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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
The sight that met MS gaze froze the
words on his lips.

quietly at his bachelor apartments
Dunn. captain in the Fifteenth U. S.
Regulars.
LAS 1 was saying, Jack, tomorrow
should see me the happiest of men;
and yet the recollection of that affair
with Nita l can't get off my mind-1t
almost drives me frantic at times"
'Jack"-Dick's voice was solemn
and tremulous-'I swear to you have
seen her-Nita- three times this
week, and right here in this room"
'Oh, the devil, Dick" laughed Jack,
you have been tipping too much; late
hours and loss of sleep will make
healthy imagination, you know.
Damn it, man, how could you have
seen her when she has been dead six
months or more? Did l not see her
buried in the old Jesuits' ground at
Manila? Cheer up, old man; 1 al
most believe the nearness of your
wedding day is making you nervous"
ugh, Jack, 1 will never forget her
threat that night will never forgive
you, and if you leave me, my spirit
shall follow you and avenge my
wrongs See, hear it now, Dick; it
has been ringing in my ears all day."
Poor little Nita," he continued,
meditatively, 81 did treat her shabby;
but, Jack, l could never have married
her, though 1 wish now 1 had not
wronged her so.'
You will be on time in the morn
ing, old fellow" as Jack arose to
leave. You have been my comrade
through everything else, good and
bad, so it is a fitting end that you see
me safely through matrimony; good
night" and with cynical smile play
ing over his lips. he listened to the
echoing of his friends footsteps, as
they died away through the hallway
CONSERVATION reigned supreme at
the Colburn mansion on the wedding
morn. The bride was becoming hys-
terical despite the comforting words
of her attendants. Such was the state
of affairs when Capt. Jack Dunn ar
rived. Upon learning Dick had not
arrived he fastened to his apartments
with feelings of anxiety in his heart
he could not subdue.
Rushing into Dicks room he sung
out, Come, come, old man, you're
late; the bride is shedding her first
tears for you'-the sight that met his
gaze froze the words on his lips.
Lying on the floor, dressed as he
had been the night before, with
look of intense horror on his face,
was Dick-dead.
AS Jack looked on that countenance
he could not but remember the prov
erb,
THE wage of sin is death"
Bending over the PROSTATE form
he took from the clenched, cold hand
several long strands of jetty- black
hair.
The daily papers dwelt on the af-
fair as follows:
Capt. Richard Johnston, U. S.
Vols, was found dead at his apart
ments this morning. Heart failure
was the cause of his sudden demise.
His death is more than sad and pa
thetic. as he was to have been mar
ried this morning to Miss Nettie Col
burn, who is Frustrated with grief"
Among Dicks" papers was a let
ter addressed to Jack" written after
Jack had left him the night before
the day set for his wedding, which ran
thus:
my Dear Jack: Nita has troubled
me again-ten minutes after you left;
her oath rings still in my ears, and,
old comrade, have a presentiment
that it will be fulfilled. If anything
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Relic to Be Preserved.

The North Shore Improvement Com
pany of Long Island has paid 100000
for a sand heap which abuts field
that is part of the Sycamore hill prop
erty owned by President Roosevelt.
The sand hill was known as Cooper's
bluff, and for some time it has been
feared that it would be dug away and
shipped to New York. The present
purchase does away with this pros
pect. Howard Gould recently offered
$4,000 for the property.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Oriental Ionic.

A man bought three pounds of meat
and brought it home to his wife to
cook for dinner, and then went his
way to his place of business in the
bazaars. The wife was hungry and
ate the meat.
In the evening the man came home
and asked for his dinner.
There is no meat" said the wife,
for the cat ate it"
Bring the cat" said the man, and
pair of scales
weigh the cat" said the man. Tho
cat weighed three pounds.
eff this is the cat" said the mar
where is the meat? And if this the
meat, where is the cat?" -Harper's
Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
His Svmnathv.

A Chicago lady who had birthday
recently received as a present from
one of her friends a $40 bill. Accom-
panying the money was a note in
which the writer, after explaining
that she couldn't think of anything
tasteful to buy and had therefore
sent the cash, made some tender ref
erences to bygone days and dear old
scenes. While the recipient was sit
ting with the bill in one hand and the
letter in the other, and permitted
tears to drip down upon both, her lit
tie son went up to her and, putting
his arms around her neck, tenderly
asked:
whats the matter, mamma? Isn't
the money good?"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

happens TO me guard my past from
the public and know that Nita's VOW
has been kept. Dick"
Jack" reads the letter, and, as he
looks at the strands of hair he had
taken from Dicks" hand that fateful
morning, he knows the truth; whatev-
er passed between Dick and Nita-
spirit or what (?)-is locked into his
loyal heart to remain.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Rocky Sail of Neu Hamnshire.

A Maine man writing from the
West to his home paper describing
his trip across the continent, has this
to say: when traversing the granite
hills of New Hampshire got the idea
that nature had stuck them in there
about as thickly as it was possible
to do, and that the job had been
rather poorly finished by strewing
little sand in between, to make the
valleys. To a man used to the soil
we have in the Aristook, it is a puzzle
how people get a living in such
Dlaces''
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
A Choir of Babies.

Grace church.. New York. boasts of
the youngest choir singers in the
world. Every Sunday afternoon a
chorus of baby girls takes part in the
service. The youngest two Of this
band are only four years old-hardfy
able to walk, and yet they chant in
perfect unison, clearly and distinctly.
Each small girl wears white apron
and a closely fitting baby cap, and
they are a picturesque sight.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Earth,s Need of Mankind.

Every earthly scene is imperfect.
as Eden was without mans presence.
Hill and tree and clouds, waves on
the seashore, willows by the rivers
side, fields with their broad green
beauty stretching out of sight, lack
with all their loneliness one element
of poetry, gain it only when human
frame stands in their midst, and the
signs of human work are seen among
them.-Phillips Brooks.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Iamn Oil for sniders.

Spiders are met with in the forests
of Java whose webs are so strong that
it requires a knife to cut through
them, we are told. A spider weighing
four pounds, which has taken up her
residence in a cathedral at Munich,
Iegales herself with a large supply Of
lamp oil. A Texas spider weaves a
balloon four feet long and two feet
wide, which she fastens to tree by
a single thread, then marches on
board with her half dozen little ones,
cuts the thread. and away goes the
airship to some distant point on the
prairie.-Pearson's Weekly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
KIno Edward Sets Fashion.

Since it became known that King
Edward VII. has been in the habit of
taking pint of champagne at break
fast some of the younger swells of
New York city have tried it, too. Be-
fore that, though, many of these young
men were accustomed to sip pint OF
sauterne at breakfast. They consid-
cred that a mild hair" Champagne
is more of a "horsehair."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Earthquakes and Electricity.

''It is now over 100 years" said the
eminent engineer, John Gordon Gray,
in a recent paper on wireless teleg-
raphy, since Salve, a Spanish physi-
cist inventor of the electro-chemical
telegraph, in a paper before the Acad-
envy of Science of Barcelona, said: eff
earthquakes be caused by electricity
from one point charged positively to
another point charged negatively, one
does not even want a cable to send
across the sea signal arranged be-
fOrehandn
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Earthquakes in Austria.

Since 1895 earthquakes in Austria
have been recorded by instruments
Installed under the direction of a
government commission. In 1898, 209
shocks (mostly smalD were noted; in
1899, 100, and in 1900, 169. Reports
are regularly received from a large
number of volunteer observers, and
several complete astrological obser-
tories are maintained
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

Carriage upon carriage was deposit
ing its brightly arrayed occupants at
the door of the old edifice; the gray
haired priest was standing at the
chancel rail; the appointed hour had
arrived and passed: ten, twenty and
now the half hour was here, and still
no bridal couple.
The wedding guests sat in feverist
expectancy; the reverend father, eye
ing the entrance impatiently; when
the doors were thrown open to admit
an officer in full uniform, who hast
ened to the altar and spoke to the
priest in low tone.
There was a look of sorrow on his
kindly old face as he dismissed the as
semblage with the startling announce
ment that there would be no wedding
to-day"
The evening prior to his wedding
day Capt. Dick Johnston was passing
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Women in New Vacations.

Women make excellent detectives.
There are now nearly $50 women in
the employ of detective agencies in
this country, and over $50 in the
United States. Women explorers are
increasing yearly in number. Miss
Kingsley was followed by Mrs. French
Sheldon. who recently finished a
2,0o0-mile march through Africa at
the head of a caravan of $50 natives
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Humor of Mark Twain.

Mark Twain occasionally makes a
grim effort to earn a reputation as a
philosopher. Recently he laid down
the dictum that a malarial chill has
one advantage, for through its agency
according to his conception it is a
means by which IAN all-wise Provi-
dence has devised a way by which
man can indulge in exercise without
oyorfiou
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
paderewski,s Wealth.

Paderewski. the celebrated pianist,
is an excellent man of business. All
the money he earns by his profession,
and it is said to exceed 100000 a
year, is invested to the best advan-
tage. He is said to be a shareholder
in a well-known piano firm as well
as part proprietor in one of the chief
hotels in Warsaw. Paderewski has
been heard to say that he has never
had a single serious financial loss
during the time he has conducted his
own investments
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Successful French Writer.

Paul Adam, whose 'L'Enfant d'Aus-
terlitz" has been one of the greatest
recent French successes, though bare
ly 40 years old, has written nearly rs
volumes. He was for a long time
completely under the influence of M.
Emile lola, but since 1890 his work
has belonged to an entirely different
school, and he is now one of the most
conspicuous writer's of the idealistic
school,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
A Question of Color.

There seems to be an impression
abroad in New York city among Ger
tain class of citizens" remarked the
observer of events and things. that
any law which prevents person from
painting the town red on Sunday is
q blue law."-Yonkers Statesman.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
As to astrawberrx RIsndss. >

The eminent German portrait
painter, Franz Won Lenbach. admires
strawberry blondes" more than any
other type Of women, though he de-
clares that they are so ethereal that
they can not be happy in marriage
unless they are adored and petted all
the time.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
The Point of View.

Careful readers of the Monthly Rec
ord, published by the inmates of the
Connecticut state prison, will find a
good many suggestions for the phil
osophy of life, says the Boston
Transcript. One of these in the cur,
rent number is: 1T is a good idea
never to do to-day what you ought not
to do tomorrow"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Trv This.

It has been discovered that mos
quitos are susceptible to music and
have been trapped by means of a de-
vice giving off a constant musical
note. This has been noticed by a
number of scientists, but the expert
ments have not been carried to a
practical end.-Baltimore Herald.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Lava From Mont PeIee AnaIyzed.

The sample of lava which caused
the destruction of st. Pierre has been
analysed by ]. NJ. Camp, chief chemist
at the Duquesne Steel Works. The
result shows the composition of the
lava as follows: Silica. $3.50; sesqul
noxide iron, 721; alumina, 1879; lime,
6.2S; magnesia, LOS; manganese. a
small trace; sulphur trioxide, 1.60;
carbonic acid, 6.12, and moisture, 1.SS.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
In the Children's Home in New York. Cures
Fe7erishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over $4,000 Testimonials
At all druggists, Csc. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Find Statue of Roman Empires,

A seated marble statue of the Emu
press Faustina, the wife of the phil
osopher, Marcus Aurelius, has been
dug up in the Roman Forum The
statue is complete, but is broken il
four pieces, and the face has been
routiIiotod
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

Dealers say that as soon as a custom
er tries Defiance Starch it is impossible
to sell them any other cold water
starch. 1t can be used cold or boiled.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Landmark to be Removed.

The old stone chimney which now
stands on the lands of the Niagara
Falls Power company is to be re-
moved. 1t was built by the French
in 1850, and was the first stone struc-
ture erected in the Niagara locality
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
New EnoIish Comic WeekIy.

Arthur w. A'Beckett, long mem
Der of the staff of Punch, is to start
a new comic weekly, to be known as
john Bull. Percy Spence and Harry
Furiss are to be among the artists con-
nected with the new publication.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Career of MaIor Pond.

Major Pond. the well-known Ameri-
can impressario. has just celebrated
his 64th year. He began life as jour
neyman printer and for three months
set type with John Brown on the Her
aid of Freedom.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Indian Paper to Suspend.

The Cherokee Advocate, the only
paper ever printed in an Indian tongue,
is about to suspend owing to change
In the government of the five tribes
The Cherokee is the culy tribe having
written language. 1t was invented
by Sequoyah, a Cherokee. in 1926.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
turkish Authorities Are Careful.

The British consul at Constantine
pie reports that it is unwise to use
newspapers as packing for parcels for
export for Turkey, as such packing is
examined at the customs house. and
If it contains "seditious" matter it is
removed
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
To Burn BuffaIo's Paupers.

A crematory for the pauper dead is
public works of Buffalo. The potters
field is full and cremation would cost
but a dollar. while burial costs SO.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation.
Proof That Many Operations
for Ovarian Troubles are I'm
necessary.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM :-Travelling
for years on the road, with irregular
meals and sleep and damp beds, broke
down my health so completely two
years ago that the physician advised q
complete rest, and when had gained
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
L london BUILDING New Schools

By arrangement with the London
School Board, the London County
Council is to rehouse 1000 persons
whose homes have been acquired to
make room for new schools
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality, of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
How Adam and Eve Were Punished.

How Adam and Eve Were Punished.
The vicar was questioning small
class of infants on the Old Testament.
And now" he said, very blandly,
"can any child tell me in what way
the Creator punished Adam and Eve
for their transgression in the Garden
of Eden?" A tiny tot staggered out
of the line, with uplifted finger.
please, he sent them a baby"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

You can feel Panama hat but it is
never felt.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

ALL UP TO DATE HOUsEKEEPERs
use Defiance Cold Water Starch, be.
cause it is better and OF. more of il
for same money.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

The average actress diamonds are
about as real as her complexion.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

A man growls, woman smiles-anC
the latter gains her point.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

A man seldom says what people ex.
pect him to say.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

Use Red Cross Ball Blue. 1t makes clothes
clean and sweet as when new. All grocers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Mrs. yyip.1ow,s Soothing syrup

The bashful English girl drops hel
his and her eyes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

lido not believe Piso's Cure Tor Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN +
BOYER, Trinity Springs. Ind, Feb ID, 1900
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

It's good thing to be too busy to
tell your troubles.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

The girl who steels her heart will
not have it stolen.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
SENSIBLE HoUsEKEEPERs

Even the prices are high on roof gar
dens.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Wild Animals Kill MANY.

Tigers killed 357 persons and pan
theirs 295 last year in the Indian cen.
trail provinces.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

People who have the least to say in
variably talk the most.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

The fellow who trusts to luck is no
always to be trusted.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

You may not be self-made, but you
can endeavor to make yourself agree
able
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

A river must be pretty angry to foam
at the mouth.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

will have Defiance Starch, not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also because of
superior quality.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

The lawyers brief is seldom as short
as it sounds.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, coFns and
bunions. All druggists and shoe stores,
Csc. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

Time is the capital of the intellec
tual man
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

1t doesn't seem inappropriate to ga.
"back up" to a camel.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
RED CROSS BALL BLUE

There are various walks in life but
the political candidate prefers to run
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

A fellow doesn't have to be very
strong in order to break a promise.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

To Cure a Gold in One day,
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money If it fails to cure. 25c.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

Homemade pleasures are the best
there are.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

For children teething, softens the gums reduces n
iammstion allays pain wind collie CSC abottlt
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
OF ADVANTAGE TO TRAVELLERS.

The Missouri Pacific Railway has on
sale through railroad and steamship
tickets to all parts of the United States
and the world.
We are agents for all the principal
Transatlantic and Trans-Pacifc
Steamship Companies. We invite in
quiries, both written and verbal, from
those desiring information about rail-
road and steamship tickets and rates.
Deposits received for prepaid steam
ship and railroad tickets from all
points in Europe
Two trains daily from Wichita for
Kansas City and st. Louis, carrying
Pullman Sleepers and free reclining
chair cars. Connections made at these
points for New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and all points east.
For full information, time tables, sail
ing lists, Resort books, and railroad
and steamship literature, call on or
address,
81. C. TOWNSEND, R.SHERWIN,
G. P. t. A, P. & I. Agt.
st. Louis, Mo. Mo. Pac. Ry.,
Wichita, Kas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY,

NOTRE DAME, INDIANA.
Gone mile west of the University Of Notre Dsme)
Thorough English and Classical Education,
including Greek Latin French and German. On
completing the full course Of studies, students
receive the Regular Collegiate DeErees-
The Conservatory of Music is conducted on
Europe.
The Art Department is modelled after TN
best Art Schools of Europe.
Preparatory and Minim Departments. Pu.
pills are here carefully prepared for the AGA
demic and Advanced Courses. Gymnasium uo.
der direction OF Graduate OF Boston Normal
School OF Gymnastics. Bookkeeping, Phonog-
raphy and Typewriting extra. Every variety Of
Fancy Needlework taught. For catalogue I'D.
dress
DREcTRESS OF THE ACADEMY.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31
NEW BOOKS.

Lothrop Publishing Company of Bos-
ton has sent out many good books
Among their recent publications is
''Judith's Garden" by Mary Stone
Bassett, a story of garden with but
three characters in the narrative; the
woman, the man and the garden; and
the garden assumes distinct person
atty. The woman is delicate, refined
and witty. The man is Irish, funny,
original and happy. 1t is charming
book, as fragrant and as fresh as new
mown hay. Lovers of flowers will be
charmed with it.
Another of Lothrop Company's new
books, recently published, is ''The
Spenders, by Harry Leon Wilson.
The book is story of America, East
and West, artistically combining the
people of the mining camps and the
gay society of the East. The hero has
inherited a great property. Meantime
he becomes enamored of a girl of a
decedent New York family, but dis
covers that the family are fishing for
a rich husband for the beautiful girl.
He leaves his mines, goes to New York
and to spending the family millions.
His old grandfather eggs him on until
his wealth is gone, but at the same
time, while steering the young man to
the losing side of ventures, plays the
winning side himself, with the boys
cash, thus saving his fortune for him
without his knowledge. OF course he
meets the lady of his love and it all
ends happily.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-31

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