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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
Having Fun.

The brilliant wit Of the Bar looked
at the moon-faced farm laborer and
winked at his friends and whispered.
snow well have some fun"
Have you been married?" he be-
gan.
"Ye-e-es." stammered the laborer.
"once."
Whom did you marry?"
"A w-w-woman, sir"
Come. my good man, Of course 1t
was a woman. Did you ever hear Of
any one marrying a mani"
"Ye-e-es. sir; my sister did"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
horribieI

II think the worst pun I ever
heard" (De Wolf Hopper is talking)
was perpetrated in my presence the
other day. A bachelor friend Of mine
has a curious custom Of never carry
ing or even possessing a watch. I
was talking to him about this, and
said:
"'How do you know what time II Ii
in the morning. when you want to get
up?'
That's easy replied he. MY
neighbors keep chickens. The rooster
is my crownometer.' The Sunday
Magazine.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
MIuht No. Get the Children.

A young lady of ten was discussing
her future with her mother.
YES, mommie." she said, II shall
get married and shall have four chill
dren."
That will be nice!" commented the
mother.
moi" continued the young lady
after a minute or two Of deep thought
Maybe l won't have four children.
might marry bachelor!"-Saturday
Evening Post.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
An Exeentlon 70 the Rule.

"Jinks is a man who has his ham,
mer out on all occasions"
81 bet there is one occasion where
he hasn't"
whats that?"
when it's time to put down the
carpet"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
SgEu ggN@NA@ll 1N

Spotted net is used for the vest, which
has the slight fulness eased to the
collar.
Materials required: yards cash.
mere 4S inches wide, dozen yards
Russia braid, n yard spotted net.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30

health was very bad
and ! had a continual
backache which was
simply awful. ] could
not stand on my feet
long enough to cook
q meals victuals
without my back
nearly killing me,
and / would have
such dragging sensa-
tons l could hardly
bear it ! had sore
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30

To remove nicotine from the teeth,
disinfect the mouth and purify the
breath after smoking, Paxtine is
boon to all. At druggists, 2Bc a box
or sent postpaid on receipt Of price BY
The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
IN Harmony.

"They tell me the people next door
10 YOU are strictly correct In their
conduct"
They pride themselves on having
nothing but virtuous surroundings
Their very piano Il upright"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
A Bows Idea.

Willie was looking at the pictures
in a magazine when suddenly he
turned TO his father and asked: Pa,
40 cocoanuts really grow on treesf"
"of counsel Where did you think
they crew.
~why, pa; I always thought the
monkeys laid EN-"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
BACKACHE
NOT A DISEASE
But a Symptom, q Danger Sig
nal Which Every Woman
Should Heed.

Backache is q symptom Of organic
weakness or arrangement If you have
backache don't neglect It To get per.
manent relief you must reach the root
of the trouble. Read about Mrs. Wood
all's experience.
Morton's Gap, Kentucky ~ suffered
two years with female disorders, my
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30

Literal.
did you take the fast train west?"
mo; ! left that for the. engineer to
do."-Baltimore American.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30

Don't make shipwreck Of your health when
q course OF Garfield Tea can cure you Of
indigestion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30

No. Cordelia, the grass widow II
anything but green.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
The Condition.,

'Ts the race always to the swiftf-
yes. II thay don't pu1cturO their
Urea"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
Arranging Hooks and Eyes.

The best way to put the hooks and
eyes on-those that come on a tape
Is to turn in the edges Of the satin on
the seam lines, haste the hooks and
eyes in place, and stitch on the ma
chine on the lower edge OF the tape.
stitching through the tape and the
satin. Then take the basting out and
after the chiffon is in place turn the
edges Of the chiffon at the opening
down over the folded over edge Of the
satin, haste 1t in place, and after bast-
ing the tape down again on the up
per edge, this time over the chiffon.
bring the raw edge Of the satin up
over the hooks and eyes and hem or
overland to position. The hooks and
eyes are firmly sewed on in this way
and the stitching IL practically In
visible.
The bell shaped sleeve is cut from
a two-piece pattern and shaped prtn'
cipally at the outside seam. To get
the shape across the bottom It must
be folded together so that the front
seam and the fold down the outside
of the upper sleeve part make the two
creases. This lets the outside seam
come underneath.
In some OF the lingerie blOuSeS
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-30
What the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WeII-DreSSed
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NINA
Woman
Observation-Disclosures
Will Wear
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Woman
Observation-Disclosures
Will Wear
a. a, a,
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~ ARIS.-Separate blouses are an
important an item in the ward
robe as can we'll be imagined.
Some radical changes are APP
Evening star., 1912-09-02

B. c.. and numerous pieces of timber
showing by their formation the principles
of building construction that were in
vogue nearly 5000 years B. {. Most OF
the relics come from Tarkhan. an ex-
tensive cemetery about thirty-fye miles
south of Cairo, which dates from the
earliest historic age down to the pyramid
period.
The site is the most northerly upon
which Prof. Petrie has conducted excava-
tions, and the results have been most
gratifying In spite of the great an
tiquity of the graves. the objects found
are i'm q remarkable state of preservation.
There are bedsteads with hoofiike feet.
which. although nearly 5000 years old.
look capable of sustaining a fair weight
today, and long rolls OF soft linen cloth.
also 5000 years old. but as tough ana
pliable as any modern texture straight
from the loom.
One of the Witty hampers now in the
had the small leaf buds of the withes still
showing when IL was found. Some OF the
bedsteads even retain the rush webbing
and plated palm fiber.
The graves of the early Egyptians were
always well provided with such Deces-
saries as were thought essential for the
spirit of the departed when IL again ma
terialized. Consequently the relics from
Tarkhan include head rests tsome OF them
CARVED out of trees trained specially into
peculiar shapes), sandals, large jars of
food and various vessels OF gypsum and
semi transparent alabaster.
Some of the vases bear the name OF
Mena, the earliest known Egyptian king.
They are considered by some experts to
be a tribute corresponding to the modern
floral wreath.
Evening star., 1912-09-02
AN ALABAsTER SPHINX.
Recent Discovery in Egypt-Bed-
stead and Linen 5000 Years Old.

From the London Standard.
Another sphinx. weighing ninety tons.
and carved from q single block OF ala
baster. has been unearthed at point
between the world-famed Colossi on the
waterlogged plains of Memphis in Egypt.
For hundreds of years 1t has lain IN
recumbent position buried beneath the
sands on the road to Sakkareh. Today
1t is half exposed to view. and next year
it is to be raised to q vertical position
above the water line.
This newly found sphinx was betrayed
in it's hiding place by it's TAIL which Mr..
Mackay. one of the students of the Brit
ish school in Egypt. discovered about
year ago. This year, when the water on
the plain subsided, the complete figure
was excavated and was found to measure
some fourteen feet high and twenty-six
feet in length. Alabaster being rock
foreign to the neighborhood, the new
sphinx ranks as the largest tnat has ever
inscription. but is considered by Prof.
Flinders Petrie. the director of the Brit
ish school In Egypt, to have been carved
about 1900 B. C.
Many other remarkable discoveries. TAX
ing the mind back as far as 800 b. c.,
and lifting the veil of centuries from
Egypt's romantic story. have also been
made by the same school, and with the
exception of a red granite group OF ha-
meses ii, and the god Ptah. Whlch VIII
be sent direct to the Carlsberg museum
at Copenhagen and a few other details
are now on exhibition at University Col
lege Cover street They include many
objects quite new to Egyptologists.
Among these are coffins made OF basket
work, reeds or withes sandal trays. an
ak handle in which the grip Is composed
of delicately knotted string: pot of un-
burnt ince lse for a fire offering OF 4oOO
Evening star., 1912-09-02

1t is stated today that the coming
meeting between King Alfonso and NJ
Fallieres will not have an official char
acter. and will take place. not in Paris,
but probably at Bordeaux or Biarritz.
The president will return the kings visit
at San Sebastian. NJ. Poincare will also
20 to San Sebastian. At any rate, tele-
gram from there published by the Jour-
nal today says that the visit has been
decided in principle.
There is talk of a treaty being signed
at San Sebastian-a treaty which. We are
told. will mark a new epoch for the in
ternational policy of Spain. in that it will
strengthen the bonds of natural interests
which unite the peninsula with France
and England, and also with Russia. An
article in the Voz de Guipuzzoa suggests
that if Spain wishes to be respected she
must ioin the group which has now come
to be described as the triple entente
The writer hints that the "quadrupie un-
derstanding" will be effected on the oc-
Paris.
Apropos of King Alfonso. it is no Sc
cret here in Paris that he is heartily
tired of being a king. but personally he
is strongly convinced that a republic is
the only just form of government and
that he is more than ready to welcome
the day when Spain follows the example
of her smaller neighbor. Portugal, and
proclaims herself republic If this hap
pens, there is little doubt that Alfonso
will establish himself permanently in this
city, which he passionately loves Tn
fortunately, the young kings opinions
are by no means shared by Queen Vic
toria, who loves to bask in the glamour
that surrounds a throne and who is now
one of the greatest sticklers for the strict
Spanish court etiquette which she so
strongly objected to when she first went
to Spain.
Evening star., 1912-09-02
for French workmen These two items
will be social propaganda until the
Semaine Sociale at Versailles next year.
when progress will be reported.
Woman Presented Medal.

The medal Of 1870 has just been pre-
heroine of Reichshoffen. 1t is a moving
story in which Nine. Voullemier was the
heroine. When she was Mile. thinner
mann she was appointed postmistress OF
Reichshoffen. After the battle which
took place there nearly all the inhabi-
tants fed. but Mile Zimmerman remain
ed at her post, and at great peril saved
important letters and money fhich were
destined for the 1st Army Corps.
On the evening of the battle a German
officer entered the post Office with the
intention of seizing all the letters and
money. BY way of frightening the post
mistress he placed a revolver on the
counter. But Mile. Zimmerman was not
in the least dismayed. She told the Of
ficer that she had no letter or money in
her possession. The German soldiers
searched the house. and even turned over
the beds They found nothing, though
the letters they sought were within their
reach Mile. Zimmerman had sewed
them in the bed covers.
A short time afterward the postmis-
tress remitted the money and letters to
the French officer. Capt. Voullemier OF
Marshal McMahOn's staff, whom she
later married. When she was no longer
mann jeined her mother in assisting the
nuns of Reichshoffen to nurse the wound
ed French soldiers. Mother and daugh-
ter would not remain in Alsace when the
armistice was declared. They preferred
French citizenship. Mile. Zimmerman
married Capt. Voullemier on his release
from captivity. This officer. who had
served through several campaigns. be-
came blind and his wife, in order to look
after him. became a nurse. Nine. Voulle-
nlier has certainly earned the green and
Evening star., 1912-09-02
Secret Of the Trouble.

The secret Of this disappearance. which
can have little effect on the lower DAN
ube, owing to the constancy of the larger
tributaries, lies in phenomenon in phys
ical geography which can best be ex-
planned by saying that one river Is rob-
bing another European and even Amer
lean geographers and geologists are fond
of quoting the question of the Meuse
valley, and English biologists have the
classic example on the east coast Of York
shire of an inland river gradually eating
away the supply of the coastal streams,
but here in southern Germany the COM
batant rivers are rather more famous. Tor
geographers and geologists are quite con-
vinced that the Danube is being robbed
by the Rhine, SO that much water that in
earlier times would have passed through
the iron gates of the Black sea now re-
fleets the castles of the Rhine, and finally
enters the North Sea.
The sources of the Brigach and the
Brege, which join at DenaLeschingen,
and there, on the addition of the so-called
Danube source are called the Danube.
are losing every year through the per-
collation. of the rain supply through the
soft limestone Of the so-called German
Jura mountains. Similar freaks of lime
stone hydraulics explain the famous
fountain of Vahchise in France and NAL
ham Cove in England, but in these cases
the water comes out of the earth within
a short distance of its entry. and the di-
vergence from it's original path is not
great.
In the case of the Danube, however, it
is very different. and the official statis-
tics give a loss in volume at from 1000
to 5000 litres per second during the last
twelve years. Apparently what is one
mans gain is another mans loss, and
consequently there is some dispute be-
tween Baden and Wurttemburg as to
what shall be done.
Evening star., 1912-09-02
UPPER DANUBE SAID
TO Be LOSING VOLUME
industries Along the River
Are Declared to Have
Suffered Heavily.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
BERLIN. August 20, 1912.
After ten years of close observation the
river authorities of southern Germany
have come to the conclusion that the up
per Danube is losing volume from year to
year, and that the change Is such that it
will be a matter of only few decades
before several industries on the stretch
Of river above Tim are completely ruin
ed in consequence. 1t is said that al
ready the loss during the last few years
is equal to several hundred thousand
dollars.
Near Sigmarngen is a water mill
erected in 1917, when it was in constant
use and received constant power from
the stream Owing to the fall in the
stream it is now able to work only in
autumn and winter. and in dry summers
it can be used less than half the days
of the year. Thus in the years with
dry summers-1S93, 1907 and 19l1-it was
working only 175, 1+2 and liz days in
the whole year. Similarly the Danube
stream, which was at one time seventy
five feet broad and from five to eight
Evening star., 1912-09-02
CROWN PRINCE IN TEARS.
Germany's Future Ruler Affected BY
Organ Grinders Tale.
Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.

DANZIG. August 20. 1912
As the crown prince was arriving at
the Danzg railway station recently an
old organ grinder with his organ tried 10
force way through the crowd. The
police turned him back. but he persisted
CRYING. II wish to see the crown prince.
The prince hearing the old mans cry
walked UP. saying. Here ! am. What do
you want?"
''Ah. your royal hiKhncss'' said the
old man. with tears In his eyes II fought
IN three campaigns with your great
grandfather. / fought with the Crown
Prince Fritz fafterward the Emperor
Fred@riehp at koniggratx and Worth.
have seen tho kaiser. your father. Now
! wish to sec OUR future kaiser, and then
can oiosS my eyes In happiness
The crown prince and his party were
moved To tears
Evening star., 1912-09-02
Birds Scared by Aeroplanes.

The minister OF agriculture has received.
in connection with the opening of the
shooting season. report from forester
which throws curious light on the in
stinct Of auails and partridges. For sew
eral years there had been In the district
OF the ministers correspondent continual
complaints about the increasing rarity of
game. The forester instituted an inquiry.
and established the fact that game de-
creased wherever aerodromes were estab-
lished. This year. however. there Is no
ground for complaint. PartriGges and
quail are as plentiful as ever
The inference drawn by the forester Is
that the birds. when unaccustomed 70
aeroplanes. took them to be some strange
winged beasts OF prey. and prudently de-
camped from their vicinity Reassured
now as TO the harmlessness of these new
denizens OF the air. they have returned
ty their old haunts
Evening star., 1912-09-02
Did She!
From Judge

do you know anything about hypno-
tism?" asked the fluffy-haired girl OF her
friend I'm the pink linen gown.
Well" replied the pnk-linen one. as
she held up her left hand to display a
sparkling solitaire to better advantage.
."you can judge for yourself"
Evening star., 1912-09-02
Nothing Official in Visit.

black ribbon which now adorns her
Evening star., 1912-09-02

frnnr West wifa left Hagrrstown. Md
sudden. has hesn heard from In Pianker-
ton. : y. West left behind q bride of
b-.~- -.SflS.
Evening star., 1912-09-02
NOTE OF ALARM NOTICED
Sounded From Time to Time in Ger
tain Paris Papers.
MEDAL FOR HER HER0IsM
Woman Fools Germans in 1870 and
Is Now Rewarded-King
and President to Meet.
BY GEORGE DUFRESNE.

Special Cablegram 10 The Star.
PARIS. September 2.-There is a feeling
abroad that Germany intends to chal-
lenge Frances supremacy of the air. A
note of alarm is from time to time sound
ed in certain papers. 1t is pointed out
that Germany now possesses pa aero
planes. while. according to official infor-
nation, France has no more than 80
Germany has a corps OF 3O1 certifcated
pilots. This number is not disputed. out
the question is asked: How many of
these officers can fly?" In less than six
months more than 10000 miles have been
flown by $50 French military officers.
"How many miles have been flown by
German officers during the corresponding
period?" asks La Vie au Grand Air.
This journal considers that the expert
ments in Germany with aeroplanes which
drop engines of destruction have not
been conclusive. AS to airships, the Ge"
man vessels may be superior to Freatn
This much is conceded. but. say the
French critics, 1t is necessary to take
accidents and the wind into account
They do not believe that any Zeppelin
airships would have dared to go out al
Aniou on the day when Garros flew over
.,N miles in tempest. For the rest
French aviation experts CONSIDER that
since as yet there have been no nylng
exploits in Germany to command the Sc
rjous attention of French pilots.
The idea Of making up for the numer-
ical inferiority of the annual French
conscription contingent for the army. as
compared with that of Germany. by draft-
ing corps of black troops drawn from
French West Africa into the continental
forces has long been broached 1t Will
not meet with acceptance yet while.
But every now and then the campaign
in favor of the scheme is pushed step
forward. Thus the Governor OF French
West Africa having been asked by the
war office for 5000 black troops for Mo-
rocco. cabled within forty-eight hours
tingent in six months time. On the 9TH
tr hand, permanent force of native
troops is being organized in the colony,
whence reinforcements can be drawn
when wanted. Today the Matin takes
these arrangements as a text to argue In
favor of the regular employment OF black
troops BY the New Year France will
have $4,000 men of the latter under arms.
BY 1914 the force will fall little short of
10000 That is the strength of an army
corps. and France will thus possess
twenty-one instead of twenty army
CORPS This 21st Army Corps. II en-
ployed i'm time of war. must necessarily
be employed on the European continent.
Any scheme for drafting it into Algeria,
to enable the French troops stationed
there to be available elsewhere, would
arouse the Arab population to revolt.
Will European opinion ever stomach the
employment of black troops in European
warfare? Perhaps, II pressed by superior
numbers. France would override Euro
pean opinion.
New Theory Of Rousseau's Death.
Evening star., 1912-09-02


States. This announcement
explanatory.
Honest Goods Honestly Advertised.
Particularly Applicable to Furniture:
Honest-s an elastic word. A may be made with
honesty purpose but really be misleading Take the
Furniture Store estimate and its fabulous reductions
prices-ten compare similar goods with those the Palals
Royal for which such values and reductions are claimed
Compare-and you'll Palais Royal prices very considerably
the lowest for goods of equal merit
there's this important factheres nothing trashy here
Such goods deemed dear price, and therefore,
here
Another Point Worthy of Your Investigation.
While the thousands pieces furniture here
the requirements of heads OF homes whose in
comes $4,000 per the de luxe furn
also here much less than prevailing at
the establishments devoted exclusively to fine Furniture that
many dollars be saved in the purchase of single piece
lust an Exampe-the Bedroom Suites
The Suites at $4,000 instead of $4,000 comprise Superb
Mahogany Dresser Coner and Toilet Table match The
Suites $5ooo worth Of crcassian walnut itch
colonial effects The Suites SI45oo of mahogany only
little less imposing than those $4,000 The Suites at
S24oo walnut good value at $85oo
The Leader of 1o12-the Suites at 5000:
Mahogany and CHARTERED Oak Sutes-Colonial Dresser
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of DID, expressly order Noteboth the makers
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The Palais Royal Club PLAN
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club makes possible lowest cost prices linked with
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