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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
industrial Union Robbed.

Chicago, April 26.-Burglars entered
the Office of the Industrial Union and
carried off every record and book be-
longing to the organization. The mem
bership list containing the addresses of
between $500 and 3, 900 men of various
trades who do not belong to the unions
affiliated with the Building Trades
Council was carried away, together
with all the correspondence since the
Industrial Union came into existence.
The records of the Industrial Union
are worth nothing to anybody except
enemies of the organization, and who
ever stole them is now in position to
supply the address of every one of our
members and thus make it easy for
pickets to assault them. There is a
duplicate set of books, and the loss OF
the ones stolen is not going to disrupt
the organization.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

Following the lean years" of the
panic hundreds of those who had
sought homes in America returned to
their native land, some comparatively
wealthy, and others not This was a
most unusual condition and probably
will not soon occur again. From pres
ent prospects there will be great rush
from Europe to America this season.
One agent of steamship and immi-
grafton company estimates the num-
Der of those probably new-home seek
ers at 100000, distributed in national
ity as follows: Irish, 100000; Swedes,
Danes and Norwegians, 100000; Ger
mans, 100000; Italians, $4,000; French,
10000; Poles, 10000; English, 1000;
Scotch, 1000; Greeks, 1000; Turks.
1000; Swiss. 1,5OO. The Irish still
lead.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
TERRELL TALKS OF TURKEY.
Sultan Abdul Hamid the Most In
teIIectual He Met.
NO AMERICANS WERE KILLED.

Kansas City, April 27.-An interview
has been given by ex-Minister Terrell,
who represented the United States in
Turkey. He says that he agrees with
General Lew Wallace in his estimate of
the Sultan of Turkey. "There is much
ignorance" he says about the nature
of our claims against Turkey. We
claim indemnity for the burning of
missionary property at Harpool and
Marasch, places then dominated by
Kurds and fanatlcal populace and re-
mote at the time from consular protec-
ton. Missionaries claim that the
burning was done with the aid or con-
nivancc of the Turkish soldiers. The
Porte has insisted that it was done by
Kurds and by an ungovernable mob
Our claim is sustained by circumstances
resting on missionary evidence; the de-
NAL of the Turks is sustained by Off
cial reports of the Turkish officers and
pashas, and the issue of fact has not
been settled by an impartial tribunal.
1.-The burning was done during the
Armenian massacres, and the Kurds
have been the enemies of the Armenians
from the time of Xenophon. Turkey,
by the treaty of Berlin, is under a
quasi-protectorate of the six great Eu-
ropean powers. The claims of Russia
and several other powers for indem-
nifty on account of spoliations are far
greater than ours and it would seem
that while those powers refrain from
enforcing their claim we should hest
tate long before disturbing the peace
of Europe by resorting to force. We
.hould not forget that no American
citizen was hurt. Though they were
living in their missions from the sea to
the Persian border, Turkish soldiers
placed over them by the Sultan pro-
tected them.
until a New York newspaper sent
the Rev. Hepworth to Turkey to find
out and report the cause of the Ar
menian massacres, our people were
taught to believe that the Armenians
were killed because they were Chris
tians and that the Sultan was devil
incarnate. Since DR.. Hepworth re-
ported that the massacres were caused
by the plots of the Armenians to de-
stroy the Turkish government we have
heard no further abuse of the Turks
The Oldest Christian churches in the
world are in the Ottoman empire, and
while the Turk must pay tariff on
every imported article, our missionaries
there import free of duty everything
they need. Healthy public sentiment
should protect the president in his for
eign diplomacy against the spirit of
religious intolerance. 1 pressed our
claims for indemnity to the utmost
limit of friendly diplomacy while in
Turkey. If the Sultan has ever prom
ised to pay it he will keep his word,
and if he ever made the promise he will
not deny it. regard him as an honest
man. know him well, and believe
he was the most intellectual man met
while in Europe"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

After all. the failure of the Ameri-
can Students League of Chicago was
quite worth while. The organization
proposed to send teachers and students
to the Paris fair at an expense of $500
apiece. 1t collected considerable money
and spent a good deal on prelimina-
ries. Then, through no direct fault Of
the promoters, conditions changed so
that the contract could not be carried
out. This has happened to other pro-
jects-and in about nine cases out of
ten the sponsors of the project have
charged the expenses against the col
lections. But Supt. Andrews and
Profs. Rogers, French and Rowland,
who lent their names to the Students
League project, propose to pay the ex-
penses themselves and return all of
the collections to the subscribers. The
case is rare enough to deserve honor
able mention.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
Newspaper In the English Tongue.

That the English-speaking people
are the greatest newspaper readers is
shown by the fact that considerably
more than one-half of the newspapers
published in the world are printed in
the English language. 1t is estimated
that there are now fully $4,000 news
papers published in the world; of this
number the United States and Canada
issue nearly 81 900. Great Britain about
5000, Germany 5000, France over 1000
Japan 1000, Italy 1900, Australian
gary, 1900, Spain 1000, Russia 800
Australia 800, Greece 600, Switzerland
$50, Holland 300. Belgium 300. About
1000 more are published in other parts
of the world.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
Gum, where They want Th.m.

London, April 25.-The strong body
of endorsements which Lord Roberts
sent to assist the relief of Wepener and
to endeavor to develop and cut off the
Beers from retreat northward fur
nishes further evidence that the Beers
are assembled in much larger forces
around Wepener than had hitherto
been supposed. and, whatever may be
the difficulties of roads and rains, the
Beers always appear to have guns. and
sometimes big ones, where they want
them.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

1t has been proposed in New York
to prohibit by law the publication OF
scandalous matter found on the per-
sons or in the possession of suicides or
of those who have attempted suicide.
This would be a good thing to do.
Persons who take their own lives are
often insane. If not actually deranged,
their minds are in so morbid condi-
ton as to unfit them for calm and ac-
curate statement. 1t often happens
that, with the intention of explaining
their act, they leave a letter or scrap
of paper which reflects cruelty upon
the character of one or more living
persons. The sensational newspapers
print the letter under glazing head
lines, and the injured person has no
redress. A mere denial counts for lit
tie, and there is no defense against
the calumnies of the dead.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
K.N,as, war E1penses settlad.

Topeka, April Ex-Governor Stanley
has received notice from the war de-
partment that the states claim for
expenses incurred in raising the four
volunteer regiments for the Spanish
American war had been pared down
81, 1O6.65 and allowed. The state put
in bill for S37, 7s7. 81 and the govern.
ment allowed $50, 6s1.19. The war de.
partment has ordered voucher made
out for the amount of the allowance
and will forward it to the governor in
q few days.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

The war department has lately pub
lished a list of the officers and men of
the United States army who have re-
ceived medals or been especially COM
mended for gallantry during the last
two and half years. Two of the fifty
officers whose names are mentioned,
and thirty-three of the enlisted men,
are colored. In view of the relatively
small number of negro troops in the
army, this is a record Of which our
dark-skinned brother may well be
proud Evidently the color line is not
drawn at the firing line.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

little courage, 1 stepped around be-
hind the leanto and fired both barrels
of the shotgun up into the air, think
ing in that way to brighten away our
tormentor. 1t seemed to have con-
trary effect. Almost simultaneously
with the discharge of the secon1 bar
rel, with short but awfully piercing
yell, the brute jumped toward the
place where l stood from his standing
place, thirty or forty feet back in the
bushes, and landed so near me that I
only very dimly by the light of the fire
actually felt on my face some of the
dirt he kicked up when he landed. The
leap was so sudden and unexpected
that l was, for the moment, paralyzed
with fright and stood like dummy,
waiting for him to seize me, as I fully
expected he would 1 could see him
behind me. for you know how one is
bothered when going away from 4
light and looking at once into the
| darkness beyond. Within a few sec
onds my wits returned, and l made
break for the protection of the fire,
leaving the cat crouched in the shad-
ow back of our camp.
"a sudden inspiration led me to
think of a little bundle of nails we
| had brought to help build the shelter
with. Hastily turning big charge of
powder into the right barrel, wadding
it with piece of lining from my jack
| ct, l then charged it with a good sized
| handful of those nails, rammed home
another bit of cotton to hold them in
place, and felt ready for fight. The
way that brute had jumped right up
| into our camp had made me mad, az
| soon as 1 recovered from the first
shock of it, and 1 thirsted for mis-
blood, fully determined to put an end
to his bowling for good and all if he
gave me a chance.
Telling George to back me with his
axe, l crept round the corner of the
camp and, after looking for two or
three minutes, was able to make out
the animal still crouching in the par
tial shadow of maple tree. 1t was, OF
course, foolish thing to do. for a
miss would have brought wounded
| panther right on top of us in a jiffy,
but my blood was up and 1 could not
| wait another second, so drawing UP
| the gun, 1 took a good aim at the
outlines in the shadow and pulled the
| trigger.
The recoil of the heavy charge al
most knocked me over backward, and
at first could not tell what had hap
pened. But the beast was still lying
in the same place when looked, and.
taking a burning stick from the fire,
we both approached him with axes,
ready. He was quite dead and that
handful of nails had torn an ugly
hole in his neck.
$50 l know. as I said before, that
there have been panthers in Maine.
| the tip of his tail to his nose, and his
| Jump, when we came to look things
over by daylight, must have been over
| 80 feet.
I'VE were too much excited to sleep
any more that night, and the next,
after skinning the panther, we had IL
go out to Madrid to tell the story and
send the hide to a taXidermist II
came out in the discussion that fol-
| lowed our adventure that no panthers
had been seen in that vicinity for more
than Is years, with the exception OF
one big one which had been caught in
a trap the preceding spring by the
farmer who lived the nearest to the
scene of our night combat"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Parma Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Dairy Notes.


The cooperative creamery has in
It great possibilities Many a time,
however, the cooperative creamery is
ruined by bad management. Perhaps
1t is unfortunate that the managing
committee is too frequently composed
of men that have a too great regard
for economy. The cooperative cream
cry should have good manager and
he will cost money. A poor manager,
that is, one without the necessary
training, can be had at a much lower
price than can the trained man. Yet
it will generally pay to have trained
and experienced man to take charge,
and unless the company or association
is willing to pay good salary and
then give the manager a good deal Of
authority, there is little chance of sue
cess.
At what price can milk be sold
wholesale and still return a profit?
This is a question that we would like
to have some of our readers answer.
An eastern paper has been asking a
somewhat similar question of many OF
saying that when milk is sold at and
219 cents per quart it is a losing
transaction. If this is so then the
farmers that supply much of the sum-
mer milk to New York must certainly
lose heavily, for the summer prices
have in some instances dropped down
to 81 cents per 100 pounds or about
one cent per quart. Even at 81 per
hundred pounds there is little if any
profit in the transaction, when all
things are considered. Conditions In
the west differ somewhat from those
in the east and we would like to hear
the opinions of western shippers of
milk.
Foot-and-mouth disease has again
broken out in England after having
been apparently extinct there for
about six years. Reports say that the
situation in one locality there is very
serious, especially as regards cows in
milk. In a single locality over 100
cases have been discovered, and, as
many of the animals were canvales-
cent at the time of the discovery, it is
evident that the diseases had been in
existence there for long time. The
problem is, how have the six years
been abridged over Have some ami
mails been sick all the time, transmit
ting it from one to the other, thus
completing chain, or have the germs
lain dormant in some material or 9TH
er? Whatever the answer may be, it
is quite evident that care was not
used to the degree it should have
been. If veterinarian had been called
when the first cow fell sick with some
unknown disease" the thing might
have been nipped in the bud. AS it is,
it will probably be hard task to cor
raj the diseased cattle, for without
doubt some have gone from the in
fected herds into herds far distant.
American farmers and dairymen
should take the lesson to heart Con-
tagious diseases can be kept down only
by cleanliness and vigilance.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

on and the ammonia from the Tester
ing manure irritating your eyes and
lungs and the mosquitoes buzzing and
biting unhindered, while your master
lies secure behind gau1e protested
windows and shores luxuriously upon
a downy bed. The myriad host of flies
that greets you when the robin
sounds his opening note at sun-up is
the vanguard Of the army that will
harrass you all day long as you toll
YEARLY without the protection of even
the cheapest kind of f1y-net. How you
long for water dozen times a day
when your task-master is taking a
long, deep pull at the little brown jug
in the cool, wet, slough. How hor-
ribly hot the sun is as it beats down
upon your unprotected head and how
you would like to borrow the big
straw hat your master wears. 1t is
not to be wondered at that you get oc-
casional attacks of sunstroke, collie,
mud-fever, lymphangitis, and a hun
dred other kindred evils, or that the
lice infest your skin and other para
sites have eaten out name and tail. It
is wonder, however, that you do not
kick oftener and harder and that you
live so long, for you are of all domes-
ticated animals the most abused.
When the time comes for you to go
to horse heaven" the relief must be
beyond description and surely you Of
all beasts have been a good and faith
full servant and have amply earned
your rest.
How different, oh readers of the
Farmers Review, is the lot of the
horse that happens to be born the
servant of a humane master!
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

The heroic perversity which induces
so many boys to defy the commands
of parents, the rules of schools, and
the protests of their own stomachs for
the sake of learning to smoke, remains
still the despair of fathers and the
marvel of mothers. There would be
lively remonstrances and pathetic
pleas, indeed, if the lad who cheer
fully proceeds to turn himself CHASTITY,
green and limp with his first cigar
were obliged to take dose of medi-
cine that would make him half as un-
comfortable.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

Sir Alfred Miner, speaking OF the
outcome of the present war, says that
dissimilar and antagonistic political
systems must no longer be tolerated
Gin the country which nature and his
tory have declared to be one." In the
main the Beers also agree with this
statement. The point which is now
being argued by loom" Paul and Lord
Roberts with considerable earnestness
is as to which that one shall be.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

Philadelphia has raised $4,000 of the
100000 it promised for the national
republican convention. Mayor Ash
bridge is not without hopes the re-
mainder may be secured, but has giveL
Mr.. Hanna to understand that he Is
fortunate to get that much. Philadel-
phia has been a third Of a century
building it's new city hall and its bust
ness men properly object to being hur-
ried for any kind of an enterprise.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
British Aristocracy Bl.med.

Many people attribute their recent
reverses to degeneracy. The life of
luxury does not produce vigor. Indi-
gestible suppers, constant nerve strain
and lack of exercise upset the stomach.
The blood that makes heroes must
come from healthy stomachs. Hostet-l
ter's Stomach Bitters purifies the blood:
and strengthens the stomach. It cures.
constipation, indigestion and dyspepsia.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

The senators Of the University OF
Edinburg have decided to confer the
decree Of doctor Of laws on Miss
Eleanor A. Ormerod, who has won
worldwide fame as an economic en-
tomologist and has spent twenty-three
years in the study of insect pests. Miss
Ormerod will be the first woman to
receive such an honor from the Uni
yersity of Edinburg.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
Fertility of Duck Eggs.

A poultry writer tells Of his expert
ence in getting fertile duck eggs. He
says that one year he mated one drake
with two ducks and all the eggs were
fertile. The next year he mated two
brakes with four ducks and none Of
the eggs were fertile. He wants to
know if one drake neutralized the 9TH
er.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
South American o.trich...

It is not commonly known that there
are almost as many ostriches in South
America as in Africa. and yet the an
nual export of feathers from the form
er country to the United States alone
is in the neighborhood of nineteen
tons. representing In money s41,647.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
A Poor Puahar.

THAT man Swipesey doesn't seem to
be able to get into his head what direct
and persistent push will accomplish"
That's right. His wife told me that
the other day he pushed the baby cart
into the gutter and tipped the baby
out"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
Two Good Cows.

S. Hoxie, superintendent Of the adj
vanced registry, Holstein-Friesian AS
ISOLATION, writes to the Farmers Re-
view as follows: OF the cows tested,
the two most remarkable are those of
Beryl Wayne, a cow between seven
and eight years old, with a product OF
"A lbs 3.8 OF. butter, so per cent fat, or
% lbs. 80 OF. butter at S5.7 per cent
fat; and of Lilith Pauline De Kol. a
COW about three and one-fourth years
old with the unprecedented product Of
"a lbs. IA OF. butter, so per cent fat. or
% lbs. 1873 OF. butter at S5.7 per cent
fat to the pound. At my request both
these cows were retested by Prof. G.
B. Lane Of New Jersey Station. and
the first tests fully confirmed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

Consumption is germ disease. The
germs are everywhere, but they can
not get hold Of you unless you get
your lungs ready for them by neg
lecting a cold or falling to properly
cure cough. The important merit Of
Morley's Honey Pectoral is, that while
1t cures quickly it cures thoroughly.
Sold by agent in every town.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
MEADE,
KANSAS.

News that an American heiress to
$50 ,OOO, 900 is to marry a Chicago man
may be expected to have bearish
tendency in the ranks of European no
bility.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

In teaching the young, be careful
not to deceive them-they will catch
you at it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

A woman's idea of the real sacri--
legious thing is for pail bearer to.
chew tobacco at a funeral.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

Get over your little annoyances by
recalling how trivial they would seem
to a man away off in Japan.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

When a man wants to be held, your
refusal will prove a great shock to-
him.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03
Recognized.

isn't that your husband at the card
table" Eyes. that's my bettor Aalf."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For ch ldren teething softens the gums reduces
hammation, allays pain cures wind collie CSC bottle
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-03

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
A NEEDED CHANGE.
vented

The Roanoke ChOwan Times, which
contains much matter of interest to
farmers, it's editor being tiller of
the soil, has this sensible article in a
recent issue:
It has often occurred to US that
farmers as a rule do not grade the
wages paid to farm hands in a way
to secure the best service. 1t is gen
orally the case that if half a dozen
grown men are employed by the
month or year the same wages are
paid each, regardless Of capacity and
willingness for work. Often it is
soon discovered that one man earns
as much as two, without getting any
more for his work. Again, men are
generally given the same wages for
each month in the year, regardless
whether they work six or fourteen
hours a day. We suggest to farmers
that in employing hands for the COM
ing year they pay hands for each
amount of work they can perform.
For instance, if eight dollars per
month is paid by the year OF Tor SIX
months, that only five dollars be paid
in January, six in February and an
increase of one dollar per month until
ten dollars per month is paid Whlch
uo77d he for the month Of June, the
most important month during the
wear for farm work. The same
amount should be paid for July and
then wages gradually decreased as
the days grow shorter.
Bv grading the wages in this way
the temptation to go to New Jersey
as soon as the spring opens would be
largely removed, besides being ta1rer
to all concerned. But little farm
work can be done during the first
three months of the year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
CAPT. WILLIAMSON ON CRIMSON CLOVER

correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
l was the second man in Wake
county to plant crimson clover, and
for 20 years have planted it. agree
with all Corresponding Editor Irby
says about it in your issue of the
18th inst, save that he does not
recommend seed enough to get a
good stand. Thirty to 80 pounds of
clean seed and 20 to 80 pounds in the
chaff to the acre is little enough. And
1T will pay to divide the seed and
SOW one-half one way and with the
other half reverse and cross SOW {;
this will get more even and uni
form distribution of the seed. It is
we'll to SOW evenly with it one peck
of winter rye to each acre. It is a
great crop for feed for stock and feed
for the land. B. P. WILLIAMSON.
Wake Co., N. G.