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Baxter Springs News
CHAS. L. SMITH, Editor ft Owner.
BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS
Fabrics from Wait rVants.
Scion tl8ta In many lands bave been
jiving an increasing amount of atten
tion to the problem of producing from
the plant-world, substitutes for the
fibers and fabrics now tenerally In
use. To find a new cotton-plant or a
new flax straw or a fiber which shall
take the plure of wool or silk, or to
put among commercial possibilities a
new material from which to manufac
ture fine t aper, are among the alms.
Four Inventors have recently reached
what they claim to be success, each In
his own particular search and descrip
tions of their products showing bow
widely varying results are being at
tained, are printed In the Technical
World Magazine. From Ramie, a nettle
which came originally from China, but
which growa well in various countries,
Is made a fibre which rivals cotton for
usefulness and has. some of the beau
tics of silk. From the huge cactus
leaves of our American deserts, a klud
of fabric called cactus-leather Is manu
factured, which while not a substitute
for cowhide, Is useful for many of the
purposes for which genuine leather Is
used. Pine needles are also being
made to furnish a fiber which has
qualities of usefulness in cloth-making,
even clothing being successfully manu
factured from if And finally the
Ouayulo shrub has been found to con
tain rubber to an extent which makes
It commercially worth farming.
The region of Luderlts bay, where
the great diamond find is reported, is
In the extreme southwest of Africa, In
a section known as Damara land, or
Ilereroland. It has a coast line of 460
miles. On the north Is Guinea, and the
British possessions surround it on the
south and east. The country some
years ago came Into the possession of
the Germans. In the mountain region
It Is fertile, and In spots wheat can be
raised. Cupper and Iron are said to
be abundant, but the country has been
prospected but little as regards the
mineral wealth. Since the Germans
bave been In possession some attempts
have been made to work the country.
Windhoek is the principal town in the
northern section. The diamond find Is
many miles from the town, and near
the coast, in a section of country not
known heretofore to be rich in dia
monds. It is hundreds of miles from
Klniberley and the other diamond-producing
centers of the British South
African possessions. The country Is
sparsely populated excepting with sav
ages. Washington has a new local law
which guards rigidly the employment
of boys and girls. An age limit is pro
vided, and careful provision is made
for investigation as to the physical
condition of thoBe permitted to work.
Examinations Just completed at the
national capital go to show that out of
1,700 children subjected to the legal
tests the physicians rejected 75 boys
and only two girls. This Is held to be
conclusive evidence that the girls are
healthier than boys. No doubt the
freer physical life which girls lead
and the opportunities for exercise in
the open air which they now enjoy, In
striking contrast to past experience,
have had much to do with improving
their constitutions. But why do not
the boys live up to the same priv
ileges? One does not hear it said so often as
formerly that -there are no longer such
opportunities for young men as were
open to their grandfathers. Leslie M.
Shaw, formerly secretary of the treas
ury, In speaking of his return to active
commercial life the other day, ex
claimed "Oh, the opportunities that
there are in this country for the young
man of push and enterprise! They are
almost limitless. To me the field of
'business is as alluring as any romance
ever written. There are always new
chapters opening, new character de
veloping, new plots thickening." This
Is the kind of talk that has taken the
place of the old wall over the good
times that have passed.
Contracts for furnishing single "and
double teams to the city of Boston
were recently awarded to a woman.
Her bids, tendered In open competition
with men, were by far the lowest sub
mitted, and she demonstrated her abil
ity to fulfill the obligations. The award
wss popular, for the uniformity of the
figures submitted by the men gave
color to the charge that an agreement
had been made among them to main
tain a certain prlca. The woman made
her own flgves Independently, an
woo.
JOHN
BY GEO. V. HOBART,
Dear Iluhchi I'm not yet hep to
this gag of hiking across the geogra
phy from town to town, like a hop
toad In a cabbage-patch.
It may be Interesting to some peo
ple, but It gets me peeved.
I found your letter waiting lor me
here.
So they've steered you up against
a new cure for your dyspepsia, eh?
buttermilk!
And a great idea, Bunch, believe
me!
It certaluly Is lucky to drink butter
milk. Buttermilk Is to the worn-out sys
tem the same as a fat-office is to a
stout politician.
As a thirst-splasher buttermilk is the
one beBt bet, but don't ever tell any
one in Milwaukee that 1 made such
a statement.
Drink it, Bunch, every time you can,
because buttermilk comes down to us
from the remotest ages with splendid
recommendations.
Every great man in hiBtory was a
buttermilk drinker, Bunch.
Every great man who Is now spend
ing his time trying to get Into his
tory Is a buttermilk drinker. Bunch.
Read between the lines in your his
tory of ancient Rome, and you will
see how buttermilk would have saved
the life of Julius Caesar If he hadn't
had such a weakness for hard cider.
"Where are you going?" Inquired
Calathumpla. the wife of Julius
Caesar, as he fastened the gold safety
pin In his toga and reached for his
umbrella.
"I am going down to Rudolph
March's cafe In the Forum." an
swered Julius; "you don't need to wait
lunch for me. Callle."
"But, Julias," whispered Calathunv
pla; "why do you spend bo much time
at March's cafe in the Forum? It
Isn't a good place for you to go, my
dear. BesldeB, there is always a
bunch of loafers hanging around that
loinL Whv don't you sit here at home
with me in the cool Stadium and drink
buttermilk with your loving Calathum
pla?" "Buttermilk!" sneered Julius; "such
'The Tides of March."
a drink is only for mollycoddles and
pink fingers. It doesn't make rich
blood In the veins like the hard cider
I get at March's. Avaunt and raus
mltMm!"
"But please don't go to that cafe
this mornlne." Calathumpla Kept on
nleadlnir. "Stay at home Just this
once and spread some of this delicious
buttermilk over your thirst."
"No buttermilk this day for me,"
answered Julius. "I seek a vintage
more expensive, and which tickles
more as it goes down.
"The tides of March." whispered
his wife; "remember the tides of
March!"
"Would this be the first tide I ever
By Inference.
The magistrate looked severely at
the small, red-faced man who had
been summoned before him. and who
returned his gaze without flinching.
"So you kicked your landlord down
stairs?" Bald the magistrate. "Did you
imagine that was within the rights of
a tenant?"
"I'll bring my lease in and show it
to you," said the little man, growing
still redder, "and I'll wager you'll
agree with me that anything they've
forgotten to prohibit in that lease I
had a right to do the very first good
chance I got" Youth's Companion.
Have Learned to Dress Well.
Ellen Terry says that when she
came to this country In 1883 some of
the women wore Indian shawls and
diamond earrings on the street dress
ing too grandly for the street and too
shabbily for the theater. She now
finds that the women know how to
wear the demllollet as well as their
French sisters and are beautifully
dressed, not only for the street, but in
full dress at the theaters.
HENRY
ON
UTTEKMDLK.
("HUGH M'HUGH.")
got from March?" Julius whispered
Ijack.
"The tides of March, remember,"
was her only answer: and away went
Julius to the cafo in the Forum, giv
ing an imitation of Joe Weber
whistling "Girls! Girls!" from the Bur
lesque of ."The Merry Widow," which
was then running at the Amphitheater.
What happened in the Forum when
the loafers used Julius Caesar for a
pin-cushion everybody remembers.
And when Julius dropped on tne
marble slab at the base of the bar be
gasped out: "Darn the luck! Why
didn't I fall for tho buttermilk which
The Next Time We Meet"
stlngeth not. neither does It help peo
ple to bite the dust?"
You won't find these exact words in
hlRtorv. Bunch, because Julius gasped
them In Latin, and Latin hates to get
itself translated.
Many other times in the ages
passed did buttermilk come to the
surface, bo you may take it irom me,
rtnnrh. that It is lucky to drink it.
Yes, Bunch, and I'll give you my
solemn word that buttermilk will re
move freckles. .
Catch the freckle Just before going
to bed and wrap the buttermiiK
around it.
I was reading a book on the train
the other day which attempted to put
m wisn to the reincarnation gag. It s
a far Bhout from buttermilk to rein
carnation. Bunch, but maybe you need
something like that last thing, after
so much buttermilk.
Reincarnation is a long, looBe-look-
ing word, and to a perfect stranger
it might sound suspicious, but its
bark Is worse than its bite.
The idea of a man being somebody
else in a previous existence, then
switching to another personality In
the present, is Interesting to think
about, to say the least
I've cooked up three or four studies
along these lines which may Interest
you. Bunch!
Go to it, my boy!
FIRST STUDY.
The ghost of Julius Caesar looked
threateningly at Brutus, the Stabblst:
BrutuB sneered.
"You," he said, "to the mines!"
Not one of Caesar's muscles quiv
ered. Brutus used a short, sharp laugh.
"You," he said, "on your way!"
Caesar never batted an eyelash.
Brutus pointed to the rear.
"Go away back," he said, "and use
your laziness!"
Caesar pulled his toga up over his
cold Bhoulder.
Brutus laughed again, and It was
the saucy, triumphant laugh of the
man who dodges in front of a woman
and grabs a seat on the elevated rail
road. "The next time we meet you will
not do me as you did me at the base
BUTTERMILK AND FAME
Perhaps some scientist will explain
what there Is In churned milk which
makes men wax great Think of a
Scotchman like Andrew Carnegie tell
ing what benefits may be derived from
this mild intoxicant praising it far
above the best Scotch ever distilled.
President Roosevelt has boomed a
roadside house in the National Rock
Creek reservation in Washington on
account of the excellent brand of but
termilk which may be Imbibed on Its
shady veranda. The house sells more
exhilarating drinks, but through its
buttermilk it is famous. The presi
dent and bis friends drop in there at
least once a day for a drink and some
times several times .when the air is
torrid. Gen. Miles drinks buttermilk
and so does Admiral Dewey. VIoe
President Fairbanks has said in the
presence of veritable witnesses that
earth contains nothing finer in the
way of food and drink than a slice of
cuBtard pie and a glass of cold, fresh
buttermilk. The cocktail maa is lone
of Pomnev'a statue" said the ghost
of Caesar, speaking for the first time
since we began this study.
"We will not meet again because
I refuse to associate with you," said
Brutus.
Caesar smiled, but It was without
mirth, and as cold as the notice of sus
pension ton the door of a bank.
"Yes, we will meet again," said
Caesar.
"Where?" asked Brutus.
"In the far, far future," said the
ghost of Caesar, shrleklngly, "you will
be bora into the world again by that
time, and In your new personality you
will be one of the Common People,
and you will burn gas."
"And you?" inquired Brutus.
"I will be the spirit which puts the
ginger In the gas-meter, and may
Heaven have mercy on your pocket
book," shrieked the ghost of Caesar.
Brutus took a fit, and used it for
many minutes, but the ghost kept on
shrieking In the Latin tongue.
SECOND STUDY.
Napoleon stood weeping and walling
and gnashing his eyebrows on the
battle-field of Waterloo.
He was waiting for the moving
picture man to get his photograph.
The victorious Wellington made hli
appearance, laughing loudly In his
sleeve.
"Back, Nap! Back to the Boulevard
des Dago!" commanded Wellington.
Napoleon put his chin on his wish
bono and spoke no word.
"You," said Wellington; "you to ths
Champs Ellsa! This is my victory,
and you must leave the battle-field-It
is time to close up for the night"
"We will meet again, milord," an
swered Napoleon. "Avec beau tempi
Isl bong swat!"
"What does that moan?" asked Wei
Jlngton.
"It means that the next time wi
meet I will do the swatting," an
swered Napoleon, bitterly.
"And when will that be?" inquirer"
Wellington, laughing loudly.
"In the far, far future," replied
the Little Corporal. "You will then
be one of the Common People."
"And what will you be?" Welllngtot
Asked
"You will live In Brooklyn," Na
poleon went on, like a man In
dream; "and I will be the spirit ol
progress, which will meet you at th
Brooklyn Bridge at eventide and kick
you in the slats until your appetltt
"Napoleon Stood Weeping." .
is unfit for publication. Bon solr mei
enfants du spltzbuben!"
Then the Little Corporal called a
cab and left Wellington alone on the
battle-field.
Don't mind me. Bunch; there's no
more harm -in me than there is In a
rattlesnake. Yours as Indicated,
J. H.
(Copyright. 1908, by O. W. Dillingham Co.)
Near a Bad Bargain.
Tho nepnt nf the 'titled wooer found
that the ambitious American girl had
only $150,000 a year.
Of course, he advised his principal
to withdraw.
"But," insisted the latter, "I could
crane alons: on $150,000 a year."
"Possibly, but who'd support your
wife?"
Even Jove could put forth no argu
ment against this.
some these days, and he sneaks off
by himself to Indulge. Buttermilk has
the place of honor for those who wish
to be counted among the truly great
Why Women Grow Fat
"There are more fat women to the
square mile in New York than In any
other city of the United States," said
a dealer in an anti-fat preparation.
"How -do I account for so much obesity?
Well I suppose because this la a city
of such long distances and mere are
ao manv surface and elevated car lines
in all directions that women get Into
the habit of riding wherever they go.
Thpy aoon become lacy and think they
win feel fatigued if they walk six
blocks. Then they eat heartily ana
are too fond of sweetmeats. The fair
sex seem to be mora worried over be
ing fat than thin, though I think of the
two a fat woman never looks as bad as
a fat man, because her clothes help to
hide her ungraceful proportion.
Is Peruna Useful
for Catarrh?
fthnnld a list of the insredlenU of F
rank U submitted to any medloal ex
pert, of whatever school or nationality,
he would be obliged to admit wnnoai
reserve that the medicinal herbs com-
posing Peruna are of two kinds. First,
standard and well-tried eatarrn reme
dial. Second, well-known and gener
ally acknowledged tonl) remedies.
That In one or the other of these usee
they have stood the teat of many years'
experience br Physicians of different
schools. Thore can be no dispute about
this, whatever, reruns is composed oi
soma of the most efficacious and uni
versally used herbal remedies for ca,
tarrhal diseases, ana lor sucn conaiuons
of the human system as require a tonic
Ttarh one of the minclpal Ingredients
of Peruna has a reputation of Its own
in the cure ox some pnase ox eatarrn or
as a tonic medicine.
The fact is. chronlo catarrh Is a du
ease which Is very prevalent. Many
thousand people Know iney new
chronlo catarrh. They hare visited doe
tors over and over again, and been told
that their case is one of chronlo catarrh.
It may be of the nose, throat, lungs,
stomach or some other internal organ
There is no doubt as to the nature of
the disease. The only trouble is the
remedy. This doctor has tried to cure
them. That doctor has tried to pre
scribe for them.
No other household remedy so nni-
yersally advertised carries upon 'the
label the principal active constituents,
showing that Peruna invites the toll
Inspection of the critic.
food 1
Products
Peerless
Dried Beef
Unlike the ordinary dried
beef that sold in bulk
Llbby's Peerless Dried Beef
cornea in a sealed glass jar
in which it is packed the
moment it is sliced into those
delicious thin wafers.
None of the rich natural
flavor or goodness escapes
or dries out." It reaches you
fresh and with all the nutri
ment retained.
Llbby's Peerless Dried
Deel is only one of a Great
number of high-grade, ready
to serve, pure food products
that are prepared in Libby's
Great White Kitchen.
Just try a package of any
of these, such as Ox Tongue,
Vienna Sausage, Pickles,
Olives, etc, and see how
delightfully dif
ferent they are
from others
you have eaten.
Ubby. McNeill
LCtby. Chicirjt
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