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Baxter Springs News
CHAS. L. SMITH, Editor, ft Owner.
BAXTER SP01ING3
KANSAS
That kidnaped girl who returned
of her own accord should claim the
95,000 reward.
When will autoniobilists learn that
reckless Joy ride generally means
death so some one?
Maybe up on Mars they regard the
earth as such small potatoes that they
MA...- 1 1. 1L I-
ucver iuuk mis way.
News that the fur crop has been a
failure In the far west Is not worrying
the women of the east
The way of the smuggler, when he
!s found out, Is fully as hard as that
of the ordinary transgressor.
Unfortunately the crop of peach
basket hats has not been In the least
spoiled by the frosts of criticism.
Oh, well, dandelions are such pretty
things that It's a shame to get a
backache digging 'em out of the
lawn.
Often a man will think very little
of the hereafter until his time comes
to die, and then he can think of noth
ing else.
Existence of one "popular" song can
be forgiven for preventing a "big
time" for the physician and the un
dertaker. Turkey knew she could not pos
sibly get a worse sultan than Abdul
Ilamld, and the masses, therefore, wel
comed a change.
A New York Jury valued a broker's
teeth at $1,000 each. With false ones
costing only $20 a set some one can
knock out all of ours. ' ! ;
Now they say the meat packers are
going Into the business of manufactur
ing shoes. It would be Just like them
to hog the whole thing. ,
Astronomers are now basing their
hopes on the assumption that Mars Is
as well advanced in telescopes as It
appears to be la canals.
Great Britain has established a food
inspection bureau after the American
plan. It has still to learn the value
of strict pure-food laws, however.
A Norwegian Inventor sends type
writing by wireless. In the part only
the thrilling glances of the blonde
typist could be sent In this manner.
On difference between high and
low society is that the domestio dis
cords of the former end In the divorce
court and of the latter In the po
lice court
Anything that will tend to make Ice
eream healthy and harmless should be
welcomed. It may also be time to
take recognition of the fact that yon
can't gauge the purity of soda water
by the fining noise It makes.
There seems to be an Increasing
tendency to restrict athletics at col
leges and universities In favor ol
scholastic work. As If any interest
would be taken In the higher educa
tion with record-breaking teams and
championship trophies cut out of the
curriculum.
It was announced In the Belgaln
parliament that the government bai
no power to stop .King Leopold from
selling works of art, treasures, etc.
The prospect however, of getting rid
of the old monarch by voluntary re
tirement ought to strike the people as
a good return on the Investment
It has been discovered that '"smug
gling trunks" with false bottoms are
manufactured In Paris expressly for
the American trade. One of these,
belonging to a wealthy Boston - wom
an, was seized by the customs officers
in v New York and found to conceal
$3,000 worth of handsome gowns. This
shows that the quickening of the na
tional conscience, of which so much
Is being made. Isn't quite swift enough
as yet- -' - ? . ' '
None but the brave deserve the fair,
and Cupid has always taken peculiar
delight In mating tsuAryo naval
and military heroes with fair brides.
Hence, the recent order that midship
men must not marry during the sii
rears of their course Is a solar plexus
lor the little blind boy. while as for
the president, who signed the bill,
- parting so many fondly beating hearts,
he wW be denounced hJ", score ol
pouting rosy lips as "a mean old
thing." . - ' ' " '
Mr. Wo, who Is the Chinese minis
ter at Washington. Is also the ac
credited representative of his govern
ment to Peru. He Is going' to that
country to present his credentials, and
Incidentally will open . negotiations
looking to the establishment of diplo
matic relations between China and
other South American countries. This
Is Indicative of China's new and pro
gress! ve policy. And Mr. Wu may be
counted on as a potent factor la ex
'tending Cnmese relations with con
temporary nations. . . .
Romances
By Albert Payson Terhune
GUTENBERG Father of Newspaper and Book.
John Gutenberg, son of an exiled
nobleman of Mains, had an Idea. The
good people of Btrasburg, where the
young man lived, early in the fifteenth
century, gave little credence to any
of his theories. Tor Gutenberg was
what would nowadays be known as a
"got-rich-qulck" crank. He had floated
several schemes, borrowed money to
perfect them,' and had in every case
failed to accomplish more than the
Impoverishing of himself and his
backers.
Gutenberg's newest Idea had come
to him on seeing a full set of playing
cards which had been constructed by
means of stamps, or dies, Instead of
by hand. To the world at large this
labor-saving process seemed wonder
ful. But' it meant nothing more than
that to any one except Gutenberg. It
set him, however, to thinking.
If a collection of blocks with vari
ous designs carved on them could be
used to mark 52 cards, why could not
a similar set of blocks be made, each
bearing one of the letters of the al
phabet, and used for printing words,
sentences, even whole pages?
For centuries a process had been
In use whereby such words, phrases
and pictures were carved upon large
blocks of wood, smeared with ink,
covered with paper and subjected to
a squeeze from a sort of cider-press.
The result was a
A Discovery and more or ,eB8 8muJ.
How It was reproductlon of
. , the carved letter
or figures. . Kings had been wont to
use monograms carved on wood or
metal to stamp signatures to state
documents. In China, as early as 175
A. D. a far more advanced form, of
printing flourished than Europe was
destined to know for more than 1,000
years thereafter.
But Gutenberg's Idea far outstripped
anything thus far dreamed of. For he
planned (by -means of many dupli
cates of each letter of the alphabet)
the first form of "movable type." By
placing, or "setting," these block let
ters In correct position he could make
quickly In his "form."
The press he devised was of two
upright timbers, with cross-pieces con
necting them at bottom and top with
two other cross-timbers, of which the
SHAKESPEARE
Revolutionized Literature
A routh of 20 the official "bad
boy" of the sedate town of Stratford-
on-Avon was again in trouble. This
time on a more Berious charge than
the heating of nleht watchmen or pil
fering of fruit or other time-honored
customs of the place. He was ac
cused of no less an offense than . the
stealing of deer from the park of Sir
Thomas Lucy, chief 'magistrate of the
community.
The youth thus accused was Will
Shakespeare, son of a formerly well-
to-do merchant who had fallen on
uch financial Ill-luck that this eldest
son of Us had been obliged to leave
school at 13 and go to work.
Younz Shakespeare was accused
not only of stealing St Thomas' deer,
but of writing a scurrilous poem con
cerning the august magistrato him
self. Altogether, Stratford became too
hot to hold him. He ran away to
London. But for that deer-stealing
eniaode the world might never nave
heard -of Shakespeare. And the march
of progress in literature and ..lan
mare as well would have lacked its
greatest impetus. Though so young,
Shakespeare- had been married lor
about two years. His wife, Anne Hath
away, was eight year his senior. Per
haps for this reason, perhaps from
poverty, he left her and his children
behind when he went to London.
Practically - penniless, the fugitive
reached the metropolis and cast about
him -for some means of livelihood.
But he had no love for routine drudg
ery nor experience in higher occupa
... Hons. So he quick
The Flflht with drlfted t0 tne
Poverty. - theaters and" re
newed acquaintance with some of the
actors with. whom he had caroused at
Stratford. He picked np a few pence
by holding the horses of men . who
came to see the plays. Later he leased
out'thk hosier J& to a number of
street urchins," who became known as
"ShakeBpeare Boys". From holding
horses to picking up bits of work In
side the theater was but a step. And
In time he was playing small parta. in
various plays of the day. ". And to,
for five-years, went on his. hand-to-hand
battle against poverty. Play
writing at that time was the crudest
sort of art . Indecency, Illiteracy,
wretched , English, poor plots and
dreary stupidity were the drama's chief
characterlala. England, in fact, was
far behind many other civilized na
tions In culture, and literature. '.
Among, the tasks allotted to Shake
of Progress
lower supported the "form" of type.
A large wooden screw ran from the
upper timber down to the center of a
wooden block or platen. When ths
"form" was put In place and inked a
sheet of paper was damped and laid
over it -and the screw turned until the
pressure stamped the inked printing
letters on the paper. It was a simple,
primitive -affair, but it revolutionized
printing and made possible all later
books and newspapers. And, like most
steps in progress, it was achieved
through suffering.
Gutenberg , induced a goldsmith,
John Faust by name, to advance him
1,600 guilders to perfect the labor of
making press and type. Then, in
1450. he Bet to work printing a Bible
, . ,L Thts-was a labor
Robbed of Fruits of flye yearB It
of His Invention. wa8 the flrBt book
ever printed, and came out in 1455
The experiment was proved a success.
Printing was at last a known art But
no one was especially enthusiastic.
The public did not realize that the
discovery amounted to much. Faust
demanded the return of the money he
had lent Gutenberg could not pay
Faust seized all the Inventor's prop
erty, including type, presses and oth
er machinery, and set up a printing
establishment on his own account
Thus, at 60, Gutenberg was "broke,"
robbed of his invention and obliged
to start life all over again.
He began afresh, with more bor
rowed money, on a new set of ma
chinery, and was finally able to re
sume printing books. But now a new
difficulty arose. Heretofore a guild
of copyists had made a living by writ
ing out copies of books for public sale.
Monks also bad gained large sums by
illuminating such books. The Inven
tion of printing, of course, robbed
both these classes of employment
Hence artisans and churchmen at
tacked Gutenberg viciously.
Worn out, childless, alone, Impov
erished, friendless, other men enjoy
ing the fruits of his lifetime of labor,
poor old Gutenberg, in 1468, died, hav
ing won the usual earthly martyrdom
and Immortal fame that seems the
dual reward of nearly all great Progress-Makers.
(Copyrighted.)
The Man Who
speare In the theaters where he acted
was the rewriting of old plays for use
on the stage and the adapting and
"building up" of parts to suit certain
famous actors. At this he achieved
an instant and marvelous success a
success . that none but the greatest
genius of his country could .ever have
achieved, for he not only revised the
plays in question, but transformed
them into vital, brilliant productions
classics for all time couched in
sublime verse and diction ' and - so
wholly changed from their original
form as to be practically new. Many
of the best plays attributed to Shake
speare were thus rewritten by him
from others' manuscripts. Nearly all
the rest were taken almost bodily
from old books, stories, poems or
legends.' This is not regarded as pla
giarism, since to each "borrowed" plot
Shakespeare gave a new Betting and
treatment and new diction and clothed
It in hia own beauty of style. In fact,
of all his plays, "Love's Labor Lost"
(perhaps the poorest of the lot) 1b
said to be the only one that was whol
ly original with him.
How . the half-educated, harum
scarum country boy ever amassed the
education to write such classics has
always been and always must remain
. a mystery. But the
Honored and Per- wr,tIng of
secuted. revolutionized not
only the drama but all literature as
welL England took and 'held a posi
tion in culture equal to that of any
nation.' Queen Elizabeth delighted to
do the new genius honor. Great men
vied for the chance of becoming his
patrons! Ills fellow actors and play
wrights in turn envied and hated him,
In 1599 he left London and returned
to Stratford, where he wiped off old
scores and earlier disgrace by buy
ing' the finest estate in the town.
There, until the his death in 1616, he
lived in luxury, courted by the chil
dren of the men who had once perse
cuted him. Even in death his genius
showed itself, for he. hit on a olever
plan to save his remains from the dis
interment so common at that time.
This four-line verse, said to have been
tla litest poem, was cut on his tomb
stone, and its wording has ever since
guarded hla'grave from molestation:
"Good friend, for Jmui eaae forbear
To dig the dust lncloe-d here.
Blest be the mil who epsres these
tones,
But curat be he who mores my bo Dee!
(Coprrtshtefi-)
NEW KINDS OF VEGETABLES.
Delicious Radishes of Unusual Size
the Result of Long an1 Care-,
ful Experiments.
(Copyright. 1909.)
About three years ago.: the united
States department of agriculture In
troduced a new radish from Japan,
which Immediately made its way as
something both striking and valuable.
It is an enormous white-skinned rad
ish with leaves two and three feet
long. The seed looks like that of the
common radish, only considerably
larger. This radish is known by sev
eral names, the most common of
which Is SakuraJIma.
It Is claimed to reach the weight of
80 pounds in Japan. The heaviest one.
they were able t? grow at the Rhode
Island station weighed 18 pounds, and
In various tests with seed secured
from various places It averaged 15
pounds, which made a pretty good
sized radish.
It grows about a foot and a half
long, and about eighteen inches
through. Its leathery skin is easily
removed, revealing beneath a crystal
whiteness, very solid, and in texture
like an extremely fine apple. It tastes
like our earliest radishes of the high
est quality. It has the rare merit of
being freo from rankness or biting
character even in the heat of summer
or fall. It never grows corky or pithy
and grows equally well in every kind
of soil.
The SakuraJIma may be eaten in
many ways. It is sliced and eaten
raw, or may be boiled and served very
much as we cook turnips; in China
and Japan It is sliced and sprinkled
with salt and allowed to stand for
about twenty-four hours, then washed
and served. The leaves also are
edible. They may be cooked as
greens, are far more delicate than
kale, and are finer for this purpose
than any of the well-known greens
used in different portions of the
country.
Unlike the smaller members of the
great radish family, SakuraJIma Is at
Its best In the summer time, when all
other early radishes have become un
datable. Pulled the last of Novem
ber, after several hard freezes, it
proved sweet and palatable.
Sea kale Is not what can be termed
a new gnrden vegetable, but It is
ilassod among the "fancy" vegetables.
It is net common, because an Idea
has prevailed that It cannot produce
results worth "while in less than four
years. This has recently been proved
an erroneous idea. It is a most de
licious vegetable, combining as It does
the flavors of asparagus, cauliflower
and celery. The edible portions are
the naked leaf stalks, which are
forced and bleached.
They look at first sight like celery
3talks, but htrte a distinctive taste of
their own unlike any other vegetable.
It may also be cooked and served
with drawn butter, in which form it
resembles stewed celery, tastes some
thing like blanched asparagus, but
has withal a special and delicious
flavor all Its own.
Good Hay for Horse.
Many farmers still have the notion
that clovar hay Is not fit to feed work
horses. It Is one of the best of hays
for horses. It contains good muscle
ind energy-producing materials. It is
ilmost twice as rich as timothy, hence
less amount Is needed. A good way
to use clover with horses is to feedlt
aalf and half with timothy. Clover
hay is a good bowel ' regulator, and is
generally beneficial if fed with cau
tion. Money in Farm Animals.
Live stock of all kinds is now on a
high' basis and no doubt will continue
io for some time to come. There Is
money in growing farm animals, both
for the animals themselves and for
the good they do in producing fer
tilizer at home. Keep all young stock
growing on pasture, and do not be
afraid to feed a little grain to supple
ment the grass ration.
Take Care of the Colts.
. Don't let the colts go out into pas
ture skin poor. Keep them in good
flesh with hay and grain foods. Corn
tnd clover hay are about the best
teeds for these young animals, and
they will etff them all the year round.
Dry clover hay is relished by all cat
tle and horses even when on good
summer pasture, and It is a good
thing to give them a dally feed of it
A Good Rotation. -A
good rotation for mixed farming is
wheat, clover, meadow one year, cow
pasture for one year, corn and oats
one year. This makes a six-year ro
tation. Where there . are permanent
pastures on the farm one year can be
eut out by pot pasturing the clover the
second year.
Asparagus Seed.
Asparagus seed is slow to germinate
but it will nearly all grow, neverthe
less. It wlU start quicker if It is first
soaked in warm water. Radish seed
mixed with it will mark the rows so
cultivator can be' used.
iiit
HOME-MADE STUMP PULLER.
Contrivance for the Extermination of
"Grubs" of all Kinds, from Big
Pine Dowp.
This part of Michigan Is ynew, so
we have a great many stumps to deal
with, of all kinds and sizes, from the
monstrous pine down to ' the small
hardwood, or "grubs," as the latter
are called here.- The illustration
shows the general construction of a
kind of machine which is in general
use here for pulling stumps, says a
writer in the Rural New Yorker. I
cannot give sizes, because they are
made In all sorts to suit the work they
have to do. The timbers for legs, etc., -
A Stump Puller.
do not need to be sawed or hewed, a
round pole will do as well, if it is only
stout enough. A blacksmith can make
the irons, and any farmer who is
handy with tools can put one up, the
one thing Important to know being
that every part must be very strong
and rigid, as the strain is something
Immense. The tackle block at the bot
tom (on the "shoe") Is single; the
others may be double, triple or even
quadruple, according to the power
needed-Ho do the work. The large
clevis, hanging from the lever, can be
changed to different holes, as shown,
to give more or less power, as needed.
The tackle blocks should be iron or
steel, and a half-inch wire cable is
much better than a hemp rope. The
way to use the apparatus will readily
uggcst itself from the picture.
DESTROYING THE BUGS' NESTS
Contrivance for the Destruction of
Plant-Deatroylpg Insects and
Their Nests.
Take a piece of tin or sheet Iron
a sire it into a sort of funnel; the
wider the opening
at the top the bet
ter it will be."
Fasten this funnel
to any pole of suf
ficient length to
reach the caterpil
lar webs, and
rive a wire nail up through the pole
..t A so that the sharp end projects an
:nch or two into 'the funnel.. This is
o hold the oil-saturated corn cob
.vhich is used to burn the nests.
Now, when your machine is com
plete, light the fire, hold the fire and
unnel directly beneath the nest to be
)urned, and the rest 1b evident. The
reat advantage of this device Is thai
'.he funnel catches all . caterplllara
which fall. Max M. Lutton.
8carcity of Farm Help.
The great problem of farming com
munities today is the scarcity ol
farm help, which makes It increasing
ly difficult for the farmer to l?ave
home. It hardly seems possible thai
within a few hours' ride of our greaf
cities, help cannot be secured, but out
farmer friends assure us that it la
easier to pick bank notes off black
berry bushes than to find a man to
milk cows and take care of stock on
the farm and yet there are thousands
lit the cities who are serving long
hours at unwholesome work for the
merest pittance, who might acgaln
health and manhood by taking up
country work. National Magazine.
PROPER CARE OF HORSES.
Many horses are ruined by being
brought Into the barn too hot and left
to stand in a cold draught or hitched
to a post to stand.
A good currying occasionally does
not make a sleek horse. It takes
every-day grooming to open tho pores,
soften the skin and produce a good,,
healthy, Bleck coat
The colt's training must begin shortr
ly after birth. A halter should be put
on so he can.be caught and bandied
every day. Never tease him.
Regularity of work counts in every
thing, and especially in the handling
of animals.,.
The horse that is worked regularly
acquires strong muscles and tough
shoulders, --
Many farmers allow telr work
horses to remain idle for several days
or weeks at a time, and then Imme
diately put them into hard service.
It is a better plan to arrange some
work for the "horses dally. In this
way their bodies never become soft
and weak, hence they seldom become
ill or injured and are always in train
ing for efflclent service.