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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
GOLD IN THE CHICKENS.
Valuable Kind of Fowl Raised Out i

Colorado.
Chickens recently shipped to local
commission dealers have started them
guessing as to the diet on which they
were fattened. A consignment of these
chickens was received yesterday, be-
lieved to be from the same place as
the one received about a week ago.
And in both lots a number of small
but very bright nuggets nf gold were
found. The nuggets were found in
the craws of several birds in both con-.
signments, but it was kept a secret
by one of the finders with the hope
that they might be able to locate rich
ground. Quong All Chin. a janitor
who works in a saloon on Seventeenth
street, purchased one of the chickens.
Three gold nuggets were found in its
craw, and Quong now believes the find
an omen of good luck. One piece of
gold was large enough to be worth
over dollar. The grocers who were
lucky enough to get some of the
chickens with gold-lined stomachs
tried yesterday to find who sent in the
remarkable shipment. They have gone
so far as to get prices on prospecting
outfits and plan to be the first on the
ground in case it may be located. One
of the dealers who had some of the
chickens with nugget filled craws was
ready to go and prospect the farm
from which the poultry was shipped,
thinking that some rich creek bed
must pass through the place. AL
though the pieces were usually so
small as to be hardly noticeable, some
were found that weighed several pen
nyweights. Any more of the chickens
from the place where these two lots
were billed are likely to sell at double
the ruling market price if sold in
Denver.-Denver Republican.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
DON'T Tire Your Eyes.


1t is unwise to tire the eyes, for if
it is frequently done they are likely to
lose tone. OF course, if thoroughly
rested at night, they will bear very
frequent repetition of fatigue, but in
stead the sight will grow dim. The
eye is most dependent upon the gen.
eral health. 1t is impossible to indi-
cate just how much, and how intense
ly, the eyes may be employed, but it
is safe to say that very large number
of persons in civilized life are con-
stantly verging upon the dangers Of
exhaustion of their vision by over
straining the eyes. Such an exhaus-
ton is quite common among young
people who are kept several hours oc-
cupied with printed books. When the
eyes become sensitive to light or tired,
it is folly to force them. No exigency
is an adequate excuse for such an
abuse But resorting to dark rooms
should be reserved for extreme cases.
We have seen great many persons
seriously injured in general health,
and their sensitive eyes made the
chronic victims of weak vision, by be-
ing shut up from light and sunshine
and fresh air for several weeks for
some difficulties of the eyes which
should have been treated with nothing
more decided than green or smoked
glasses.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Navy Gets Tutuila.

Washington, March s.-The execu-
tive order issued by the president a
short time ago, placing certain islands
of the Samoan group under the con-
troll of the navy department is as fol-
lows:
The Island of Tutuila, of the Samoan
group, and all other islands of the
group east of longitude III degrees
west of Greenwich, are hereby placed
under the control of the department of
the navy for naval station. The sec
rotary of the navy will take such steps
as may be necessary to establish the
authority of the United States and to
give to the islands the necessary pro-
lection. WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
In accordance with this order, the
rotary of the navy has announced that
all the islands embraced therein ''are
hereby established into a naval station
to be known as the naval station of
Tutuila, and to be under the command
of a commandment"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15

The recent appointment of stenog-
rapher at $4,000 a year, as authorized
by the house committee on accounts,
recalls the fact that there are now
three stenographers employed by the
lower branch of congress who draw as
much money for salary as members OF
the house or senate. In what other
country does a member of the highest
legislative body and shorthand
writer draw the same pay? 1t is ad-
mitted that while congress is in session
these stenographers, at 500 week,
have a great deal of work to do, but for
a portion of each year they have moth
ing to do. The committee report au-
thorizing the third high-priced stenog-
rapher says: During the present ses-
sion of congress the demand upon the
two stenographers has been greater
than usual. On many days six COM
mittees required their services. 1t is
becoming more and more the custom to
report the proceedings of committees
as it has been found that the testimony
then taken has proved of great value in
subsequent proceedings, especially
upon questions involving appropria-
lions of money"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
HEALTHY COLLEGE GIRLS.
Indulgence In Athletics Is Bringing
About Better Phxsical Conditions.

Indulgence In Athletics Ii Bringing
About Better Physical Conditions.
1t has often been remarked that the
college girl of the present day is much
superior, physically, of her sister of a
generation ago. This is due in part to
the attention she bestows upon athlet-
les. But the gymnasium work alone
would hardly account for the i'm
proved physical condition of college
women, but taken in connection with
the system of rational athletic which
prevails at almost all these institu-
lions it has made a noble record. The
time may come, if in fact it is not al
ready here, when instead Of fearing
that the daughter of the family will
be broken down by overstudy and
graduate with a mental equipment
gained at the expense of a weakened
body, she will be sent to one of these
institutions as much to strengthen her
physique as to improve her mind. BIZ
cycling, swimming, skating, tennis,
golf, basket ball, boating and other
forms of healthful out-of-door exercise
that keeps the muscles firm and the
nerves we'll braced are working won
ders for the present generation of
young women, and this influence is
extending out from the colleges and
having its influence upon other educa-
tional institutions and upon the actual
life generally. The women's colleges
furnish the most rational athleticism
that is to be seen anywhere, and the
mems colleges might accept points
from them. Overstrenuousness is
avoided and the ambition of the stu
dents is satisfied and well-developed
physiques and Astounding health as
sured. They do not train up to the
heart-disease point. They do not
strive for abnormal results. They lay
the foundations for splendid woman
hood instead of discounting the future
by entertaining. In other words they
are preparing for a vigorous life in
stead of football game.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
FLOCK OF BUzzARDS.
The Scavcngers of Charleston, aud Worl
Everv Dav Excent Sunday.

The Scavcngers of Charleston, aud Work
Every Day Except Sunday.
Washington correspondence Chicago
Record: One of the curious sights in
Charleston is a flock of buzzards,
which, six days in the week, hover
around the streets and alleys. iand par
ticularly the market places Of that
city. They are the public scavengers
end are protected by law. They clean
the streets of garbage and other filth,
and work from dawn to sunset in a
most energetic and faithful manner on
familiar terms with the population.
They have learned not to fear any one,
but swoop down wherever they like
and carry off all the decaying animal
and vegetable matter they find. When
the sun goes down they fly across the
bay and roost in the dark groves that
line the banks of the river. They
never work on Sunday. Charleston is
a very religious city. The observance
of the Sabbath is more strict there per-
haps than in any other place of its
size in the country. The people, most
ly Presbyterians and Huguenots, re-
tain the old-fashioned ideas about the
fourth commandment Even the vul-
lures respect this sentiment, and RE
member the Sabbath day to keep it
holy" When they disappear Saturday
night they are never seen again until
Monday morning, and this has been
their habit as long as the Oldest in
habitant can remember.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Father of the House" Dead.

Philadelphia, March s.-Congress-
man Alfred C. Harmer father of the
house,, the representative from the
Fifth Pennsylvania district, is dead at
the age of rs years.
Mr.. Hamer's condition became
alarming last October, although he
had been in poor health for several
months before. His disease was pro-
nounced by attending physicians to be
acute Bright's disease. Mr.. Hamer,
who was called 1.-The father of the
house, had a long and honorable
career in congress. He served longer
and Il more congresses than any mem
Der now living. He was born in Ger
mantown, Pa, and was educated at
the public schools and at the German
town academy. He was elected to the
Forty-second congress from the Fifth
district, and served in every congress
up to and including the Fifty-ffth,
and was reelected to the Fifth-sixth,
receiving SO, 239 votes, as against 9,942
for his opponents.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Shin Burns at Sea.

Philadelphia, March s.-The Ameri-
can line steamship Rhynland arrived
here from Liverpool and reported
having sighted the Norwegian ship
Solheim, from Mobile January 90 for
Fleetwood, England, abandoned and
on fire. The Rhynland Immediately
went to the vessel to take off anyone
who might be aboard, but found no
signs of life. The fire was burning
fiercely from stern to midships, the
after part of the ship having already
been Quilted. All the sails of the ship
had either been scorched or burned.
Not finding any life, the Rhynland
blew her whistle for quite a while in
the hope that the crew of the vessel
might be within hearing and make
their whereabouts known, but the
Rhynland saw nothing and proceeded.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Thunder and Lightning.

Thunder and lightning. though nat
ural operations, are cause of great
alarm to many. 1t is seldom any per-
son is injured who keeps away from
considerable metallic substances and
avoids immediate contact with the
walls of the house. The middle of the
room is in general perfectly safe, and
the lower rooms are safer than the
upper. A bed removed at slight dis
lance from the walls of the room is in
perfect security. even if the house were
struck. When lead is used on the roofs
of buildings particular care should be
taken that it communicates with the
spouts, and by these means with the
ground. To determine the distance Of
the lightning, count the seconds be-
tween the flash and the thunder, and
reckon less than quarter of Hz4
for every sacond-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15

There is no forthcoming public doc
ument whose appearance is awaited at
Washington with greater interest than
the report of the industrial commits
sion, and that part of the report re-
lating to trusts will be read far and
wide. For nearly year and a half
the commission has been gathering
testimony from witnesses before it on
agriculture, on labor, on transportation
and trusts. Railroad presidents and
general managers, representatives OF
immense manufacturing interests, Off
GERS of such corporations as the Stand
ard Oil company, farmers, factory in
spectors of both sexes, and representa-
tive of labor organizations, such as the
railway trainmen and the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers, the American Federation OF
Labor and the Knights of Labor-all
have contributed to the vast fund Of
information now in the hands of the
commission
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Cleanliness.

One Of the most important factors
in maintaining health in good order is
cleanliness. 1t is comprised in meas
ures that tend to keep the organs clean
and in proper order to perform all
their functions. The cleanliness of the
skin and the air (purity of the air)
that we breathe in are essential for the
proper keeping of ones health. Any
impurities that are taken in breathing
find their way to the blood, and thus
serve so many centers of disease, and
are the cause of many infectious dis
eases. Again, if the skin is not kept
clean the impurities that are to be Sc
creted are unduly accumulated in the
blood and tend to give rise to severe
and often dangerous disorders, such as
skin diseases and blood-poisoning.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
lover IS may Be DEAD.
FrightfuI Explosion of Gas in a
West Virginia Mine.
MORE THAN so BODIES FOUND.

Fire Creek, W. Va, March s.-The
most disastrous mine explosion ever
known in the New river district oc-
Cured at the Red Ash mine shortly
after the miners went to work early
this morning. Although the most
heroic work of the rescuing party has
been going ON necessarily all day, it is
impossible to estimate the full extent
of the loss of life and property. More
than fifty dead bodies have already
been taken out, and the number of the
dead may reach 75 or more. 1t is
thought that forty-fve miners are yet
entombed in the wrecked mine.
The Red Ash mine is large drift
and the explosion, which was of gas,
occurred near the entrance, which was
thus closed by the falling slate, en-
tombing large number of the miners.
The scene of the disaster is between
this place and Thurmond, on the
South branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio
railway and every assistance possible
was rendered by the railway company
and by the adjoining mining towns.
The managers and bosses of all the
mines in this district came to the scene
as soon as possible and joined in the
work of rescue. 1t is impossible to
describe the amount of work done by
this concentrated army of men, but
they were greatly impeded because of
the extent of the blockade at the en-
trance of the drift.
The first successful strike of the
rescuers was when ten bodies were
discovered. 1t was found that seven
of them were already dead, and the
other three were dying. AS the miners
were located at different places in the
drift, and the explosion caused the
falling slate to blockade the rooms in
different par is of the mine, work of
rescuing the men met with one great
obstruction after another. The men
rescued at first were not far from the
entrance, while others were at much
greater distance within the drift.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
COntrfvance.

As Dr. Darwin was walking one day
in his garden he perceived a wasp
upon the gravel walk with large fly,
nearly as big as itself, which it had
caught. Kneeling down, he distinctly
saw it cut off the head and abdomen,
and then taking up with his feet the
trunk or middle portion of the body,
to which the wings remained attached,
fly away; but a breeze of wind, act
ing on the wings Of the fly, turned
round the wasp with its burden, and
impeded its progress. Upon this it
alighted again on the gravel walk, de-
liberately sawed off first one wing and
then the other, and haviSSS thus re-
moved the cause of its embarrassment,
flew off with its booty.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
General wheeler Home Again.

San Francisco, March THE United
States transport Warren has arrived
here from Manila via Hong Kong, Guam
and Honolulu. On board the Warren
are General Wheeler and his daughter,
Lieutenant Commander Briggs, United
States navy; Captain johnson, United
States volunteers, and several passen.
gers, including William Bengough, the
artist for Harpers' Weekly. The War.
rem made stop of ten days at Guam
to permit General Wheeler to make an
investigation of the government estab
lished there by Lieutenant Leary.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15

The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
the Times, remarking that sit will not
do to place overmuch reliance upon
Russia's official assurances that moth
ing will be done to embarrass England
in the present situation OF affairs,
gives additional details showing that
the delays in the ordinary traffic on
the Central Asian railway are not
caused, as has been officially stated,
by snowfalls, but are due to the pas
sage of Russian troops, estimated at
10000, who are being concentrated IN
the vicinity of Kushk. Russia is go
ing to do something soon that will not
be good for Great Britain.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15

Religious bodies, great and small,
seem to be experiencing baptism of
sacred enterprise. They are mobiliz-
ing their forces, as if making ready to
enter the coming century under that
invisible Leadership which rides forth
,"conquering and to conquer" There is
a notable decline of controversy, a
growing passion for unity, and an ur-
gent demand for the application OF
truth to life, or for bringing all hui
man affair into harmony with tbs
higher spirit. The sense of steward
ship over the Lords goods is placing
large and willing offerings at the dis
posal of church extension boards OIL
in the treasures of educational and
philanthropic institutions. Best of all
perhaps, is the spread of goodwill ant
neighborly helpfulness among al
classes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
AMERICAN. TRANSvAAL FUND
To Aid Widows and Orphans of the
Boera.

To Aid Widows and Orphans of the
Beers.
A pathetic appeal Of the committee
of Africander and Bond members OF
parliament was issued at Cape Town,
Oct. 10, 1899, signed by Messrs. N. f.
DeWaal, Joseph N. Hoffman, ]. H
Hofmeyr, Thomas P. Theron and D.
J. A. Van Zyl, which says among
other things:
What may, what can, we colonial
Africanders do in this sorrowful time.
Join in the work of warfare with the
weapons? The law and our duty as
British subjects forbid this, ever
should other circumstances not oppose
such course of action.
But what neither the law nor thu
duty of the subject forbids, and what
moreover, agrees in every respect will
all principles of religion and human
ity, is the offering of help to TIT
wounded, to the widows and thu
orphans"
In the name of the Africander bond
on behalf Of the citizens of the Soutl
African republic and their noble ally
the Orange Free State, appeal to al
Americans to show their sympath,
with the brave people who are now
in the words of John Hancock, liter
ally offering all that they have, al
that they are, and all that they hop
to be, upon the altar of their country
fighting to the death the arroganc
and imposition of the great British
empire, in order to remain free ant
Independent, as did our American
forefathers in 1776 and 1872. THEIR
WILL BE NO BOER WOUNDED o.
THE BRITISH-AMERICAN HOSPI
TAI SHIP.
Send to me your subscriptions
small and large, and will send tn
| amount to Mr.. c. C. de Villiers. Cap
| Town, the honorable treasurer OF tn
committee of the Africander bond, t
be expended under that appeal. sen
| $1,000 on Feb. %, 1900.
GEORGE w. VAN SICLEN,
American Treasurer
No. 141 Broadway, New York City.
Feb. "a, 1900.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
A Kansas Minister About Beers.

Blue Rapids, Kan, March 6.-The
Rev. E. ]. Dent, in charge of the Epis-
copal mission here who spent twelve
years in South Africa, teaching at
Bloemfontein and Grahamstown, SAYS
the Beers he saw were lazy, unintelli-
gible and unprogressive. They made
no effort to Christianize the Kafirs,
and if Kaffir should enter Transvaal
church he would be driven out. One
cause of the dislike of the Beers for the
British. was Great Britain's refusal to
allow the Beers to enslave the natives.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
MAKES HER SICK.
New jersey Woman Who Is Strangely
Affected by Light

Affected by Light
In Spruce street boarding house
there is now living an elderly spinster
who for thirty years has avoided the
light. She is no misanthrope, no re-
cluse, nor does her aversion to light
arise from any constitutional defect.
t>f wide information, charity and fond
Ct company, her peculiar condition
precluded enjoyment of society in cir
cumstances making social intercourse
most pleasant. In the evenings when
the gas is lighted she retires to
cloaked corner, and hidden under an
umbrella especially constructed to
ward off rays of light, she holds con-
verse. Thus she sits for hours, like
some sorceress, unseen by those in the
same room and not seeing those to
whom she talks and charms with his
funN of bright and interesting things.
Not that her eyesight is affected-it is
as good as that of any woman go years
of age She simply cannot bear the
light to strike her. Diffused sunlight,
as a rule, does not trouble her, but a,
tiny ray Illuminating nearby object
upsets her physical system and is fol-.
lowed by an attack of nausea. The
patient is Miss Ford of Moorestown,
N. j., a descendant of the Fords, in
whose house Washington made his
headquarters while in that part of New
Jersey. She came here recently to be
treated for her peculiar malady. The
physicians who have her case in charge
will not say whether her condition is
pathologically natural or reflex. Her
ailment has existed for thirty years.
For all that time she has been unable
to suffer the radiance of gaslight, and
when an electric light was introduced
her retirement from its presence was
rendered imperative. Its effect upon
her nervous system is so baneful that
she is made i'll, as though some nau-
seating dose had been administered to
her. So sensitive has Miss Ford be-
come TO the irritating effect of light
that should suns ray invade her cor
ner and flicker upon the hangings, or
tint the window shade, she would be
Immediately thrown into a nervous
spasm. The sun which brightens and
cheers all the world is to her a dread
visitor, whose benign sparks are NAL
evolent messengers. The effulgence all
nature glories in induces only abhor-
renee in her. When she drives out,
except on cloudy days, the curtains of
the carriage are drawn, the draperies
so arranged that there may be no in
vasion of distinct rays of light. The
most peculiar fact connected with Miss
Ford's unique condition is that it Is not
necessary for her to see the ray Of
light to be adversely affected. It's
mere presence in her immediate vicin-
ity, at her side or behind her back.
renders her Observation-Disclosures
North American.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Kentucky Republicans Call Meeting

hcnLuChy hcpuDhcahS Osth q 1hccbAHSs
Frankfort, KY, March THE call
for the state convention to inaugurate
the war against the present election
laws in this and several other southern
states, will be issued in the next day or
two. The committee and other repub-
ican leaders will confer at Louisville
and agree on a date for the convention
which will be held at Louisville few
days after adjournment of the legisla-
ture, March 10. The meeting of Louis
vile anti-Goebel elements to protest
against the recent action of the state
election board throwing out jefferson
and Madison counties, will be attended
by large number of republican mem
bers of the legislature and leaders from
over the state, and Senator Howard
Kirk and others will confer with the
leaders there to ascertain the wishes of
the party as to details of the movement
to secure the passage of non-partisan
election laws.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Death of Risbon Hennessex.

Dubuque, March 6.-Most Rev. John
Hennessy, archbishop of Dubuque, is
dead aged IA years. In March of last
year the archbishop was stricken with
partial paralysis of the brain. On Feb
ruary 10, last, he was again stricken,
and Friday night was seized with an
other stroke. When Archbishop Ryan,
Of Philadelphia, arrived the sufferer
showed signs of recognition though I'M
able to speak. The funeral will be
held Thursday. Archbishop Ryan will
pronounce the eulogy.