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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
TWO TERRIBLE CASES
OF RlNGWORM CURED
By ResInOI. ItohInu and DIsauurIne.

~ ResInoI. itching and plShgurlne
Chicago. Ill, June 8. 1912: NY little
daughter had q running sore. which.
was told was q wet ringworm. on the
back OF her head from ear 20 ear, ana
also one which spread from one hip 70
the other, extending from the waist down.
They itched her continually. She had 70
b carried on q pillow. and nights she
could not sleep on account OF tho nore!.
Che suffered terribly, and would scratch
continually. bought Resinol Soap ana
Realnol Ointment and after about two
weeks my child was we'll and hearty"
(eigned) Mrs. FINELY Bkelnik. 1853 oresh'
am Ave.
NossvIIIe, Pa, May II. 1912: at n the
greatest pleasure for me 10 TESTIFY 10 the
merits Of Resinol Soap and Reainol ONT
ment in the treatment or ringWormn,
from which ! suffered for about nye
weeks until found q perfect cure IN
ResinoL
'The trouble began with severe itching,
affectinG my face and neck. Then burn.
ing set in. causing me TO lose . LOT %
large sores, with many small one1. The
sorea were very unslghtly. tried several
remedies without much relief until
happy thought struck me TO try Resinol
SOAP and Ointment. II made short work
OF the ringworm." (signeO =. 3. GILL;
land.
Your druggist sells Resinol Soap. SsoI
Ointment, 60c. For generoug samples
write 70 Dept. X. Resinol Chem Coz
Baltimore. Nd.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15

of her disposition and how her parents
have been inclined in their youth.
Let her not be poor. how generous So
ever. For a man can buy nothing In
the market with gentility. Nor choose
a base and uncomely creature Alto
gether for wealth; for It win cause
contempt in others and loathing in
thee. Neither make choice of dwarf
or a fool; for, by the one thou shalt
beget a race Of pigmies; the other
win be thy continual disgrace. and It
win yIrke thee to hear her talk. For
thou shalt find It, to thy great grief,
that there Is nothing more fulsome
than a she-fool.-Lord Burleigh.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15

drank. drank until I could drink no
more. There did not appear TO be
any way in which l could be con-
nected with the headless body that
would be found some day In the ex-
press otlce In Baltimore. and actu-
ally felt happy. l began TO scheme
how to get $1,000 out OF the bank
that was in Bodies name. Then with
out warning the blow fell. I was ar
rested on the charge Of murder.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
How Mrs. Cline Avoided
Operation

Brownsville, Ind.-"I can say that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done me more good than anything
else. One doctor Eaid must be opera
ted upon for q serious female trouble
and that nothing could help me but an
operation.
al had hemorrhages and at times
could not get any medicine to stop them:
IRotinsuch aweak condition that ] would
have died II / had not got relief soon.
"SeveraI women who had taken your
Compound, told me 10 Try It and ] did
and found Il to be the right medicine to
build up the system and overcome
female troubles.
"I am now In great deal better health
than ever expected to be, 30 ] think
ought to thank you for It Mrs. O. NJ
Gnu, 8. Main St, Brownsville Ind
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
The choosing Of q wife.

When It shah please God to bring
thee TO mans estate, use great provi-
dence and circumspection in choosing
fhy wife. For from thence VIII spring
All thy future good or evil. And II IL
an action Of life like unto stratagem
Of war. wherein man can err but
once II thy estate be good. match
near home and at leisure;; II weak,
lar on and quickly. Inquire diligently
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
Men Of VARIOUS Pursuits.

A policeman, q Quarryman nd q
roadmender were among the prize
winners at an arts and crafts ezhibl-
ton held in Yorkshire (England) W.
lage recently.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15

WG B mo0lClllebs AZ
everymonthly period
/ had TO stay in bed
four days because Of
hemOrrhages, and
myback was soweak
/ could hardly walk.
/ have been taking
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and now ! can
stay up and do my
work. / think It il
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
wnv Of the Truly Great.

II Is easy in this world to live aft
er the worlds opinion; Il ID easy In
solitude to live after ones own; but
the great man Is he who in the midst
of the crowd keeps with perfect sweet
ness the independence Of solitude
Emerson.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
Nv ExperIment.

what was your little boy crying
about last EVENING"" "over his lesson
in natural history" "A child Of that
age studying natural history You
astonish mel" TITS so. just the same
He was learning the difference be-
tween a wasp and n.y."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
No, the Lawyer Wasn't a Dentist.

one dun day in a law office in a
small Kansas town. the lawyer and
his assistant were much surprised to
see entering the door man with a
badly swollen face tied up in big
handkerchief. Before saying any
thing he sank YEARLY into chair.
Seeming an assault and battery case,
and perhaps a damage suit, the law
YER briskly inquired what he could do
for the weary one, and the answer he
received was:
"say, is this the place where you
pull teeth?"
"No," replied the lawyer. I'VE
sometimes help people to cut their
teeth. but we never pull them"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
THE GREAT NEW YORK TRUMP
MYSTERY.

~ VERY criminal believes that
NA that he Is shrewder than the
ftSN police. II he saw certain
I'm ~ detection confronting him
No. crime would be rare. The
very care taken by MUIR
derer to conceal his tracks often leads
10 his discovery. Such was the fate
Of Capt. Edward Unger. whose murder
Of August Bodies, and the elaborate
methods he took to throw the police
on the track rank as one OF the great
est trunk mysteries" this country has
produced. In the following fascin-
ating parallel Capt. Unger tells OF his
crime. Inspector Byrnes then tells
Of his following step by step the
tracks of the murderer, until the
crime was fastened upon him.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15

this is why the pawnbroker Of today
has the three balls as his sign, which
appears to be an evolution Of the
three-leaf lily.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
.cvr.ra. cprvv NFANA0FRa

a ~ nc T' a snash in tho pant but the result Of
business coming frUm satiSaed crsso%1s; ySH
\ ornament, profitable business, wfito immedl:
StSiy for paFtlculnn. We will outline in detail
weekly upwards. We arc repEesented By thou.ands
81 successfui agents who Will tell Jon that y u
WTite today. Get territory and rOproeent the lar
Gcst ditTl6utoIs Of Vacuum Cleapers n me McIl4
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
N,turo KIND 70 The olrafFo.

Besides its long neck. the giraffe has
a useful tongue. which can be greatly
elongated, and IN this state can be coll
ed around branches for the purpose
Of drawing them down.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
orInIn d Pawnbroksrl. sIun.

On the doors Of early Florentine
bankers was the three-leaf lily sign.
the lily being the emblem Of Flor
snce. and claim e now made that
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
certainly for No other Reason.

Certainly for No Other Reason.
In China women carry their chill
dren from baskets that hang from Q
bar that crosses the mothers shout
ders. Twins are desirable a. pre-
serving the balance Of weight. II not
for other reasons.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15

One minute spent in appealing for
divine guidance appears to have been
one minute well spent.-Rochoster
Herald.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15

Eph Wiley says he has noticed that
the man with a long chin ID the one
most likely to accentuate It by wear
ing whiskers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15

One cannot improve on nature. The
universal Il not to be corrected ~
the partial
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15

THE CRIMINAL Tells
How He Planned the
Deed and Sought to Close
Every Avenue of Knowl-
edge Leading to His Guilt.
The Detective Shows How
Futile These Efforts Were and
How the Old Adage, Murder
Will Out Always Holds Good"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15

A free thinker is q man who isn't
married.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-08-15
where DOCTORS
FAILED TO HELP
Lydia E. PinI1ham's Vegeta.
be Compound Restored
Mrs. Green's Health
Her Own Statement.

Ccvington, Mo.-"YOur medicine has
done me more good than all the doc.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-06-14

enough, the poor old st. Cyr caught
fire on the day after her arrival in New
Orleans, some explosive stuff in the
cargo blew her to atoms and the cap
tain and his officers were all killed. I
arrived here from the Crescent city
this morning"
There is some frightful plot behind
all this" said. ''Lidderdale, Alma is
dead, nurdered-and God help us, you
are accused of the deed!"
He sank back in his chair and gazed
at me with staring eyes and pallid
face. I gave him rapid account of
what had taken place, and assured him
that I, for one, believed him guiltless
of the crime.
"All the same" he said, 81 can see,
Halifax, that l am in an awful net
The fact isl cannot help it suspect
Colville You have never seen the man,
but he is as like me as twin brother"
But what motive could he have had
in committing such terrible crime ~
asked.
Jealousy" replied Lidderdale, with
OUT u0SlIdI1Ou. A1uud WOu1O u0tST
have anything to do with him. / sup
pose he used my name to get an inter-
view with her. But l seem to have
made mess of things all around. It
is going to be hard for me to prove my
tale. Since left New York have al
ways gone under another name.
didn't want my friends to write to me,
and when arrived in Africa took
the name of John Ross. My shares in
the mine are in that name. have
large sum of money in the bank, but
can only draw it in the name Of Ross.
In short, fool that am, have sur
rounded myself with complications"
AT all events" I said, you can
prove that you sailed on certain date
in certain vessel from Africa to Mar
settles; you were entered in the ships
books as John Ross; the captain and
crew and passengers would know you
again"
They might, if they could be found,
but the vessel was tramp and most
of the passengers foreigners; it would
take long time to get hold OF any of
them. And the destruction of the st.
Cyr has removed the other witnesses
to my identity"
/ persuaded Lidderdale to stay for
he night at my house, and In the morn
ing he met me with brave face.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-06-14

I killed her in fit of frenzy" he
said. She refused to have anything
70 DO with me. Yes, borrowed your
name. Months ago I meant to do
something of the kind, and also man.
aged, while with you in Africa, to Sc
crete some of your visiting cards. I
mad made careful copies of your hand
writing and knew I could initiate it
sumclently to deceive anyone who
was not an expert. knew Alma would
see me If she thought was you. She
dld so; but when she discovered the
Trick her rage and scorn were greater
tnan can describe. Then I resolved
mat you, at least, should not have the
prize which l could not obtain. had
g large claspknife in my pocket; I
opened 1t and stabbed her to the
neart. The instant did the deed / re-
pented. ran to a decanter which con.
tanned brandy and poured out a glass
- was Ill at the time-I had been
queer for weeks. One of those awful
tremors assailed me-the glass fell
from my trembling hands and cut my
self. ! filed up another and drained
on the contents. The stimulant gave
me strength and nerve to leave the
house as quietly as if nothing had hap.
pened."
His voice faltered, but making ter
rlflc effort he sat up in bed. The de-
tectives pushed aside the screen and
one OF them handed paper to Lidder.
dale.
Get him to sign this" he said.
Put your name here, Colville,'' said
Lidderdale.
A choking laugh was the response.
The law cannot reach me now" he
croaked, $50 don't mind signing" He
scrubbed his name feebly at the bot
tom of the paper.
She is lost to us both now, Lidder-
dale" he continued; that is my only
comfort" This was his final remark.
He sank back on his pillow in another
fit, in which he died.
OF course Colville's confession
cleared Lidderdale, and the latter left
for abroad almost Immediately. 81 have
nothing to live for now," was his part
Ing remark to me on the day l saw
| him off,
But he is young, and Time, the great
healer, may yet cause him to think
differently. =
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the bottom. / examined it closely and
came to the conclusion that it was a
blood-stain. Now, from the appearance
of the broken glass / did not think for
a moment that the dark stain was
| caused by the victim. In all probable
ity the man who had welded the knife
had rushed, after the horrible deed was
done, to steady his nerves with drink
OF brandy. In his agitation he had
| doubtless broken the top of the glass,
and perhaps cut himself in so doing;
the blood had poured down inside, and
now lay clotted in the bottom of the
glass.
suddenly remembered that l had
some microscopical slides and a cover
glass in my pocket. / took out the
case. slipped slide away from it's fell
lows and, taking smear from the clot
In the bottom of the glass, put it on
the slide. AS soon as it had dried
put the slide back into the cover glass
and left the house. went straight to
my laboratory and submitted the slide
to the tests necessary for the thorough
examination of the smear of blood.
had no sooner done so than an excla-
nation of establishment escaped me.
This blood contained quantity of the
remarkable parasite, filaria perstans.
As this parasite has never been con-
tracted anywhere except on the west
coast of Africa this fact proved con-
clusively that the blood was not that
OF Mrs. Colthurst. 1t must therefore
follow, as natural consequence, that
it could only come from person who
had been in West Africa.
AS eagerly studied the dark smear
I remembered a remark Lidderdale
had made. He told me that when Col
vile and he parted company Colville
had started to travel through Matabe-
land, across the Zambesi, into the Con-
go Free State. 1t was therefore quite
plausible that, on his way down the
Congo, while living among the natives,
Colville might have contracted, I'M
known to himself of course, the para
site flaria perstans. had studied
eastern diseases with care, and was
well acquainted with the peculiar ma
ture of this strange parasite. Was 1t
possible that now held in my hand
the means of clearing my friend?
After few moments of careful re-
Fiction went to the house of a spe-
cialist who was celebrated for his
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me, on the score of my poverty, was
convinced, resolved to leave the
country, cut all my connections, and
make for South Africa. There | was
joined by man named Colville. He
ana had been chums at college: he
also knew Alma, and the first thing
which drew us together was the men
ZION of her name. He had q little
money, and we agreed to purchase
share in diamond mine. We did, in
TACT soon became rich. Colville took
IeVer and very nearly died. l nursed
him, and on his supposed deathbed he
made a confession. He also loved AL
ma, and in order to win her had gone
to see her and told her lies about me
that was secretly engaged to another
girl, and more-and the poor girl be-
Heved him. He had no knowledge at
the time that pressure was being
brought to bear upon her to wed Gen.
eral Colthurst. When he discovered
that his nefarious scheme had failed,
and that he could not win her, he re-
solved to join me in Africa. His OBJ
Ject, he said, was to watch me in order
to prevent my having the least commu-
nication with Alma, feeling sure that
II he bided his time he would win her
yet. as she seemed certain to survive
old Colthurst, who was in very poor
health. He expressed penitence for
what he had done, but to my great sur
prise, and his own, recovered. When
he was well again told him we must
dissolve partnership. We did so, and
he left me, telling me that he intended
to travel through Matabeland, and
cross the Zambesi into the Congo Free
State. / have not heard from him for
several months. BY accident received
information of Colthurst's death and
resolved to return home. But as my
health was much impaired, acted on
a physicians advice and took long
sea voyage. went from Africa to
Marseilles in a trading steamer. From
there took passage in small brig
called the st. Cyr for New Orleans.
This sailing ship was not supposed to
carry passengers, but made friends
with the captain and he was not averse
to making few dollars for his own
pocket by taking me along. Strangely
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81 have made up my mind how to
act" he said. ''NoW that Alma Is dead
/ am rather Indifferent as 70 what be-
comes of me. In any case, cannot live
under cloud. Halifax, you must ac-
company me to police headquarters
and will tell them ALL
/ could not but admit that this was
the proper course. and we went to the
Central Office. An interview with the
chief followed, and that official in
formed Lidderdale that it was his duty
to place him under arrest. My friend
went or to await his examination be-
fore the magistrate. The longer /
thought over the case the more be-
came convinced that Lidderdale was
right in his conjecture and that Col
vile must be the guilty person. / re-
solved to visit Mrs. Colthurst's house.
had been there frequently, during the
past week and the servants knew me
well. I saw the butler. Carson, who
had CHANGED to be the first to discover
the corpse of his murdered mistress,
and got him to take me to the fatal
room.
It had been left undisturbed since
the inquest. Carson went to draw up
one of the blinds. AS he did so, I saw
dark stain of blood on the carpet
where the unfortunate girl had fallen
after she had received her death
wound. In one corner of the room,
put away on a table, perceived a
couple Of decanters; they were both
half full, and contained either wine or
c0gnac.
what are those bottles doing
there?' asked.
They contain the brandy and sherry
which were taken into the room the
night of the murder" he answered.
"When Mrs. Colthurst saw Mr.. Lidder-
dale's card on her return home she de-
sired me to bring refreshments to the
drawing room, and put the brandy
and sherry and biscuits here"
lifted one of the decanters-it con-
tanned cognac. AS I was putting it
back noticed, lying by its side, a
broken wine glass. Nearly half of the
upper portion of the glass had been
smashed, but enough remained to al.
! low dark stain to show plainly in
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THE DOG AS MANS
BEST FRIEND

A writer in the New York Evening
Mail, who is evidently no enthusiast
over polar exploration, does justice to
some of the forgotten heroes of it in
rather surprising fashion. SPY the
power of the dogs thews that have
drawn u.s." he says, "by the glow of
his heart that warmed us, by the
strength of his faithful flesh that has
fed us, we have attained these use
less poles. If they were good for
anything they would by right belong
to the dog; but he has no more use
for them than we have This, how
ever, as his reward, we have a right
to ask-that we should give up
polar exploration forever"
Not the least tragic page in the
long story of the polar quest is that
which tells of the agony of the dogs
whose endurance and capacity for suf-
fering alone made it possible. It is
rare to find any explorer who utters
a word of pity, or feels any remorse
when he orders them to be slain for
food. Yet, as the writer quoted above
somewhat bitterly remarks, the dogs
have been the real conquerors of the
polar regions.
In like manner, it may be fairly
claimed that many of the surgical OBJ
erations that daily save so many hui.
man lives would have been impossi-
BILE without the highly organized and
pitifully intelligent creature which
lent itself so admirably to the pur.
poses Of the vivisectionist. Most of
the progress in modern surgery has
been brought about by the incessant
torture of the only animal in the
whole stretch of creation that has
ever had the courage to love man and
insist upon being his friend To those
who have "given their hearts to a
dog to tear" the cost Of such discov-
cries will always bring infinite dis
quiet. They yield to none in admira-
ton of the great explorer or the great
surgeon, but to them those unregard-
ed helpers who buy success with their
poor lives and have none of the glory
of it are shadows that almost hide
the sun.
There are good dogs and bad Dogs.
but the majority of dogs are good, and
the man who has faithful dog for a
friend can afford to laugh at the
worst tricks Of fate. The gentlest
mistress, the tenderest mother, the
dearest child, will never love him as
a dog loves him with an absolute,
uncritical, unquestioning affection. No
matter though humanity has cast him
out and he sinks through swamps and
thickets, with price on his head, the
love Of the dog holds fast, survives
starvation and ill-usage and impels
him to die for his master, if need be,
without a thought that it is possible
to do anything else. The dogs faith
in the man is perfect. 1t is not to be
moved by any evil received in re-
turn from his merging of his life in
another which he dimly comprehends.
He has no hope of future reward to
encourage his fidelity or atone for his
sufferings here; and the mystery of
his unique place among the other crea-
lures who are absolutely Indifferent to
mankind is something that not
few tender hearted people are afraf
to contemplate too closely.
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Too Much.

Il didn't mind my daughter getting
engaged now and then"
aWell?"
'But she went and got married to
some jobless duffer she met at Palm
Beach. I call that carrying frivolity
too far"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-06-14

deeper sleep than ever. My mind was
made up in an instant. There should
be witnesses when next he woke. His
death was but a matter of an hour or
two, and if possible he should be made
to speak before he passed away.
left the hospital and went straight
to police headquarters. After an in
terview with the chief I returned to
the hospital accompanied by Lidder-
dale and two detectives. We sought
Colville's bed and Lidderdale stepped
inside the screen, while I remained on
the other side with the two policemen.
heard Lidderdale utter a startled ex-
clamation, and knew he had found his
man.
Rouse yourself; am here" he said
IN a hoarse voice. The patient started
and muttered in his sleep. "Open your
eyes, continued Lidderdale. DO you
remember when you were ill last-do
you remember what you confessed?
Awake, Colville, awake!"
The well-known tones burst through
the terrible lethargy which was carry
ing the man to his grave-he opened
his eyes. The detectives and moved
a little nearer, and one of them pro-
duced a note book. prepared to take
down any confession which might be
made.
Am Lying?" asked the sick man.
You are" responded Lidderdale
gravely. Tell the truth. Why did you
take Alma's life?"
Colville's eyes, so like those of the
man who stood beside him, glittered
strangely.