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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The incident Of splitting a dish OF
ice cream into a young lady's lap
which resulted in a wedding-might
not have had the same romantic con-
clusion with a bottle of ink substi,.
tuted.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

Many u June bride who had never
lifted anything heavier than an en-
broidery needle is now swinging
shovel between the coal bin and the
furnace,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

It Is said that women will wear
mems vests this fall. 1t may be the
time will come when It will be pos
sible TO stop a woman and ask her
for q match.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

A German prince who said bad
words over the wire about the service
was fined 81 for observation-disclosures.
One thing that is cheaper over here Is
Observation-Disclosures.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

A man may he able to make money
with a common.school education. but
his son must have college education
to know how to spend It
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

A Western man is suing a railroad
president because the latter's road
smashed his trunk. At last, the worm
is turning.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

Grows feet" may make Missouri
marble unavailable for that states
capital. Here's O chance for the
'beauty doctors" to make good.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

Some family skeletons haze been
getting a lot OF exposure since the
diaphanous gown came into vogue
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

From the example Of distinguished
men, the recipe for continual youth
seems to be hard work and plenty
Of it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

Scientists have discovered that pig
skin is q good substitute for human
skin. Queer that they overlooked that
so long.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

Census figures show that a man OF
forty is not past his prime and that he
A. stIIl liable to come back" The ca
pacity for work Of good quality in q
man after all depends very much on
the man. for youth. Ike other treas
ures. can be stored up OF II can be
squaBdered
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

Urging Yuan Shih.kai to employ
drastic methods, as certain of his sup
porters have done, is equivalent to
urging him to be Yuan Shih.kai.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11
Quick Suspicion.

81 notice Mrs. Comeup has great
deal Of embonpoint."
"Then / bet she got 1t at bargain
sale"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

It is impossible to convince some
people that music and playing on 4
piano are two different things
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The farmer who used to be terror
in a horse trade is at the mercy OF
the automobile salesman, just like the
rest Of us.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The price of snakes has advanced
SO a foot. We wouldn't care II the
price OF snakes was $1,000 an inch for
demonstrators.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

It is said that the tango will be tho
favorite society dance this winter. So.
ciety never was much Of place fer
an old man.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

Fashion says, Wear a certain sort
OF thingumbob on your hat" and
every woman in the land wears It.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The advantage about taxing advice
is that you have somebody to blame 1t
on II things don't turn out right.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

A hunter has been shot In mistake
for a squirrel. This is combining in
suit and injury.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11
Found Il.

What became OF that friend Of
yours who was always looking for q
soft thing?"
He's in a padded cell, poor chap"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The reason a woman wants money
is because having 1t enables her to
get rid of It in exchange for other
things.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The Paris decopete dress for men
has triumphantly thrown the diaph-
Rnous and slit skirts into the shade.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

Suppose bogus foods were generally
known by their real names: Kindly
pass the synthetic ether.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

II isn't q good plan to burn your
bridges behind you unless you are q
good swimmer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The fellow who pities himself gets
no sympathy from anybody else.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

Let US hope that the fellow who
wears a velvet tie isn't as big a mutt
as he looks.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The price OF caulIhower is said TO
be going up. Let her soar!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

In the bright lexicon OF love there
In no such word as eugenics.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The hoofs Of sheep make rapid
growth, a provision Of nature to stand
the wear and tear Of stony ground.
Consequently when on soft pastures
there viii not be sufficient wear for
the hoofs, and they should be pared at
least twice a year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

BAXTER SPRINGS. KANSAS.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11
Baxter Springs News

CHAs. L. SMITH. Editor 6 Owner.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The Wyoming experiment station
has investigated the subject of alfalfa
hay for horses, and finds that alfalfa
is a satisfactory feed for all classes of
horses and careful horsemen need not
hesitate to incorporate 1t into their
rations.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

We do not advise shipping turkeys
to market alive because they are very
timid and the continual fright they
receive reduces their weight from two
to even six or eight pounds in some
instances where they are kept very
long.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The SOW should raise two filters
each year. and she must have a pc
Rod of rest between the narrowing
times in order to renew her strength
and flesh and be able to mother we'll
the following litter.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

Diversified farming brings the best
profits in the long run. With crops
and animals that thrive in any kind Of
season that comes along the average
farmer is well fortified against the
caprices Of nature.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

An older tree heals up a wound
slower than q young tree. An inch
cut on a young tree may heal over in
one, season, while on an older tree.
now in its prime or past, 1t may take
three years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

The dairy COW likes regularity. It
matters little what hours are selected,
provided the COWS are MIXED regu-
larly and so through the same routine
at the same hours each day. Irregu-
lsrity in milking or feed means loss.
Sheep are profitable and are good
foragers. but remember they cannot
live on nothing any more than horses
and hogs. Give them q fairly good
chance and they will generally bring
In a good yearly profit. or larger re.
turns during the year than any other
animal for its siza
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

II you are forced to confine yo-r
turkeys to some extent, you will find
that the White Holland variety will
bear confinement better than any
other variety.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11

1t is useless to try and protect your
farm by fencing II you do not have
properly built gates; the poor, almost
worthless gate is the most expensive
and troublesome thing the farmer has
to contend with.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
WomanH later Gives
Annuity to Friend
and Fellow Bachelor
WILL or LAWRENCE DRAKE. MIL
IJoNAIRE, REVEALS DAMON
AND pyTHfAs FRIENDSHIP

NEW YORK Sept. 2s.-Through the
viii of the late Lawrence Drake, mil
lionaire member OF an old New YORK
family there was revealed today
something of the story of lifelong
devoted friendship between two inhext-
BILE bachelors drawn together In the
early days OF their manhood and their
comradeship cemented by a mutual dis
trust of womaukind
Samuel r. Weiser is the Pythias to
the late millonaire's Damon. and as
final proof OF his friends devotion
stands the clause in the Drake Will by
which Mr.. Weiser holds life tenancy
ia the richly furnished Drake residence
and receives an annuity of S25oo and
cash legacy of $4,000.
Lawrence Drake was seventysix
years old when he died week ago,
having never fully recovered from Il
paralytic stroke in June. Mr.. Weiser
is about sixty years old. He was In
his twenties when Drake and he. after
several casual meetings in New York
clubs, became intimate friends. Some
thing like thirty-fve years ago Mr.,
Drake established his bachelor home,
taking Weiser in with him They had
beam inseparable ever since.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
OYSTER CROP MOST
ABUNDANT IN YEARS
TEN DAYS OF OPEN SEASON
SHOW ZIG tROp IN
VIRGINIA

NORFOLK. VA. Sept % Actual
examination of the catching Of
oysters in the James river shows, with
the exception of very few spots,
that not since the year tast succeed
ing the War Between the States has
there been such abundant taking OF
oysters in the river
Two men with tougs and one with
Il hoy caught an even one hundred
bushels Of seed oysters above the
seed line The. price of seed is low
the market price being only ten cents
bushel oysters below the seed
line, for marketable purposes are
bringing from twenty-five 10 thirty
cents a bushel Here the same crew
win catch between twenty or thirty
bushels,
The RappahannoCk river and Po-
comoke sound are in sim better con-
dition. An FISHERMAN from the Rap
pahannock. who was here today re-
ports, that the average catch to each
pair of tonEs is between ten and
fourteen bushels. worth thirty~fiNe 10
forty cents a bushel and quite a de-
mand. Two men and cull boy can
produce thirty bushels day.
The oyster police are active in
watching the cuiliug The number
Of toneers however. is not great as
yet. fodder pulling and fruit canner'es
keeping them busy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
SUIT AGAINST R. F.
2P. R'Y FOR $500
W-YARBOROUGH co NJ
PANY DECLARES AUTO TRUCK
WAS CAUGHT ON TRACK.

Alleging carelessness and negit-
Eence in falling to operate gates and
in not giving warning Of an approach
ing train causing one of their auto
mobile delivery trucks to become
caught on the Richmond. Fredericks-
burg and Potomac tracks on Belvi-
dere street at the intersection OF
Franklin. with the result that il
was badly damaged, the McGraw-
Marlborough company, Incorporated,
yesterday afternoon in the Law and
Equity court fled declaration in suit
against the Richmond Fredericksburg
and Potomac, and Richmond and Pe-
tersburR Railway Connection com
pany for Sl,500.
The plaintiff, represented by A
Thomas Mosby. and whose declarH
ton is signed by James McGraw a.
president, charges that on July 26
1913. the defendant company failed
TO properly safeguard It's crossing a
Belyidcre and Franklin An automo
bile delivery truck owned by the Nc
Graw Marlborough company an(
driven by com petent driver, th'
declaration states, was allowed to ge
onto the railway tracks, the gate OF
The west side being raised and ther'
being no sound giving warning Of al
approaching train, After the aut'
truck was on the tracks the east gat
was lowered, penning the truck in
| The driver seeing the approaching
/ train to one side and finding the ont'
way 10 avoid being struck was t.
drive into the east gate, drove agalns
and crashed into that barrier, dam
aging the truck to the extent OF 81,
. non
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
STREET CAR SERVICE
WILL Be bETTERED
LARGE CARS WILL BE PLACED
ON LINES IN 4 FEW
DAYS.

Southsiders are soon to be given the
benefit Of large cars, according to an
announcement yesterday by the Viz
ginia Railway and Power company.
They will be placed on the Hull street
division as soon as the approaches
to the new Mayo bridge are COM
pleted
The city will not allow the street
car company to run the heavy cars
over the Free bridge, owing to its
present condition. The structure has
been condemned for several years and
the large cars would be unsafe, es-
pecially when several are on the
bridge at time.
The extra cars which are placed
on both the Forest Hill and Hull
street lines during the hours when
employees are going to and from work
will he opened to the patrons while
they are en- the way to the barns. Up
to the present time no one has been
allowed To ride on these cars return
ing to the barn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
COUNTERFEIT COINS
BEING CIRCULATED
SEVERAL SOUTHsTDERs HAVE
FALLEN VICTIMS TO SPUR
IOUS HALF DOLLARS.

Spurious fifty cent pieces are being
circulated in South Richmond, and il
is believed that counterfeIters are
operating on the Southside. A num-
Der OF local business men have de-
tected counterfeit coins and report
will be made to the Southside police
today.
Three of the coins which are dated
1907, 1911 and 1912. have been passed
on southside merchant In the past
day or two. and he declares that he
will bring the matter to the attention
OF the police authorities
The spurious half dollars are said
TO have been manufactured of alumni
mum and babbit medal. and are good
limitations of the coins made in the
national mints.
More than one Southsider has fallen
victims to the bad money. and govern
ment authorities are expected to make
an investigation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
TO BRING VIRGINIA
MILITIA TO QUOTA
STAFF AND LINE OFFICERS 70
HOLD CONFERENCE
TO-DAY
NEW COMPANY HERE
SOUTH RICHMOND MAY FORM ONE
OF ADDITIONS NEEDED-sUC-
CESS TO CAPTAIN
TARTELLO
NEW COMPANY HERE

All stan and hne officers of the vir-
ginia militia will meet Adjutant Gen.
eraf W. w. Sale In his offifflce at 10
o'clock this morning for the annual
conference on State military matters.
One of the most important matters
to come before the officers will be the
probability or organizing Ave Addi-
tonal companies OF militia to make
up the full complement of twelve
companies for each OF the three regi.
ments. 1t is more than probable that
one OF these companies may be orr
sanized In South Richmond while the
others. it Is hoped. will be formed
in towns at present without repre-
sentation in any branch of the SER
vice.
Other Questions.
Another matter of Importance will
be the naming of an officer OF the
regular army for instruction work in
Virginia to- succeed Captain Tartello.
whose health forced the discontin-
uance of his work here. While sew
eral officers have been mentioned IL
Is unknown as yet which of them the
State military department will be
successful In getting, Captain Shipp,
OF the western division OF the army,
has been mentioned as probable
successor 10 Captalh IAftelIo ana IL
is known that he would be welcomed
by the State officers.
The work of the militia for the past
year will be reviewed and plans made
for the coming twelve months. I'll
Fifty-five recruits have already en-
listed In the military company which
is to be organized shortly in South
Richmond. The recruiting station Is
in charge Of r. Earle Lutz. and ii win
take only a short while to secure the
Ave necessary recruits before the list
can be submitted to Adjutant Gem
erai Sale for his approval
First Drill Soon.
II all arrangements can be conn
pleted the new company will hold its
first drill By the middle of October or
middle of November, The company
will probable be made a part of the
Second Virginia regiment. the regi-
mental headquarters Of which is at
Luray. Va.
AS soon as the company liz organ
ICED the uniforms and other equip
ments will be given by the State. and
the city lis expected to appropriate q
sum with which to construct an
armory in South Richmond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
INNATE OF INSANE
ASYLUM SLABS OTHER

NEW YORK, Sept. 24--The hold
ing of an inquest today at the State
Hospital for the Insane at King s
Park. l.. l.. by Coroner Gibson, of
Huntington, brought out the fact that
one inmate of the institution had
stabbed another to death last Thurs
day night.
The man killed was Joseph Alleg.
From what the coroner could learn
Fletcher Cooper, an inmate, COM
mitted from Brooklyn thirteen months
ago, did the killing. An inmate named
Miner was the only person who
threw much light upon the affair,
Miner said Cooper obtained knife,
and left the ward, and went into that
In which Aheg was. Attendants found
the man dead with stab wounds in
his neck few minutes after. .....
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
YOUNG CANNON SENT
TO REFORM SCHOOL

Loran Cannon, Of East Seventh
street, was committed to the laurel
Reform school yesterday by Justice
Crutchheid In the Juvenile court.
where he was tried for the theft OF a
horse from J. r. Willard and set Of
harness and buggy from A. Woodfn-
Raymond Jenkins. who was charg-
ed with being implicated In the
theft, was put on probation, he hav-
ing been in little trouble before this
offense.
The two boys are said to have taken
the horse from the stable OF Squire
willard and later secured the har-
ness and buggy from Mr.. Wooden,
pretending that a neighbor wanted To
borrow it for a short while. When
the two lads reached Amelia Court
house they traded the animal for an
other one and 500 to boot.
The horse was recovered Sunday
night. and the boys were taken into
custody the next day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
CAVALRY TROOPS
To BREAK CAMP
WILL BE IN WASHINGTON FOR
LARGEST REVIEW SINCE
WAR

Especial TO The Richmond Wirginian.)
WINCH ESTER, VA, Sept. "a
Orders to break camp at the camp
of cavalry instruction were issued to-
day and the $500 men of the Tenth
and Eleventh and Fifteenth United
States cavalry will leave here on next
Monday morning for Washington,
where they will be reviewed by the
president and Secretary Of War Gar
rison.
The review will be the largest body
of regular cavalry assem- bled in the
United States sins the War Between
the States
The brigade will march by road &c
Boyce, to Castleman's Ferry, thence
over the Blue Ridge mountains via
Leesburg. reaching Washington or
Thursday morning. The review will
be held on the following day. Octo.
Der 3rd.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
ST. ANTHONY STOPS
IMMORAL BOOK SALE

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.--On the
complaint of Anthony Comstock, the
offices Of Mitchell Kennerley, q promi-
nent book publisher, were raided to-
day. He was arrested on q federal
warrant charging him with sending
immoral literature through the mails
The book which got Kennerley into
trouble was "Hagar Revelly," by
Daniel Carson Goodman, which was
written during the agitation over the
low wages OF girls in department
stores and put on the market recently
by Kennerley. The story deals with
the life Of two young girls brought
up in the same environment, one OF
whom stays straight and the other
goes wrong. The implied moral II
that lack of character. rather than In
sufficient salary, is the cause of inn
morality among women.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
HIT BY AEROP[ANE;,
NEGRO BRINGS SUIT
MOTION FOR JUDGMENT MADE
By LAWYERS IN CITY CIR
QUIT COURT.

Motion for judgment in the sum of
S3oe has been entered In me city Cir
cult court against the Broad-Street
Park corporation. by Goode Farm
holt for their client. Simeon Scott,
colored.
1t is alleged that the Broad-Street
Park corporation was negligent in
failing to provide proper landing
place for Aviator Gray on the ball
park grounds last spring when the
airman gave an exhibition flight.
Gray, in trying to land, 1t is
charged, found that ball players
had ben assigned to their re-
spective places and that he could
not alight on the grounds. In trying
to rise again into the air the aero
plane of the aviator crashed into
the bleachers occupied by colored
persons. It is alleged. and struck and
seriously Injured Scott.
Scott declares he has been unable to
work and has lost time valued at
$500 for which he sues,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
.PRACTICINC SONGS
FOR SCHOOL OPENING

Songs which are to be rendered by
the pupils Of Oak Grove school at
the formal opening Of the building
next Saturday afternoon are being re-
hearsed daily under the direction OF
the teachers
Everything Is being put In readi-
ness for the opening at which time
United States and Virginia flags and
Bible will be presented to the
school, jointly by the four fraternal
organizations OF Swansboro. the
Swansboro and Oak Grove school and
civic leagues.
Congressman Andrew J. Montague
and r. c. Stearnes, superintendent OF
public instructions. will be the prin-
pal speakers. while Superintendent p,
NJ. Tyler. of the Chesterfield schools
will be master OF ceremonies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-25
NEWS OF PETERSBURG
vns4.i.a Burea.. MeeAa. Baildin
HOLD FLOWER SHOW
FOR CHAR|TY'S SAKE
FLORISTS AND OTHERS WILL
DONATE MANY FLOWERS
FOR 1T.

Especial to The Richmond yirg,nian.)
PETERSBURG, VA. Sept. ga
flower show will be held by the
Child's Cot association in the large
store Of John O'Connor. corner Syca-
more and Franklin streets. on Octo-
Der I'd and Sd. All the florists and
many families, who take great pride
in growing flowers. have banded to-
gether to help this worthy charity by
contributing many flowers
Each contributor will decorate his
own flower booth and sell his own
flowers -or the benefit OF the Chiid's
Cot. There will be music and re-
freshments will be served throughout
the day and evening.
A voting contest will be held for
the most popular young woman in Pc
tersburg and an attractive prize
awarded. 1t is confidently believed
that the public will make Petersburg
first flower show a success.