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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21
'ANCIENTS KNEW OF GLAZING
Proof That Early Inhabitants Of Mex
leo Used Process In the Manu-
facture Of Pottery.

The discovery by Henry c. Mercer
Of Daylestown, Pa, that the ancient
inhabitants of Mexico used q glazing
process in the manufacture Of their
pottery has revolutionized the views
Of ceramic experts at the University
Of Pennsylvania, and may lead, says
American Art News, to the discovery
of beds Of clay suitable for use today.
Mr.. Mercer, who IL an expert on til
ing and q former curator Of the Uni
versity museum, during q recent study
of Mexican potteries at the museum,
had his attention called to the vari-
ance in workmanship in certain col
lections. He promptly classified the
potteries as possessing two different
kinds Of clay. and was surprised to
flnd that @ distinct glaze was still aD'
parent
The ancient Egyptians, says Mr..
Mercer, did not glaze their works, the
Chinese adopting this precaution at a
later date to make their vessels i'm
pervious to water. Civilization had
been established by this time. how
ever, and the use Of the glazing art
by prehistoric Mexicans may unfold
interesting ceramics.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

the same cloth for both rooms, run It
around the three walls.
Fig. 4 shows how the center wall
covering is Tapped around the center
posts and pinned.
With all walls pinned in place, the
next thing to do IL to cut the door
way and windows. With a pair Of
sharp scissors this is easy to do.
Make The doorway about 3 inches
wide and 8 inches high. Leave q mar
row strip across the bottom, as shown,
to hold the cloth together. Cut the
window openings about 4 inches wide
and inches high, with the bottoms
about inches above the ground.
Oiled paper may be stitched over
these openings for glass" but It win
look better to omit II, and instead to
represent window-sash with black
thread, running the thread across the
from side to side, and from
top to bottom, to represent the wood
en- bars.
The doll house may be entirely fur
nished with simple furniture made
from berry boxes or cardboard boxes
or with any don furniture you have
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21
ERUPTION ON cHILD'S BODY

R F. D. No. 2. jackson, Mo.-"our
daughter who is ten months old was
suffering from an eruption all over
the body. In the beginning they were
small red spots and afterwards turned
to bloody sores. We tried all sorts
Of ointments but they did not procure
any relief for our child. She cried
almost day and night and we scarcely
could touch her. because she was COW
cred with sores from head to foot.
I'VE had heard about the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and made q trial
with them, and after using the RENE
dies, that Is to say, the Soap and the
Ointment, only q few days passed and
our child could sleep well and after
one week she was totally well"
(Signed August F. Bartels. Nov. rs,
1912.
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.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

board, pins and thread, and any girl
will find the making easy.
This doll house may contain Just as
many rooms as you wish. though It is
best to start by making only two
rooms, as shown in Fig. l, and then
to add others afterward.
The sticks are used to support the
walls, and are driven into the ground
at the corners. It is not necessary for
these to be Of equal size, though they
should be at least IS inches long.
Sticks longer than this can be broken
OF. or driven further into the ground.
With q pointed stick mark out upon
the ground, in a shady spot the shape
Of the rooms. Eighteen or 20 inches
square is a good size. Then pound
one Of the sticks into the ground at
each corner, to a depth Of 6 inches,
using another stick or a hammer to
pound with; also drive two sticks into
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21
HOW THE KANSAS STATE STALLION LAW
PROTECTS THE OWNERS OF BROOD MARES
Every Stallion Must Have State License From the Registry Board and
This Not Issued Until After Thorough Investigation
Of Pedigree and Breedug-CIasses Dis
tnguished By COIOrs.
Ipy pr c W. McCmpbe Animal Husbandry peparment K ca

THE MARE owners OF Kansas In
vest over 100000 annually In
service fees. This is an enorm
Gus investment. and good business
sense demands that the investment be
made in such a manner that the great
est possible return shall be secured
and that the investor shall be pro
tected In making his investment. To
secure the greatest possible return the
investor must make a careful study OF
the horse breeding industry and decide
upon a definite and correct ideal to
guide him In his breeding operations
Mixing types and breeds is q ruinous
practice.
The investor must learn to appre'
ciate more fully the value Of good
sound, pure bred sires. Why do we
send over $1,500,000 to Europe annual
ly for breeding horses? The principal
reason is that the European horse
breeder learned long time ago to ap'
preciate the value OF good, sound, pure
bred sires for breeding purposes. In
the horse-breeding countries Of Eu-
rope the grade and scrub sire 10 a
minus quantity. In Kansas SO per
cent of the sires used are grades and
scrubs.
The investor must be more careful
in selecting his brood mares. Too
often the horse buyer gets the good
young mares, while the diseased, in
ferior and hereditarily unsound mares
are retained for breeding purposes.
The best sires In the world can make
but littis Improvement with such a
foundation to work upon.
After having selected correct and
definite ideal toward which to work
and having decided to use only good,
sound pure-bred sires and retain the
good mares for breeding purposes, we
must not forget that the colt must be
fed literally. The colt makes con-
siderably more than half his growth
during the first twelve months OF his
life. We must crowd him to the limit
during this period. Here is where the
European horse-producer has been
wiser than we. The well.fed colt
makes not only bigger horse but q
smoother and more symmetrically
built one.
Mare owners as a whole have been
very careless and short-sighted in
their service fee investments, yet they
are not entirely to blame for the aver
age quality of our horses. Many mare
owners have sought sires that COM
bined good individuality with good
breeding and have been deceived by
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

representations made by stallion own.
ers in regard to the breeding OF their
stations. Sometimes this deception
was intentional, sometimes II was not
In Kansas during the year 1909 over
1000 stations that were advertised
and represented to be pure-breds were
only grades and scrubs. The mare
owners began to realize that they were
being deceived and demanded protec'
ton Of the legislature. It responded
by passing what is known as the stall
lion law, the purpose Of which Is to
require stallion owners to advertise
and represent their goods for just
what they are. Under this law every
stallion must have a state license and
to secure a license stallion owners
must submit pedigrees. statements Of
breeding, etc., to the State Live Stock
Registry Board for inspection. After
careful checking up breeding and es'
tabllshing the identity Of the stallion
for which q license is asked, the board
licenses him according to his breed
ing, under one OF the following
classes: Pure-bred, cross-bred, grade;
scrub. This license must be posted in
a conspicuous place where the stallion
is kept for service. To assist mare
owners further color scheme Is fol-
lowed in issuing licenses.
White licenses are issued for pure
breds, pink for cross-breds, yellow for
grades, and blue for scrubs. Thus the
mare owner has a means Of knowing
Just exactly the kind of stallion he
may patronize, and is protected in
making his service fee investment.
The stallion owner is also protected,
as this law compels honest competi'
ton. II also protects the prospective
stallion purchases from the unscrupu'
lous grating stallion peddler, who
piled his nefarious business with won
derful financial success before we had
n STALLION law. He had two principal
ways of deceiving purchasers. One
was by securing pedigrees OF pure
bred stations that had died and then
substituting a grade stallion for the
original. The other was to have grade
stations registered with dishonest,
so-called registry asso'
Citations whose principal rule for regis
tration YVES q stipulated fee.
We have the climate, the soil, the
feeds, and the protection so essential
to the production of high class horses.
Only one other essential is necessary:
that is, horse sense. Why not use
more Of It?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

The man who would raise pure-bred
stock for market or breeding, cannot
disregard the factors that make up in
diyidual excellence. He must be q
competent Judge of heredity, type
character, and prepotency.
A breeders chief opportunity for
controlling heredity in his herd is
through selection Of parent stock
Care and feeding have much influence
but selection is the main resource Of
the successful grower OF market or
breeding stock.
MANY inexperienced breeders,
starting in the purebred stock busi'
ness, try to accumulate a large, SNOWY
herd at once by buying prize winners,
regardless Of whether the Individual
conforms to the type OF his chosen
breed" says ]. D. Lewis, assistant IN
the animal husbandry department OF
the Kansas Agricultural College. "The
breeder should build up his herd grad
ually, and not try to accomplish in
short time that which has taken other
successful breeders many years Of
careful selection Of type and charac-
ter"
Ills worth while to the breeder to
have his young stock as nearly uni
form as possible, whether he is rails
ing the stock for feeding or TO sell as
purebreds. II the herd consists Of q
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21
TIMELY HINTS FOR RAISING SORGHUM

the state. In western Kansas the
growing of earlier maturing varieties
is necessary. and Dwarf milo, fete.
rita, and early varieties OF kafir. such
as Dwarf Blackhull White and White.
hull White, are to be preferred to the
Standard Blaclihull White kafir.
For forage purposes the sweet
sorghums usually produce greater
tonnage to the acre than either kaffir
or corn.
1.-THE sorghums make their maxi.
mum development on fairly heavy,
rich loan soils, but produce a com.
paratively good growth on any kind
of soil. On sandy, hard.pan, or
gumbo soils they usually do better
than most other crops. The sor.
ghums do fairly well with poor care,
and for this reason are usually the
most neglected crops grown. They
respond readily to good tillage, how.
ever, and should receive as good cult.
walton as corn.
I'm eastern Kansas blowing the
ground and surface planting is the
best practice. Thorough and deep
preparation Of the soil is needed for
the best results. The lower part Of
the seed bed should be we'll settled
and the surface soil fairly loose. This
condition can best be secured by fall
blowing. II the blowing cannot be
done in the autumn, 1t should be done
as early in the spring as possible.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21
For HANDY Bous and
Girls 10 Make and
Copyright Nssly HaID
TENT FOR THE BACK YARD.
BY A. Nicely HALL.

II you can find an old blanket. quilt,
rug. piece OF carpet, or even a sheet
It will furnish you with just the right
kind Of material for making satisfac-
tory tent for camping out In the back
yard, or In q nearby vacant lot.
Below are shown three simple tents
which may be made Of such covering
material as these, and they can be
put up quickly, as there is but little
work to making them.
The shelter tent shown in Fig re-
Quires a ridge-pole fastened across up
rights braced as shown in Fig. 2, and
this framework can be made out OF
any sort OF sticks that you can find
at hand. A clothes.pole. though a
trihe long, might be used for the
ridge-pole. Drive the bottoms Of the
uprights into the ground, and, after
fastening the ridge-pole across their
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

the ground at each end Of the inside
wall. (See Fig. 81
For the walls you will require pieces
Of cloth IL or IA inches wide. White
cloth will do. but II you can find col
ored cloth Of some pretty pattern 1t
will give the rooms a much daintier
appearance. Different material may
be used for each room. Plain colored
cloth will give a tinted-calsomine eff
feet, potato sacking will look nearly
like burlap, and cretonne will have
the appearance Of tapestry. Fasten
the cloth at one corner, doubling 1t
around the corner stick, and pinning
1t to itself in several places as shown
in Fig. 3; then pass 1t around the
other corner sticks as far as the CEN
ter wall. or. II you are going to use
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

The high value OF sorghum crops
as shown both in yield tests and IN
feeding experiments, is directing the
attention of the Kansas farmer more
and more to their production. where
rainfall is uncertain, they have been
found particularly desirable, as they
present strong resistance to droutE
and have the ability to become Cor
mant during dry periods, and to re-
sumo growth again when conditions
become favorable.
C. C. Cunningham, assistant In CO.
operative experim ants at the Kansas
State Agricultural College, gives
many practical suggestions for grow
ing these crops. Says Mr.. Cunning
ham:
"Of the sweet sorghums (cane)
the Kansas Orange and the Sumac'
sometimes known as Red Top, are
the best varieties for forage and ST.
lage. The Kansas Orange natures
IA little earlier than the Sumac and
for northern and west central Kan
sas It is to be preferred to the latter
variety. In the extreme western part
of the state It is necessary to grow
earlier maturing varieties. The Red
Amber is the one perhaps best suited
for growing in that part OF the state
For the production Of grain, the
best variety to grow depends upon
the locality. The Standard Black
hull White is the grain sorghum best
adapted for the eastern two-thirds OF
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

tops, run a rope brace from a nail In
each end Of the ridge-pole to a stake
driven into the ground several feet
away from the base Of the upright.
Drive stakes at the four corners OF
the tent, and tie the corners Of the
covering to them. Also drive stake
at the center of each side for addi-
tional fastening.
With the same kind of framework,
you can make the open-front tent
shown in Fig. 3. The only way in
which its construction differs from
that Of the shelter tent is that the
side Of the shelter tent becomes the
front of this tent and is raised and
held by stick props, thus forming
canopy over the entrance. And what
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21
SELECTION IS BASIS OF STOCK RAISING

band Of females mixed In type, no one
male can meet all their requirements.
A detailed study should be made of
each individual as to conformation and
characteristics. In purchasing a pure.
bred animal one should never depend
entirely upon its appearance. Facts
and records are usually obtainable and
should be carefully considered.
Animals differ in their prepotency.
Some have a great deal more power
than others in transmitting certain
characteristics. Prepotency is stated
by authorities to be evidenced by that
combination Of physical attributes
that gives to an animal a pronounced
individualism, or, as breeders term it,
character.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

The common skunk is a useful lit
tie animal. Its economic value as an
enemy TO gophers, mice, crickets,
grasshoppers, and grubs usually is
overlooked. The value received for
the hide of the skunk does not always
compensate for the loss due to the in
crease Of these crop pests.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21
AN OUTDOOR DOLL HOUSE.
Nv DOROTHY PERKINS.

As nice q little doll house as you
could wish may be built out Of doors.
All that In necessary to make It IN
q few sticks. some cloth. some card
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

oeyoHu Hl0 OSoP0 " WOHS"'
The judges Of the imperial supreme
court at Leipsio have defined what
constitutes sincere resistance" to q
hsA
A. no expert testimony seems TO
have been demanded. the learned
Judges own knowledge Of the subject
was evidently sufficient
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

You can have the old-fashioned
flowers of your grandmother's days
by using the new varieties-only you
viii get better ones than she ever
knew.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

He Is q wise man who knows he
Isn't wise enough to answer all the
fool questions asked him.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21
A RN-Pnoduet.

Church-You are q product Of the
American college?
Gotham-Yes.
And your son, is he college bred"
mo, he's only Q by-product"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

Every mans credit is good when %
comes to borrowing trouble.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21
A Sign.

Patience-Have you seen Mrk
Styles new hat?
Patrice-No, but saw her husband
this morning, and he had a terribly
long face. 1t must be q corker.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

combined. Don't forget that fuel saw
ing soon makes up the price Of the
stove. That q cool kitchen makeA
cooking easy, especially when striking
q match gives you your FIRE.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21
A Boon to the Farm Housewife

The kitchen loses Ito terrors with tho
NEWPERFECTION Wick Blue Flame
cook stove. Does exactly the work OF
the coal range without the terrible ex-
hausting heat and tho dirt and trouble.
Burns clean, convenient, economical
oil; almost saves its cost during the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

Be sure and sect tho
latest model with tho
new THERMOS
oven, an invention
thatgivesyouarang
and hneleaa cooker
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

Hne; no smoke, no odor.
Note, In the picture, the cabinet top,
the fine, big oven, the shelves and tho
towel racks. Roasts, bakes, toastS and
brolls TO perfection.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-05-21

NEW PROJECTIONS come In 2, 3,
and 4 burner sizes, which your dealer
can show you. ASK him to explain the
special burner construction, how the
broiler broils on both sides at once,
and about the patented fuel reservoir,
Tefilled without turning of your FIRE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-04
NEW BOOKS TO COME
A GUIDE FOR READERS
\ Slight Reduction in Numbers-Undimin-
ished Output Of Fiction-Revival Of
Religious Publishing.

similar matters, has been fully met by
authors and publishers; and that there
is a marked and steady increase in the
number of books on modern Russia,
which during the last decade has al
most unperceived regained all that IT
h. / lost during the Manchurian war
and Immediately after it, and which is
developing with astonishing rapidity its
internal resources as well as its ex-
ternal strength.
For the sake of al old and honored
record it may be put down here that
our two living eX-Presidents are again
to contribute to the new seasons litera-
ture-Mr Taft giving us volume OF
essays on problems Of government and
national life, and Mr.. Roosevelt his
Life Histories Of African Game Ami
mails"
The essay is manifestly reviving;
poetry holds the ground it has regained
in the last few years. The selected list
of new books that follows certainly
offers an excellent range Of choice,
great variety of interest, and much
promise TO lovers of reading.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-04

Indian Wars, 1675-1699," edited BY
Charles II. Lincoln, Phi. D., both add
tions to the series OF Original Nara
tives of Early American History" pub
lished under the auspices OF the Ameri-
can Historical Society. The Yale Uni
versity Press will begin the publca-
ton of a work Of considerable impor-
lance In field of American history as
yet left practically unexplored, THE
Colonizing Activities Of the English
Puritans" The first volume. by Arthur
Percival Newton, will deal with the
Puritan colony on Providence Island, In
the Caribbean. From the Macmillan
Company are to come "The Establish
ment Of State Government in Califor-
MIA, 1S46-'50" by Cardinal Goodwin,
and the first volume Of "a History OF
the National Capital" by w. B. Bryan.
The present year and the one TO come
will bring many books dealing with the
last phases Of Napoleon's career, CEN
fury ago. The John Lane Company has
just published Napoleon at Bay 1914"
by =. Lorraine Petre, d history Of ais
brilliant but futile campaign in France,
and will follow this up Immediately
with THE Comic Kingdom" by Rudolf
Pickthal, an account Of Napoleon's
brief exile on Elba.
Prince Won Bjilow's Imperial Ger
many" though a book of the present
and the future rather than Of the past,
may find place here Oodd, Mead
& Coz. An Economic History Of Rus
sia," by Professor James Mavor, of the
University of Toronto CE. p. Dutton &
Coz is chiefly devoted to a study OF
the relations between the economic
changes and the changes in political
structure in the empire. a romance Of
history, translated into many CONT
mental Languages, but hitherto not
available in English, will appear under
the title OF 1.-THE Golden Age of Prince
Henry the Navigator" Outton). The
Portuguese original is by p. Oliveira
Martins the English version by w. e.
Reynolds. A member OF our consular
service, Wilson King, for a number of
years United States Consul at Ham
burg, is the author Of Three Free
Cities: Hamburg, Bremen and Ldbeck"
same publishers), a study in the his
tory of the Hanseatic League. Also
from the Messrs. Dutton comes the an
nouncement Of translation OF Count
Lutzow's 1.-THE Hussite Wars" Bull
garia and Her People" by Professor
Will S. Monroe, is 10 come from L. c.
Page &c Co. The Passing Of tho
Great Reform Bill" by ]. r. VI. But
Ter, is on the spring list Of Longmans,
Green &; Co. Funk & Wagnalls an
nounce THE Victoria Cross: is Heroes
and Their Valor,' by d. II. Parry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-04
ART
Handy Guides to Europe's Gal.
leries-Early English Art.

What promises 10 be series Of great
practical value TO art loving tourists
is begun by the Messrs. Scrlbner with
the publication Of the first volume
London; the National Gallery: The
Wallace Collection"-of Professor John
c. Van Dykes twelve New Guides to
Old Masters" These little books are
adapted for ready reference in the gal
leries themselves, the notes being ar
ranged alphabetically under the names
Of the artists and with the gallery num-
bers. Professor Van Dyke will devote
one volume TO France (the Louvre);
one to the galleries Of Holland. two to
those OF Germany. three to Italy, one
10 Spain. one TO Russia tthe Her
mitage), and one each TO Belgium and
Austria Hungary.
Arthur Racxhams Book Of Pict-
ures." collection OF fortyfour beauti-
fuI reproductions in colors Of his
aauaroles. oils and pastcls. is truly
representative Of this charming Eng
lish artist of childhood and fairyland