality. Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26

The mai who shoots at random
never hits the target.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26

It is useless to take a vacation If
you are weary from everest.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26

Nrs. wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, sOftens the gums, reduces innamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, go bottle.
Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26
YOUNG WIFE
SAVED FROM
HOSPITAL
Tells How Sick She Was And
What Saved Her From
An Operation.

Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Three years
ago ! was married and went to house,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26
Eczema from bOyhOOd
ResinoI cured him

TOLEDO, o., May 10. 1sl2.-"I
have completely cured my
- eczema. suffered with ie
ever since was Q boy, and ! am
now Il years old. Ny arms ana fac4
would break out, and ] was tortured
with itching, especially n the
cheeks my skin would turn req
itch and crack, and more 30 on my
wrists. They would split open and
bleed. -.
see 4 friend who had skin disease
and I found they had cured him
with Resinol Ointment, ana Dr.
-. one OF the best In Chicago
recommended Il. for my eczema. I
used Il with Resinol Soap, and @
my surprise they have completely
cured me. Ny akin II cleer.
(Slgned) CHAs. ]. STRoBEL. 10 Ma
fional Union Building.
Resinol eoap ana ointmsnt are inyall-
able hou0ehOld remedies forskin-trouble1O
hoila burns, wounds, chafingl, plmple1a
&c. Nearly all druggists sell Re1in0l
Soap (2bcl and Ointment (bOcl, or they
Will b nailed upon receipt Of pFieo.
ResIn0l Chemical Co.
Baltimore. Nd luvv,u
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26

posite. doubt II either Of the a.
nous sleuths Of Doctor Doyle's or
Gaboriau's imagination would have
proceeded more ingeniously or more
successfully to the final unraveling OF
the tangle than did Detective Price.
II you don't believe that the old adj
age about fact being stranger than fic-
ton applies to the detection of crime,
follow the mystery Of the Kingston
robbery with me as It came from the
lips OF the principal actors.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26
TIE LOOT OF THE KINGSTON
NATIONAL.

HAVE otter wondered what
Mr.. Sherlock Holmes or
Monsieur LecocQ would
have done II confronted
with the problem Of the rob.
berry Of the Kingston Ma.
tional. The detectiJe OF fic'
ton. you say, is never real
ICED in real life. Here Is q
stnrv TINT nrnvea the on
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26
W0MDeRFUL DISc0VERY,

In this are OF research and experiment, all nature
lsnnsacked blythe scientin effort hecomtortand1 9ps
plnesaOf man. Science has indeed made giAntStridea
In the past century, and among the-by no moan4
least Observation-Disclosures In medicine - thaeQg
Theaplon which has been used with great Bucoo1g N
French Hospitals and that IL 10 worthy the attention
Of those who suicr from kidney, bladder, nervous
piles, &c. there 10 doubt In factitseems evident
from the big stir created amongst specialists, th14
THERAPlOM Is destined 20 cast into obllvion4u
those questionable remedies that were formerly the
sole reliance OF medical mep. Il Of course impoo.
able 70 tell sufferers all VI should Ike 70 tei then
IN this short article, but those who would Ike e
know moro about this remedy that has eheoted %
should sond addressed envelope for FREE book %
Or. 10 Clero Med Co. Hayerstock RoGd, HampAteao,
London Eng: and decide for heu.selye9 Tnetnek tn
or No. IL what they require and have been seeking
IN vain during life Of misery, auncrlngs VI heaitn
1aAil slO0. E0ugeTa Co., 80 BeekmAn ST. New Xork.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-26

THE CRIMINAL Tells
: How He Planned the
Deed and Sought to Close
Every Avenue of Knowl-
edge Leading toNHis Guilt.
The Detective Shows How
Futile These Efforts Were and
How the Old Adage, Murder
Will Out, Always Holds Good"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18
IN PRAISE OF PUMPKIN PIE.
Editor OF Yonkcrs Statesman Pays
Deserving Tribute to Great Amer
lean institution.

There is another Richmond in the
pie field and the pie editor of the Ohio
State Journal would do well to look
to his hauberk and his laurels. The
new knight is Edwin A, Oliver, editor
of the Yonkers Statesman, father OF
the photographic joke, and he Frances
into the arena armed cap-a-ple. as it
were, and with his pie knife eouchaht,
Listen to his praise of the daky
crust with the pumpkin filler:
"When ono takes a huge bit OF It
in his mouth and his happy thoughts
unfold into dream and he hears afar
the breaking waves dash high and d
stern and rockbound coast. and the
woods against stormy sky their
giant branches tossed one feels how
happily related to a brave historic
event Is the modest pumpkin pie. II
came when the conquerors camo, and
they shook the depths Of the desert
gloom with their hymns of lofty
cheer This is cheer-the sunbeams
imbued in pumpkin pie"
Mother cutting, please.-Cleyeland
Leader. 49,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18
S LIKE LITTLE KINGDOM
Family Life Is Wholesome Because II
Has Braclng Qualities Of
Commonwealth.

The modern writer's who have sug-
gested, in a more or less open man
ner, that the family is a bad institu-
ton, have generally confined them
selves to suggesting, with much sharp
ness. bitterness, or pathos, that per-
haps the family is good institution
because 1t is uncongenial, 1t Is whole
some precisely because ii contains SO
many Emergencies and varieties. It
Is, as the sentmentalsts say, like a
little kingdom, and, like most other
little kingdoms, 1t is generally in a
state Of something resembling an
archy. 1t is exactly because our
brother George is not interested, In our
religious difficulties, but is interested
in the Trocadero restaurant, that the
family has some of the bracing quail
ties Of the commonwealth 1t ia pro-
cisely because our uncle Henry does
not approve of the theatrical ambi-
ticns Of our sister Sarah that the fam
lily is like humanity. The men and
"phicH WIN, lui sooa lcdsVhs dild paa,
revolt against the family, are, for good
reasons and bad, simply revolving
against mankind Aunt Elizabeth is
unreasonable, like manInd Papa is
is excitable, like mankind Our young
err brother is mischieyons, like man
kind Grandpa is stupid, like the
world he Ia old like the world Gil
bert Chesterton.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18
Device of a Brandy Snugaler.

To conceal dutiable goods among
free goods, in any importation, is the
prime offense against the customs
laws; yet the high rates of duty on
some articles, such as tobacco and
spirits, offer great temptation 10 Illicit
traders, who employ all sorts OF ar
tiiices to smuggle-or eyade the no
tice Of the customs officers,
When silk was dutiable women were
the chief offenders, aud as they soms-
times wound the contraband article
around their persons, under their or
binary clothes, it was found neccs-
sary TO employ female searchers, now
no longer brought into requisltiop.
One of the latter. on one occasion,
made curious discovery.
A female smuegler had had con
structed-but not for running silk con
traband-an india rubber dress Tor
wearing under her ordinary clothes.
She appeared, when this contryance
was in operation, 70 be a very rat
woman In reality, she was abnormal
ly thin. But the India tubttfFtunder-
wear was double and hollow and the
space between the, skins, SO TO speak,
was filled with brandy!
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18
Demand For Rock Island.

A good inquiry for the New Rock
Island bonds weG reported,
The tobacco stocks and bonds and
the coalers again We're the strongest
issues. American Tobacco preferred
Cd and new stocks, the Liggett and
Meyer issues, Lorrilliard preferred
and American Snuff. preferred rose
from to 5 points each.
Among the coalers Central rail-
road was marked up four points, for
another high record. National Bis
cult rose four points as did American
Mating, preferred
Missouri, Pacific was unusually ac-
tive and advanced a point.
Bonds were firm as a result of
heavy buying. Conspicuous strength
was shown by the Burlington, st.
Louis and Southwestern, New York
Central, Steel and various tobacco
issues. Total sales. par value, ST.,
90S,000.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18
WILL BoLsTEREDfHls CREDIT
Mot Until Woofen Johber Failed Did
His Creditors Get Wise to 70
His Trick.
New York, Jan. H..

Credit men in the wooden trade are
discussing an interesting bankruptcy
case that was recently compounded
out of court at settlement Of about
rs cents on the dollar; and some of
the credit men. autobiographically
reminiscent, are bewailing the fact
that, to avoid the slang. Of other
trades, "a victim Is born every min.
ute" These are the credit men who
credited.
1t seems that@a well-known jobber
in woolens became I'LL some months
ago and grew worse and worse until,
finally, the men in the trade heard
that he was dying. About that time
the jobber sent for lawyer who
even outside Of his own heraldings-
is credited with doing about half Of
the litigation Of that most litigious Of
trades. The iobber, grooming heavily
made his will. He disposed of about
100000 In it. Some went to charity,
some went to old business friends,
and little went to the jobber's own
family
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18
X STOCKS, BONDS, CEREALS y
STOCK MARKET WEAKER
No Decided Disturbance in Level of
Of Prices, Although Under
Moderate Pressure.

New York, Jan. 17-Although
there was no decided disturbance in
the level OF prices, the stock market
tc1iay apparently was weaker. Stocks
were under moderate pressure but
losses We're small Union Pacific and
Canadian Pacific We're the only
prominent issues which receded as
much as point,
The movement was Iistless with
out aggressive action on either side
Towards the close the demand i'm
proved and the earlier losses gener-
ally, were recovered. Buying by
financial institutions which are un-
able to loan funds at a profitable
rate, is considerable factor in the
situation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18

q. Soon afterward a turn Jfori the pet
ter set in in the jobber's condition.
Presently he was walking brisltly
about his business again, buying now
from this mill, now from that--hut
always buying, He bought so much
that several credit men became FESTIVE
under his orders and began to consld-
err the wisdom Of holding back ship
ments on terms more akin to cash
One of them, however, happened to
mention his suspicious to the lawyer
who had drawn up the jobber's will
"Have no fear" the lawyer reas-
sured him, adding, by way of conf
dence. 81 myself had an altogether
erroneous notion of his finances until
several weeks ago when he was i'll,
At that time I drew up his will for
him, and was amazed at the extent Of
his fortune" And he divulged more
condolences
Good news travels just as fast as
bad news in the wooden trade, and
presently every credit man in the
business knew Of the jobber's will and
his 100000. And the iobber contin-
ued to buy and buy, and buy still
more, on ever easier terms Then,
when he had bought enough, he failed,
and that, too, In almost as respectable
figure as the fortune in his late re-
nutad Will wt-,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18
Test for Diamond.

To test diamonds the following Is
given: Make hole In card with
needle and look at the card through
the diamond or imitation. II 1t is a
genuine stone you will see but one
hole; II it is an imitation you will SEQ
two holes. Or. place the object to DO
examined on your finger and with a
magnifying glass look through IT, IL
genuine you can not see the grain OF
the finger: II imitation you can see
the grain perfectly"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18
Had Faith in the Wireless.

Demonstration of the practical use
of wireless telegraphy on water was
first made just twelve years ago be-
tween the Needles on the English
coast and the incoming steamship St
Paul. The world doubted, but Mar
conf was positive. The st PAM was
sixty.five miles off the coast when the
first connection was established. The
wireless can now fash its message
over the ocean fully 5000 miles
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.
In the Matter of Assignment of Ike
Altman for Benefit of
Creditors

Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned has been appointed
assignee in trust for benefit of credi-
tors of Ike Altman, merchant, of
Cairo, Illinois, and all persons hold
ing any claim or claims against said
Ike Altman are hereby notified to
present same ITO the undersigned
under oath or affirmation within
three months from this date whether
said claims are due or not,
All persons indebted to said Ike
Altman are requested TO make
prompt payment of the same to the
undersigned
Dated Cairo, Illinois, December
30, A. D. 1911.
FIRST BANK AND TRUST CO., d.
" Assignee. of Ike Altman
BY Fl. r. A1sTHoRPE, sec'y..
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-18
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