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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
AN HONEST NAM {.
An Illinois Statesman Tells Good
Story-Knew His Fathers Son
Would Not

An Illinois Statesman Tells Good
Story-Knew His Fathers Son
Would Not Lie.
The Honorable Alva Merrill of Chill
licothe. member for the Twenty-fourth
District, State of Illinois House of
Representatives tells an interesting
story:
Some two years ago Mr.. Merrill
gave testimonial stating that Dodd's
Kidney Pills cured his rheumatism.
This with Mr.. MerrilIs portrait were
published in thousands of papers all
over the United States.
On the train returning home from
Springfield one day last winter were
the Honorable Mr.. Merrill and sew
eral other members. After a time
one of them said:
Merrill, what time do you get to
Chillicothe?"
old man who had been apparently
awaiting some Identification of Mr..
Merrill and as soon as he heard the
name he rushed up to his seat and
extending his hand said:
You are AIva Merrill and you
saved my life. | was most dead with
Lumbago and in an advertisement l
saw your picture and your recommen-
dation of Dodd's Kidney Pills knew
your father, and knew his son would
not lie. and therefore decided to try
the Pills.
Il am satisfied that Dodd's Kidney
Pills and nothing else have saved my
life and have been waiting this OPP
portunity to thank you personally, for
had 1 not seen your recommendation
l might never have been led to use
this remedy, but, thanks to God,
through your honest name and the
honest medicine which You SO heart
fly recommended am still alive.
4 have been watching you since
you got on the train at Springfield and
thought recognized your face as the
one l had seen in the advertisement
and as soon as this gentleman called
you by name, l knew you were the
man l had to thank"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Don't trouble yourself she said.
and smiled.
I'm not a stricken deer, yet
He sat down beside her. Il hope
you never will be- he said after a long
pause, but you are bound to fall in
love some day. You wouldn't have been
given such glorious eyes unless it was
intended that they should be lighted
up
Now, / wonder" she murmured
thoughtfully, If that could be called a
compliment.
Il object to Ideals" he said; they
narrow one
Il wager you have lots of Them" she
ventured shrewdly.
We'll. and if / have?"
You at least don't bore other people
with them, and l do
You never bore me"
Now that is a compliment Do you
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

A fall of hail to the average depth
of one inch over a region four miles
wide and Is miles long lis a fall of
167 $40 900 cubic feet of ice Weighing
nearly 100000 tons. The average ele-
walton from which it fell may be TAX
en- as 5000 feet. All the mass that
fell must previously have been raised
to that level; that is. 1,000, 900 tons
must have been raised 5000 feet or
5000, 900 foot tons of work must have
been done, which corresponds to the
work OF an engine of a million horse
power working for five hours.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Charles Belmont Davis. brother OF
Richard Harding Davis, is the manager
of Weber & Fields music hall. The re-
semblance between the two brothers is
remarkable. At a recent performance
Richard, conversing with friends in the
lobby, was main object of attention
from the young women and their es-
corts. A short distance away was his
brother. the center of another group
of gossippers. The likeness in figure.
voice and face was much commented
upon. For heavens sake" exclaimed
one young woman, my idol has feet
of clay" "How's that" asked her es-
cort. well" replied the girl admirer
or the author, Il always thought there
was no one in the world like Richard
Harding Davis. and now he's but COM
mon clay, for there stands his double 8"
New York Times.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
District ATTORNEY withholds Answer.


Assistant District Attorney John F.
Cowan had a negro visitor the other
day who had wished to ''preponderate
techniclitic of criminal law And
here it is: Let us supposition, sab. dat
All bought a chicken; dat dat same
chicken was purloined from NAH lar
der; dat All traced it to de residence
of de thief. an dat in recoverin de
bird All innocently confused it with
another fowl, and took that instead of
nah own bird. Now. have All de Grim
inally legal right to enter again into
de house of dat thief and recover NAH
own chicken, though All have eaten de
chicken. All confused with NAH own
chicken, and at de same time have de
thief arrested an put in jail?" Mr.
Cowan refuses to tell his answer-New
York Times.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Her Ideal.
BY F. H. LANCASTER.

81 r. ii. LANCAS Ell.
Copyright 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
She had often spoken to him of her
various ideals, so it was not surprising
that she should begin to enlarge upon
one of them as soon as they were COM
fortably seated.
MY ideal river is dim and deep and
silent" she said. Il have small love
for gurgling, splashy streams
why. l don't know" he objected
may not accomplish much, but they
work hard"
That is why object to them. They
create such an atmosphere of wasted
energies. AS long as they are in sight
one has to keep thinking of every fool
ish fad she ever followed
"Gooo Lord" he commented. You
ought not to take nature so seriously.
Rest assured she will never return the
compliment"
mo, that is true. She makes joke
of us from the cradle to the grave
I've often wondered" he said lazily,
what your ideal man is like. He must
be "a bird"
81 believe it was Plato who declared
that the only difference between men
and fowls lay in the cut of their
clothes, she remarked loftily.
Yes, Plato" he assented. Rum old
chap, that No end of sand. Wasn't it
Thoreau who made the other distinc-
tion-about the way the knees bent?'
mo, not Thoreau. Some friend of
his made the distinction and he chron-
icled it," she corrected.
That so? | do remember something
about it now. How do you like Tho
| reau?"
why, we'll enough. He understood
nature better than most men. 1t was
love affair that drove him to that Wild
| animal life in the woods"
Il know. Always struck me as rather
pitiful the way he tries all through his
Walden to convince himself and every
body else that he was perfectly happy
and contented.'
81 wonder" thoughtfully, why that
sort of thing generally happens to gift
ed men,"
Need it to bring out the best that
is in them
But Ruskin says it doesn't do it.
That only appreciation and happiness
can bring out the best in any human
being"
He had been through the fire and
ought to have known. 1t was his wife
that went back on him, wasn't it?'
Yes; well. she fell in love with one
of his friends. and he allowed her to
get a divorce
Should think thing like that
would knock a pretty big hole in a
mans life" He turned on his side and
| looked at her. Queer thing. love. isn't
| it? All sorts of fashions, but the same
thing"
She nodded assent and quoted alb
sently:
AS ne is the whole world over, was
| this Cupid in the clover"
Then coming back to earth with a
rush:
I've a picture of a river over my
| desk that this one reminds me of. 1t
| is girl drifting out to sea in an old
| boat; the river is dim and deep with
sedgy banks and the way the moon
| looks down on the desolate girl and the
! forsaken river is wonderfully sugges-
tive. All dead things together"
"Oh, l say" he exclaimed. sitting
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Kansas Logic.

Here is a drought story told by a
travelling man: l was driving across
the country to little town in western
Kansas the other day when 1 met a
farmer hauling a wagon-load of water.
Where do you get water?" said l. up
the road about seven miles, he re-
piled. And you haul water seven
miles for your family and stock?"
Yep" why in the name of sense
don't you dig a welI?' because it's
just as far one way as the other.
stranger"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Lonelie.t missionary in world

The loneliest missionary in all the
world is said to be Rev. ]. o. Spring
er, whose station is on Herschel is
land, near the mouth of the Macken-
zie river. well within the Arctic cir
Gle. The latest received letter from
this most solitary man is dated Oct.
%. 1900. No ship has been at Herschel
island for two winters, and the mis-
sionary's white neighbors are at Peel
river, go miles away
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Metric System CompuIsorr.

Consul Haynes reports from Rouen
that the metric system is now compul-
sorry in twenty countries representing
more than 30O,OOO,0OO inhabitants.
These are Germany, Austria. Hungary,
Belgium, Spain, France, Greece, Italy,
Netherlands. Portugal, Roumania,
Servia, Norway, Sweden. Switzerland,
Argentine Republic, Brazil, Chile, Mex
leo, Peru and Venezuela.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
China and the Kaiser.

We believe that the original propo-
sition was that the Chinese delegation
to Berlin should PROSTATE themselves
noses nine times on the floor. We
think an American delegation would
be more inclined to tumble the kaiser
over and bump his nose on the floor.
Our Dumb Animals.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
How Clothe, Ar. BIIstered.

Many of the starches now being used
in washable fabrics contain ingredi-
ents that break and blister the goods
so that after a few washings they are
of little service. Defiance starch (made
in Nebraska) is manufactured with a
special view to obviating the difficulty.
1t contains a solution that can in no
way injure the linen-but instead
gives it smooth, glossy finish that
makes goods look new after each iron
ing. Sold by leading grocers. Made
by Magnetic Starch Co., Omaha, Neb.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

A land owner is liable for a nuis-
ance created by another person, &C
cording to a Massachusetts, decision.
in the case of a derrick with a guy
rope stretched across a highway SO
low as to be dangerous to travellers,
where the land owner permitted it to
remain after he had knowledge of it,
though it was erected by a licensee.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Our Reed Mating.

A new industry is promised for
North Carolina in the discovery of
the matting-reed in its river marshes.
1t has long been said that mating
could be made only in China. because
the reed suitable for its manufacture
was found only in that country. Re
Gently reed has been found growing
in the greatest profusion in the waters
of the Trent and Neuse rivers. above
Newbern, N. c., which experts say Is
identical with that used in China for
mating making.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

The real name of the new Russian
writer who signs himself Maxim
Gorky' is Alicksiei Maksimovitch
Pieschkov. Gorky is a nom de guerre,
meaning the bitter one" in allusion
to the authors hard life in the past.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is ut least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to he
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease. requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietOrS have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that il fails to cure. Send for list Of
Testimonials
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
The First Ironclad.

According TO records recently discovered
the first ironclad was built in the six
teenth century. but as it proved unman-
ageable was soon abandoned. In the
present century people are trying this
medicine and that one in the hope of find
ing relief from ailments of the stomach,
liver and bowels. There is only one med
icine that will cure indigestion, dyspepsia.
f1atulency. biliousness and malaria. fever
and ague and that is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. Try it and you will be convinced.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Farmers about Cortland, N. Y. a
prohibition district, We're puzzled to
find that their hands got drunk with
out any visible liquor supply. They
finally discovered that the employees
had tapped the silo for the juice of the
green cornstalks. which, fermented
makes a liquor that is pleasant but
most terrible.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Viking Ship In Mud.

Another Viking ship has been found
imbedded in the mud of the harbor
of the old Hanse town of Wisely, in
the Swedish island OF Gothland. The
vessel is exceedingly well preserved,
in spite of its antiquity. 1t was found
under a quay built in the eleventh
century, and is of remarkable con-
struction, wooden nails showing a
manner Of fixing board now unknown.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

81 can't understand it," said the man
with the heightening brow; Il can't
understand it at ALL" What's puz-
cling your" The fact that my daugh-
tiers seemed so content during the
summer with bathing suits and then
came home to trunks full of clothes
and said they had nothing to wear
Washington Star
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Waiting and Learning.

What good does your college edu-
cation do you if you can't carry a
bowl of soup to a guest withut put
ting your thumb in it," said the sum-
mer hotel proprietor to the student
waiter. "Oh, we'll" was the reply,
you must remember l have two years
more in college. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

The monument to the memory OF
Richard P Bland, to be erected in
Lebanon. Mo-. by the citizens of that
place, will consist of a base of white
bronze, surrounded by frieze made
as if from silver dollars. The base will
be surmounted by life-size figure Of
Mr.. Bland in bronze.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

THAT is Jimmy's hair" said the
football player, laying out his trophies
otter the game. land this is Billy's
nose, and this is Toms ear. and this
eyebrow belongs to young Rusher,
but can't identify this finger to save
me."-Baltimore American.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
PRICE. 25c.
Prima-FacIe Evidence.

The late Lord Morris gave a fam
Gus illustration of the meaning of
!"prima-facie evidence" IT." he said
to jury, you saw man coming out
of a public house wiping his mouth,
that would be prima-facie evidence
that he had been having drink"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

''It is foolish" says an assayor
quoted by the Philadelphia Record
for people to pay for having old jew
elry remodeled. In many cases the
jeweler keeps the old material and
gives new articles in the style de-
sired"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Some grocers say they don't keep De-
fance Starch. This is because they have
a stock on hand of other brands contain
ing only u OF. in a package, which they
won't be able to sell first. because De-
fiance contains l6 OF. for the same money.
Do you want 16 OF. instead of II OF.
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires no cooking.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

There is a statue in a village in
Egypt which is said to be the oldest
in the world having been in existence
for over 5000 years. 1t is the repre-
sentation of one of the chiefs of the
domain wherein 1t was erected.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Newspaper of Sweden.

There are ISL newspapers and peri
odicals in Sweden. including ifty-two
dailies. Stockholm has twelve dailies,
seven published in the morning and
five in the evening. which is a large
number for a city of 100000 inhabit-
ants
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

ALL Up To DATE HOUsEKEEPERs
use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because
it is better and 4 o. more of it for same
money.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Its easy enough to run into debt,
but it's hard to crawl out.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Pisos Cure is the best medicine ever used
for all affections OF the throat and lungs.-WH
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen. Ind. Feb. 10. 1900
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

MY ideal river is dim and deep.
up, don't say things like that. You
make me wretched."
How absurd" she commented
81 dare say" ne agreed. getting up
and brushing off the clinging straws
IF this strikes you as so lugubrious,
let's go elsewhere.
Not at all. l find this delightful y
"A lot of dead things together
"Oh, well, you will find that every
where. Among the haunts of men it is
dead hopes, impulses and energies, and
in the by-ways of nature
It's dead bugs and beetles. 1 wish
you wouldn't talk that way. l tell you
it troubles me. People do not see death
with their eyes unless there is sorrow
in their hearts. 1t would hurt me more
than l can tell you to think that you
were unhappy
She looked at him for moment
with clear eyes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

We promise that should you use PUT
NAM FADELESS DYES and be dissat-
isfied from any cause whatever, to re-
fund 1Oc. for every package.
MONROE DRUG Co, Unicnville, Mo.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Isn't it too bad that dissipation
doesn't prolong lie.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

FITS Permanently Cured. No fits nervousness after
nrst days use Of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
DE-. R. H KLINE, Ltd, e3l Arch st. Fhiadelphia, Pa
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
IF YOU USE BALL BLUE,

Indisposed people blame everything
but their appetite.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

The well posted druggist advises you
to use Wizard Oil for pain, for he
knows what it has done
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

g The actor and the base ball player
both like to score hits
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
AN OPEN LETTER
Address to Women by the Treas
urer of the w. C. T. U. of
Kansas City, Mrs. E. C.
Smith,

"MY DEAR SISTERS II believe in
advocating and upholding everything
that will lift up and help women, and
but little use appears all knowledge
and learning if you have not the health
to eniov it
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
Bile, MinsloN.. soothing SYRUP.

Are people who live in fats suscep-
tible to fiattery.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
DEFIANCE STARCH

should be in every household. none so
good, besides o. more for 10 cents than
any other brand of cold water starch.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Brevity may be either the soul of
wit or the poverty thereof.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Having found by personal expert
ence that Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is a medi-
cine of rare virtue, and having seen
dozens of cures where my suffering
sisters have been dragged back to life
and usefulness from an untimely grave
simply by the use of few bottles of
that Compound, 1 must proclaim its
virtues, or 1 should not be doing my
duty to suffering mothers and dragged
out housekeepers.
Dear Sister, is your health poor,
do you feel worn out and used up,
especially do you have any of the
troubles which beset our sex, take my
advice; let the doctors alone, try
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound it is better than any
and all doctors, for it cures ard they
do ot."-MRs. E. C. SMITH, 1912 Oak
St., Treasurer W. C. T. u, Kansas
City, Mo.-S5ooo forfeit II abOus testimonial is
not genuine.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo-
men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

The secret of ignorance is not to
know your lack of wisdom.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

buy Defiance and get the best. 10 o. for
10 cents. Once used. always used.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
500 Reward 500.

A bent pin on a chair is no joke il
you cant see the point.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Stops the Cough and
Works Off the Cold
laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
RemodelInE Old JeweIry

For children teething softens the gums reduces In
nammation allays pain. swind collie 25c bottle
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue.
Large OF. package only cents.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

The ruler of a nation should b,
straight.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14
INSIST ON GETTING 1T.

Whisky is never too old to drink.
Neither are some men.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-11-14

YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNsIGHTLY.
Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large o. package 5 cents.