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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20
Raising Chickens.

When you set your hens, endeavor to
set as many at once as you can, says
a contributor to Farmers Advocate.
1t will require but little more time
a-d care to look after four or six
hens than it will one. and then one
hen can brood from 20 to 80 chicks,
if all the same age.
Do not disturb the hen during the
first 4S hours. as it takes just that time
to start the chick on its life voyage.
Fair-sized hens could be given 13
eggs, but II is better, l find. On the
twentieth day the chick has drawn the
last nourishment from the egg, and is
| anxious to get out of its prison 1t
always breaks the egg at the largest
end, because it is always less moist
and more brittle at that end. Then,
| too, the head of the little chick is
turned there for air, and the beak
breaks through the rotten walls, finds
more air, and presses hard and soon
| breaks away from all feeble resist
| ance, and thus ends the period of in
cubation.
We notice that the first SO hours
the hen sits quietly brooding her
chicks. never once offering them food
or water. The first necessity, then,
is not food, but warmth and a good
dry place for the hen and her family.
Bear in mind their gizzards were
given them to grind their food, and
if you keep their crops full of soft
food, you are apt to derange the sys-
TEN and invite disease. In my opin-
ion, chicks should never be fed corn
meal raw. If you must and will feed
corn meal, mix it with boiling water,
or, better yet, put little salt and
pepper with it and bake it we'll
find the best possible food for the first
week is hard-boiled eggs chopped fine,
shell and all, and fed to them in small
quantities. Some farmers will think
this is too expensive, but l find it
pays for a few chicks, and it would
be just as profitable for a greater
number.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20
A Pike County Miracle,

Velpen, Ind, June 17.-Wm o. B.
Sullivan, farmer of this place, and
who is brother OF ex-Representative
Sullivan of Pike and Dubois counties,
has had a remarkable experience re-
Gently.
Mr.. Sullivan is 40 years of age, and
has been citizen of Pike County for
80 years. For two years, he has suffer
ed much with kidney trouble and rheu-
matism. His shoulders and side were
very sore and stiff. and his back was
so bad he could hardly straighten up
at all. He had palpitation of the
heart. and a smothering which was
very distressing. He used three boxes
OF Dodd's Kidney Pills, and is as
strong and well as ever he was. He
pronounces his cure a miracle. Mr..
Sullivan's statement OF his case is
startling.
"A month ago l was cripple. To-
day l can do hard days work every
day. and have not a single ache or
pain"
Dodds Kidney Pills have done some
wonderful cures in Indiana. but none
more miraculous than that in the case
of Mr.. Sullivan.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20
The Events of a Day.
RY THnMAs p MnNTFORT.

BY THOMAS P. MONTFORT.
Copyright. 1901. by Daily Story Pub Coz
by George! but l wish l had
chance to know herl She's about the
prettiest girl l ever saw"
Joe Martin ended with a sigh, for,
although he was not aware of it, he
had already taken the first step to-
ward falling desperately in love with
Susan Meade.
He had seen her for the first time
In his life while walking slowly along
a trail that led across the cattle range
of western Texas. Hearing woman
screams, he had turned off to the east
a few yards where he had found MISS
Meade in great distress.
In reaching out over little slough,
trying to get a choice water lily, sne
had lost her balance and tumbled into
the water. She had quickly regained
her footing, but the bank was SO high
and steep that she could not ascend it.
So, drenched from head to foot, and
standing in water waist deep, she was
compelled to wait for some one to
come to her rescue.
When two long hours had passed,
anu BIG lAhlC anu
without attracting notice, she lost
hope and began to wonder If she
would have to spend the night there.
or whether it was not possible that
she might remain there until she died
of starvation. Just as she had sue
ceeded in conjuring up the very gloom
lest Of prospects, and was having a
hard struggle to keep back her tears,
Joe Martin appeared on the bank
above her.
She looked up at him with mingled
feelings Of joy, shame and anger 1t
was joyful to know that rescuer was
at hand, but she was too womanly to
forget for an instant the sad spectacle
she presented in her drenched condi-
ton, and the faint trace of a smile
she saw on his lips angered her.
Reaching down toward her he COM
manded her to give him her hands.
and she hesitatingly obeyed. and the
next moment he drew her up to his
own level.
Il hope you are not hurt" he said,
looking at her anxiously.
Not In the least" she replied.
shrinking before his gaze. Il am very
we'll now, and need not trouble you
further. l am very grateful to you for
your kindness"
Which means" he said, that may
60 as soon as l like"
Don't feel that l am ungrateful and
unappreciative, she answered. But
you"
Il know he said. at is your ap-
pearance. l am not cruel enough to
take any notice of that. Isn't there
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20
DlsLIKES THE AMERICANS.
Fifteen Thousand Dollars q Year Spent
for Spite.

for Spite.
Fifteen thousand dollars year is a
pretty big sum to pay for the gratifica-
ton of petty spite against whole peo-
pie, but that is what is done by Count
Goluchowski, the chancellor of the
Austrian empire. The count, by the
way, is credited with the idea of reor-
ganizing the Holy Alliance against the
United States for the specific purpose
of overturning the Monroe doctrine so
as to open South America to European
Vaccinations. Count Goluchowski is
known everywhere as a hater of Am
erica and Americans and it was this
which originated the payment of $15,-
900 a year. Goluchowski is very rich
man and, strange to say his wife has
a strong strain of American blood in
her veins, her grandmother having
been a Miss Fraser of this city, who
was governess to the family of ex-
King Joseph Bonaparte at Bordentown,
N j., while her father, Prince Joachim
Murat, was born, and to a great extent
educated in thise country. The Murats
have always been conspicuous for their
undisguised luminosity toward every
thing American, and when some ten or
twelve years ago Prince Joachim Mu-
rat. the father of Countess Goluchow-
ski, was on the point of wedding Miss
Gwendoline Caldwell of Washington,
his children, as well as his brothers
and sisters, interfered, and threatened
to sever all relations with him if he
became the husband of an American
heiress. 1t is perfectly true that the
lifting was done by Miss Caldwell her
self, but she only dismissed the prince
when, in obedience to the behests OF
his children, he put forward such pre-
posterous demands of financial char
acter that he knew his fancee could
not consider them.
The count made it perfectly clear
that he entertained no personal objec-
ton to Miss Caldwell, and that he was
only prejudiced against her on the
score of her nationality.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

One of the things worth doing
WELL is milking the cows. Why a
COW ought to be MIXED clean every
time is too old a story and has too
many arguments to back it up to
make a lecture necessary every
time it is mentioned. But its i'm
portance cannot be brought out too
frequently, says Jersey Bulletin. 1t
looks like a little thing to some men
to slight a cow because she is a
"tegious' mixer; and it may be more
convenient to leave quart of strip
pings in the udder than to put up with
the side-stepping and tail-swinging
agitation of nervous critter"; but
the owner of a good COW might bet
ter have hand" who will steal from
him than one who doesn't milk the
cows clean. He not only loses much
of the richest milk-that is perhaps
the least of the objections to such
neglect-but the practice of leaving
milk in the udder has a deteriorating
influence on the capacity of the COW.
The longer it goes on, the less milk
she gives. And the small yield soon
becomes chronic
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20
Life of tho Cholera Germ.

How long will the germ OF hog
cholera live? This is a question that
is troubling a good many people, for
on it's answer hinges not only the
safety Of herds that are yet to be, per-
haps a year hence. in the places of
herds now affected by hog cholera. 1t
is the belief of some of our best breed
ers that the germs will remain vigor-
GUS for at least two years after the
pens once infected have been emptied.
Cases are reported where fresh hogs
have been brought into styes that had
been empty nearly two years and
where the hogs came down with chol-
era within few days of entrance.
This especially affects the showing of
hogs at fairs. If there have been
cholera-sick hogs in any of the pens
the germs are likely to remain active
till the next year. 1t is therefore
necessary that the men having fairs
in charge see that all pens are dis
infected each year, to eliminate the
possible presence of cholera germs.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

am fearful / can't do anything for
you. but will think it over. In the
meantime we will hold you. Go into
that room there"
Martin went into the room indicat-
ed and sat down in a detected attitude.
1t was bad enough for young man
of irreproachable character to be sus-
pected of such a crime as horse-steal
ing, but that was nothing compared to
the prospect of being hung to the near
est tree. He had not been in Texas
long, being only there for an outing.
but he knew that a horse thief. and
sometimes those who were merely
suspected of the crime, were summar-
lily dealt with there.
He had been sitting so for a long
time when suddenly a woman's voice
broke a deathlike stiffness, and he
raised his head to listen.
"Oh, Rob-" she cried. 81 have just
had the greatest experience! 1t would
have been perfectly lovely under other
circumstances
1T must have been lovely anyway.
judging by your appearance. You look
as though you'd been wallowing in a
pond"
Il have. Not wallowing. exactly.
but l fell in, and the handsomest,
sweetest young man came along and
pulled me out. oh, dear! wish !
could know him."
Rob was silent and thoughtful for a
little while. then he said:
Would you know the man, sister.
if you were to see him again."
"Of course. But l shall never see
him. More's the pity"
Did he have a horse?'
Not then. But l saw a man give
him one, or sell it to him, or some
thing, directly after he left me. But
why do you ask that?"
Robert Meade, the owner Of the
ranch, took his sister to Martin, and,
of course, she recognized him at a
glance. Then Meade understood the
whole situation. The horse thief, find
ing himself too hard pressed by the
cowboys, put Martin in possession Of
the horse to throw the suspicion on
him.
Martin not only established his in
nocense and regained his liberty, but
he became a guest at the ranch, and
finally bought an interest in the bust
ness and stopped permanently.
He never forgot his experience Of
that day, and he never regretted it,
either, for otherwise he would likely
never have won Susan for his wife.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20
Lovage and smallage.

Lovage is native of the mountains
Of central Europe, but may be found
anywhere throughout the northern
hemisphere. 1t was cultivated in old
gardens. It is sometimes called Ital-
ian or garden lovage. Its botanical
name is Levisticum oficinale; a
Scotch variety is called Ligusticum
Scoticum 1t is umbelliferous. Small
age is a species of celery in a wild
state. It is a marsh plant with the
leaves little developed and of a coarse
and acrid quality. We believe that
neither of these plants is regarded of
sufficient horticultural value to be col
lected and sold. Small, which may be
allied to smallage, is sold by druggists.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20
LITTLE, BUT HAD ORIT.
How the Big Mans Bluff Was Called In
a Queer Way.

| queer
The quality of courage is not
strained. On the open car of a Clark
street (Chicago) cable train the other
day there was a goodly gathering of
smokers. One of them, slight, ner-
vous-looking little chap, struggled he
roically with a pipe, but sudden puff
of playful zephyr caught up pinch
of ashes from his pipe and deposited
them on the clothing of the next man,
big chap, sour and surly looking
"Oh, beg your pardon. SIR the lit
tie smoker FASTENED to say, and he
hurriedly brushed the ashes from the
others sleeve. The sour man scowled
fiercely. well, don't let it happen
again." he said. Quick as flash the
apologize look died out of the face of
the little man. why" he demanded,
what would you do if it did happen
again. he said. I'D show you blank
quick" said the other, so fiercely that
the conductor trembled. and in clutch
ing the rail to steady himself rang up
an extra fare The little man pulled
on his pipe till he had it in healthy
glow. Then when the ashes were well
formed on the top of the bowl he
turned till he faced the sour chap and
deliberately blew the entire collection
into his face The sour man changed
his seat.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

discovered it in a way not to be read
lily forgotten.
He had gone but a short distance
when he met man on horseback.
The man had been riding hard, for
his horse was wet with sweat and was
we'll blown.
Are you going to town, Stranger"
he called eagerly, bringing his horse
to stop.
Il am" Joe replied. "Why?"
81 thought you might be willing to
do me a favor the other answered
quickly.
Certainly. What is it,"
my brother has just been severely
hurt and must have the attentions of
doctor at once. There is no one with
him and l hate to leave him alone, SO
1 thought if you would just take my
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

horse and ride to town you could send
the doctor out"
1t all seemed reasonable enough to
Joe, so he consented to the arrange
ment.
Just leave the horse at a stable
there" the man added, land tell the
doctor that it's at Hi Blenkins he's
wanted"
"All right" Joe replied. swinging
himself into the saddle, as soon as the
other had vacated it.
And remember that there's no time
to waste" the man said. for it is a
matter of life and death"
1t was a matter of life and death,
but in a different way to that which
Joe suspected. He understood some
thing of this. however, when ten min
utes later he rode full tilt into a gang
OF cowboys and found himself stopped
with a dozen pistols pointed at his
head
While he sat staring amazedly at the
cowboys, wondering what their con-
duct meant, one of their number re-
marked dryly:
"Pow'ful 'commodatIn' of you TO
COulc IlSHI " Us, gOuhS lCllCIs Slcdu
o. havin' us chase you all over the
prairie. Saves us a heap O. trouble.
Don't pear lack it shows much good
judgment on yo' part, though"
What do you mean?" Martin man
aged to gasp. What are you talking
about?"
''Oh, nothin' particular. You Jest go
long up to the ranch with US and
we'll explain matters there
But 1 can't go to the ranch. I'm
in great hurry. / am going to get a
doctor for a man who's badly hurt
The cowboy grinned dryly.
oh, the man amt hurt yit,' he
said. but he will be pretty soon, and
Doctors amt no use to boss thieves
when once We git our hands on EN-"
Horse thieves, What are you
why you are madr'
"Talkin' bout you. That happens
to be our horse you are riding, and as
you didn't buy him 1t stands to rea-
son you stole him."
But l did nothing of the kind. It's
lie"
And then Martin told how he came
to have the horse in his possession.
but the cowboys only shook their
heads and smiled incredulously You
can tell that to the boss when We get
to the ranch" one of them said.
''Mebby he'll believe it. Mebhy so''
Joe perforce accompanied the cow
boys to the ranch. There they were
met by the owner, a young man of
good appearance. and to him Joe told
his story, hoping 1t would be believed.
However, when he had finished, the
other slowly shook his head and re-
plied:.
You tell very plausible story. but
am a little afraid to believe it I
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

Most curious are the sewing or
tailor birds of India-little yellow
things not much larger than ones
thumb. To escape falling a prey to
snakes and monkeys. the tailor bird
picks up a dead leaf and flies up into
high tree. and with fibre for a
thread and its bill for needle sews
the leaf on to o green one hanging
from the tree; the sides are sewed up.
an opening being left at the top. That
nest is swinging in the tree no
snake or monkey or even a man
would susnect
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

Miss Pauline Vincent Mosby, daugh-
ter of Colonel John s. Mosby OF the
confederate army. received her diplo-
ma recently from the Maryland uni
versity hospital in Baltimore. where
she graduated as a professional nurse.
Miss Mosby was one Of twelve students
who finished their course, all of whom,
with one exception. are southern wom-
en-. Miss Mosby will leave for Califor-
mia, where her father now lives, and
at once begin her career as a trained
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

In points to be bred for in the dairy
COW the teats should not be forgotten.
Other things being equal, choose the
cows with good-sized teats. Here is
where the score card may be of serv-
ice. 1t unfortunately happens fire.
quently that heavy and rich mixer
has teats that are small and OF a
makeup that requires an extra strong
hand TO force out the milk. We have
seen good cows that could not be
MIXED by women. for the reason men
toned. Various methods have been
tried to render hard-milking cows
easy to milk, but We know of none that
can be pronounced a success. The in
sorting of tubes in the orifices of the
teats is likely to set up a disturbance
in the tissues that will bring troubles
of a nature to be avoided. We can
breed in the good teat with greater
ease than we can get it in any other
way.
We have known farmers to milk the
newly-calved COW before the calf got
at her and throw away the milk. Most
ldl lAClS ludl lulS Is
take. This first milk Is called the
colostrum and contains a very large
proportion of proteids. In some cases
the proteids amount to Is per cent OF
the whole. AS much as so per cent OF
this is sometimes albumen, while in
the c-se of ordinary milk only about
one-two- hundredths or .5 per cent con-
sists of albumen. This colostrum is
of almost no value other than to the
newborn animal. With the newborn
animal it acts as a laxative and pre-
pares the digestive system for active
operation. This kind of product de.
creases from day to day, and the milk
soon becomes normal; for the colos
trum has brought about a condition in
the stomach and digestive tract thai
enables them to digest normal milk.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20
Nnr.. Ipherlt. $500. GOO.

Mrs Ethel CASTILLO, nurse in the
family Of ]. H. Bostwick of Kalama-
ZOO. Mich. has received letter bear
ing the news that by the death of her
late husbands uncle she will receive a
legacy of 100000 The uncle was
Martinez del Pine CASTILLO, a wealthy
diamond merchant of Honduras He
had also given 100000 to charitable
institutions.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

will quickly send out new areas OF
green, and second state of the rape
viii be as good as the first. II the
rape is planted thickly it will remain
small. and the fowls will feed it
down to the ground. The sun will
destroy its root and that will be the
last of n
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20
Birthplace of Virgil.

Mantua, after nearly twenty centu-
ries. has remembered that it is the
birthplace of Virgil, and has set to
work to erect a monument to its great
poet. The sum of $4,000 has been
raised. and artists have been invited
to send in plans in competition.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

1t Is estimated that the annual con-
sumption of milk in this country is
aUout 100 quarts per capita annually.
This does not refer to the milk alone
that is used in the form OF milk, but
it includes all the milk from which Is
made our butter and cheese The food
products of milk are growing in popu-
larity every year. The present low
consumption indicates to some extent
the possibilities in the field of dairy
ing.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

Enxli.hmau.s View of Stock Imitation.
The London Economists comment
on the recent Wall street craze is
that "the imitation had lasted so long
and become so indiscriminate that,
while a collapse was inevitable. no
body could tell whether or not 1t
would take place before quotations
had reached even giddier heights"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

A government authority states that
dairying is the greatest single industry
in the United States. This is perhaps
putting the matter little loosely
Certainly farming is an industry and
Includes dairying. Taking away dairy
ing, what remains is still greater than
dairying.. Nevertheless dairying is a
great and growing industry. and is
really in its infancy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20
Town Gets Portraits.

Fairfax Courthouse, Va. has been
presented recently with the portraits
of distinguished men who were asso-
ciated with the place in its early his
tory, including one of Washington.
which was presented by Prof. r. F.
Andrews of the Corcoran Art Gallery,
and one of George Mason, author OF
the Bill of Rights" presented by Carl
Guntheurz of Washington.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

Then I'll bid you good day."
Good day"
AS Joe continued on his way he re-
called her features, and the more he
thought of her the r,ore eagerly he
wished that he might know her. She,
too, thought of him and wished she
might know him.
But 1t can never be- he said to
himself, for tomorrow leave for my
home, back East
Perhaps 1 shall meet him again. y
she said to herself, for one can never
tell what may happen"
She was right. One can never tell
what nay happen. Joe discovered the
truth of those words socHer than
might have bean sIpecfss And he
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All druggists and shoe stores,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

Postage to Be Keduced 10 ono OsHts
The President who succeeds in getting
this measure through Congress. will hold
a high place in the esteem of the people.
but no higher perhaps, than the esteem in
which everybody holds Hostetters Stom-
ach Bitters. This medicine gets at the
starting poin. of disease by acting on the
stomach. helping that organ in It's duty OF
ligesting food. It cures dyspepsia. images
and strengthens the nerves. Be sure to
try II.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-06-20

1t should be an easy matter 20 Gle
vate the stage. Every company has
its props"