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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-15
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
NEwSY NOTES AND times OF INTEREST
SENT US BY OUR FRIENDS WHO
LIVE IN THE COUNTRY.
SPRING CREEK ITEMS.

SPRING CREEK ITEMS.
Your correspondent hopes you
will not put down a very large
absent mark for last week, but it
is our own fault if we are not in
the News.
Fred Heape left last week for
his home in Montgomery county,
this state, having heard of the
serious illness of his mother.
A pleasant dance and lap sup
per was given at the home of Mr.,
and Mrs, James Hinsdale Friday
evening. Those present enjoyed
the occasion very much. The
plates well filled with delicacies
were proof of the generosity
of the hostess. Of course some
of the boys and nearly all the
girls got lost, but thenit'ss tylish
to get lost nowadays. We should
not wonder if they trying to find
Crackerjack so that Rubberneck
could "rubberneck" him.
Miss Fanny Heape is now
staying with Mrs. Woodruff,
near Eng1ewood, since that lady
met with the unfortunate accident
of breaking her wrist.
Misses Grace Conlin and Ora
Keith were Fowler visitors last
Sunday.
Ibid you ever get 1eft?" is the
popular by-word in our neighbor-
hood now.
Why don't some one start a
spelling school? We have any
number of good spoilers" in our
neighborhood. A literary was
mentioned some time since but a
spelling school is much less
trouble.
Quite a curiosity was found on
the prairie in this vicinity about
two weeks ago, in the form of a
blooming flower. John Heape
was the proud discoverer and do
you think you could get him to
part with that flower? Not much!
It is not often flowers bloom on
Kansas prairies almost at the
last of January, and when John
finds them he is going to hang
on to them" or send them to his
mother at least.
Lost-Some where between
Mr.. Smiths and Mr.. Jas. Hins-
da1e's, A1va Davis and several
young ladies. Up to the morn
ing of Feb. 3rd they had not been
heard from. Any information
would be thankfully received by
George or James Hinsda1e Jr.,
Spring Creek Valley.
AS the train is heard whistling
at Buck1in and we have Is miles
to walk to Fowler to mail these
so that they will get off on the
flyer.
We thought we would con-
tribute a verse or two, not how
ever, expecting to come up to
other poetical contributors:
They say there will be grand round up;
| Where schoolmarms, like others must stand
To be cut by the cranks of the country,
| And shipped to a far distant land.
wonder whose fault that so many
Have been cut in this very same space,
Who might have had peace and plenty.
Had they been in far different place.
After the roundup is over,
| After the cranks are downed,
Many a hearts rejoicing over the crank's
| that's all,
Que or two cranks there are that don't fee
| quite so ''ta1l."
SWEET WILLIAM.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-15

The Populist state convention to
nominate state officers will be held
at Fl. Scott and the one to elect
delegates to the national convention
will be at Clay Center. The dates
have not yet been fixed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-15

We hear that the measles have
broken out in our neighboring town,
Ashland. Editor Mayse. of the
Clipper, ought to be equal to the
occasion as he "broke out" several
years ago.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-15

Two years ago tonight the U. S.
battleship Maine was blown up in
Havana harbor and ESQ American
sailors lost their lives. The bodies
of these sailors have since been re-
moved to Arlington Cemetery, at
Washington.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-15

1t looks like Congress would pass
a free trade tariff bill for Porto
Rico, at least.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-15

The newspapers of the past few
days contained a statement from
Secretary Wilson in regard to the
government ceasing to send out
samples of the vaccine for blackleg.
1t appears that the manufacturers of
this vaccine have petitioned the de-
partment to discontinue the same.
He further states that the stockmen
are not making any protest against
it. If this vaccine is a good thing
the stockmen should act together
and petition the department to con-
tinue sending it. 1t would be well
for the Meade County Live Stock
Association to look up the matter.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-15

The t'Sheldon edition" of the
Topeka Capital is creating wide at
tention and comment over the state,
and United States, as well. Men
of all professions are commenting
on the venture pro and con. There
is one thing certain and that is, the
Topeka Capital will have large
circulation during that week, and it
will no doubt be a financial success.
Just what Christ would do, we don't
know, but we think if He were living
at this time He would deal some
pretty stiff copper cuts" on these
fellows who are masquerading in His
name.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-15

ROCK ISLAND TIME CARD.
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N. B. PECK, Agent
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A. F. & A. M.-Webb Lodge No. 275 meets
Saturday night on or before the full moon
of each month.
o. HAMILTON, w. NJ.
E. F. RIEMAN, Secretary.
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MEADE, KANS., FEB. IS, 1900.
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bod8e Directory.

A. o. u. W.-Meets on second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month.
D. B. STUTsMAN, M. w.
F. w. Flick, Recorder.
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BAPTIST-Services first and second Sun
days of each month at usual hours.
REV. !. NJ. ROBINSON, PASTOR
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CATHOLIC-Se.vices on notice each month
REV. JAMES DoNoHUE, Pastor.
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Churches.

METHODIST-Se each Sunday at II
a. m. and 1880 p. m. Prayer meeting each
Wednesday evening
REV. W. w. ENYEART, Pastor
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-15

PRESBYTERIAN-S on notice each
month. REV. A. H. PARKS Pastor.
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Application made for admission as second
class matter at the post Office at Meade Ks.
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Christian Endeavor-Meets every Sunday
evening at 1880 at Baptist Church.
WINNIE BoNHAM, President.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20
Too Long TO Wait

The Japanese, as is generally known,
are mainly vegetarians, their diet con-
sisting for the most part Of rice and
a few other simple vegetables.
While they are healthy and happy
people, they are undersized as COM
pared with the mcat-eaters Of Europe
and America, and 1t was seriously rec
commended, a few years ago, by ad-
visers of the emperor, that he should
encourage his subjects to adopt diet
of flesh, with view to increasing the
average Japanese stature.
An American who was visiting in ia
pan tells Of q jinrikisha man with
whom he became acquainted, who, al
though able to trot forty miles q day
without fatigue, was vexed because of
his small size and had begun to eat
meat. He asked his American friend
one day, in the best English at his
command, how long a time it would
be required, ON an animal diet, to make
the japanese a larger race.
81 should say hundred years, al
least" replied the American.
The "rickshaw" man went back to
his rice.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20
How Moltke Began War.

On the memorable occasion Of the
declaration of war by France In 1870,
the staff officer who had received the
telegram from Ems galloped wildly
with the news to the house of Count
Moltke, and, dismounting, rushed ex-
citedly into the study Of the general
in-chief. Moltke first offered him a
cigar, then opened a drawer in his
writing desk and took therefrom
neatly arranged bundle of official let.
ters and kilograms, remarking, as he
handed them to the adjutant. ''TSxe
these to the military telegraph office
and have them despatched!' This
simple act put the vast machinery OF
the German War Office in motion, so
that the entire army was mobolized
some days before the French could
realize their hopeless state OF unpre-
peredness.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20

ing men and singing women" The
same scene is described in Nehemiah,
vii, 81, and the number Of singing
men and wemen Is given as 245.
Doubtless the reason for the introduc-
ton of singing women In the second
Temple was the scarcity OF trained
boys voices. The Jews had just re-
turned from seventy years captlv-
ity, where there had been few oppor-
tunities for keeping up the musical
training. While Of course there was
no such thing as written music In
those days, there must have been some
method by which the leaders or In
structors could make known to those
depending on them what was required
to be sung.
The extent to which the music OF
the modern synagogue resembles that
of the Temple at Jerusalem cannot be
clearly determined-of course the
modern music introduced into the syn.
agogue services is entirely out Of com
sideration-for most Of the original
characteristics are lost, and there are
no sculptured remains to refer to, as
in the case of other nations. The city
of Jerusalem stood seventeen sieges,
and in obedience to the Second Com
mandment the Jews avoided every
thing in the nature Of historical sculp-
ture, and the destruction Of the Tenn
pie Of Solomon entirely obliterated
whatever records it might have con-
tanned. But enthusiastic and diligent
students in this matter have, by pa
tiently studying the traditions pre-
served in the synagogues Of the Orien'
tai and African Jews, determined
that there are still in use in the syna
gogues Of Europe, Africa and Asia
melodies which are practically identi
cal with those of the Temple service
Church Eclectic.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20
AN ADMIRATION.

Does his best from day to day;
That's bout all that you kin say
Wasn't built fur gettin' rich,
Never bought no bonds an sich.
Never made no speeches fine,
Never quite could git in line,
In life's hurly-burly quest;
Goes ahead an does his best.
Does his best. In hours Of palm
Bends his head an won't complain
And afar from envy's sneer,
Men an children hold him dear;
Safe from praises mlsapplied
An the mockery of pride,
He seems noble as the rest;
Goes ahead an does his best.
Washington Star.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20
Hints For the pairyma.

gucceSSful winter dairy man uQVS
have too many irons In the hres
Are you cleaning out the stables ev-
cry day so that clean air may prevail!
Dairymen who maintain neat. sweet
stables never "smell OF the barn"
when they enter the house.
Did you know that clean. sweet milk
pans and pals are as essential to sue
cess in winter as in summer
Has the worth of every COW In your
herd been measured by means Of the
Babcock test, as proof Of her value t"
you?
Are you paying any attention to the
balancing of rations, or just pitching
the feed haphazard in the hangers,
as it were?
Did you know that grades or even
common stock well cared for. are
more profitable than full bloods given
Indifferent attention?
Is the compost hauled Immediately
on to the fields or is 1t heaped up In
the barnyard to later lose half of its
value through leachnig?
Did you ever do such a thing as to
hang q thermometer in your stable or
keep the cobwebs swept out Of the
windows ON the sunny side?
Do yon realize that the dairyman
who can get twenty-five cents per
pound for his butter the year around
need never fear hard times?
Good milk. good butter, or good
cheese never come by chance, but they
are the natural out come Of system
designed to make them good.
If you have not been making fair
profit out of your dairy this SEASON
ask yourself the question, "Why not?'
and then investigate yourself.
Extra methods of cleanliness are re
quired to produce natural, whole
some favored milk from stable-con
fined COWS. Is your milk and butter
absolutely faultless in this direction
Ice has become prime necessity II
every well regulated dairy. No matte
whether you take your milk to ,
cheese factory, creamery, or make |
up at home, you need ice in hot wea
ther.
Because you own cows do you con
slider yourself q dairyman? You ar
not a dairyman in the true sense o
the word unless your cows are max
ing you financially better on at the en'
of every year. Are they doing 1t!
Some housewives have q habit
keeping victuals, preserves and meat
in the dairyroom. Did you ever thin
. that the odor from such articles wa
. absorbed by the sensitive milk, an
hence transmitted to cream and but
, ter?
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20

It may be possible to raise both IN
ferior and good hay at profit, but to
do so it is necessary to make distlnc-
ton at the beginning. 1t certainly
will not pay to raise cheap hay for
market, writes s. W. Chambers In the
Boston Cultivator. There is always q
superabundance of 1t In every city.
and it is marked down to such low
prices that little or no profit can be
figured on it. On the other hand,
there are places on the farm which
will produce cheap grades Of hay for
home use at a profit. For instance,
there are often fields Of land that lie
idle after the middle OF June, and odd
corners of the farm where the soil Is
rather poor where a fair stand OF
cheap hay can be raised to advantage.
1t is better to have this soil producing
something than to let 1t remain idie
for a month or two. II no crop is
sown weeds will inevitably take pos
session of it, and they are far worse
than nothing.
One can SOW grassseed on such odd
fields in the land to produce rough
sort of fodder to take the place OF the
more expensive and salable hay or
grass. OF course fine clover or tim
othy seed would not do for planting
there, but Hungarian, Orchard and
similar grasses would produce good
results. A mixture Of several OF the
rough and tough cheap grass seeds
would give better results than any sim
gle variety. Sow this cheap grass
seed as early as possible, and let 1t
reach a good stand before cutting 1t
for hay or feeding for summer fod-
der. The Hungarian grass in particu-
lar is a hardy grower after 1t gets
good root in the soil, and it will grow
through hot and dry weather. Fed
alone to horses or cattle it may prove
too powerful a diuretic, both in fat
tening and in keeping the bowels open
This cheap fodder or rough hay Is moi
intended to make the sole food of the
animals, but merely to supplement
other foods to save the better hay fol
market purposes.
OF course when you come to raising
. hay for market there is nothing tt
take the place of your timothy ant
clover. Fine timothy will always com
mand the b 9t prices because liver,
and private ablemen prefer 1t to al
: other graded Fine bright timothy
hay will CONF 5pand from so cents to s.
or So more sstpn than any other hay
: and it is usek$s to try to make mar
t ketmen belisk anything else is JUS
1 as good. Ti36thy has the reputation
s and we musO bide by the results ant
recognize it 4 we hope to get the toI
t prices. But 3nless the land is adapt
/, ed to the production of big stand o.
! timothy, it will often pay better t.
: raise other fine grasses, even though
e they command a little less per ton
e The difference is made up in the heav
q ier yield.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20

As soon as possible after milking
place the milk in a tin vessel not over
eight inches in diameter and twenty
inches deep, closely covered and set in
cold water as deep as the milk in the
vessel at temperature preferably
thirty-nine degrees, or not colder. there
to remain at rest for twelve or more
hours, when the creaming will be
found perfect, or as perfect as possible
by any gravity process. The effect thus
produced is brought about by cooling
the milk from nearly blood heat. nine
ty-eight degrees, to preferably thirty
nine degrees while the milk is strictly
at rest Airing to get out supposed
odors is mere assertion--it is agitation
of the milk while it should be strictly
at rest To cool the milk below thirty
nine degrees would be injurious. Why
1t is conceded by those who have
made a study Of the subject that milk
is about eighty-seven per cent. water
and thirteen per cent of other matter
and that 1t heats and cools much slow
er than water. 1t shrinks in volume
in cooling down to thirty-nine degree.
a liquid half ounce to the gallon. II
cooled below thirty-nine degrees it be
gins to expand and on freezing ma!
burst the vessel. 1t is claimed tha
the desired raising or separating th'
milk from the cream is brought abou
by the effect Of sudden cooling Of tn,
milk in the manner stated-that plac
ing the can Of warLl milk in the col
water cools the warm milk on the out
| side of the can, and by SO coolin
shrinks 1t In volume. but makes
heavier In bulk. Hence 1t forms
downward current on the outside o
the can and an upward current In tn
middle. The cream, the part that doe
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20
Luxurions Railways.

Mexico has certainly the most luxuri-
ous IL not the most comfortable, rail-
ways in the world. The rails Of the
Mexican Gulf Railway are laid on
sleepers of mahogany, and the bridges
are built of white marble. On the
west coast Of Mexico there Is another
line which has sleepers Of ebony and
ballast of silver ore drawn from old
mines beside the track. The reason
for this apparent extravagaance is that
the engineers had no other material
ON the route, and found it cheaper to
use these than to import the ordinary
plant
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20
AN ANCIENT EMPLOYMENT
Our Consul Tells q Curious Story About
German Lapidarles.

Our Consul Tells a Curious Story About
German Lapidarles.
From Consul Walter Shuman, In
Mainz, Germany, comes a curious
story of the lives of the lapidaries who
live in the principality of Birkenfeld.
Although an improved factory sys
tenn is gradually superseding the labo
riOus methods of former times, there
are nevertheless plenty of the old pol
ishing and cutting works, which bear
evidence to the lives sacrificed to this
industry. In the early days Of the
trade, agate Quarries existed in ths
nearby hills, and this half-precious
stone was cut and polished by very
laborious method, which is still prac.
ticed, although the agate quarries have
long been exhausted and the raw ma.
terial-as well as amethyst, jasper,
opal, topaz, etc, has been imported
(since about 1884, chiefly from Brazil,
whence 1t is shipped to this out-of-the.
way place to be cut, shaped and pol.
ished for the jewelry trade.
The usual method employed in cut.
ting and polishing these stones is tho
following: In a rude hut by a stream,
which furnishes the power, four large
grindstones about four feet in diameter
are so fixed that their axes are only
about one foot above the floor, into
which a slit is cut, so that part of the
grindstone is below its level. This
lower portion passes through the
water, thus keeping the stones con-
stantly wet. The operator has a
bench or block of wood about eighteen
inches high, followed out to receive his
chest and body. On this bench he lies
at full length, and with his fingers
holds the small piece Of opal, amethyst
or other stone which is to be cut,
against the grindstone, slightly above
the level of the floor. In this position
the men lie from morning to night, day
after day. Consumption usually car
ries them off at an early age, but other
men are found to follow this vocation,
as the earnings are comparatively
| high. The operator usually owns his
grindstone, or at least half Of one
This represents an investment of about
$500, and a skillful lapidary can earn
from SIS to S2o per week. He does moi
usually cut and polish stones on his
own account, but generally contract:
with manufacturing jewelers., who fur
nish him the stones in the rough, II
cut and polish at a certain price PEE
gram. AS the stones, even in th'
rough, represent quite an outlay o
money. the honesty Of the workman
must be greatly relied upon, for no
body can say in advance how man.
grams of finished stones a certain
piece of opal, amethyst or the like ma,
yield.
Besides these half-precious stones
precious stones such as diamonds, etc
are also cut and polished there; bu
this is an entirely different branch o
the industry and is chiefly carried o.
in factories with modern machinery
Another branch of the industry i
these parts is the cutting Of cameo'
Pearls are also polished, drilled an
cut and shipped in large quantities
all countries, including the Unite
States, invoices covering single shiI
ments of the value of 100000 havin
been certified to at the Mainz consu
ate.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20
Shallow Cultivation and Moisture.

Shallow cultivation conserves the
moisture and prevents 1t from escap-
Aug from the surface. Every time
rain falls the loose ground absorbs
more than does the hard soil, as the
latter permits the water to flow on.
When the rain goes down into the soil
and the soil is then loosened, the capii-
larry tubes are sealed and the now OF
water upward is arrested. A loose
top Of Ohio soil, therefore, not only
permits of securing a large share OF
water from each rain but also retains
IL.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20
Tho Marketable Fowl.

1t does not follow because Iowl
seems to be of good size and nicely
grown that it is marketable. The three
months-old chicken may have big
frame with the making of a good ta-
BILE bird, but unless it carries flesh, on
ly disappointment will accrue when
the account for sales comes In from
your market man. The most certain
way of fattening young chicks is to
shut them up, in properly constructed
coops for fifteen to twenty days and
feed them every three hours. The
earlier in the morning the first meal
is given the better. Their diet should
consist of buckwheat meal, or corn
meal, mixed with milk to the consist
ency of crumbly dough, and little
crude tallow can be added with ad-
vantage. Give milk, If 1t is plentiful.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF INTEREST ON AcRIcuL.
TURAL TOPICS.
The NsgIee. Of Shade Trees Shallow Gull
tiyatio and Moisture-The Marketable
Fowl = Feeding More Grain = How 10
Market Cooseberries-Etcr Etc.
The Neclect Of Shade Trees.

The Neglect Of Shade Trees.
Shade trees are neglected from the
time they are put in the ground until
large. Insects and diseases attack
them, but, as they bear no crops, ana
are supposed to produce no profit they
are left to the ravages of their enc
mics. The shade tree will be missed
when it is gone. however. and its
place cannot easily be filed. Spray the
shade trees and save them. as they
add hundreds Of dollars value to the
farm.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20

self and never to give On account Of
a penny of 1t, unless 1 please! 1t 10
Dudley's own offer. Isn't he kindT'
And Colonel harrington smiled and
patted her head, and answered, with
touch of sarcasm:
VERY kind, indeed. Chicago Times
Herald.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20
Feeding More Crait,.

It seems to us that the increased
Yields in milk and butter, and the ear
Tier maturity and fattening Of beef dur
ing the past half century, or perhaps
even more in the last quarter Of CEN
tury, during which the most rapid i'm
provement has been made, have just
about kept pace with the increase in
amount of grain fed to dairy cows
and calves, and is to considerable ex-
tent due to more liberal feeding. 1t
is true that other causes have helped,
such as earlier cutting Of hay and a
better knowledge Of methods of mix
ing feeding rations, but these have
helped by inducing farmers to use
more grain. If we could obtain a
statement Of the amount fed in some
Of the grain and cattle growing states,
and compare it with the amount used
twenty-five years ago, we think 1t
would be astonishing, and yet we can
spare few million bushels every year
to feed other nations.-American Cul.
tivator.
The Banner-Democrat., 1900-10-20

not cool as quickly as the watery part
of the milk, retains its bulk, Is lighter
and remains on top. This has been
proved with glass vessels with black
specks in the milk. which were shown
to move in the currents as described.
American Agricultural