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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

A paper on the blue fox (vulpes lago-
pus) of the Pribi1off islands, Boring
sea, by Mr.. Lucas. is timely now that
furs are in season. Fox farms or
ranches for breeding the animals ex-
list not only in the Aluetian islands,
but in islands off the coast of Maine.
The foxes of Pribiloff feed on sea
birds, seal pups, and dead seals, for
which they go out on the ice foes in
spring. ''Dead-fall'' traps have been
superseded by "box traps" which do
not kill the animal, and the blue fe-
male is set free. White females, how
ever, are killed in order to produce a
breed which does not blanch in win
ter. Male foxes are spared if the sup
ply is likely to fail, and all foxes let
loose are marked by clipping a ring
from their tails. 1t is hoped to turn
the blue fox from monogamus to a
polygamous animal in order to in
crease the supply of fur. This fox is
not crafty or wary of man and is taken
everywhere with bait
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19


The meeting of the National League
and the American Association of Pro-
fessional Base Ball Clubs-to give it
the full benefit of it's paraphrasticaI
title-which came to an end in New
York ON Friday last, was the most re-
markable in the history of that or
ganization. By reducing the circuit to
eight clubs, no matter what the ulti-
mate cost may be, the magnates gave
evidence of returning sanity, and
reached positively the same position
occupied previous to the Indianapolis
amalgamation. They now begin where
they then left off. In every other re-
spect these magnates, the supposed or
alleged conservators of Americas ma
tional pastime, these half-baked ex-
emplars of our national sportsman
ship in it's best estate (if you would
let them tell it, wriggled on their bel
lies before the one-man power, truck
led servilely before Br'er Freedman
and announced to the whole world
that through their veins there cours-
ed not drop of that which goes to
make up the true sportsman-game-
ness. There are times, possibly, when
sacrifice of a principle for expedi
ency's" sake may be condoned. But
there is absolutely not the slightest
excuse for the abject manner in which
they threw aside all sense of their
own honor, and like So many whipped
ours, returned to their vomit and wor
SHIPPED before the shrine of the wicked
Mr.. Freedman. And to think of it,
These men are the successors of Hurl-
but, of right, Of Mills!-SportinG
News
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Rapid Ice Cream Freezer.

The prime requisites il ice cream
freezers. from the housewives point of
view, are the rapidity of the operation
and the ease with which the freezer
may be rotated. Usually the longer
it is operated the harder it becomes
to work it. With the can illustrated
herewith, however. the inventor as
serts it is no harder to rotate the can
at the end than at the beginning of
the process and that the freezing is
much more rapid than with ordinary
freezers. The inventor halls from the
Nutmeg state, and gives Middletown as
his residence. The advantages are OBJ
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

tanned simply and cheaply. The usual
receptacle to contain the cream to be
frozen is mounted on two bearings,
inside of the usual can to receive the
ice, so that it can be readily rotated.
About pulley at its upper end is at
tached a chord, chain, or flexible strap,
provided at it's end extending through
the cover with a convenient handle.
The ice is kept from touching the in
ner can by means of a wire netting
closely enveloping but not actually
coming in contact with it. When the
flexible strip is unwound by pull on
the handle from the pulley the inner
can being free to revolve about its
axis, does so, unwinding the cord.
When the cord is all unwound the
can still continues to revolve in the
same direction, thus reminding the
cord on the pulley, but in the opposite
direction, which operation may be re-
peated as often as necessary. A freez-
ing mixture is placed in the bottom
of the outer can, and being able to
readily pass through the netting is
thrown up and around the freezing can
by the rotary motion. The contents of
this can by the same motion are
caused to be in a constant state of
effervescence. so that no scraper or
mixer is necessary to prevent the half
frozen contents from adhering to the
sides of the can.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Euclid's Treatment of Ratio and Pro-
portion.

Euclid's Treatment of Ratio and Pro.
portion.
In an article in the School World on
the teaching of proportion for use in
geometry, Prof. Hill of University Col
lege, London, says one of the greatest
difficulties encountered by the begin
ner in geometry is to understand the
theory of ratio and proportion. The
more he has studied Euclid's treatment
of the subject in his fifth book the
more his admiration for what Euclid
accomplished. Prof. de Moyan said
that it and Aristotle's logic were the
two most unobjectionable and unas-
sailable treatises ever written. Eu-
clid's fifth book is an algebraic not a
geometric treatise, but it differs from
the corresponding portion of elemen-
tary algebra usually taught in schools
by being applicable to magnitudes
which have no common measure. Usu-
ally teacher supplies his pupils with
simple algebraic proofs of Euclid's
but such proofs are only
valid when all the ratios concerned are
ratios of magnitudes which have a
common measure.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

Buyers of animals are to very
large extent influenced by their first
impressions. This may not be strictly
true of the professional horse buyers,
but most Of our horses and other ami
mails are sold to men that are not pro-
fessional buyers. So much does the
appearance influence buyers that the
professional horse buyers make point
of picking up poor looking but val
liable animals and putting them in
shape to bring the most money. Some
times few hundred weight of corn
put onto horse has brought a buy
er that made the operation exceeding
ly profitable. There is no reason why
the farmer should not make a special
effort to put his sale stock in extra
fine condition. A clean stable and in
viting surroundings have a decided in
huence in blasting the opinion of the
would-be purchaser If a horse is to
be sold time spent in grooming him till
his coat shines will be time well spent.
The fat that the farmer can put on
his ribs will be sold at fancy price.
The same applies with equal force to
cattle, and the wellied, well-carded
animal, kept in clean, airy stable will
sell for an advance over the good ami.
NAL that is not SO cared for.
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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
StableS.

1t is rare that farmers stables are
constructed with the three-fold idea OF
giving proper light, proper ventllatloh
and proper drainage. Any one OF these
defects is likely to cause much suHer-
ing to the animals and loss to the farm
er. If the stable is too dark, the eye
sight of the animals is injured, and
the same is true when the light comes
in in doubtful rays from this crevice
and from that. Even light from
dirty, small window obscured with
cob webs is not of sufficient quality
or quantity to give the light needed
for the development and health of the
eyes. Stables that are built compact
ly with light and that high up are
generally also poorly ventilated, and
the bottom part of the barns or sta
bles become pit to catch and hold all
the bad odors, including the carbonic
acid gas from the lungs of the ami
mails. If, in addition, the drainage
is poor the odors are increased, for
the urine remains in the stable and
throws OFF ammonia. 1t is a wonder
that animals can live at all in some
of the barns and stables in which they
are kept all winter. Stables should be
constructed on high ground where pos
sible, that the drainage problem may
be reduced to its smallest proportions.
If stable has to be constructed on
the level, great care should be taken
to see that it is perfectly drained, and
that the drain is not clogged up and
the urine forced back in wet wealth
er. If the drainage is poor the only
alternative is to use large quantity
of absorbent material, by the assist
ance of which the urine may be taken
up and removed. Even in stables that
have good drainage absorbents should
be used to a considerable extent.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
WILLIAM DINNEEN.

Willis in doing the major part of the
twirling for Boston. Dinneen played
with Washington last year and was
one of the three men recently purchas-
ed from that club by the Bean Eaters.
Dinneen figured in fourteen of the
twenty-four victories won by the
Washington team in 1899 and was in
the box in two of the three games
which Washington won from the
champion Brooklyns- Besides being
clever pitcher, Dinneen is hard hit
ter, his average last season being 1885,:
which very few pitchers reach. The
popular young player has the chance
of his life to show his ability this year
and his friends are confident that his
work will be of the gilt-edged order.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

Population of the four greatest cit
les of the Russian empire is given as
follows in the figures of the recent
census: st. Petersburg, 1,132,677;
Moscow, with it's two suburbs, 9S8,614;
Odessa, 405,O41 "a great increase since
1892, and Warsaw, 626,072. Contrary
to what is observed almost universally
throughout Europe, the men outnum-
Der the women in the three first-nam-
ed communities, while in the last,
Warsaw, the proportion of women is
but slightly superior to that of men.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

In his System of Ethics" Mr.. Paul
sen says that acts are called good
when they tend to promote human well
fare; bad when they tend to disturb
and destroy it. The highest good of
an individual as we'll as of a society
consists in the perfect development
and exercise of life. He also says phil
osophical pessimism is not a proved
theory whose propositions can lay
claim to universal validity, but the ex
preston of individual feelings, and as
such can be merely subjectively true.
Inasmuch as we have no statistics on
the happy and unhappy lives, the sue
cesses and failures, the author says he
Is for the present inclined to put as
much faith in the judgment of plain
man of the people as in the eloquence
of pessimistic philosopher.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

Among the as yet unexplored spots
on the earth which are to be scientifi
cally attacked during the coming year
is Sannikoff Land, lying north of the
New Siberia Islands, about 300 miles
from the nearest point on the Siberian
coast. A Norwegian party will try to
reach the place in 1901 from the
mouth of the Lena River, where they
propose to spend next winter. The
coming summer will be consumed in
Sxing the camp on the Lena.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

Considerable Importance is attached
to the distance measuring field glass
invented by Mr.. Zeiss of Jena. 1t is
simply an extension of the natural
power of the eyes to estimate the dis
lance of nearby objects. This power
depends upon the fact that the space
between the eyes serves like a base
line in surveying, the lines of sight
converging upon selected object from
the ends of the base. In the telemeter
the effective distance between the eyes
is increased by means of prisms, and
double images of the objects looked at
are formed. The distance between the
images varies with the remoteness of
the objects, and a scale shows what
the real distance is. Up to about two
miles the results are said to be fairly
accurate.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

man I'm sorry for "

There's a man I'm sorry for
"He does seem to be in pretty bad
way. Para1yzed, isn't hep
Yes. Paralysis is bad in any case,
it would most people"
why SOP
You see he's been a teacher of
French. Now he has had to quit it.
He can't wiggle his shoulders. Chi
cago Times-Herald.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

Amiable Hoste3s-"Well, now you
are here hope you will stay to lunch
with me-"
Gushing Visitor-"Oh, thank you so
much, dear Mrs. Browne, if we may.
(To daughter): There, Vera, won't that
be delightful? Such a pleasant sur
prise for YOU"
Severely Truthful Child-"Not sur
prise, mother. You know you said
Mrs. Browne must ask us to lunch if
we only stopped long enough
Punch.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

The director of the Geological Sur
vey has had an appraisement made
by experts to determine the value of
the specimens of fossil dinosaurs be-
longing to the collection of the late
Prof. o. C. Marsh, which have been
turned over to the National Museum
in Washington. According to this
estimate the skulls of the monster
triceratops, or 'three-horned beast -
are worth at least $4,000 apiece, while
other skulls vary in value from $50 to
$3.50. The head and neck of the tri-
ceratops were covered by an enormous
bony helmet seven or eight feet long.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
The name of Timothy Bennett, gho

The name of Timothy Bennett, shoe
maker of Hampton Wick, is little
known to popular fame. Yet it was
he who resisted successfully, at his
own expense, an attempt of the Brit
ish government, or of the crown, in
1850, to close Bushey Park, near Lon
don, against the common people. His
victory set a precedent which has
ever since been of great value in
maintaining popular rights on lands
belonging to the realm. A monument
70 his memory is now being erected.
and worthily,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

Chicago papers are still telling what
a great failure Rev. Sheldon made in
trying to run a newspaper as Christ
probably would. The Kansas preacher
may not have come up to the standard
but if their columns are to be judged
as standard it would be difficult to
edit papers as the devil probably would
more perfectly than the editors of Chi
cago's dailies are doing.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

1t is curious to note that the last
three theaters burned in Paris have
all been state or, as they are called in
France, subsidized" houses-the
Opera (1873), the Opera Comique
1S8O and now the Francois. But
whereas twelve years elapsed between
the burning of the Opera Comique and
the rebuilding, the Francois will, it is
said, be reopened by the middle of
July.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
To BE Tried Again.

The thief had been caught, red
handed, but he feigned innocence new
ertheless.
Hal" exclaimed the policeman,
you're around again, eh?" 1 thought
they put you away"
mo. The judge said he give me an
other trial"
ooh, he did? Come along then; we'll
let him keep his word. "-Philadelphia
Press.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

A Kansas paper says: Judge My
ers pronounced Staynczstraw Baczyn-
ski citizen last week" If the judge
pronounced Staynczstraw's name at
the same time he ought to go out lee
turing.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Returns Came in Early.

Husband-"Er-myd dear, there is 60
ing to be very important-er -elec-
ton at my club tonight, and may"
Wife-"Very well. I'll wait up to
hear the returns"
"Um-er-are you interested in the
returns?'
"Yes-your returns. York
Weekly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Got Ont of 1t Cheaplx.

'You saved my life, and whatever
you ask for I'll give you!"
Thank you, sir! I'm a poor man,
and if you help me with SIS should
be greatly obliged"
You value my life at only SIS? Clear
out, you shameless fellow! 1 won't
give anything to any one who would
insult me soi''
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

The tile drain in its perfection did
not come at once. 1t ie the result of
gradual development-we might say
OF evolution. Man first attempted to
drain wet land by throwing stones
into a ditch, covering them with
branches of trees and faggots, and
covering that combination with dirt.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
He Underatood.

Now. Johnnie. do you understand
thoroughly why am going to whip
you?"
"Yes'm. You're in bad humor this
morning and you've got to lick some
one before you feel satisfied. Tit
Bits.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
Family constrnction.

de Smithers says he is the architect
of his own fortune"
yes, but it's probably lucky for
him that the building inspector didn't
happen around while he was making
it'-Puck.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
It. ninerent There

Women should have their rights !"
said she, with some spirit.
True he replied. but in a CROWD
ed trolley car, for instance, they're not
willing to stand up for them. "-Catho-
lie Standard and Times.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

One of the best young pitchers in
ly watched this season, is William
Dinneen, a Syracuse boy who will al
ternate with the great Nichols and
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
KANSAS.

Count de Castellane says the future
of this country is perilous. The re-
auction of the counts income has fill
ed MIN with an alarm that is hardly
justified.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

Gray eyes turning green in anger or
excitement are indicative of a choleric
temperament
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
She Was So SURPRISED.

1--WE something impawtant to-ah-
say to you," began young Cholly Sap
wit, who had determined, at length, to
suhpwize you. 1 think ah-Miss
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
OUR BUDGET OF FUN
SOME GOOD JOKES ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

A Variety or uuips, GIbes and Ironies
to Cause a Smile = Flotsam and
Jetsam from the Tide OF Humor-
Witty Sayings.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

For once Cholly thought also, and
on second thought he decided not to
propose.-Philadelp Press.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

well, WE'LL" exclaimed Miss Pepp-
rey. THAT certainly does surprise
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19
globe.

incandescent lighting viz, great
steadiness of the inclosed air-tight
globe
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

Farmer-See. here! You've been
loafing round here half day!
Tramp-Well, half loaf's better
than none, amt it?-Puck.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-19

"A ib is lie painted IN water colors,
Daily camera., 1900-10-27
DICK WILL ENTERTAIN.

"It's ali settled now" said w. w.
Cowdrey of the Northern Coal company
last evening, Louisville is going Re.
publican sure. We have reserved our
heavy thunder for the night before elec'
ton when Dick Whiteley will speak to
his friends IN the coal camp district.
tell you Dick is pretty nearly 1t over ou'
way." said Statesman Cowdrey Every
four or eight years Mr. Whiteley conde'
scends to address his fellow townsmen oi
Louisville upon issues interesting to him
self. He speaks Italian. Austrian and
South OF England brogue with the mos
liquid flow and is about as handy with {
Louisville audience as anyone could be
since DR.. Bond has ceased to spellbinc
in the coal camps.
Cowdrey relies on "Our Dick" to ot
the act and bet some money last nigh
that Orman ould not carry the caml
by over fifty majority. The Northern
Coal company has contracted. through
Mr. Cowdrey, to "herd' the coal miner
for corporation candidate Goudy. Cal
IT do it?
Daily camera., 1900-10-27

The state press. regardless of politics,
comedies the eminent fitness of Mr. Or.
man for governor. His reputation for
honesty and business success has been
50 long established that none dare ques.
ton it. Mr. Orman is a man of affairs
and not a lawyer interested in the cor
porations of the country ealing with the
state His opponent is good fellow, a
bright lawyer and an honest man, but his
opponent is TOO closely related to the
Observation-Disclosures machine and the
Insurance Trust to be a fit man for gov
ernor of Colorado. Mr. Oman will be
elected by tremendous majority.
Daily camera., 1900-10-27
TO CONSOLIDATE.
Proposed Project Which Means Grea
Things for EidUra.

Proposed Project Which Means Great
Things for Eldora.
The Denver Times announces the
probable consummatlon of A deal of ex
treme importance 10 Eldora, Boulder
county. The propo ,ition Is for the con
solidation of the Mogul tunnel, the En-
terprise mine and the Bailey chlorlnatlon
mill The Bailey tunnel has penetrated
Spencer mountain several hundred feet,
and has cut large number OF veins of
good ore, several of which are now be
ing worked from the tunnel level. The
tunnel company includes among its
stockholders ] T. Odell of New York,
Thomas R Mann of Boulder and other
capitalists of Ohio and Pennsylvania,
who for the past two years have been
steadily pushing work on the tunnel, un
der the management of J. A. Gilhllan,
the original locator of the enterprise,
and have developed one OF the best ,un-
mel enterprises in the state. The Enter
prise mine, located on the west end OF
Spencer mountain. has the most ex-
tensive development OF any property in
the district, the wol kings having attained
depth OF about 500 feet and opened a
large body of ore, most of which Is OF
good milling grade. The mine has pro-
duced considerable amount of ore, and
when worked has paid good profit. L,
was closed down for some time on &C
count of the suspension of the Bailey
mill, but has now resumed operations
and is producing regular output. The
Bailey mill has been idle for several
months on account of the death of one of
the owners, and is in the hands of a re-
ceiver 1t is now In operation, no ~ever,
and the greater part of the debt has been
paid. |, has been recently enlarged and
refiued, and is regarded as one of the
best chlorinatlon plants of the Size IN th1
state. The negotiations now In progress
depend, entirely upon the matter OF
price. If the Enterprise mine and the
Bailey mill can be obtained at d salts
factory figure, the deal will 60 through
in a few days. In the event that the
pend,np deal IS consummated, the con.
solidated company will construct sur
face motor tramway from the foot Of
Spencer mountain to the mill. The
camp is rapidly coming into heavy pro-
duction, and, with the mill having a
tramway connection with the mines on
Spencer mountain, the output Of the
mines would be materially increased.
Daily camera., 1900-10-27
ROBERT BURNS.

His genius was universal. In satire,
in humor, in pathos, in description. in
sentiment, he was equally great. but HI
satire and his bumor partake of the soil
whence they sprung. They are rude.
forcefui and manly. They are not pol
ished into elegance, nor labored into
ease, but in every composition h
be may regarded as one of the fe.
geniuses who arise to illuminate the
hemisphere of mind. Education had
nothing in the formation of his character;
what he wrote was the pure offspring OF
native genius, and if we reflect how ex.
cellent he was in all, what various pow
ers he has shown in paths that are
among the highest of poetcal delinea
ton. we may, without much of-nse to
justice place him by the side of the grea
est names his country has produced.
Friday evening, Nov. 2, IN the Ode
Fellows hall, Cheney block. George N
Falconer, native of Edinburgh, Scot
land, will deliver a lecture on "Rober
Burns. Scotland's Peasant Poet" The
lecture will be interspersed with read
,ngs from the songs and poems OF Burns
Tickets 25c at Streamer's drug store.