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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-05

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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-05

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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-05

The man of moderate means is more
desirable as an acquaintance than the
man of immoderate meanness.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-05

Don't be too keenly critical. The
worm has peculiar habit of turning
when you least expect it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-05

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Forgetfulness is THE result of the
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Lovers often keep the parlor dark
while trying to strike match.
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Some men are born foolish and some
achieve foolishness. by falling in love.
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Originality is simply new way of
expressing an old thought.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-05

The iron will of a selfish man is I'M
doubtedly made from common pig iron.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-05

Some men are pensive because they
find life so expensive.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-05

Pride keeps more people down than
actual want.
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A little man always tries to talk as
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fails to achieve it.
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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-05

AIDES naturally prefer ALA
BASTINE for walls and CELL
ings, because 1t is pure. clean,
durable. Put up in dry pow
dered form, in five-pound pack
ages, with full directions.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-04-05

LABASTINE is the original
and only durable wall coating,
entirely different from all kali
somines. Ready for use in
white or fourteen beautiful
tints by adding cold water.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16
John Bright.

Mr.. Bright was one of the great fig
ures of this period, as he was of the
earlier which ended with the death of
Palmerston. 1t is not necessary to add
to what | have already said about his
~eloquence. He was always very great
ly in earnest. | recollect his once say
ing something or other in the Quaker
vein, and Palmerston, in replying, re-
ferred to him as the reverend gentle
man. There was no love lost between
the two. But Mr.. Bright was in ear
nest about everything. His keenness
in voting for the union and in uphold
ing it in all matters and not merely In
the Irish question, was extraordinary.
He was a very simple man. | remem-
Der once going upstairs with him after
dinner, and he said 10 me: Who's
that man with the legs?" That's a
dean" | answered. He was aware that
it wasn't a bishop, but he was a mar
who wouldn't know the differences and
distinctions Of that kind.-Blackwood.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16
"MEDIAN" IN THE CENSUS
Use of the Word Likely to Become Ea
miliar-Its Meaning,

miliar-Its Meaning.
: A new word seems destined to come
into use with the census of 1900. and
the discussions that will follow the in
depreciation of it's results. The word
is "median." 1t ought to displace ave-
rage and center for the greater num-
Der of ordinary census uses, since the
notion of average which most people
have is really expressed by "median,"
while average" means quite another
thing. There is room in our termi-
nology for both terms, just as we dis
tinguish between plurality and major
ity to good advantage in discussing
election returns. The average age Of
the population of the United States,
for example, is twenty-five years; the
med1an g is twenty-one years. The
latter means the point at which there
are as many people above as below; an
'S0-year-old man would then have no
more influence in pulling up the me-
dian age of his community than a 40
year-old man, so long as both We're
above the average. The octogenarian
would, however, have a great influence
on the average age of a community, as
will appear from the formula by which
that result is obtained. If there are
l57 persons | year old. 113 persons 2
years old, 50 persons 3 years old, and
so on, the 157 would be- multiplied By
one, the 113 by 2, the 50 by 3, as far
as ages go, and then the grand total
would be divided by the whole number
OF PERSONS. The quotient would be
the number of years Of life which had
been enjoyed by the average person, or
the average age. For statistical
purposes "median' age is Just as val
liable, and the establishment of the
distinction is important, as numberless
errors arise from the confusion of the
two. What will probably surprise
more people, however. is that the Cen
ter of population" of the United States
Is not the point of which Just as many
people are south as north, as many
east as west. That would be the me-
dian point of population. BY the cen
sus of 1890 the center of population
was twenty miles east of Columbus,
Ind, while the median point was about
seventy miles northeast Of it in Darke
county, Ohio, near the western boun-
dairy of the state. The reason the
center gravitates west of the median
point is that the Pacific coast p%opula-
ton is on the long arm of the lever,
and in HnpnraC paC1llt r,t,nI ~, +ho 1o4o
genarian does the average age. Just
think where our center of population
would be, according to theory. with
the Philippine islands regarded as a
part of the United States, The east
ern seaboard might we'll say, I'VE have
no influence Decentralization cor
respondence of Boston Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16

Bird S. Coler, the comptroller of the
city OF New York, who was elected
upon the Tammany ticket and was
supposed to be a loyal party man, has
been making some extraordinary
speeches lately. In response to a toast
at a club dinner recently he declared
that there was as much corruption and
robbery under the present city govern
ment, of which he is the second official
in prominence, as under the Tweed re-
gime, and he was powerless to prevent
it because of a conspiracy between the
robbers in the city hall of New York
and their friends in the state capitol at
Albany. The robbery, he said, was
legalized, and the Legislature had re-
fused to pass laws to prevent it.
Mr.. Coler is a young man Of reli-
gious and literary tendencies. Gov.
Roosevelt says that the typical New
Yorker is a man who was born of New
England parents beyond the Allegheny
mountains. Mr.. Coler answers that
description. He was a broker in mu-
nicipal bonds when Croker nominated
him for comptroller, comparatively
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16

America was the beneficiary in sew
eral ways of the philanthropy of
George Peabody, the London banker.
The Peabody institute, a fine marble
building in Baltimore, Md, was found
ed by him. 1t contains a fine large lee
ture hall, gallery of art, conservatory
of music and library, and the object of
its patron was to promote education
and to diffuse knowledge among the
masses. Mr.. Peabody also endowed
the Peabody museum, which is an i'm
portant adjunct of Yale college, New
Haven, Conn, and contains large col
lections in mineralogy, natural history,
etc. The town of Peabody, Mass,
which was named for the English phil
a~nthropist, was also remembered gem
~erously by him, in a large building
there being provided with a we'll
stocked library and lecture room.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16

years ago. Two or three men smiled.
the others could not hear. Then the
speaker raised his voice and said:
Save the old village in its peace and
quiet" From that moment every
member listened. Under the elouuence
of the old man the golden walls of the
room faded away to be replaced by
the great elm trees hat shaded 'the
most famous and peaceful old street
in western Massachusetts," Every
mar in the room was thinking of some
old town that he had known, or hoped
to know. 1t showed in their faces. 1t
was evident that the speaker had
reached his climax and that if he
could be withdrawn at that time the
deep impression that he had created
would remain. A friend of the bill
Whispered as much to the venerable
man who had first spoken. The latter
took his heavy can and began to tap
gently upon the legs of his friend. But
he of the Village street" had an ora
ton covering a good part of the his
tory of the town and did not heed the
tapping. He began to quote the names
of people who would have opposed the
location of the tracks had they lived,
and in the course of this he became
stranded to remember one name.
What was her name?" he asked, bend
ing over to his venerable friend. sit
down, Billie; you have said enough"
replied the latter. And he let go the
table and sat down with regret appar-
ent on his face.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16
Her Parting Thrust.

In the course of a call at q very Jolly
place the other afternoon a girl wal
inspired to relate a good story. 1t mel
with such success that she was In.
spired to tell another, and yet another
all the other callers keeping up their
appreciation-all the other callers but
one, that Is to say. The exception wal
a woman who looked as though She
hoped her rigidity would be mistaken
for hauteur, and who was evidently OF
very conservative notions. With Wis.
age grim and never a smile did she
listen to the young woman's anec.
dotes, until 1t flashed through the lat.
ter's mind that she had somewhere
heard that among the antediluviau
races 1t wasn't considered good form
for a woman to tell good stories. Al
last this oma rose to go. To every.
body but the girl she bowed and said:
VERY glad to have met you" To ths
girl she observed, and in precisely the
tone she would have complimented q
poodle for its parlor tricks: I've en-
joyed your stories SO much."-New
York Evening Sun.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16
Coal,

George Montag, a German, is the in
ventor of a process for the manufac-
ture from ordinary earth of a fuel
closely resembling coal. So successful
have his experiments been hat many
large German manufacturers are max
ing arrangements to employ his prod
/ in the place of pit coal. Any kind
of earth can be used in the manufac-
ture of the fuel with the exception Of
sand and gravel. Certain ingredients.
the nature of which is the inventors
secret, are mixed with the dirt; the
material is then pressed into the form
of bricks, which are extremely hard
and brittle, and highly ~inflammable.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16
CHAPTER XXXIII.

1t might have been about the hour
of ten, and We were still lettering on
the moonlit beach, when the cry of "A
sail in sight" made every heart leap
wildly and with hope.
Twas Tom Lambourne who spoke,
but every eye caught the ship at once,
and even those who had been doing
on the warm sand or within the hut
were awake and on the beach In a mo-
ment, stretching their hands toward
her with joy and e~xultation, but the
aspect OF the ship gradually changed
all this into suspense and utter Devil.
derment.
She was a large, square-rigged YES
sel-a ship running close-hauled OF
the port-tack Ito use a man-o'-war
phrase). and with nearly all her can
vas set.
She was about four miles off the reef
at the entrance of the bay, and was
bearing directly toward it. Her can
vas glimmered like snow in the moon
shine. and we could see the red lights
Of her cabin windows fash at times
upon the sea astern, and the Wilderness
Of her long flush deck, as she eareened
before the breeze.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16

would have swan after the boat; for
desperate though the fortune OF those
who were there, I would rather have
shared 1t than live on the Island o.
Alphonso with such a companion.
His fierce, hooking laugh grated
harshly In my ear, but I needed him
not, and continued to gaze after the
boat and the lessening forms of those
who had abandoned me, not without a
o and desperate hope that they
would return for me. Every moment |
expected to see her put about; but moi
she held steadily on till hull and sail
and crew were blended into one little
dark spot, which ere long could scarce
ly be discerned on the moonlit morn
ing sea.
Her course was trimmed northeast,
for where they supposed the isle OF
Tristan da Cunha lay. She had caught
a breeze and, before four o'clock in
the morning, the last vestige of her
had disappeared.
Still l did not entirely despair!
The idea Of swimming to one of the
adjacent isles occurred to me; but the
straits between were full of foamins
breakers and sharks; the rocks, more
over, were inaccessible, and wherever
I might go Antonio could easily follow.
The sun was now setting beyond the
sea. and the shadow of a great noun
tain was falling eastward over the is-
land as we began to descend from the
bluff where l had fingered so long by
one of the narrow and winding tracks
made through the gorse by the wild
goats.
AS 1t was alike dangerous and I'M
comfortable to sleep under the dews
that descended after sunset, for two
nights after the departure OF the boat
l was compelled to share the wigwam
with Antonio. but did so with dread
and loathing, and kept as far away
from him as possible.
His dreams. which were full of oaths,
CALCULATIONS and frequently cries of
eel aparicion! Ell espectro!" came on
him as OF old; and al sleep to me be-
came an impossibility / resolved to
leave him to his own devices. Certain
ly the island was large enough for us
both.
Moreover he had become so sparing
of his ten charges of powder that he
would not fire a single shot at either
bird or goat or wild boar. l have since
believed that he saved them with the
resolution of defending himself to the
last, II Hislop ever returned to arrest
him; and now, being lord and master
of the whole island, and Of me, too,
he exhibited a new phase OF character.
He became too lazy to procure food,
and forced me to find it for him, I'M
der threats Of shooting me. Thus for
two days after the departure of the
bosi, being totally incapable of catch
ing one of the feet goGts alone, and
teing in no way disposed to encounter
singly one of the wild boars, / had to
climb the steep rocks above the break
ers and steal the sea birds eggs.
Ito be continued.)
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16
Shopping In Scotland.

The Scotch have their own idea Of a
bargain day" and their view is not
without a touch of shrewdness. A Lon
don paper describes a conversation be-
tween an English matron and Mr.. An
gus McIver. II suppose, Mr.. McIver,"
said she, that they have bargain days
in Glasgow" Ma conscience, no! 1t
Wad ma do ava," Indeed" replied
the lady. Why, l thought bargain
days would just suit your people!"
"Weel," said he, that's just it. 1t
wad suit them over weel. If they had
bargain days, naebody wad buy ony-
thing on the ither days, ye ken!"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16

Several of Bishop How's stories re-
late to weddings. Mr.. Ibbetson of st.
MichaePs, Walthamstow, was marry
ing a couple, when the ring was found
to be too tight. A voice from behind
exclaimed, Suck your finger, you
fool" Again it is related that the
rector of Thornh.ii, neal Dewsbury,
on one occasion could not get the
woman to say "obey" in the marriage
service, and be repeated the word with
a strong stress on each syllable, say
ing, "You must say obey" Where
upon the man interfered and said,
"Never mind; go on parson; I'll
make her say 'O' by and by"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16
OLD YOUNG EN-.
Root of the Evil Is In Parental Indul-
&enCe.

Root of the Evil Is In Parental Indul-
One of the saddest features of pres
ent-day life Is the condition of ennui
in which even the very young women
settle soon after their school days are
finished, says the Philadelphia Times.
At IS or 10 they have been everywhere,
seen everything, possessed whatever
their desires have prompted, and just
when life should be most filed with
beautiful promises they are hopelessly
stranded on the barren shores Of indif-
ference. The root Of this evil Is to
be found In p%aternal indulgence. The
American father and mother work
hard, saving all they can, denying
themselves luxuries and ofttimes neces-
saries as we'll, that their daughter may
revel in that which they have never
taken the time or the means to enjoy.
From her earliest infancy the girl finds
that her lightest wish is to be graft
fed If 1t Is possible, regardless of the
fact that what she desires may not be
becoming to her age or to her condi-
ton of life. That she wants 1t Is all
that the parents consider. so that when
the time m that such qualification
would have some significance she is
past enjoying it. She has nothing to
look forward to, she Is surfeited. and
should she marry, her husband will
find this ennui the greatest bar to their
domestic happiness. A little more de.
NAL in early youth, plain food, plain
frocks, simple pleasures up to the time
Of her debut, should be the rule, whep
the delight Of new sensations will more
than compensate for the doing without
that which has marked her pathway ny
to that time.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16

1t is difficult to conceive how a mag
azine could be more happily or more
helpfully adjusted to the more impor-
tant interests of the present moment
than is the Review. Not only does this
number afford American readers the
most effective opportunity available to
them for mastering topics Of living
concern, but it contains several con-
tributions whose literary excellence
will entitle them to attention for
many years to come.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16

Mr.. Robert P. Porter, who was
Superintendent of the Eleventh Census,
and who was sent last year to Cuba
and Puerto Rico as Special Commission
err for the United States to investigate
the industrial and commercial condi-
tions prevailing there has written for
the April North American Review a
very valuable paper on "Our European
Trade"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16
WHAT THE NEGRO HAS DONE.


Facts and Figures That Show a Won
derfuI Advancement.
A recent writer gives the following
summary of what the negro has ac-
complished to demonstrate his fitness
for civilization. He has reduced his
illiteracy 45 per cent in thirty-five
years; negro children in the common
schools number 1900, 600; negro stu
dents in the higher institutions, 40
900; negro teachers, 10000, negro stu
dents learning trades, 10000; negro
students pursuing classical courses, L.
200; negro students pursuing scientific
courses, 1900; negro students pursuing
business courses, 1000; and negro
graduates, 1900. There are $50 900
volumes in negro libraries, 1856 insti-
tutions for the higher education of ne
groes, 800 negro physicians, 300 books
written by negroes, $50 negro lawyers,
8 banks conducted by negroes, 8 maya
zines edited by negroes, and 400 news
papers under negro management. The
value of their libraries is $500 900, their
school property is worth $50, 00O, 00G,
their church property is valued at $37,-
0O0, 600, their farms, numbering about
100000, are worth $500, 600, 600 (this
does not include homes, valued at
1925, 600 ,000), and their personal prop
erty is worth $t65, 900, 900. Since the
wal the negro has raised $40, 000, 900 for
his own education.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16
Teach Your Children to Play Alone

I believe that every child should be
encouraged, If not required, to play
alone during some part of the day.
Any close observer Of children will
note an unexplained tendency to sill.
mes when a number of them are al
play together. There are likewise dan.
gers in an o%versupply of adult society
Children are more influenced by in.
direct suggestion than we are apt to
realize, and We may keep them by IA
too closely, and thus affect ~unfavor.
ably their will power and their inde-
pendent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Goodals
Eastman in the May Woman's Home
Companion.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-16

The directors of a French railroad,
the Campagnie D'Orleans, recently no.
titled advertisers that after one month
all the posts, pictures and bills n
nouncing their drugs. pills and embro-
cations along the line of route will be
abolished, SO that the traveller will
once more be able to gaze upon the
fields and hills and homesteads with
out being reminded at every few yards
of the tomb.