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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
TALES TOLD OF ULsTERMEN
Bull Worthy of Any One From the
County of Cork-"canny" About
Marriage Fees.

The FISHERMAN is not incapable Of
q bull, says the British Weekly. II
was an Ulster marquis who endeared
himself to his tenantry by the memor.
able bull uttered in his speech at an
agricultural dinner: Il wish my farm.
ers would use iron plows. because
they last forever, and will afterwards
sell as old IRON"
It was an fisherman who at a
funeral observed the awkward work
Of an unaccustomed hand, and ex-
claimed as he seized a shovel: Il
wasn't seven years counting a sex
toms daughter without learning to
sod a grave"
No matter how large the brides for
tune. the fisherman generally grum.
bled over the marriage fee.
Wouldn't half a crown timpt ye?"
asked a bridegroom of the officiating
minister when the clerk demanded the
usual five shillings.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
For Handy BouS and
Girls 10 Make and
Copyright by A. Nicely HalD
BY A. Nicely HALL.
A TOY WINDMILL.


No mechanical toy is more interest
ing to make, nor more interesting to
watch when in operation than a min
iature windmill It is a very simple
toy to construct, and oil Of the ma
terial that it requires can usually be
found at hand, which are two reasons
why 1t is one of the most popular Of
homemade toys, and why nearly
every boy at one time or another
builds one.
Figure shows a small model
which may be constructed quickly.
You will notice by the detail illustra-
lions that the hub of the windmill is
o spool Zig. q, that the blades are
cut out of cigar.box wood, shingles,
tin, or cardboard, and are fastened to
the side Of short spoke sticks driven
into holes bored in the spool hub
Gig. 81, that the hub turns on the
rounded end of a stick shaft Gig. ~,
that the square end of the shaft IS
slotted to receive n fan-shaped tail
Gig. 81, and that the shaft is pivoted
10 the top OF a clothes-post, or a post
put up for the purpose Gigs. /
and g..
Use q large ribbon-spool for the
hub. You can get one at any dry
goods store. Locate eight holes
around the center of the spool, at
equal distances from one another, and
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

bore these with gimlet or bit, or cut
them with your jackknife.
Cut the eight blades inches long,
inches wide on their wide edge, and
IL inches wide on their narrow edge.
Prepare the hub sticks about x inch
by q inch by AZ inches in size, and
white one end pointed to fit in the
hub Gig. 81. Fasten the blades to
the spokes with nails long enough TO
drive through the spokes and clinch
on the under side. Glue the spokes
in the hub holes, turning them SO the
blades will stand at about the angle
shown.
The shaft should be made of a
hard wood stick about y inch by IL
inches by II inches in size. Cut the
round end small enough so the hub
will turn on 1t freely, and punch a
small hole through 1t so brad may
be driven through 1t to hold the hub
IN place. Cut the slot in the square
end with q saw. Make the tail about
81 inches long, inches wide at its
wide end, and 2 inches wide at its
narrow end Gig. 81.
The windmill must be pivoted to
the post support at its exact balanc-
ing point. Pivot the shaft with n
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
"CASCARETS" FOR
A BILIOUS LIVER
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get q 10-cent box now.

No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort-
able you are from constipation, indiges-
ton, billousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv-
business, sick, sour. gassy stomach.
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs Of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health, happi.
ness and a clear head for months.
No more days Of gloom and distress
II you will take q Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children-their little In
sides need q cleansing. too. Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

various shapes and sizes Of berry
boxes, a sharp knife. and a bottle OF
glue.
The little swinging seat in illustra-
ton No. is made from the bottom
and two ends Of a square pint box,
with the ends tapered of with knife.
A strong linen thread, knotted on the
end and run through holes pierced in
four places, provides "chains" to hang
it by. 1t may be suspended from a
chair round.
Illustration No. 2 shows a sofa that
is made out of a long shaped quart
berry box. All you have to do Is re-
move one side OF the box down to the
bottom, then carefully cut away the
end as shown, TO form arms, and the
sofa is completed.
The chair shown in illustration No.
3 is made Of two adjoining sides OF a
pint box, which form the back, seat.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
No Joke.

At the Chicago Athletic club a
game had been put up on a cynical
old bachelor. The man had waited
from eight to ten in the park on a
snowy evening in obedience to a
pale pink, violet-scented note that his
friends had faxed in order to see II
he was really as confirmed u woman
Halter as he claimed.
Turning up at the club for night
cap. the duped and frozen bachelor
was very sullen and sulky when his
friends derided him. He saw no fun
whatever In the fake note.
George AIDE, noticing his black and
lowering looks. gave a loud laugh and
said:
What a skinflint you must be!
Won't even laugh at a joke, Ell, II it's
at your own expense!"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

long nail. Bore q hole through the
shaft a trile larger than the nail, 30
the shaft will turn freely. Place q
washer between the nail-head and the
shaft, and another between the shaft
and the post support.
Figure 6 shows how the power
from the toy windmill may be utilized
to operate a toy jumping-jack, by sup
porting the jumping-jack on a bracket
and connecting its string to the hub
Of the windmill. Cut the upright Of
the bracket (A) IL inches long and
the cross piece OBJ inches long
Nail A to B, and nail the jumping-jack
at its center to the end Of B Gig. y.
Fasten the triangular block (C) to
the lower end Of A, and then nail both
A and B to the edge Of the shaft at a
point that will bring the string Of the
1umping-jack trihe beyond the wind
mill blades. Fasten q small stick,
having a brad driven in one end, in
notches cut in the hubs flanges Gig.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
Testing Nephew,s knowledge.

There is q certain old German OIL
Wilkesbarre. Pa. whose pride. like
that of many self-made men. leads him
at times into a sort Of patronizing con
descension toward those things he did
not have time for" when he was max
ing his way in life.
Upon the occasion Of the graduation
Of q nephew. he asked:
well, Wilhelm. vot did dey teach
you up there?"
Greek and Latin" said the boy,
land German and algebra"
so, sol" murmured the old Ger
man. "And vot's der algebra for po-
tatoes, now?"-Youth's Companion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
Grundy on Shaw.

Sydney Grundy has written a little
pamphlet in which he has gone for
Mr.. Bernard Shaw with q Ratchet.
He says: MFR. Shaw is a spent force
a closed chapter-a tale that is
told-a back number-a lost chord-a
fired rocket-an exploded mine-an
extinct volcano, vomiting only ashes
and dust. Mr.. Shaw is done. His
star Is on the wane; his candle only
cutters in its socket; his beauty is
passe, his wheezes are chestnuts, his
sleights of hand transparent, his
humors rheum. He is running race
with time. and gave himself twenty
years start, and time is beating him
to a FRAGILE"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

one-half Of the height Of the sides re
moved all around, in one piece, and
the piece removed fastened edgewise
inside Of the box for the base.
In illustration No. 6 IL shown q very
comfortable little dolls bed, made
from a quart berry box. Split down
each corner halfway. Then, leaving
one side Of the box whole. for the
head Of the bed, cut down the oppo-
site side about one-half, for the foot,
and trim down the other two sides for
the sides Of the bed.
The cupboard In illustration No. z Is
made out Of a quart berry box. with
shelves cut from the sides Of other
boxes fastened inside with glue. Hang
curtains made Of scraps from the rag
bag across the front.
The berry box wood may BE- stained
q pretty brown BY using the coffee
lea over from breakfast
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
Then the Apparatus lie In Demand.

A visitor was being shown through
a lid lifting athletic" club. The chief
attraction seemed to be the liquid
gymnastic department. However, there
was a cheaply equipped gymnasium
which showed evidences of disuse.
There was dust on the Indian clubs
and cobwebs on the dumbbells.
Don't the members ever use this
equipment" the visit asked.
"Oh, yes, occasionally-when q fight
starts" was the reply.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
And There You Have the Tanao.

This Illustration OF the tango Is
credited to an. Arkansas City negro:
Dat tango. boss. am sort OF q easy
motion. 70 jis 90 a stealing along
easy like ye didn't have any knee
joints and wuz walkin' on eggs that
cost fo'ty cents q dozen. ATLANTA
Constitution.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

Your father has a lot of very flne
chickens" observed the young man.
Has he incubators?" NO" said the
sweet young thing just home from
boarding school. Il think they're
Plymouth Rocks. Dallas News,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
Talklna Machines.

Papa, did Edison make the first
talking machine?"
NO. son, the Lord made the first
talking machine, but Edison made the
first one that could be shut of at will"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
Brilliant Idea.

Young Mother-I really don't know
why he cries so.
Bachelor Friend-Perhaps 1t is his
teeth coming through.
Young Mother-No! He isn't teeth
ing.
Bachelor Friend-Maybe it's his hair
coming through that hurts him!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

Any man can score big hit with .
woman; all he has to do is sit stiD
and listen.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
Nice Woman This.

Snapp-Well, all the fools are not
dead yet.
Mrs. Snapp-I'm glad Of 1t. l never
did looS we'll in black.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
Tn1novten4 N NNotnaro
The Medium,

How can you drink to anybody
with your eyes, as the poet says?"
II suppose, in an eyeglass."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

Your family Doctor can't do more for
your cough than Deans Mentholated
Cough Drops; "they cure"-5c at Druggists.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19
BY DOROTHY PERKINS.
BERRY BOX FURNITURE.

Has 1t ever occurred to you girls
what pretty pieces Of doll furniture
may be made out Of the little berry
boxes SO plentiful at this season OF
the year? Several OF the easily made
pieces are illustrated below. All the
material you need to make these are
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

Anybody can dye successfully With
Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

True love seldom utillSes the postal
card OR tender messages.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

When a girl jilts a young man she
may do him q great kindness-but he
doesn't realize Il until later.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

The secret Of getting a hearing Is
In having little to say.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

In this age cash will keep friendO
longer than diplomacy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

and front legs, and an extra piece
which forms the back legs. One side
piece forms the chair back, and the
other side is scored along its center
with a knife, and bent down to form
the seat and front legs. The rear
legs are made of the extra piece,
which is glued to the chair back.
The little footstool shown in illus
tration No. 4 is quite simple to make
One side Of a pint box is used, and it
is only necessary to score the piece
one-half inch from each end, and bend
down the ends for legs.
The library table ILLUSTRATION No. 81
Is made out Of q pint berry box, with
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

Some men are up with the lark and
some others prefer q swallow before
breakfast.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-03-19

%. and connect the brad and Jacks
string with a piece Of wire or strong
string. Then as the windmill 70
wolves II VIII operate the toy as In
fieatsd IN Figs. 6 and z.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06
THOUGHT HIM A "BIT OFF"
Enthusiasm of Great Naturalist En-
tireIy Misunderstood by Well
Meaning Cabman.

Lord De Tabley, poet and naturalist,
used to delight in telling the following
story of himself. He was an enthusi-
astic botanist, and one day, sauntering
down Piccadilly, met a friend who told
him where specimen Of a rare plant
had been found.
De Tabley beckoned to a cabman
and babe him drive to Chelsea. Chel-
sea was at that time a quiet old sub
urb. De Tabley told the driver to
cross meadow and stop by ditch.
He jumped out. plunged ankle-deep in
the mud, searched for few moments,
found the tiny treasure, pocketed it.
and getting into the cab, called out:
"Home!"
But the cabman looked at him
thoughtfully moment, and then, with
a nod Of comprehension, drove rapid
ly back to Picadilly and into the
courtyard of private madhouse
Here he isl" he cried to the porter
1--WE got him!"
1t was with difficulty that the porter
convinced him that Lord De Tabley
was not an escaped Sunday
Magazine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06

You can obtain Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin at any drug store for fifty cents
or one dollar, the latter size being
bought by heads of families already
familiar with its merits. Results are
always guaranteed or money Will be
refunded.
When you use Syrup Pepsin you will
see the fallacy Of chewing minis and
tablets or Of taking cathartics, salts,
pills and similar drastic medicines. I'm
like these, Syrup Pepsin does not lose
its good effect, and by automatically
training the stomach and bowel mus
cles to do their work. soon restores
these organs to normal
Families wishing to try a free sam
pie bottle can obtain 1t postpaid by adj
dressing DIR. w. B. Caldwell, 203 Wash.
ington ST., Monticello, Ill A postal
card with your name and address on 1t
will do.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06
Good Cheer Aids
Digestion OF Food
Dyspeptics Can Make the Resi- OF
the Family Happy by Using
q L0t0fipe-TOujc

The temper Of the family and the
good cheer around the table depend SO
much on the good digestion Of each
individual present that the experiences
of some former dyspeptics who over
came their trouble should be of inter
est to those now suffering in this
way.
The best advice one can give-but 1t
is advice that is seldom heeded-is to
eat slowly and masticate each mouth
full carefully. However, If slow eating
and careful mastication fail the next
wells Syrup Pepsin. This remedy Is
an excellent digestant. and in addition
to helping in the digestion Of the food,
acts gently on the liver and bowels,
Kidding them Of the accumulation Of
waste that should long ago have been
passed off. 1t is safe, reliable, pleas
ant-tasting, and results are guaran-
teed.
Mai S. Martin, Of Joplin, Mo-, now
u, thinks DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
has helped him to a longer and hap
pier life. He has not felt so good in
years as he has since taking this ex
cellent medicine, and in spite of his
n years he says he feels like boy.
1t is the ideal remedy for indges.
ton, no matter how severe: constipa-
ton, no matter how chronic, bilious
ness, headaches, gas on the stomach,
drowsiness after eating and similar
annoyances.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06
Scientists Heavy Brain.

DR.. Alphonse Bertillon, head Of the
criminal Identification bureau of the
Paris prefecture Of police, left his
skull by will to the Academy of Med
icine. DR.. Manouvrier has dissected
the bequest and finds that the brain
weights, 1925 grams, as against the
weight of the normal brain of 1900
grams. The weight is regarded as all
the more remarkable when it Is re-
membered that DR.. Bertillon had for
long time suffered from pernicious
anaemia.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06
To Make Okra Soup.

Okra soup, or gumbo soup. can be
made In good many ways. For one
kind make a rich stock from beef and
veal bones strain and skim. Add to
. quart of the stock a pint of okra
cut In small pieces and stewed with
pint Of tomatoes and a pint of water
until tender. Put in three or four
teaspoonfuls of rice and simmer until
Il Is tender. Then serve very hot
This soup. of course, does not eeual
chicken gumbo soup, which is one Of
the most delicious soups made, but
which takes four or five hours in the
making and calls for chicken, beef,
okra. potato, onion. rice, tomato. green
pepper. bacon and several other in.
gradients.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06
HAD SOME DISTANCE TO GO
irish Boy, in Sore Predicament, Re-
tanned to the Full His Native
Country's Wit.

Francis ]. Kilkenny, a Chicagoan,
and one Of the organizers of the Irish
home-going movement, tells an anus
ing story about his early struggles in
America. He was a green boy, with
the native peat still clinging to his
shoes, but he was not afraid Of work.
and was determined to get ON in
the new country.
Accordingly he bought lawn NOW
er and made house-to-house canvass
of the neighborhood, with the object
Of finding lawns to NOW. At one place
where he had applied for work an un-
friendly dog. bristling like a porcu-
pine, lsaped out at him with hostile in
tent
The boy fled but found escape
barred by high board fence, with
formidable row Of nails along it's
top. Holly pursued by the growing
canine, he made leap for the fence,
by half way over caught his pants
on one Of the spikes and hung there
helpless.
The lady of the house, appearing
to call off the dog, couldn't repress
a laugh at the sorry spectacle the
little fellow made.
why, hello!" she exclaimed. when
did you get over?"
"Begorry, madam" replied the i'm
paled one, by the looks Nv me, sure,
I'm not over yet"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06
Linoleum PolIsh.

Odds and ends of candles will make
IN inexpensive polish for linoleum.
Use about equal parts of candle scraps
and common turpentine. Place in q
jar and stand where it is warm. un.
I'll the grease is quite melted. then al
low to cool. where it will be soft and
creamy. Use with soft cloth and pol
ish with second soft cloth. A little
OF the grease will 60 long way.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06
Cream Of Corn Soup.

One can grated corn, one pint boil
Ing water. Cook gently 20 minutes,
then rub through a sieve. Melt two
tablespoonful butter. When bubbling
add two tablespoonfuls -four, one tea
spoonful salt and dash white pepper
and stir in smooth paste, then add
gradually to it one pint milk and
cook until smooth and creamy. Stir
all the time. Cook five minutes on
back Of the stove. where 1t will not
burr. and add corn: heat thoroughly
and serve.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06
SAVING ON MEAT BILL
IDEA or RETAIL BUTCHER AS TIC
HOW TO DO 1T.
HIoh-Priced Cuts, He Asserts, Are Not
Necessarily the Best-More Nour.
ishment in Many Of the Cheap
er Grades-About Chops.

In the Woman's Home Companion a
retail butcher writes an article en-
titled Reducing the Meat Bill" in
which he shows how people who buy
the high-priced cuts don't get the best
EAmeat. He says that some of the cheap
bt meats are the best. He takes an
emized weekly meat bill of $462 and
shows, item by item. how that bill can
be reduced to 1921. just by using
cheaper cuts. which he says are bet
ter cuts. After dealing with the vari-
GUS kinds of steaks-in which. by the
way, he tells about the steak that the
butcher eats himself-he goes on as
follows about roasts and chops:
"A roast of beef costing 81 or $3.50
at the present time is not much; a
hungry and healthy family will proba-
bly, finish it in one meal. You can still
enjoy good roast beef, and surely for
less money. only buy the right cut
From past observation the writer has
found that nine out of ten customers
ask for the first cut of the rib roast
OF course they are the most expensive
cuts. The fifth, sixth and shoulder
ribs are hardly in demand, and the
butcher has hard job selling them.
These end ribs or shoulder ribs OF
roast beef are not only considerably
cheaper to buy, but are richer in nour.
ishment and food value. When buying
one of the three or four ribs of beef.
say. for instance, weighing FIVE pounds.
you will find that you hardly have
sufficient meat left after it is carefully
trimmed and the bone taken out. The
difference in price between the first
cut on the rib and the last two cuts is
at least six cents pound, and when
you ask for a shoulder rib roast ask
the butcher to insert a piece of suet
in the center of the roast, or, if he has
time. to lard it with thin pieces of fat.
Another good piece of meat for roast
beef Is the top sirloin. which Is not
30 cheap. but it is recommended be-
cause 1t has no waste
THE next important item on the
meat bill is chops-either lamb. pork
or veal chops. Lamb chops, however,
are the kind mostly demanded, and, of
course. the demand is for loin and rib
chops. the most expensive There is
the same solution as with steaks-buy
shoulder chops; they cost less and are
sweeter This same principle applied
again to pork chops. The shoulder
chops are very sweet and tender, and
the butcher will sell them for less. but
very few people know about them"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06

V e G e table. Com
pound. l used to go
to my doctor for pills
and remedies and
they did not help me.
l had headaches and
could not eat, and the
doctor claimed l had
female trouble and
must have an opera
ton. l read in the
paper about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-06-06
FACE COVERED WITH PIMPLES

214 Brevard ST., Tampa, Fla
Some three years ago l commenced
to suffer from a rash on my face and
back. Before the pimples came on my
face there were lot Of blackheads 1t
looked as If the blackheads turned
into pimples because after a little
while all of them were gone and my
face was covered with pimples. They
were small at first but gradually
grew and right at the end OF each
pimple 1t was all white. l carelessly
picked them with my finger nails,
which made them spread, and l soon
discovered them on my back. My
back was covered with pimples and
my face the same way. At night l
could hardly sleep on account Of the
burning and itching sensation they
caused. l did not lik> t. go out be-
cause the pimples caused disdgure-
ment.
Seeing the advertisement Of Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment in one Of
the magazines sent for sample. /
bought some Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment, and am gla to be able to
say that l am entirely cured Of PIN
pies" (Signed) Jno o. Darlington,
Jan. Is, 1918.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston. ADV.