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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

If a member of the state board
of health should visit Baxter
Springs and 60 up and down the
alleys Ia the business part Of
town Just once he would cause
wholesale arrests. There are
only two real clean back yards
along the entire business streets.
Where are they, do you ask?
Back of the Baxter State Bank
building and Poister Bros. De:
partment Store. The balance of
them look like junk piles. And
the local splinter of health hasn't
the courage to aet'
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20
List OfLeffeES

Remaining In the poStoface at
Baxter Springs, Kansas. for the
week ending with July 70, 1910,
Id Jarmeer
n Clark
CIV FFpe
Clarence gohuso4
boxey Martin
Frank ecall
W B Terry
Wendell Stewart
Ward Scott
DUN Miuas
Rosia Guees
Charles irwin
which II not called for within I've
weeks will be sent TO the dead
letter once at Washington. p. c.:
Persons calling for any OF the
above letters will PIessesay"Advc
tlSed," RlvjHR dafe lISt,
Chas. L. Smith, P. N.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20
CONCERT PROGRAM

CONCERT FKOSNAM
at the Methodist Church. Wednesday Evening July e. 1915
Mixed Chorus Praise Ye The Father Gounod
Chorus of Forty Voices
Vocal Solo The Greatest Wish in the World Del Rlego
Mrs. Flora Poter- Hummel
Piano Solo Concert Eude i03 Steinb.rg Constantine
Miss Ruth Barnes
aides Ouarette One Fleeing Hour Lee
Mesdames Chas Humme Ed Polste Bert Shields Lou Cardin
Piano Duet The jolly BlacksmthS Rive King
Mrs. Hummen Miss Buckingham
Mixed Unison Chorus Wen Never Let The Old Flag Fall Kelly
Chorus of Forty Voices
Piano Solo Polka de La Refine Kan
Mrs. Flora PoterHunmel
aides Double Ouarete Sunset and Evening Star Brigham
Mesdmes Chas Humme, Ed Poler. Bert Shields Lou Cardn
Misses Roberts, Rumme MeSdameS Jim Hartley Spencer Apple
Piano Solo Sparks moS1kowk
voc, soo Blossom Land Elliot
Mrs. Flora roster-tmmnel ~
Mixed Unison Chorus Ny Own United States Edwards
Chorus of Forty Voices
Admission Adults CSC Children i0c.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

A party of picnickers had an
exciting time at the reunion
grounds one evening last, week
when their automobile ran Oft
one side of the concrete bridge
leading across the spring draw.
The machine hung up on hedge
post, which was all that saved
the party injury.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20
New Waists.

A large showing Of silk and
cotton waists arrived this week,
the very latest styles Ia striped
tub silks, crepe de chimes, Georg-
cite crepes, lace, voiles and or
CANDIES.
Silk waists $1,00 to S. 90.
Cotton waists SOC to 81 SO.
Baxter Supply Co.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

The hay market Is not high
enough yet to cause any excite
msHt. and it is altogether likely
that the high pFiss Of labor, and
scarcity of it, too, coupled With
the Low price of hay, is going to
keep q mighty lot of good hay
from being cut.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

The old swimmiH' hole is being
we'll patronized every Afternoon
and evening. And there is no
danger from sharks, either-at
least not the sharks which will
bite a leg off.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20
]. r. AVERY
Carpenter and Builder
General Building Work.
Box BIC, Baxter Springs Kas.28

T. B. Howard made this Office
a pleasant visit last Friday. Mr..
Howard is quite elated over the
prospect of a mine on his farm.
The Warren Mining and Royalty
Co. have charge of the develop
ments and by the last of the week
will have eight drills at work on
the Howard farm.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

The present dry spell iS ore OF
the most serious for . iOug tims'
We are very thankful, 'Of course.
that the wheat and oat crops
have been saved. But the corn
crop is going to be cut short I'M
a.ss W haVe rain or cooler wea
V.aeT mighty sseH.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

A sever system in Baxter
Sprtugs is the Only thing that
viii make the SaHitary eOuditiOn
of the town better.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

w. A.. Stephenson Of Louis
burg, Kas., visited his father, A
e. Stephenson, here last week.
Nj. StepheuseH is in the produce
husiness at Louisburg.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20
Wanted.

Five or six room house, or 4
couple of furnished or uufur-
nished rooms. Good tenant. See
Chas. L. Smith.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Cougdou Of
Kansas City and Mrs. John Bolts
ford of Cherryvale. Kas., are
here visiting their brothers, w.
R and F. N. COngdon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Fouud-Ou Sunday, July 10, on
Chetopa road, a 1917 Oklahoma
license tag no. 15499 and back
iamp, Owner may have same by
calling at this o&ce and payin g
for notice.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Come to the ice cream social on
the Polster Hotel Lawn, Wedues.
day, July 10. Come one and all
and cool of with US.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

John Frank Noble has gone to
Tulsa where he will engage In
the oil business with his father.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

The Willard Coal & Ice Com
pany have bought a new 1.H.C.
truck from Hoods.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Work on the new building for
the Ozark Trail Garage has COM
meuced, and will be rushed as
fast as human help can do the
work. The building will be
modern in every way.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Misses Gladys Riseling and
Ruby Gregory spent Sunday ID
Columbus. -
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

The recent big strikes ca the
Hooker and Thomas farms, three
miles or less southwest of town,
only emphasize the fact that Il
is absolutely esSeHtial that some
more houses be built Ia Baxter
Springs, so that the fellows who
work in the mines can have 4
place for their families to live
and enjoy good schools and good
society. A mining eRmp is no
place to raise a family. All good
miners know this, and that 10
why they raise 4 clamor for places
to live in Baxter Springs. If the
fellows ia this city who are able
to do % fail to put up at least 4
hundred houses this summer and
fall they are going to make 4
very serious mistake. AiSo. Il
the city officials fail to cause q
sewer system to be built in Bax-
ter Springs. they, too, will make
4 big mistake. 4 town to be \
good place to live Ia must Be san
itary. Weeds must be cut, add
streets must be kept clean. There
must be 4 way to get rid of sew
age. Ali toWu0 that achieve
anything in the way of greatness
are clean, but it Is impossible to
be clean without severe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20
At The Majestic.

THURSDAY
Red Feather PhOtOpiays pre-:
sent an all star cast in ''SOus OF
Satan"
SATURDAY
King Baggot in The Hoax
HOUSE" 3 reel eomedy.
"The LioH's Breath" Nestor
comedy.
"The Disastrous Dardanelles
Expedition" drama.
WEDNESDAY, July 20.
William Faruum in a WIN. Fox
production THE Gilded Fool"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

H. H. Rueter of fancy county,
Mo-, is here to spend the summer
with his daughter, Mrs. o. N.
Baldwin.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Rollin Gresser
and daughter are in Topeka visit
ing relatives.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Twente
have gone to Bolton, No., to visit
Mr.. Twente's parents. 81: %.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Little Billy Kaltenbach was
quite i'll the latter part of last
week-greeu apples.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Fred Stallsmith of Miami Wis
tied relatives in Baxter Sunday;
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Miss Flora Bellew, daughter OF
B. T. Bellew of Quapaw, and
Frank c. BryaeE, son Of J. c.
Bryuer of Baxter, auuOunss their
engagement, the wedding to take
place at an early date.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Miss Verna Canaday, who has
been quite III, is improving. I"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Our market is one of the most
sanitary in the state, and our
meats are the best. Try as and
see. R. F. Hartley G. Son.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

The ice melts very badly the &c
days. And the ice man is blamed
With the fault.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Harmon and
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Jennings
spent Tuesday 10 Joplin.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Treece and
chiidreu, Eva, Carl and Colleen,
motored to Lyndon, Kansas, Sum
day for a visit with Mr.. freezes
father.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Mrs. F. NJ. Cougdon is very i'll
at her home east of town. She
10 suffering from nervous prostra-
ton.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Walter Sullivan has bought q
new Ford.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Try the Minute Cafe, the best
place in Baxter to eat.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

B. II. Shields has bought a new
Inc. truck from Hoods.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

1t is high time means of trans
portation from the mining camps
were supplied. The field is no
longer an experiment. 1t has
been proven to be the richest lead
and zinc field in the world, and
its production of wealth is going
togrow as the years 60 by. When
the sheet ground mines play out,
the mines south and west of Bax-
ter will be in the heydey of their
glory, going ahead, making men
rich, and the land owners happy.
Buy property in Baxter Springs,
the natural headquarters for the
whole new mining camps.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Jones and
three children, Claude Forest.
Myrtle Violet and Virginia May,
are here visiting Mr.. Jones' par
ents, Mr.. and. Mrs. John Jones.
Claude has bees 10 business in
Mountain Grove, Mo-, but has
sold out aud will 60 to Usage City
Kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20
As the Editor Sees Ii

potht VI hnC BtOOc1
From a handful Of savage In
dams in the DAYS of Columbus
discovery in 1892 the Americas
have become the fairest spots Of
the earth. Today there is no
equal in all the world.
A small band of patriots who
threw of the British yoke In l776
have grown and fiourished and
multiplied and expanded until to-
day the United States dominates
the financial and commercial
world. And again there is no
equal.
But with all Of our power and
our greatness we still remain
people Of supreme indifference in
many of the essentials of life-ex-
cepting, always, the accumula-
tion of more gold.
As a point in illustration, take
the movement of the troops Of
the National Guard to the border.
When history is written It will
be another smudge on our record.
For weeks prior to the move
ment railroad officials had given
glowing accounts of their pre-
paredness for handling any re-
quired body Of troops promptly
and efficiently. But when the
call came they made 4 lameutable
failure, and because their steps
toward preparedness" had con-
sisted of words instead of deeds.
The government contracted Tor
tourist sleepers for the regiments
going from the north to the bor'
der. In some cases they were
supplied, but in others the men
we're required to travel the long
distance in ordinary chair cars or
day coaches. And these men
we're going forth to fight the
battles of their country and OF
the railroads who failed to give
them ordinary comforts on the
journey.
For a few DAYS there was
great hue and cry in the news
papers and the railroads were
| lambasted from Maine to Calf.
ornia. The roads, ia al effort
to defend themselves, admitted
that the shortage of cars was
brought about by the large mum
Der of civil population who were
moving from point to point and
using up the sleeping car accom-
modations.
And thus did the cat hop out
of the bag.
In any other country on earth
the sleepers would have been i'm
mediately Communicated for the
use of the troops who were to de-
fend the country from aggression
The men who were to do the
fighting should have been the
first consideration.
But not so with as.
The railroads could make more
money by using their sleepers
for the regular traffic-hence, fol
the sake of gold, they we're SC
used and the troops paid the pen
atty.
And to illustrate our supreme
indifference you have but to note
the fact that even now, but a few
days since the movement, the
public takes practically no int
crest whatever in the subject.
1t is past and gone-and that's
enough, it seems.
True, in the flush of indigna'
ton of the moment a congress
man or two proposed an investi.
cation, but. as in other cases, il
will probably never be made-ol
If made at all, it will be but q
farce with a coat of whitewash
for adornment.
We repeat, Americans are q
great people and they dominate
the world, but in the matter Of
indifference and forgetfulueSf
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Little Emily Grace Cooper is
improving after a severe illness.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

1t is all right to talk about
dghtiAg, but doesn't it take a
whole lot of m0ral courage to
keep from Sighting whsa your
foe is a sorry specimen, and you
would not be entitled to any cre'
dit for whipping him7 i Ger
taiuly would not redoHHd to ehe
credit of the United States to
whip Mexico. 1t would be 10
easy, aud besides the country Of
Mexico is practically bankrupt,
and no indemnity could be &C.
cured for the trouble it would re-
quire to thrash 1t.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

If either Mr.. Rogers or Mr..
Kenefck, or Mr.. Anybody Else
is going to build an inter-urbau
line into Baxter Springs the News
wants them to get busy. We
know, of course, that the line
will be built this summer. Byt
we can hardly wait for it. We
know that Baxter Springs is 60
ing to double in population in
twelve months after the line is
built, and we want to meet and
greet the strangers. Come on
with your roads, gentlemen, and
the sooner the better.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

When you think of building
. see M. BLACKBURN,
Contractor and Builder.
Estimates furnished on request.
Phone 1852.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

D Martin has moved into TIL
CrOwell property.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20
Sports Shirts.

Excellent values and good look
ing styles in sports shirts; some
have silk collars to match.
soc 75c $1.0O
=. Baxter Supply Co.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

Best meal ia town 25c-Miuut'
Ca fe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-07-20

modern ~ every way.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
Progress by Kicking.

A naval lieutenant, assigned to COM
mand q submarine, found the storage
batteries in what he considered an I'M
safe condition and reported to his su-
periOr, a rear admiral. The superior
considered the lieutenants action
merely a kick" He refused TO have
all batteries examined, even after in
vestigation showed that the subOrdi-
nate officers kick" was based Oh fact,
and accepted the vessel as it stood.
The matter went to court-martial,
and the rear admiral was acquitted Of
negligence. Secretary Daniels disap-
proved the finding of the court.
Any superior who objects having his
subordinate kick occasionally is not
deserving of his rank. Bureaucracy,
wherever ii has developed TO curse
democracy, is based on precisely the
theory this rear admiral appears TO
have adopted; that all wisdom is CEN
tered in the heads OF chiefs, and that
the only thing that need concern sub
ordinateS is the following of orders
without questioning or protest. The
world advances by kicking.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
ELASTIC FASHIONS IN CHIMP
Everything in Any Way Suitable for
Wearing Apparel Goes in the
Province Of Klanasu

Hail, Kiangsu province, North China,
home Of the siant-eyed Flora McFlim-
seys Of Far Cathayl Not like Madison
square there; you can't plead moth
ing TO wear" In Kianesu, for anything
is in style; everything goes! From
Suchien, in the North China Daily Her.
aid, comes this:
1.-THE fashions here this year are
ideal. Every man wears what is right
In his own eyes and there are few to
ridicule. A panama goes jauntily down
the street followed by Uncovered
brim cap. Felt hats Of scarlet and
verdigris green follow along with grays
and browns that really do the amateur
hatters credit. Eskimo top capes, a
few derby hats and the smart military
uniforms give the streets a piquancy
that one used to miss In the mOnoton-
Gus China-blue crowds.
''Of all the notices posted on the city
gate the one that attracts the most at
tentiOn is the fashion plate that has
been exhibited for weeks. 1t displays
two or three of the typical Western
suits. There are the 'swallow-tailed'
and the low-front frock for evening
functions. There one finds the plated
skirts recommended for the women.
The proud silk of 'stove-pipe' hat has
its corner with the other feits.
"A wise concession to the soaring
prices of leather is made in the op-
tional styles Of shoes. The cloth boot
now has It's place with the newer
leather"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
More Insane Than in CoIIeqe.

Enforcement of the law by probate
judges preventing epileptics and feeble
minded from being married would cor
rect many of the evils eugenics are
striving to abolish, Harry C. Bowman
of the Kansas board of control told
the Kansas Conference of Charities
ard Corrections. Talk of eugenics, he
said. was useless.
The speaker said juvenile courts ac-
complished much reformation, but
county and city jailS seldom cause per-
manent reformation. He deplored the
increase in imbecility. declaring the
census from 1904 to 1910 showed an
increase of % per cent in hospitals
II per cent of the entire population.
There are more insane in the
United States than students in colleges
and universities" said Bowman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
Irish Soldier Gave WARMING.

A new story of the British encoun-
ter with the PruSsian Guards is told
by a corporal of a Warwickshire regi-
ment who is wounded and at home in
England.
THE night the PrusSian Guards at
tackled US around Ypres." he says. lit
was only by chance and heroism that
we were warned in time. An Irishman
Of the Kings Liverpool regiment had
gone out of the bounds 70 meet a
girl. Coming home late he stumbled on
the Germans stealing quietly toward
our position.
without a thought OF consequences
10 himself he dashed toward our
guard TO give the alarm. The Germans
shot him in both legs, but he got
through with the warning"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
Remains of Cliff Man.

While driving their sheep out of q
natural cave in a lonely part Of the
Navajo Indian reservation several
miles south of Bluff, Utah, Indian herd
ers discovered the remains of a man.
The matter was reported to Frank
Hyde of Bluff, who got in communica-
ton with the Indians and bought from
them a perfect mummy of an ancient
cliff dweller.
The Indians also gave Hyde the skin
of an animal that resembled a musk
rat stuffed with tobacco leaves. Two
pipes made of soft lime rock were also
found, and a fine wound reed basket.
A pair of sandals were also among the
articles brought in by the Indians.
The features of the mummy resem-
bic those Of the present-day Chinese.
The man was of small stature.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
COUNTY NEVER GOT ITS BELL
Francis vigo's Request to Indiana
Community Named After Him Dis
regarded by His Heirs.

The phrase "the vigo bell that was
never rung nor hung" refers to an In
cident connected with the early his
tory Of Vigo county, Indiana. That
county was named in honor Of Col.
Francis Vigo, q man OF French or
Spanish birth, who came to this coun-
try before the Revolutionary war, be-
came a prosperous trader at st. Louis,
and widely known as 1.-The Spanish mer-
chant" In 177S-79 he advanced con-
siderable moneyto George Rogers Clark
10 aid the latter In his move
ment to capture the Northwest
territory, then held by the British. The
money thus advanced was used by
General Clark in procuring supplies for
his campaign, and II constituted a just
claim against Virginia, in whose serv-
ice and behalf General Clark was act
ing. After the Revolutionary war this
claim against Virginia held good
against the United States, and was
finally paid to Colonel Vigo's heirs,
but not until long after his death. He
died in 1896 and his Will, dated De
cember 9, 1884 contained the following
provision: whereas, the county Of
Vigo has been named after me, and
feel toward it and its citizens a great
degree of esteem and affection for
many favors conferred and services
renderd me, especially by the inhabit-
ants OF Terre Haute, it is my wish,
will and desire, and earnest request,
that If the claim aforesaid (the Vir-
ginia claim), is recovered, and the
amount due me paid to my executors,
they, or some Of them, shall pay out
of the same $500 TO the county Of Vigo,
to be laid out by the commissioners of
said county In the purchase of bell
for the courthouse Of said county, on
which shall be inscribed: Presented
by Francis Vigo.'" BY an act of con-
gress of June 2, 1872, the claim Of
vigo's heirs was referred to the court
of claims for adjudication, and it was
allowed and paid in 1877, nearly 100
years after the money was advanced.
The Vigo bell was never rung, though
the language Of the will shows 1t was
the testator's earnest desire that 1t
should be.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
Soils and Wheat.

The influence OF different soils on
the composition of wheat is the SUBJ
ject of an investigation undertaken by
the United States bureau of chemis-
try. The effects of several kinds Of
soil will be tested under identical at
mospheric conditions. The program
contemplates transporting TO the Ar
lington experimental farm 1920 of an
acre OF soil, three feet deep, consist
ing of about 10 tons each OF sandy
clay. marl, muck and a good agricul-
tural soil. and in each OF these plant
the same kind of seed. will be grown.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
STAFF AFTER REAL MONEY
Temptation Was More Than Any
Newspaper Men Could Be Elk
pected to Resist.

A visitor to small country town In
England unwittingly held up" the To-
cal newspaper. Having lost his dog.
an animal that he priced very much,
he rushed to the newspaper Office and
handed In an advertisement Offering
$50 reward for the return OF his pet.
Half an hour later he thought he
would add to his advertisement the
words, mo questions asked" So he
hurried to the Office again.
When he got there the place was
empty save for small boy, who looked
very sulky.
Where's the staffT' asked the tour
list, glancing around the deserted room.
"Out looking for your dog" replied
the boy, who was evidently aggrieved
at being left behind.-Youth's Com
paniOn.