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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-11-13
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Corner First Avenue and Second
Street s. 3. Church services at 10:45
i. m and T:3o p. m. Morning sermon
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
Fertilizer For Wheat.

Some tests with fertilizers or
a sixty-two acre field of wheat
were made the past year by
C. F. Bension on his farm neat
Pendleton Miami County. The
first 80 acres next to the Frisco
railroad was sown to hard wheat
and 125 pounds of pure bone
meal. One bushel and one peck
of wheat to the acre was drilled
in with a fertilizer drill and
made 40 bushels to the acre.
The next Is acres was sown to
soft wheat and 125 pounds oil
pure bone meal and one bushel
and one peck of wheat was used
to the acre, and this made 81
bushels to the acre. On the re.
mainder of the field, IA acres,
that laid next to the creek, and
which was much better land,
there was no fertilizer used and
this yielded "a bushels to the
acre.
The land was plowed in July
and August and was double disked
and narrowed down to a good
seed bed before the wheat was
drilled in. The wheat was
drilled in from the 18th of Sep
TENDER to the 1st of October.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
No DISCRIMINATORY.

4 southern statesman, now a mem
Der OF congress, tells of the negro
view of politics still entertained in
certain sections Of the south.
"Marse Tom" once said an old
arky to this gentleman. II hears 20
wine to jine IN dis race for COVER
oor."
Dick" said the statesman, II have
given the matter no thought"
Dick scratched his head. well,
he continued, "ef yo' does run, Marse
Tom, and 20 does git elected, don't
forgit me. I wants a job" And he
grlnned broadly.
what job would you hke?"
well, sub, I'd jest like to black
boots roun' de statehouse."
"And what would you expect for
that service%
"Oh, bout 81 a day, Marse Tom.
Four dollars a day would be reason
able. OATS what de yuther legisla-
tors gits."-From Judge.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
uors.,s Instinct Saves Girl,

A horses sagacity was instanced In
q remarkable manner at Aberdeen not
many days ago, when a child narrow
ly escaped being trampled to death,
Two horses were pulling a lorry out
Of q stable, and when about to turn
into the street one Of the animals
stopped dead with its forelog poised
in the air. and despite the exhorta-
tons Of the driver refused to bulge
an inch. A woman's scream attracted
the drivers attention, and, following
her pointed finger with his eye. he
clambered down of the vehicle to in
vestigate the cause of the delay. On
reaching the ground he noticed a lit
tie child lying prone on its face liter
ally under the horses hoofs. But for
the amazing sagacity on the animals
part, the little one must undoubtedly
have been killed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
The poet and the Boy.

Dr. Carleton Simon, the well-known
New York specialist, told at a dinner
the other night . story about James
Russell Lowell. 'Tt seems" said DR..
Simon, that q woman friend had
asked the famous poet to write in her
autograph album. So Lowell wrote:
What is so rare as q day in JuneT
"Seme time later the poet had oc-
casion 70 call at the woman's house.
While waiting ne pieked up the album
and glanced through IT, Great was
his surprise when he came to his own
writing and found scrawled beneath
It in Z, schoolboy hand "A Chinaman
with whiskers.'"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
WONDERS STILL TO BE BEAT
California Has Largest Trees; Sahara
the Biggest Desert; New York
the Longest Tunnel.

The largest trees in the world arr
undoubtedly the giant redwoods o.
California. One OF these, In Tular'
county, has at the base q circumfer
ence OF 10S feet and at q point l;
feet from the ground q circumfer
ence Of 76 feet.
The largest desert in the world II
the Sahara. This barren waste has
q length Of 5000 miles and an aver
age width of 900 miles. Rain falls
there at intervals Of five, ten and
twenty years. 1t is blistering hot in
summer and in winter the tempera
ture frequently falls to zero.
The largest cave is the Mammoth
cave In Kentucky. This consists Of
succession OF irregular chambers
certain OF which are traversed by
the Echo river.
The highest active volcano Is Popo'
catepetl near Pueblo, Mexico. 1t is
1880 feet above sea level and has
crater 1000 feet wide.
The longest railway tunnel aside
from the New York subway is that
Of st. Gothard on the line Of the
road between Lucerne and Milan. 1t
Is 2615 feet wide, 10 feet from floor
to roof, and az miles long.
The Chinese wall, now reported to
be in process of demolition, is the
greatest on earth. 1t was completed
in 204 B. C. as a protection against
the Tartars. The wall traverses a
rough stretch of country, passing
over the mountains and valleys and
across rivers. It is $500 miles
long, 20 feet high, % feet thick at
base, and Is feet at its top.
The greatest pyramid is that Of
Cheops of the Gizah group. It con-
tains 100000 cubic feet of masonry,
is 451 feet high, and the total weight
OF its stone has been estimated at
over 100000 tons.
The highest lighthouses are the
Bartholdi Statue Of Liberty in New
York harbor, which is 151 feet, be-
sides a pedestal Of 1855 feet; one at
Genoa, Italy, 210 feet in height, and
Cape Hatteras Light, which is 1S9
feet.
The largest bell is the great bell
at Moscow, which is So feet in cir
conference at the bottom, over Fl
feet high and 90 inches thick at the
top. Its weight has been computed
at 217 tons. It has never been hung.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
Why Don't He?

The farmer is the. only bust
ness man who sells for what he
can get.
We still live under the pleas
ing fiction that America is an
agricultural nation in spite OF
the fact that half our people live
in towns and that they have
made the problem of food distri'
button more complex than that of
food production. Only thirty
five cents of the city mans dol
lar, spent for food, is edible
the balance pays for bringing it
to him.
Living in cramped quarters
the city man has his air, light,
fuel and water fed to him thru
tupes. His garbage is disposed
of, his food inspected, his actions
policed, his streets swept, his
nose connted at the polls and he
is made to keep off the grass. He
has nothing to do but work and
yet he furnishes the best farmer
market in any land or time.
Why not fix your own price?
1. D. Graham in Kansas Farmer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
Notice to Water
Consumers.

Notice is hereby given that
any persons found using water
for sprinkling or irrigation pur-
poses without permission of the
company, will be cut off without
further notice. This action is
made necessary in order to pro-
tect such of our customers as pay
for the water they use.
Baxter Springs Electric Light
and Water Company.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21

A vast amount of i'll health is
due to impaired digestion. When
the stomach fails to perform its
functions properly the whole sys-
tenn becomes deranged. A few
doses of Chamberlain's Tablets
is all you need. They will
strengthen yonr digestion, invig-
crate your liver, and regulate
your bowels, entirely doing away
with that miserable feeling due
to faulty digestion. Try it.
Many others have been pprmau-
emily cured-why not you? For
sale by all dealers. Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
FATHER ACTS AS HOST
PARENT OF YOUNG WOMAN EN-.
TERTAINs HER BEAU.
Papa at Least Did His Best to Interest
Elsle's Friend and Unnecessarily
Saved Her the Trouble,
Perhaps.

Speaking Of parents and daugh'
ters," said Van Patter, 'let me re
mark that parents are pretty dense
sometimes.
Nov, there's Elsie, my niece. She's
the prettiest thing that ever hap
pened. She has light, fluffy hair and
long, curly lashes that make fellow
feel as II he were standing on top
Of a lightning rod and looking down
at the world about a thousand feet
below. Elsie Is one Of those dainty
little creatures who would make
gorilla act like q piano salesman, or,
at least, wish that he could.
"Elsie's father Is as dense as a
sack OF meal. II has never occurred
TO him that Elsie is old enough to
have q beau.
THE other evening a young fellow
dropped in. Young fellows are mighty
apt 20 drop in when there Is q girl
like Elsie around. Elsie and her
father were sitting in the library
when the young man appeared. The
old man was finishing cigar and
Elsie was just sitting there looking
like peaches and cream.
1.-THE old man invited the young fell
low to have a cigar and began to be
polite and entertaining. He chatted
and impaired information and asked
polite questions and inquired about
his parents and ran the whole gauht-
let OF stereotyped conversation.
THE young man took hold and
talked back. They went around like
6o-day race without either of them
getting tagged and having to drop out.
Elsie just sat there, taking no part at
all in the talk. Along about ten
o'clock. when they had done 40 laps,
the old man began to wabble a little.
Once or twice he asked questions he
had asked before-nice, polite Ques-
tons. He was treasured as to the
health of the young mans mother
three times, and was also informed
several times as to the young mans
fathers welfare. Elsie sat there as
light and airy and unruffled as q
butterfly.
About the Goth lap, when it was
getting along toward eleven o'clock,
the old man was all in. He was wab-
bling all around the track. He was
no longer rational. Part of the time
he didn't talk at all. The young man
also had a sort Of baKled, anxious
look But Elsie was as translucent
as a purling stream-calm, sweet, se-
rene.
VERY soon after eleven the young
man left. Elsle's father stretched
himself and sighed: My gracious!
How in the world do you suppose that
Young man happened to come here to-
night and make such visit? He is
The worst to entertain ever saw! l
ike his father, all right, but that fell
!ow is a regular bore! I've been
wanting to go to bed for two hours,
md there l had to sit up and talk
10 that young spud;'
ELSIE never turned o hair. She
ras as smiling as q summers morn
hg. She gurgled like a merry brook
ct. But she offered no theories as to
The visit"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
Are Women More trustworthy

Are Women More Trustworthy
Several leading business men In
London have been interviewed on the
question as to whether women are
safer handlers Of money than men.
Mr.. Gordon Selfridge says that, taking
the average, women were more hon
est than men. In Q cashiers position
a woman was at least equal in every
respect to q man. Another large en-
ployer declared that the average wom-
an could not be trusted. They do not
take any interest in their work, and
are always impatlently looking at the
clock to see when they can leave. A
militant suftragette. drawing herself
up to her full height. replied, scorn'
fully: women are mems superior IN
everything-honesty, morals, and
brains"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
Factor In the caInulntlon.

Politician Arranging for music at
political meeting)-Isnt that q big
price? You may not have to play half
a dozen times. during the whole eve
ming.
Brass Band Leader-That's all very
we'll. But. my dear sir, you must al
ways remember we have to sit there
and listen to the speeches. Puck.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21

The board of educational ad-
ministration which takes the
place of the boards Of regents Of
the various state schools, putting
them all under a single super.
vision, proposes to cut off the
student Instructors who have
been maintained at various in
stitutions at what the board
thinks a needless expense. In
many cases will be given places
as janitors which have previously
been held by non-students. Gen.
tralization of purchasing, which
will be done by the board on con-
tract with a single of book-keep-
ers, will. according to the board,
save about $4,000 annually in
the cost of office work and &C
counting. 1t is believed the
buying viii be done to greater
advantage although It will les
sen local trade in the towns
where the schools are located.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21

Were all medicines as meri-
torious as Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
the world would be much better
off and the percentage of suffer
ing greatly decreased" writes
Lindsay Scott, of Temple, Ind.
For sale by all dealers. Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
MIalntefpmted.

beg pardon, sir" said the doorman
1t the staghorn club. Haven't you
made q installer
Il reckon not" replied 81 Corntos-
eel. THE slsn on the door says No
Admission, and Il they's no admis-
ll IS tres aiat l.t'-lgagA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21

"How are the plans for your new
house coming along?"
"Splendidly. Ny wife has finally
laid out all the cupboards she wants.
and now all the architects got to do
is to build the house around them"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
Want a Home?

We will sell you a nice home,
four-room house, cistern, stable,
fruit, $50 x 142 feet of ground,
close in, for only $3.50. .$25C
cash will handle the deal, and
you need not give mortgage fol
the difference. You can arrange
easy payments. Call at this Of
fee.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21

Don't forget the Farmers
Chautauqua at Reunion Park.
August IS to 3O-same time as
the real big reunion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
$40 REWARD

For evidence which will cOuvictth.
party or parties who have beer
damaging the property of the Bax'
ter Telephone Company, by breah'
ing glass insulators or otherwise.
K.W. Dow. Manager.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
Lady Agents Wanted

To introduce our attractive
Dress Goods, Silks and fine Cot.
ton Fabrics in every town
Handsome goods-popular prices
exclusive patterns. Large sam
pie outfit free. Write for liberal
commission offer and secure ter
ritory now. National Dress Goods
Company, 8 Beach ST., dept. o.
New York City.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
Leada 20 IndIuestIon.

Mrs. Bacon-Don't you think q little
knowledge is a dangerous thing, deari
Mr. Bacon-H 1t IL q little knowl
edge about cooking, certainly do.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21

"why was It necessary for Mrs. All
cash to undergo an operationi"
, Il guess It was because the sur
geon's wife wanted to 30 to Europe"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21

Have your old clothes cleaned
and made like new by Rathbone,
the tailor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21

Buy your buggy At Hoods
before reunion. We will
make the price right.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
shInIho Tie nIame.

/ Bm-POsis are born, not made. yuu
know.
mI-of course; blame It an On the
poor Etork
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21

Thoroughbred Barred Rock
eggs for sale. Mrs. Viola SWai-
Ley, R. F. D. S, Baxter. Phone
5lQa.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21

DIR. English. Phone 1913.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
PRICES FORGED DOWN. Loss of One to Two Points Quite Gen.
 eral in Stock Market.

New York, Jan. 3-Sentiment veered to the bear side of the market today and prices went down as decisively as they went up yesterday. Losses of one to two points were general, with Union Pacific Reading, the copper stocks and Steel playing prominent part in the days decline. No specific cause could be assigned for the sudden change in the aspect of the market after it's display of strength during the last few days. Traders said the up- ward movement had failed to attract any considerable amount of outside buying, but the public has been out on the street so long that it is doubtful whether any acute disappointment could be traced to that source. Prices had risen sufficiently, however, to in duce profit taking and the absence of outside support accelerated the de- cline.
 The position of the London market and less favorable reports as to the peace conference also contributed to the growth of bearish sentiment. Lit tie business was transacted for Lon. don account today. although there was some buying on direct cables from the continent. Sentiment was further un- settled by various unfavorable rumors concerning a number of stocks In one case-that of American Sugar-there proved to be foundation for the report. Passing of the dividend on the com mon stock caused a violent decline in tn1S issue 10 4I o-og JOSS or Q o-o. Western Maryland was again weak. The common dropped 12 points and the preferred 6. Texas company nov ed against the market, raising four points.
 A renewal rate of 41-2 points for call loans compared favorably with the rate of 12 per cent. a week ago, and call funds were placed at lower figures later in the day. Time money also was easier. Forecasts of the bank state o<,f1 !, of ok 011+ $15, ,o0G o0a, though large withdrawals over the counter in connection with January l payments may upset ad- vance calculations based on known movements of currency.
 Bonds irregular. Total sales, par val ue, $2.150, ,00o.
 United States bonds unchanged on call
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04
TRIUMPHs AND FATALITIES
 OF THE BIRDMEN.
Avators Paid With Their Lives in Advancing the Science of Air Navi- sation-New Records Made.

Aviation, science or sport as it may be considered, achieved new triumphs and at the same time took it's toll in human lives in the past year. The record in part:
 Jan. 13-Fhe French aviator Jules Vedrines beat the worlds speed record in flying SS 1-2 miles in one hour at Pau.
 22-Rutherford Page of New York killed in a Curtiss biplane at Los An geles, the first fatality in the United States in 1912.
 25-Dr- G; Ulieh. with three passen- gers, stayed in the air 1 hour and 35 minutes at Johannisthal, Germany, a worlds endurance record.
 April 3-CaIbraith Rodgers, aviator who flew from the Atlantic to the Pa cific in 1911, killed in a flight at Long Beach, Cal.
 16-Miss Harriet Quinby, the Amer ican airwoman, flew across the Eng fish Channel, the first woman to ac- complish the feat
 June Philip O. Parmalee killed in aviation flight at North Yakima, Wash.
 July Miss Harriet Quinby the first woman to cross the English chan nel in an aeroplane, killed in flight at Boston.
 2-The great dirigible balloon Akron exploded in flight at Atlantic City. N. J., killing five aeronauts. including Melvin Vaniman, her pilot.
 27-Seven huge gas balloons started from Kansas City in an elimination race for the James Gordon Bennett contest to be held in Germany.
 29@The balloon Uncle Sam, which left Kansas City on the 27th, landed at Manassas, Va, having travelled ss5 miles. beating six competitors in the Bennett elimination race.
 Sept. .S-Three aviatcrs. including two United States army airmen, killed in flight, making total deaths in the air to date 191.
 Oct. 30-The French balloon Picar- die won the Bennett cup by a flight of 1 ,361 miles, which was also worlds record.
 Dec. 11-RoIand G. Garros, French ascended 19.032 feet, worlds record, at Tunis.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04
Proud of Large Families.

The Chinese are proud of large fam flies, and a large family living to- gether under one roof is looked upon OF as a proof of the good temper and correct course of life of it's members and as sure path to prosperity. A large family which is able to live to-
 gether without dividing up the prop erty always receives much credit and is highly respected. It Is one of the highest distinctions in China to have Wu Flu Tsung Tang. or five genera tions, under one roof, although such a distinction is attained by very few.
 According to a recent census, the family of Meng Yu Shib, a widow of the village of Mangtao, in the terri tory of Wef-hai-wei. has the distinc- ton of being the largest in the land. Her family consists of sixty-s -sfx mem bers, and, with one servant there are sixty seven mouths to be fed daily. Meng Yu Shin is sixty-siX years old, and has nine sons and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren all living under her roof. She has not vet attained the ambition of being the head of Wu Flu Tung Tang, but the size of her family has already given her the honor and pleasure of being the largest in China even if she has not five generations under one roof.
 There are many households with more than forty members and almost all old and distinguished families of China have at least twenty members. Families of small size, three or four, are considered rather bad form, even if they are rich and occupying high po- sttions. Size of family is as valuable
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04

The Laurel Hills won from the Kill lingly High school basketball team at Danielson Friday evening by the score of 24 to 22 in one of the closest and most exciting games of the season. The victory belonged to either team until the final whistle was blown, with the Norwich boys in the lead by but two goals. Coyl and Reven played the same sort of star game which has been theirs throughout the season, each scoring eight baskets from the floor, while Reven also scored four foul goals. OsNei1 of Killingly scored seven field goals and three foul goals and Allen delivered six field goals. The score at the end of the first half was tied at 10 1-2 goals. The referees were Mellor and Marland.
 The 1ineups and summary:
 Laurel Hills-Coyl and Revell for wards; Stanley, center; Jackson and Belle1eur, guards.
 Killinely-O'Nei1 and Allen, for wards; Benist, center; Martin and Col win, guards
 Goals from floor, Coyl s, Revell s, Jackson 4, Bellef1eur 2, O'Neil [, Allen 6. Martin 4. Benist ?, Colyin; foul goals, Revell 4. O'Nei1 3. Colvin 1.
 The Laurel Hills were accompanied by Coach J. J. Fields, Charles Tingley and Physical Director A. c. Pease of the Y. M. c. A.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-04
Automobiles in Arabia.

in China as size of strong box.-1 Bits.