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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08
WARFARE WAGED BY YOUTH
Youngsters Always In the Front Ranks
When the Dogs of War
Are Loosed.

Our own civil war was fought by
youngsters, gaining the physique of
maturity upon the weary march, COM
ing into their manhood upon the field
of battle. The youth Of Russia and
Japan was drawn upon to settle the
dispute between the robbers Of third
nations lands. Scarce half the sol.
diers Of the Balkan allies, 1t is said.
had down upon their cheeks, and in
Mexico the guerrilla warfare is car
ried on by boys who in a more ad-
vanced country would be in school.
It Is probably true that since the days
when entire nations made profession
Of fighting, lived by conquest, and
prOspered by the loot they took, war
has been q duty assigned always to
striplings.
II youth made war, there would be
less Of gross immortality about It. But
youth is only the pawns Of the fight
ing, only the creatures to be shot
down, to be exposed to privation and
disease, to be laid. open to the sins
and temptations that trail in the wake
Of armies. It has not always been
realized how little a part the fighters
OF any war have with its contriving.
But that realization must come home
to a nation which takes account Of the
loss OF its virility through war. the
sacrifice of its adventurous spirit.
which in other directions might have
wrought quite wonderful things.
Perhaps in this new way we have
Of looking at the rising generation as
the best asset Of country the world
VIII think more Of the wastes Of war,
more OF the damage It does to itself.
Through that might come the unlver
sal peace we pray for.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08
THE ANCIENT DISEASE OF Po-
LITIcAL CAMPAlGNITIS.

They're having a great time down
IN Abyssynia," said the photo-tele-
graph operator on the New York re-
ceiving float Of the F. C. G A. Aerial
Line, as he came out OF his dark
cabinet and rubbed his eyes, red with
staring al the moving films Of the
worlds events that had been flashing
before him. "a fellow would think
This was the year 1912 instead Of
1852"
what are they doing down there"
asked Captain MacManus, Master
Alligator, retired.
"Oh, they've gone mad-the whole
nation" said the operator YEARLY.
ITO look at the films you'd think
they were having a war. or a plague,
or wholesale riot all over the coun-
try. They've Just held what they
call a convention. For three days
they've been marching around with
brass bands and banners and shout
ing and talking, and doing everything
but declaring actual war en- one an
other. Today about twenty thousand
of them got into big hall and shouted
their heads of to decide on who they
were going to shout their heads of
for the next four months to come,
or until election time, as they call It.
You'd think the way they went about
1t that an invading fleet was hanging
over their heads threatening to spill
the Hertzian rays on them before sun
down. And all in order to decide
on what name is to 60 on their cam
paign banners.
Its a fright" continued the oper.
ator, removing from his ears the wire
less sound.conductors that had caught
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08
HAPPY OLD AGE AND YOUTH
Ambassador choate Discovers Eighth
Decade Of Life Was Best Of ALI
Good World to Live In.

Each era OF our lives has its pc
culiar compensations, the Philadelphia
Ledger declares. When a young man
is In college, or a lad at school, he Is
often told by his elders that these are
the happiest years Of his life, and that
he should make the best OF their brief
duration. Old age will creep upon
him and life will impose an increasing
burden of responsibility. and he must
gather the roses while he may be-
fore the cruel frost of custom, as
Wordsworth called 1t. has nipped his
budding aspiration.
Mr.. Choate, while ambassador to
England, said he had discovered that
the eighth decade Of life was the best
Of all. II an old man does not let
himself relapse into egotistical gar
rulity his recollections of useful past
may be a source of unfeigned pleas
ure to others as we'll as to his own
retrospective mind. 1t was the salts
faction of a life well lived to which
Sir Walter Scott could bear testimony
to Lockhart, when the Wizard Of the
North knew that the end was near.
Youth starts out on the long road
eager and hopeful. buoyant to try con-
illusions and refusing the thought OF
failure. II Is fine thing when man
imports into maturity and even into
old age the "indomitable soul" that
will not surrender to the years and
has not been saddened by disillusion or
by the loss of faith in human nature.
1t is a good world to live in at four
score or at the rounded century-an
even better place than 1t was when
childhood accepted without question
ing an earthly paradise.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

over-crowded cities became a thing Of
the past, people began to take them
selves less seriously. They laughed
the politicians out Of business, and
sorry day 1t was for the latter,
too, because they couldn't do any
thing useful in the world, and most
Of them had to take up posing for
the moving pictures to earn bare
living. They were good at that
posing. They'd been at 1t all their
lives.
"But before these things came to
pass this country was the worst ex'
ample of what the imaginary disease
Of pollticalcampaignitis could do to
a country that ever was known In the
history Of the world. Every four
years the plague came down. You
have seen how they're behaving In
Abyssynia today. Well. that is q
picture Of this country as 1t was. say
in the summer Of 1912"
The operator unused. shaking his
head incredulously.
'What caused these oubreaks?" he
asked.
THAT, my lad, is something that
none OF the great scientists who stud
died It ever was able to discover.
But this is the way It could begin:
a bunch of usually sane citizens would
be sitting together, and all Of q sud
den one Of them would happen to
lock up at the calendar. 'Whoops,
my dearI' he'd yell. BY the calen-
dar see that next year Is going to
be the year when we've got to elect
another president. Who shall It ber
Roosevelt, one would say. None ct
It. would come from q second. Tat
Is the boy Taft your syel' the third
would yell. 'Wflsonl Wilson foFeveri'
Thsn an Of q sudden they'd be yelling
back q one another. and from VordR
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

the speech and noise Of far-away
Abyssynia as they came over the
wireless telephone. People aren't
paying any attention to business or
the other things that concern them.
They're fairly consumed by this In
applicable excitement. Abyssynia has
gone mad"
Captain MacManus leaned back and
chuckled heartily.
what are you laughing att" de-
manded the operator. Il tell you it's
no laughing matter to sit still and
watch q whole nation 90 crazy this
way"
Il laugh, my lad, because you take
me back to the days Of my you'll"
chuckled the captain. you make me
remember the days when most peo-
pie lived on the ground. You take
me back to the days when railroads
and steamships were trying to carry
people and goods around on the
Earth. That's why laugh. But don't
worry. The uncivilized nation Of Abys-
synIa has not gone crazy-not per-
manently, ct least It's Just suffering
from an old disease, a disease that
now affiicts only the few nations that
are still barbaric enough to follow
the old, discarded customs. The name
Of the disease is-let me see; ! be-
lieve I've forgotten. Ali / have It:
Politics. That's what's the matter
with Abyssynia; it's suffering from an
attack Of political-campaignitis."
whats thatf" asked the operator.
"a Joke" said Captain MacNanus.
els It dangerous"
only to the bystander. He's likely
to get kicked in the fracas. ss the
ancients used to say
what Is the cause OF IT,
imagination
sImaginationf
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

YES" said the captain, "imagina-
ton. You see. political-campaignitis
isn't q real disease. It really isn't
anything. It never was, not even
back in the old days Of 1912 when It
used to be so prevalent-before the
people got onto the joke Of It. Polit-
ical-campaignitis really is nothing
more than a state Of mind, halluci.
nation. The victim imagines that he
must get excited over a name printed
on banners, must quarrel with his
best friend about the merits Of the
men whose names are on the ban
ners, and otherwise behave like q
mailman. It Is inspired by the agi-
tators who used to be known as pol
iticians. OF course there isn't any OF
ie left now in the civilized countries,
but what you've been seeing and hear
ing from down in Abyssynia, where
they still refuse to turn their gov
eminent over to an efficient General
Manager, is a pretty good imitation
Of what that same disease used to
do to this United States Of America,
in the days OF my youth, around the
year 1912"
The operator laughed easily. DO
you mean to tell me that this en-
lightened country ever went into con-
WILSON'S like that?"
II mean to tell you that, and it's
the truth" retorted the captain. you
must remember. my lad, that back
in 1912 this country was still in the
ground and water age. 1t was not
until many years after, when Came
rot's self-sustaining and self-balancing
float helped people to learn that 1t
was easier and cheaper to live in the
air than on land or water, that the
country really became enlightened.
Then, when living became easier. and
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08
All Gone.

A veteran, talking to his great
grandson. a little lad of eight or nine
years. remarked:
Nearly a generation and half ago
my head was grazed by a bullet at
the battle Of Chickamauga."
The little boy looked at the old
mans head thoughtfully and said:
There isn't much grazing there
now, Is there, granddad?"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08
pIks's Peak SINKING.
Ie Pike's Peak glnklng?

10 = INI = N11H H9H11|111o
The latest government survey, Just
announced, says the altitude Of that
famous peak is only 14,10O feet above
sea level Compared with its height
as given oHicially In the report Of the
survey three years ago. which was
1l,1aT feet, tie peak Il thirty-eight
feet lover-Dsnver coEresp0udsaee
Nav York Sun.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08
Twls4ed History.

Sunday School Teacher-And now,
Johnny Hapgood, it's your turn.
What did his father do when tho
Prodigal Son returned?
Johnny (who can't help reading the
sporting editions Of the daily press)
Please. sir. he jumped on his neck
and kissed him.-Puck.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08
F0rMeP n
UIIIIkIA
ONES 81
PROGRESSIVE YOUNG FARMER
Southern Boy cultIvates Acre Of Land
With Extremely Pleasing Results
Member OF Corn Club.

The corn club boys are certainly
coming to the front, and they are.
many OF them, in a position now to
teach their fathers and grandfathers
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

Hens need a variety OF feed.
Disinfectants are cheaper than d.
ease.
Regular attention to all live stock
is very important.
The first requisite in feeding cattle
for profit is good stock.
During the fall and winter is good
time to dig that pit silo.
It is said that sheep will eat 1880
different kinds OF weeds.
Fresh air night and day is vital to
poultry. But drafts are fatal.
The ultimate success OF the farmer
depends on diversified farming
In selecting a location for a poul.
try yard. choose a light, sandy soil.
The falling over Of the ROSTERS
comb shows him to be in bad health.
There are few crops raised on the
farm that vary as little in price as
wool.
Meal should be mixed dry and
crumbly since it causes illness when
fed wet.
Fill the pigs stomach while he is
young. and he will fill your purse when
he is grown.
Do not attempt to churn poor or
thin cream at low temperature, or
there will be trouble.
Don't burn the straw. Use II for
bedding for the stock. and return It
to soil to renew fertility.
Young chickens need animal food,
but they will not thrive we'll II given
too large rations of rich food.
Above the food OF production that
goes to milk, COW demands food OF
support In proportion to her size.
Keep an eye on the seed corn and
sec that plenty of ventilation is al.
forded the room in which 1t is stored.
Keep the windows Of the hen house
clean so that the inside of the house
may get all of the light that is pos
sible.
Eggs from hens that have made a
fair showing in laying this winter Will
be more fertile than those that did
heavy laying.
Save every ounce Of grain and every
pound of fodder this fall. What you
don't need can be sold for good prices
before spring.
Do not forget to salt the horse once
a week; or, better still, keep salt al.
ways before him. He knows best how
much he needs.
Too many farmers have not learned
that It is all wrong to feed a SOW on
feed that produces heat instead OF
bone and muscle.
Young birds are good breeders only
when they are practically full grown
end we'll matured. Immature birds
should never be used.
Never feed more than hogs will eat
Up freely. Many farmers do not prac-
tice this, but keep a quantity OF I'M
eaten food lying about the lot at all
times.
Peanuts make a splendid feed for
both hogs and COWS and whenever
they can be grown they should be
used, for they furnish nourishment
and variety.
Build tho line fence strong enough
to keep your own and your neighbors'
stock on the right side, but do not
have II so high that 1t will prevent
you from being neighborly.
Laying hens must have bread or
milk: eggs cannot be produced with.
out heterogeneous material in some
shape. Keep a supply Of bone meal
or oyster shell convenient
Remember that fowls that Took |
alike" will attract better attention and
sell better than the hit-and-miss kind.
the pure-bred stock will |
average about the same in size bird |
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

something about raising corn. The
illustration shows southern boy
standing in his corn field that pro.
duced 140 bushels. This boy selected
an acre of ordinary cut-over pine land.
prepared 1t, properly fortified and
cultivated intelligently with the above
result.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

Nov there is a greater Incentive for
the utmost painstaking with our poul.
try as the price Of eggs is constantly
increasing. OF course feed is higher
than we could wish, but The poultry
man who does his best among an ais
eodfagements e tbs winner, 49,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

Poultry products may replace thu
meat shortage. They may help MI
the gap. for poultry can be raised
anywhere in the United States. The
population is increasing while the sup.
ply OF meat-producIng animals show
practically no increase.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

The n.anure spreader Is almost In
alspensable on the farm. BY taking
manure from The barn as fast as q
shsd sccuuinlates and spread on TIE
800 A once. nearly an 81 the fertility
rsSod. ana BY the use Of the spread
Il vii 80 oiariber ane prefeni Nesl,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

When you use a trough in grinding
in cold weather, let the water out
after you are done. To let the lower
part Of the stone stay In water. freeE-
ing and thawing, is pretty sure way
to ruin the place which touches the
water.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

Now that the blowing Is all done.
wipe on all dirt from wood and iron
work. Give a good coating Of oil to
the metal parts next spring, SO there
WIN be no delay in getting the plows
to Scour.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

The usefulness and value OF horse
depend upon his early training. He
should be handled and taught when a
colt. This win develop his intelligence
from the start and very much increase
his subsequent uselHlness.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

Tankage is a highly profitable win
ter food for fall pigs. Use one gallon
for each so pigs, fed in the slop. You
will get your money back, with COM
pound interest, and get more for your
homegrown feed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

Build the line fence strong enough
to keep your own and your neighbors'
stock on the right side, but do not
have II so high that 1t will prevent
you from being neighborly.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

When cows are sailed only once a
week they eat too much at a time and
Il cause looseness OF the bowels.
They viii eat Hide salt nearly every
day n It Is kept where they can get
al II especially when the grass Is
fresh and abundant
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

Laying hens must have bread or
milk: eggs cannot be produced with.
out heterogeneous material in some
shape. Keep a supply OF bone meal
or oyster shell convenient.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

Remember that fowls that Took
alike" will attract better attention and
sell better than the hit-and-miss kind.
Furthermore. the pure-bred stock will
average about the same in size bird
for bird.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

Peanuts make splendid feed for
both hogs and COWS and whenever
they can be grown they should be
used, for they furnish nourlshment
and variety.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-08

The strawy stally manure makes an
ideal mulchIng fertilizer for both young
and old apple trees. A great many are
literally dying from starvation. This
coarse manure will conserve moisture
and fertility.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-28
QUINCY DEFEATED
COMMISSION FORM
Majority Of 1920 Cast Against Chang
Ing the Municipal Policy Of
Illinois City.

QUINCY, H., Jan. g. com.
mission form of government proposi-
ton was given a singing defeat yes
terday at the hands OF Quincy voters
when majority of 1920 against the
change OF conducting the affairs o,
the municipality was returned.
True to the predictions of the oppo'
sition the women, who cast their first
ballots. followed in the footsteps OF
husband, father, brother and sweet.
heart and rallied to the support OF
their relatives by rolling up total
which surprised even the most opti-
mistic of those who are still of the
opinion that the city cannot afford at
this time to change her form OF gov.
eminent
The total vote cast was 12,62s. The
total vote OF women in favor of the
proposition was 1850, while 1901 vot
ed against. The men voted for to
tai Of 1,444 In favor OF the question
! and 5,62a voted against It. The tota
vote of both men and women agains
the change Of conducting the affairs
OF the city was 1924 and 1904 voted
IN favor OF the commission form
making the opposition majority o.
1920 votes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-28
The Warsaw Gate CITY
Warsaw, i'll, Jan. %, 1914.

There was delightful family re-
union and birthday celebration at the
home Of John Taylor q few miles
southeast OF town, on Friday evening.
II was the birthday OF John Taylor,
aged sixty-nine, and his brother, Da-
yid. aged seventy-five, OF Keota, Iowa;
who was present, John Taylor is the
father Of Ave sons and FIVE daughters,
Mi but one married; there were four
sons and four daughters present at
the reunion, with their wives and
husbands, also twenty-one grand
children, and daughter Of David
Taylor. Forty-four persons (all rela-
tives) comprised the party, and it was
certainly jolly one. An oyster sup
rer was served and the evening was
spent in various social games. Both
John and David enjoy quiet smoke
ID their declining years, SO each one
was presented with an elegant pipe,
and liberal supply Of the best smok-
ing tobacco; truly tobacco shower
az 1t was termed
Mrs. Mary Ayers OF Carthage is here
visiting her daughter, Mrs, Mary Park
err.
Warsaw is feeling the effect of the
Japanese volcanoes perhaps at any
rate the mercury was fifty at 500
o'clock yesterday, and the spring birds
thought spring had surely come.
There are now twelve carloads of
timbers for the new railroad at the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-28

foot of Fourth street and sawmill
will soon be on the ground, to cut
some of it into lumber.
There were many railroad men in
town yesterday, drawn here by bust.
mess with the Marsh line. President
Marsh expects to leave soon for New
York city, and Philadelphia.
A good deal of cement work has
been contracted for, to begin as soon
as frost is out OF the ground. There
also promises to be some activity in
building in the spring.
Several factories are making in.
quiries about Warsaw as location
There are number of fine sites along
the line of the new railroad in lower
Warsaw and vicinity.
A cement sidewalk is to be built on
the east side of Eighth street from
Webster street to Crawford street
one block.
Warsaw has seldom heard as beau
tiful music as was rendered In st
Pauls Episcopal church Sunday even
ing, both vocal and instrumental; the
organ recitals were fine, and the
quartet composed of Rev. Geo. Long
Edgar M. Hamburger, Miss Edyth Dial
lam, and Miss Olivia Giller, rendered
some beautiful numbers, and the mem
|bers individually sang solos. The
service was beautiful one and bril-
lliantly musical.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-28
VANDERBILT'S YACHT
ON THE ROCKS
Party All Rescued but Boat is Liable
to be Broken to
Pieces.

United Press Leased Wire Service
PANAMA, Jan. 2S.-Frederick w.
sanderbilts stranded yacht Warrior,
from which the Vanderbilts and their
guests, the Duke and Duchess of
Manchester and Lord Falconer were
taken off, was reported today to be
in slightly more serious position
and fear was expressed for her safe
relocating.
The luxurious twin screw steam
yacht Is on the rocks off the north
east Colombian coast between Santa
Marta and Savanilla.
The Vanderbilts and their guests
were taken off the yacht by the Unit.
ed Fruit company steamer Frutera
and are enroute to New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-28
Peculiar After Effects
Of Grip This Year
Leaves kidneys In Weakened condi.
ton.


Doctors in all parts OF the country
have been kept busy with the cpl
demic OF grip which has visited so
many homes. The symptoms OF grip
this year are often very distressing
and leave the system in run down
condition, particularly the kidneys
which seem to suffer most, as almost
every victim complains of lame back
and urinary troubles which should
not be neglected, as these danger sig.
nails often lead to dangerous kidney
troubles. Druggists report a large
sale on DR.. Kiimer's Swamp-Root
which 80 many people say soon heals
and strengthens the kidneys after an
attack of grip. swamp-Root is a
great kidney, liver and bladder rem.
edy, and, being an herbal compound,
has gentle healing effect on the
kidneys, which is almost immedi-
ately noticed in most cases by those
who try 1t. DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing
hamton, N. Y. offer to send q sample
size bottls OF swamp-Root, on re
ceipt Of ten cents, to every sufferer
who requests it. A trial will con
vince any one who may be In need
OF It. Regular size bottles Scots. and
500. For sale at all druggists. BE
sure to mention this paper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-28

may sign as many nomination papers
as there are officers to be elected and,
only one candidate shall be petition
ed for or nominated in the same nom.
nation paper,
For instance, there being only one
sheriff to be elected, the voter can
sign but one nomination paper FOR
sheriff, and the same is true as to
auditor, clerk, treasurer, etc. IN the
case Of the district judges, there be
ing two judgeships to be filed, each
voter can sign nomination papers FOL
two candidates, the same as they car
do for different justices of the peace
But where there Is only one office te
be filed the voter can sign only ONT
nomination paper for such Office.