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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

FROM MRS. ID. III. BROWN.
lola, Kansas.-''During the Change
Of Life was sick for two years. Be-
fore / took your medicine I could
not bear the weight Of my clothes
and was bloated very badly. ! doc
tored with three doctors but they
did me no good. They said nature
must have It's way. My sister adj
vised me to take Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable CompoundandI purchased
q bottle. Before 1t was gone the
bloating left me and was not so
sore. Icontinued taking it until I
had taken - bottles. Now I am
stronger than l have been for years
and can do all my work, even the
washing. Your. medicine is worth
its weight in gold. I cannot praise
It enough. If more women would
take your medicine there would be
more healthy women. You may use
this letter for the good of others
Mrs. D. Il. Brown, 800 North Walnut
Street, lola, Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

The proof of the pudding may be in
the amount left over.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

The levelness with which q horse
walks IL one Of the best evidences
that his legs are in harmony.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

A water heater will cost much less
than the loss of flesh occasioned BY
cattle drinking ice water.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

Any man who will strike a horse
in the head should never be allowed
to touch one again.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

Lots of poor men are the architects
Of other mems riches.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

No farmer who has to pump water
for half a dozen head Of stock can
afford to be without wind mill.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

Rye makes q fair grade Of silage
and should be cut when the seeds are
in the milk.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

After a days work clean the work
horses thoroughly, wash their legs
from the knees down and rub dry.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

The stallion that II worked regu
larry every day will get the most and
best colts.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

Life IL too short and too strenuous
to make new breeds or to dairy with
COWS not Of the dairy form and tenn
permanent
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
MES. WILLIAMs sAYss

MEtSs WILLIAMS SAYSs
Elkhart, Ind. -" suffered for IL
years from organic Inflammation, fe.
male weakness, pain and irregulari-
ties. The pains in my sides were
increased by walking or standing on
my feet and / had such awful bearing
down feelings, was depressed in
spirits and became thin and pale
with dull, heavy eyes. I had six
doctors from whom / received only
temporary relief. / decided to give
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound q fair trial and also the SAM.
tive Wash. ] have now used the
remedies forfour months and cannot
express my thanks for what they
have done for me.-Mrs. SADIE WI
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

The careful dairyman has a goo'
supply Of roughage in or near the barr
SO as to be beforehand in case OF
sudden storm.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

The truitlng of an orchard Is the
end Of its culture. and everything
should tend to this end. II an or
chard does not fruit there IL some
thing wrong in the son or other condi-
tons and these win have to be
changed before q reasonable crop can
b expected
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

AS q money crop broom corn IL
one Of the most satisfactory that can
be grown.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21
The Other Side of Mothers Pensions.

An agent OF the Sage Foundation has
made a careful investigation of one
hundred cases out OF little more than
five hundred pensioned mothers in
Chicago, and his conclusions are far
from being reassuring. Most OF the
probation officers charged with looking
after the pensioned homes he found
quite inefficient. In some cases he
found that the mother was vicious; in
others. incompetent; in some cases dis
abled by illness or otherwise; and there
is always the possibility OF the pen
sion being claimed by a mother who
needs no assistance in supporting her
children. His conclusion was that the
mothers pension system was mis-
named. The payments could not be
treated as pensions. but as charity. as
outdoor relief, and the recipients and
the use made by them of the assist
ancc should be looked after a good
deal more than at present. Undoubt-
edly. most dependent mothers left with,
children to support ought TO be helped
by a money allowance. rather than by
having the children taken away; but
calling the allowance a mothers pen
sion does not alter the fact that it is
a public charity. ard that, therefore. its
disbursement demands intelligent and
supervision.
Mothers pensions. being a form of
charity. require supervision. but they
are new, they appeal strongly to senti-
mcnt, and are less carefully supervised
than other charities. 1t is well to
keep families together where the hus-
band and father had died or deserted
or been sent to the penitentiary and
the mother is unable to support the
children. and the choice must be be
tween mothers pension or the scpa-
ration of the family by sending the
children to an institution for half
orphans.
In most cases it is important to keep
the family together. Home. even
poor one. is better for child than an
institution, and yet there arc homes
from which it is better that the child
should be removed. 1t is necessary in
such instances to know the facts.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21
GOULD HOME FLOODED
WITH WEDDING GIFTS
Presents Of All Kinds and Descriptions
Pour Into Mansion in Steady
Stream-Not All Valuable.

New York, Jan. 20.-Two buffers were
kept busy all day to-day receiving the
handsome presents being sent to Miss
Helen Gould at her home, 579 Fifth Ave
rue. An actual count showed that a mes
senger boy appeared on an average OF
every fifteen minutes with a wedding
gift for Miss Gould. In nearly every
instance the packages contained VAL
liable jewelry.
However, not all the wedding gifts to
be received by Miss Gould an costly in
money value, for many that she will
prize highly. are gifts that come from
poor men and women, whom she has
befriended in times gone by. and who
cherish an affection for her which is
represented in the gifts, which their
slender means have made 1t possible for
them to bestow.
In the hustle of preparations for the
wedding, Miss Gould did not forget the
men of the Bowery Mission. in which she
has long been interested. On her we'd
ding day Miss Gould will tender 1000 men
of the mission a dinner, followed by
musical entertainment and addresses by
several clergymen and mission workers.
At noon some one started the repor;
that Miss Gould and her fiance. Finley ].
Shepard, were expected to arrive at the
city hall almost any moment to secure
a marriage license. This rumor brought
such crowd of curious into city hall
park that IT took several policemen some
time to induce the crowd to leave, assur-
ing them that there was no truth in the
rpDOrt
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21
OIL COMPANIES STILL
ABLE TO PAY DIVIDENDS
Standards of New Jersey and Kansas
Distribute Profits to the
Shareholders.

New York, Jan. 2o.-Two former SUBJ
salaries OF the Standard OH Company OF
New Jersey declared dividends to-day.
shareholders and the other reducing it.
The Standard Oil Company Of Kansas
declared a quarterly payment OF 50 a
share and 81 extra. On November it
paid the regular quarterly dividend ana
an extra OF only - a share
Standard OIL of Indiana ordered the
distribution OF the regular quarterly div
idend of per cent and an extra OF 4
per cent. Three months ago 1t paid J
per cent regular and per cent extra.
Continued advances in the prices OF
oil and gasoline are attracting attention
w. IL. Libby, formerly foreign repre-
sentative of the Standard OH Company,
issued statement to-day, IN which ne
stated that the worldwide Increase IN
the demand for petroleum products and
the steadily diminishing production or
quantities OF crude oil from which iIIu-
minating oil and gasoline are deriva bic
are responsible for the advance in prices
of crude oil during the past year.
In 1872 the price of Pennsylvania crude
oil advanced 81 per cent; Kansas and
Oklahoma, 80 per cent: illinois, 81 per
cent, and Texas. ID per cent Although
the production OF California crude oil
increased 6,O0O,UO0 barrels the price rose
3 per cent.
The total production OF all grades NJ,
crude oil in the United States for lyly
was u, 10000 barrels. a shrinkage or
10000 barrels. compared with 1911.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21

A brass band Is a large number Of
disturbances merged into one harmonious
and jambangsome whole.
Nothing illustrates more vividly the
benefits OF union. trombone played
sance. A cornet is a crime against an
entire neighborhood. No one would go
four feet to hear a bass drum by itself
unless there was a chance to kick II
in. People go out Of their way to throw
bricks at a clarionet when it is in full
cry alone. Yet when these instruments
are all played together in a band with
drum major attachment business sus-
pends, windows open to catch the di-
vine melody, and small boys follow the
players from Main Street until past din
ner time.
The brass band Is one Of our most
useful institutions. Without brass bands
We could not have circuses, Presidential
inaugurations, or large funerals, and
political campaigns would be sadly Grip
pied. A street parade without brass
band would be as almless and melan-
choly as a garter snake without a head.
Ambition without brass bands would die.
for what would be the use OF glory II
there were no brass band to welcome
the successful candidate back to his
native town?
Brass bands are of six grades-good,
bad. unendurable horrible, atrocious.
and worse. There are only few Of the
first grade, but almost every town has
band of the sixth grade. 1t is COM
posed of earnest young musicians who
meet in a lodge hall every Saturday
night and practice while the inhabitants
stun cracks in the doors and windows
and put on tight shoes TO divert their
minds Many a time Death has paused
over n small town to take toll. but as
he has listened to a fourteen fragment
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21
The Lincoln Highway Memorial.

1t is unfortunate that the dispute
over the Lincoln memorial has reached
an acute stage.
The intensity of the feeling which
has been developed is shown by Sena-
tor Roots assertion that the proposed
Lincoln highway between Washington
and Gettysburg is nothing more than
a real estate scheme. The charge is
unjust. The men who suggested the
highway believed, and still believe, that
it would be an enduring memorial of
the martyred President. They are both
patriotic and unselfish in proposing that
the National Capital, where Lincoln
labored and died, should be connected
with the scene of his memorable ad-
dress by a magnificent boulevard.
1t may be that Congress will declare
in favor of a Greek temple in a re-
mote corner OF the Mall. AT the same
time, the Lincoln highway project
should not be abandoned. Some of
these days it will be constructed. The
Gettysburg battlefield is the most his
toric ground in the United States. 1t
was the climax of the war. The gov
crnment has spent millions of dollars
in its Identification. and yet the ground
can be reached only with great incon-
venience A highway from Washing
ton would not be over sixty or seventy
miles in length, and would become the
American Appian Way. 1t would be
our road to Mecca.
The project is so appropriate and so
appealing that it will eventually be
carried into effect In the meantime.
the advocates of the Mall site do not
make friends by charging dishonest
motives to those who believe that the
Lincoln highway is a meritorious prop
osition.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21
SECRETARY FROM
PRESIDENTS STATE
Almost Unbroken Rule for Executive
to Select Confidential Clerk
from Back Home"

1t has been an almost unbroken rule
for a President 10 select as his private
secretary a citizen OF his own State ever
since George Washington took with him
Tobias Lear when ne went to New York
TO become the first President OF the re-
publicN Mr.. Lear was n Nirginian. a
close friend and neighbor of Gen. Wash
ington Thus jefferson chose for that
position Capt. Merriweather Lewis, Of
Virginia: Jackson. A. J. Donelson. OF
Tennessee: Van Buren,. John Van Buren,
Of New York: Polk, John Knox Walker
of tennessee: Taylor. Col. Bliss. Of Ken
lucky: Fillmore NJ. p. Fillmore, of New
York; Pierce. Sidney Webster. of New
Hampshire: Buchanan, James Buchanan
Henry. of PENNSYLVANIA: Lincoln. John
G. NiColay, of Illinois: Johnson, Robert
johnson, of Tennessee; Grant. Robert NJ.
Douglas, of Illinois, apd later Levi p.
Luckey; Hayes. W. X. Rogers, Of Ohio;
Garfield. J. Stanley Brown, OF Ohio: Ar
thur, Fred ]. Stanley. of New York;
Cleveland. in his first administration.
Dan Lamont. of New York, Henry T.
Thurber, OF Michigan. in his second ad-
ministration; Harrison, f. J. Halford. OF
Indiana; Mckinley, J. Addison Porter,
of Ohio. and Roosevelt, William Loeb, tr..
of New York.
Several of these private secretaries aft
erward filled places of high distinction.
some in public and some in private life.
Tobias Lear represented the government
in diplomatic positions. concluding the
treaty between the United States and the
Barbary powers, and died while holding
an important position in the State De-
partment at Washington. Lewis led the
great exploring expedition to Oregon.
and was murdered while Governor OF
Missouri Territory, in a lonely cabin in
Eastern Kentucky. while he was on his
way to Washington: Lamont became a
member OF Cleveland's Cabinet during
his first term. Halford became a pay
master in the army, and Loeb is now
collector of the Port OF New York
1t has always been looked upon as the
natural and proper thing 10 do for an
incoming President to take his private
secretary, and at least zone member of
his Cabinet, from his own State. To do
this has never been regarded as invid-
ious toward the other States. but is cred
tied to the natural desire of one chosen
to that high position 10 have in conf
dental positions near him one or two
men from his own State, of whose loyal
ty he can feel always assured.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21
SUGAR PLANTERS SEND
ULTIMATUM TO MADERO
Vera Cruz Land Owners Threaten to
Pay Protection to Rebel War Fund
Unless Government Acts.

Driven to desperation by the inactivity
CT the MaderO government, sugar plant
ers in the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico
yesterday took the protection of their
crops into their own hands and Informed
the Mexican government that unless it
would pay ZapatG, a rebel leader. for the
protection of the sugar plantations, that
the owners would pay Zapata for pro-
lection. This will either strengthen the
rebel war fund or force the Mexican
government to crush out the rebellion.
Vera Cruz is in a state of great unrest.
the Madero government changing officials
daily and shooting in the enyirons be-
ing a matter of nightly occurrence.
Rumors are current of disorder in
Tlaxcala and Tamaulipas, federal officials
in the former place having refused to
give up their offices when requested to
co so by the home government.
All railroad communications with
Juarez to the south have been broken.
no trains going or arriving in the city.
Otherwise conditions have been quiet
along the border during the last few
DAYS.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21
The Abandonment of the Ball.

The inaugural committee has acted
with wisdom and propriety in acccding
TO the wishes OF the Prcsident-clect and
omitting the bali from the programme
of the 9Th OF March. There was no
other course to pursue, even though
Mr.. Wilson's position may have been
due to an entire misunderstanding of
the function. As a matter of fact. it
has been nothing more nor less than a
great public reception, with admission
tickets in lieu of invitations. and ALWAYS
marked by dccorum
We cannot see, however. how any
substitute for the bail can be provided.
1t seems absurd to talk of a reception.
either in the Capitol OF the White
House. There will be in Washington
on Inauguration Day at least 100000
visitors. Any reception which is un-
restricted by cards of admission will
be nothing more nor less than a rab-
bic. There would be danger TO life
and limb in the crush of humanity. be-
sides which all the Secret Service men
on the pay roll could not guarantee
the Presidents personal safety. To
issue invitations would be discriminate
ing and undemocratic, and would re-
suit in much embarrassment.
The outcome of the situation will be
that there will be parade and elabor-
ate street decorations and fireworks.
The, expenses incident to the celebra-
tion will be paid by contributions gen.
erously made by District people and
without direct return. 1t may be that
out OF the experience this year there
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21

owners and masters on the coveted con-
tinent
The issue had been decisive. BY the
summer Of 1760 Washington could write
Ills ktnsmen in England that the French
were so Thoroughly drubbed and humbled
that there remained little to do to reduce
Canada from end to end to the British
lower
But the very thoroughness Of the sue
cess wrought a revolution in the rela-
tons Of the colonies to the mother
country. 1t rid them Of their sense OF
dependence. English regiments had
mustered their thousands. no doubt. upon
the battelfields of the war in order that
the colonies might be free to possess the
continent. and II was hard to see how
tine thing could have been accomplished
without them. But it had been accom-
pished. and would not need to be done
again.
Not Overawed by Foreigners.
Moreover. it had shown the colonial
militia how strong they were even in
the presence of regulars. They mad
almost everywhere borne an equal part
IN the fighting. and. rank and file, they
had felt with a keen resentment the
open contempt for their rude equip
ment and rustic discipline which too
many arrogant officers and insolent
men among the regulars had shown.
They knew that they had proved them
selves the equals of any men in the
Kings pay in the fighting. and they had
come out Of the hot business confident
that henCefOrth. at any rate, they could
dispense with English troops and take
care OF themselves
They had lost both their fear of the
French and their awe of the English.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21
Rock Creek Valley.

No one questions the assertion that
the surroundings of Rock Creek within
the city limits are most unsightly. 1t
is unfair. however, to charge this con-
dition OF affairs upon the District Com
missioncrs. The responsibility is en-
tirely with Congress.
The land bordering Rock Greek is
private property. 1t cannot be improved
until it has been secured by the gov
ernment through condemnation and
purchase. Congress appreciated this
fact by directing that plans be pre-
pared for the reformation OF Rock
Creek Valley. but nothing has ever
been done TO carry these plans into
effect. Let Congress act. and the blot
will disappear.
The District Commissioners are so
frequently criticised that it is only Just
to emphasize this one instance, at least,
where they are not at fault. They
have done their full duty in acquaint-
ing Congress with the condition and in
recommending projects which will pro-
vide the remedy. 1t is to be hoped
that the publicity which has again
been given TO the matter will result in
prompt Congressional action. As soon
as the necessary funds are provided
work can commence upon the plans
which have been prepared.
The blame laid at the door of the
city government may have been due
to ignorance, but it was none the less
unjust
The Washington herald., 1913-01-21
STA SMEN-REAL AND NEA X
By FRED c. KELLY

age Boston terrier. But, according TO
the story, he made n great blum, just
for the Joke OF the thing. at being feeble
all during the campaign referred to. He
had TO be helped up the steps when he
ascended a platform to speak, and all
that sort OF thing. Democrats over the
district noticed this and didn't have the
heart to make much of a campaign
against him. The night after election
he chirked up and bounded down to a
train for New York TO attend a big
banquet.
When Col. r. NJ. Johnston got here from
Texas to succeed Joe Bailey as 'Nited
States Senator for a few weeks. he look
ed about the spacious office at his dis
posal in the Senate office building, con-
sidered the costly furniture and fiNings,
and-and frowned.
Doesn't the place suit you. SENATOR"
asked his friend Bailey. who was trying
to make things pleasant for him. There
has been some criticism OF the elegance
OF these offices. but"
"Oh. I guess the place'll he all right.
sighed Johnston. I'm only here for a
short time, Of course. til March 4 at
the latest. and it is not for me to find
fault with the arrangements" Short
pause.
still. it seems TO me that with all
this high-priced furniture. one might do
without something else and have a nice
little lounge in the office. For my part,
like TO take a nap every afternoon"
And Johnston intends to have his nap.
even IL he has TO traipse back to his hotel
every afternoon. He has the reputation
among the boys on his paper of being
a hard worker. but he long ago caught
tho Southern idea IN
snOoze is altogether becoming a gentle
man.
Johnston is a sharp-eyed, smooth-faced
Senator. under medium height. with
short white hair. and a look OF austerity
about him. This last doesn't go any
deeper than the sub-cuticle. as he is
approachable. kindly. and noted for his
loyalty TO friends. Dozens OF young men
who started in on Johnston's newspaper
as cub reporters can tell of times when
Johnston insisted on them getting still
more chances TO make good. after every
body else around the Office thought they
should be fired.
PittsburG man was up before the
Interstate Commerce Commission one day
in a rebate case. He had gone to all
kinds of trouble to ship over a certain
railroad. and one shipment in particular
was sent in such roundabout way az to
call for explanation.
The shipment was a couple OF carloads
OF pig-iron.
witness stand. you know the road has
very picturesque route"
Copyright. 1918. by Fred c. Kelly. AL rights rr-
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