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Baxter Springs News
CHAS. L. SMITll! Editor ft Owner.
BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS
Medical Inspection of All Immigrant
Millions of Immigrants hare coma te
this country, and the numbers are con
stantly Increasing. Each Immigrant ll
examined by a service medical officer,
and those found suffering from loath
some or dangerous contagious diseases
Insane persons, Idiots, epileptics and
those likely to become a public charge
because of infirmities, are detained
and the Immigration officials deport
them to the country from which the?
come. This Inspection of Immigrant!
Is carried on not only at our. seaports
but also along the Canadian and Mexi
ran borders wherever there Is direct
communication by steamboat or rail
road. This inspection serves to keej
out the thousands of sick and disabled
who would become a burden upon pub
tic and private charities. It also keepi
out thousands of cases of contagloui
dlse'aees. The service maintains 21
marine hospitals, and 141 marine-hospital
Btatlons, where medical treat
ment is given to sailors of the mer
chants marine. Over 65.000 sallori
were thiiB treated during the last fiscal
year. This care of sailors serves twe
useful purposes besides its direct bene
fit to the sailor, remarks the National
Magazine for January. Seamen taken
111 or injured while en route to, or at a
port, would necessarily have to be left
by the vessel for treatment at the port
which In the majority of cases would
not be the sailor's home. The sick
would therefore suffer unmerited neg
lect, or become a burden upon the
charity of a community to which they
did not belong. Further, if the illness
be of a contagious nature, they be.
pome a menace. Deep-water sailors, be
cause of the nature of their life, are
prone not to form fanifly ties, and
when these men contract tuberculosis,
as many do, they both suffer them
selves because of the lack of a home in
many cases, and in addition endanger
the community in which they live. For
these men the service maintains a
large sanitarium at Fort Stanton, New
Mexico. This sanitarium is on a reser
vation of 38 square miles, located on a
plateau in cfntral New Mexico at an
altitude of 6,150 feet Here there are
200 or more patients continually under
treatment. Some remain until cured,
others remain a few months during
which time they become Improved and
learn how they must live if they would
recover, and how to conduct them
selves for the protection of others.
Others, of course, less fortunate, never
leave the sanitarium, but their dayB ol
Illness have been rendered as comfort
able as possible.
According to information from Phila
delphia the discovery of the tuberculo
ids bacillus by Prof. Koch has been fol
lowed by another very important
achievement. Dr. Handle C. Rosen
bergh, holding the chair of bacteriolo
gy at Jefferson Medical college, is cred
ited with having found a way by which
the tuberculous germ can be prevented
from reaching the lungs, and It is be
lieved that by the adoption of proper
preventive measures, including simple
treatment and supplying abundance oi
fresh air, the bacillus can be destroyed
and so made harmless and thus sen
ous risk to the person infected can b
averted. Coming at a time when ex
ceptionally energetic and intelligent
effort is put forth In the war against
the "white plague," says the Troy (N.
Y.) Times the announcement will be
received with the keenest interest
Anvthlne that can minimize the dan
gers of tuberculosis is to be warmly
welcomed.
"Mark Twain" Incorporated.
Whatever may be the psychic condl
tion of Samuel L. Clemens, Mark
Twain may be presumed to have part
ed with bis soul having converted
himself, his name and all that pertains
thereto into that soulless no less than
Invisible and iniangible entity known
as a corporation. But it is in a good
cause, that this psychic annihilation
has been endured, and the world fill
be disposed to .praise rcther than
blame him for what is an act of real
providence and forehandedness. It is
for the sake of his children, says the
New York Globe, who as his heirs may
be able because of this action to enjoy
the fruits of his labor much longer
than they otherwise wou-4. For It la
believed that Mark Twain, incorporat
ed. will be proof against all pirates, re
spectable or otherwise, where plain
Mark Twain would be wllsout derense
It Is even fondly hopec that Mark
Twain, Incorporated, will be able. In
som sort, to prevail against tne copy
right law
I'VE BEEN
THINKING
About American Fathers
By
Charles Battell Loomis
(Copyright by W. Q. Chapman.)
Have you ever been ''the head" of
a family made up of strongly indi
vidualized members?
"Ain't It awful.. Mabel!" (to ubo a
cant phrase that I particularly loathe).
"Shall the people rule!" They ao
rule in my house, although I am the
head. The "people" are my son John
and my daughter Dorothy, our cook
and the wife of my bosom, Mrs.
Courtlay.
It necessarily follows that I am Mr.
Courtlay, because such a thing as
divorce is unknown in my family, and
so my wife's name is the same as
mine.
You know I hold that divorce
doesn't really change a woman's name.
If she gets married to a man to begin
with that settles It His Is her name
to the end of the chapter. It may be
a whim of mine, but If I can't have
my own way in my own house I can
at least have my own whims.
Well. Mrs. Courtlay has a good mind
and it is a mind of her own. I do not
pretend to influence it. Oh, yes I do.
The Head of
To speak exactly, I do pretend to in- j
fluence It, but everybody in my fam
ily is on to the pretense and we all
laugh at it together.
My oldest child, John, is 22, and he
has voted once.
I have always voted the Republican
ticket. I did it because my father
did It before me and because I was.
brought up to think that a mugwump
was a disgrace to any family, and It
was, of course, out of the question to
be a Democrat. So I voted the Repub
lican ticket and was secretly glad
when Grover Cleveland was elected.
John voted for a Democrat who was
known to be Inferior in every way to
the Republican candidate for governor
of my state, and he did it Just to show
his independence. I couldn't help be
ing proud of him even while I de
plored his plg-headedness.
The evening before election day I
had taken him aside and I had said
to him: "John, you are about to en
Joy the most blessed privilege that
an American lias if he doesn't hap
pen to be a woman paying taxes and
responsible for debts and owning real
estate you are about to cast a vote,
and I hope that you will show your
party loyalty by voting as your fa
ther and grandfather did before you.
even though the Republican candidate
be the devil himself."
And John, who is taller than I, looked
down at me bentgnantly and said:
"Father, I have a mind of my own
and a vote of my own, and Just to
show that a Courtlay is not neces
sarily a faithful dog with a collar on
his neck I will vote for Mulrennan, al
though I do not think he is as good a
man as Bradford."
"Are you a mugwump?" I almost
wept
"There Is no such thing as a mug
wnmn now." said he. "but they were
honorable men with convictions who
dared throw off the party yoke. Most
menof my generation refuse the yoke,
tather. an you are a dear old moss-
"3
hark and a back number. And lH
tell you something else, father. I be
lieve that by next year 111 vote the
Socialist ticket"
Yes, that's what he said.
Take my daughter, also. I don't
mean take her away, because we are
not thinking or marriage for her until
she Is 22 at least, and she is only 19.
I am a Christian. Well, of course,
I don't mean that I act like one. That
would be expecting too much. A fel
low doesn't have to act like a Chris
tian in order to be one unless be hap
pens to be a Unitarian. And I am not
one. Some one referred to a Unitarian
the other day as a "near-Christian."
"Yes," said mother, "they are nearer
Christianity than any other sect"
Dut to get back to my daughter. I
am a Christian.
She is an agnostic.
It's only Independence. I tell you
what, If I had understood how this
new generation was going to act I
would have become an infidel when
the children were born so as to insure
their being Christians.
My daughter is a well behaved child
and I think she Is well intentloned,
and I know she Is generous and kind
hearted, but she will not go to church.
It makes it very hard on me, because
as John stays away from church be
cause he doesn't approve of our pas
tor's brain. I have to go to church
myself or else let my wife go alone.
I'd rather play golf If I knew how.
Take one more example. We had
to pull up stakes and move this fall.
Owner wanted to keep house himself.
I am naturally a man of decisive
mind (I'vo been successful in busi
ness aqd that counts for something
these days) and I made up my mind
at once that we would try the city,
having lived in the suburbs for a num
ber of years.
As my son is a student at Yale It
the Family.
didn't make any difference to him
where we spent the winter, so ne am
Tint nirr nnv nhleetion. but IDT daugh
ter said: "Thafs idiotic, father. You
know how I like out of doors. We 11
stay where we are. It'll be easy
Annneh to eet another rent"
My daughter used so authoritative
an air, and there seemed so much to
recommend a suburban life, that I
"Oh, very well; we'll see what we
can do here."
Then my wife said: "No, I'm sick
nf suburban life. It's neither one
thing nor the other, and as the city
is bad for all our throats we'll move
to the country. Brother George was
onvlnir the other day there's an
abandoned farm not three miles from
Wis place, and it would be lovely
thfr "
"Very good," said I. "I'm perfectly
agreeable" (and I am). "Let's go ana
look nt the abandoned farm." -
"What, and be country frumps?"
Rnlrl mv dauehter.
"Ah, I hadn't thought of that" aaid
I, wavering. (I was born In the coun
trr hut that was rears ago.)
Thpn John snoke ud. "The best
thing for you to do will be to move to
New Haven and then I can see some
thing of you old folks." (I'm not yet
60, mind you, and I feel as young as
I did when I didn't vote for Cleve
land.) "The very thing to do," said X, but
that afternoon my wife told me that
our servant whom we have had for
three years (we've thought of exhibit
ing her) utterly refused to leave the
suburb in which we live, and so we all
of us bowed to superior-force, and
we're living across the street from
our old house and Tm still running for
trains.
And I am also still the nominal bead
of the family.
And I want to shake hands with
thousands like me all over this kroar"
land.
We might be divorced.
AWFUL GRAVEL ATTACKS
Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills After
Years of Buffering.
I. A. Rlppy, Depot Ave., Gallatin,
Tenn aays: "Fifteen years ago kid
ney disease attacked
me. The pain In my
back was so agonis
ing I finally had to
give up work. Then
came terrible attacks
of gravel with acute
pain and passages ol
blood. In all I
passed 25 stones,
some as large as a
Dean. Nino years of this ran me down
to a state of continual weakness, and
I thought I never would be better un
til I began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
The Improvement was rapid, and
since using four boxes I am cured and
bare never had any return of the
trouble."
Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a box.
Foster-Mllburn Co Buffalo, N. Y.
rt wa All believe that It is
better to give than to receive until
some one passes around the hat
n..i u-Mir. arr. Watery Etn
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com
...... -H-wi ku Vvrwrinnced Physician. Mu
rine Doesn't Smart: Soothes Eye Pain.
Write Murine Kye ivmcujr -o., ih-b.
tor Illustrated Eye Book. At Drasglau.
What His Wife Gave Him.
Th hogs builder was standing on
the edge of the great cavity at Thirty
fourth street that they have been dig
ging for the past few years, when an
Irishman walked towara mm.
Look here," he said. "Didn't I nre
you yesterday?"
"Yes," said tne insnman, ua t
don't want you to do it again, either.
m wtr rave me the devil about It
when I got home." New York Times.
A Needed Changs.
tv narv ripnnrtment recently re
ceived from the commander-in-chief
of the fleet an official communication
relative to certain changes recom
mended by him to be made in the uni
form ehtrt of the enlisted men. In ac
cordance with custom this letter was
forwarded to various officials ror com
ment or expression of opinion, the re
mnrira nf earn officer being appended
on an indorsement slip. Each indorse
ment introduces the subject matter of
the letter in a brief, and one of them
thus tersely explained the conienw.
"Commander-in-chief desires to change
shirt" Llppincott's.
IMPUDENCE PERSONIFIED.
Robert Rustler What did you say
was the title of your new song?
Successful Chorus Lady I call It
"The Proposal."
Robert Rustler And the key?
Successful Chorus Lady B minor.
Robert Rustler B mine eh? How
would you like to change It for a key
In A flat?
DIDNT KNOW
Coffee Was the Cause.
Many dally habits, particularly ot
sating and drinking, are formed by fol
lowing our elders.
In this way ill health Is often fas
tened upon children. A Ga. lady says:
"I had been allowed to drink coffee
ever since I could remember, but even
as a child I had a weak stomach,
which frequently refused to retain
food.
"The taste of coffee was in my
mouth all the time and was, as I found
Dut later, the cause of the stomach re
belling against food.
"I now see that it was only from fol
lowing the example of my elders that
I formed and continued the miserable
habit of drinking coffee. My digestion
remained poor, nerves unstrung, fre
quent headache, and yet I did not sus
pect the true cause.
"Another trouble was a bad, muddy
complexion for which I spent time and
money for creams, massaging, etc,
without any results.
"After I was married I was asked to
trr Postum. and would you believe it
L an old coffee toper, took to Postum
from the very first We made it right
according to directions on the pkg
and it had a most delicate flavor, and I
at once quit coffee, with the happiest
results.
"I now have a perfectly clear, smooth
skin, fine digestion and havent had a
headache In over two years."
"There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battlf
Creek, Mich. Read. "The Road to Well
rille," in pkgs.
Ever re letter A
fraaa tint tm time. Th
trae. ul fall of k
latarcaC
MEDIUM INCREASE 15
FARM LANDS.
"SOUTHERN ALBERTA IS A
MIGHTY GOOD COUNTRY."
No stronger or better evidence can
be given of the merits of a country
than that which comes from the testi
mony ot the settler who has deter
mined to succeed. This Is why we
reproduce the following letter, which
speaks for Itself. These people were in
duced to go to Western Canada
through the solicitation ot a Canadlaa
Government agent, who secured for
then the low railway rates.
"Carmangay, Alta., Canada, 12-15-'08.
"Mr. C J. Broughton, Canadian Gov
ernment Agency, 135 Adams Street,
Chicago: We had audacity enough to
tackle the proposition of buying four
sections of land In Southern Alberta,
thirty miles east of Clalrsholm and
beading up on the Little Bow, and our
two boys each got a homestead ad
joining. We fenced three sections and
the two homesteads, and built a house,
barn, corrals and granary, and have
since enlarged some of these build
ings. We have broken 200 acres ot
land, which has been sowed to oats
and wheat During the severe winter
of two years ago the winter wheat
killed out somewhat, and our crop
yielded only ten bushels to the acre,
but the spring wheat went 24 bushels
to the acre. In this country we must
be prepared for storms and cold, at
times 20 to 30 below tero, yet on the
whole the winters are mild; and while
there are exceptional crops, it Is fair
to say that the average farmer can
depend on having a yield in average
years of from 20 to 25 bushels to the
acre for spring wheat; and winter
wheat in our immediate neighborhood
yields from 25 to 30 bushels to the
acre on the average.
We have now quite a bunch of
horses, over 50 in all, about 250 sheep,
after having sold 140 for mutton thia
fall. We have 20 head of pure bred
registered Shropshire, which are
worth $20 each. The average price
received for mutton sheep was I5.001
inri & little over. Pork brings 5 and
6 cents a pound. We have about 30
head of cattle on our ranch now,
and laBt winter they picked their en-
tire living from our pasture, running:
to the straw stacks for shelter at night
"The increase of land values nas
heen extraordinary. Our land four
years ago cost us a little less than
$0.00 an acre. We have sold one sec
tion for 115.00, but we would not seu
any more for less than 125.00 per acre,
as we expect the railroad within four
miion of our ranch within the next IS
months. Southern Alberta of West
ern Canada is a mighty good country
for any manorwomanwholovesoutdoor
life, and who wants to get gooa re
turns for their labor and investment
'TT have been Blessed with our
treatment from the Canadian Govern
ment, and can heartily commend South
era Alberta as a plendid country la
which to locate.
"Yours very truly,
(Signed)
"JAMES S. AINSLIE AND SONS.
And He Probably Did.
What can I do." roared the flery
orator, "when I see my country going
to ruin, when I see our oppressors
hands at our throats, strangling us.
and the black clouds of hopelessness
and despair gathering on tne nonzon
to obliterate the golden sun of pros
perity? What, I ask, can I do?"
"Sit down! shouted tne auaience.
FINE RECIPE FOR COLDS
Mix half ounce of Concentrated pine
sompound with two ounces of glycerine
and a half pint of good whiskey.
This simple mixture is to be used in
doses of a teaspoonf ul to a tablespoon
ful four times a day. The bottle should
be well shaken each time.
Any druggist can supply the ingredi
ents and it can be mixed at home.
The Concentrated pine is a pine prod
act refined for medical use. It comes
only in half ounce bottles, each en
closed in a round case, which is air
tight and retains all the original
strength In the fluid, but be sure it is
labeled "Concentrated" in order to get
the genuine article.
Those enjoying prosperity should al
ways be ready to assist the unfor
tunate. Demosthenes.
Do not neglect constipation, for thia con
dition poisons the blood and leads to chron
ic ill health. Garfield Tea, the mild herb
laxative, corrects constipation, keeps the
blood pure, and the health good.
Take time by the forelock. Swift
Be wise to-day; lis madness to de
fer. Young.
ONLY OKE BROMO QUIKUHT
rbat It mXATIVS? BROMO Ql'lXINK. Look fat
rrT to Car a Cola la On 1MJ. tbc
First relieve the needy; then, If
need be, question them. Rule of the
Benedictines.
Kn, Window ttoetbiiMr Bynp.
forehlldrea ttotbtn. aofieM tba minu, redoea ta
.-.u,iirlaiir"'lt,""M- Stoakotu
You might say ot a legal wedding,
-Certainly knot"