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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
RaiIroads nIust Fay Fees.

Dcs Moines, Ia, Nor. la.-An. Iowa
statute compelling railroad companies
to pay attorney fees has been sustained
in Il decision from the United States
supreme court, affirming the decision
of the Iowa supreme court in case
brought against the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
poubIe.peeked Street Cars.

Double-deck street cars are univer-
sal in Europe. In some instances the
upper deck is rooted over, in others
left open. This deck is almost uni
formly divided longitudinally with
seats for two on each side of the aisle.
The upper deck is reached by semi
circular stairway, and in pleasant
weather Is the most sought.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
MY LOST YOUTH.
Ry LoNGFELLoM.


OFTEN ss think 4. H.,,s, the he beautiful sss sss. tow"
G,sp essan S's sis s o of sns ssH old town.
And verse Of a
a s.s as% aaF !. p sss % %n%s r san
thoughts thoughts
4 4a isaa Of t sss rs $ #.Ps sss'
that old a.s,
And s0y ybov will i, the ov wnd a,s vii" gss long sours
AND AND s ssP sssu 2 ss n wl sssssa ss Ships
And the iass VOICE Of fg thas hayward song
a so singing ~f i is lh sss ziss si WILL
thoughts,
sunrise gun with itsho
Inc And the bug Iep wld and pfr h nhn
And the hes music Of that old song
~ I bn' vim in my I tine ne1 wp1S, st Win
the thoughts ofy youth are long long thoughts.
How'll huna sFed"e ser the uaeG
graves oeriooEins the tranquil bay.
Andhe of mournfuls song
., Goes ices thr fn u, me me T Wiz "a ennin;
And the thoughts of youth long long thoughts"
I the breezy dome of groves.
ia The he. shadows dOS, of Dssrn ing Woods Dds ~
come
And the verse of that sweet old song
"a boys will is the winds VIII
the thought of.y ongl long thoughts"
remember CLEANS
school-boy's
he
prophecies
Of
on, S
boys S the wind w
nd the o 81
a o
a
md PABLO nto he cheek
Anda mist the
Am o
thoughts thoughts"
meet
the nj s
md the @
boy wi / the
N o
almost pain
!
And beautiful
re
boy is
thoughts"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
Joi,n x. FarweII Dead.

New York, Nov 10-John K. Far
well, one of the best known wholesale
dry goods merchants in this city. is
dead at the age of IS from. heart fail
urc. He WAS a member of the EaIsgell
family of Chicago.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
EcIinsed the Universe.

A certain woman, who had vainly
tried to reduce her weight. had engage
ed as a servant a young Irish girl. who
had only recently come over, and
had never .lived OUT before. One
afternoon a friend of the family called
and asked very politely of the new
girl:
Can Mrs. be seem"
Can she be SEEM laughingly re-
piled Kathleen. "Shure an Oh t'ink
she can, She is six fut hoigh an
four fut weide,z An it's sorroh a bit
av anything else can We see when
she's about
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
Erom Another New.

In a railway carriage youth had
disturbed and annoyed the other pas
sengers by loud and foolish insane re
marks during great part of the jour
ney. As they passed certain lunatic
asylum he remarked:
81 often think how nice the asylum
looks from the railway"
Some day" growled an old gentle
man, s'yoIl will probably have occasion
to remark how nice the railway looks
from the asylum, !"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19

We orer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any cnse
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Cattari
Cure. F.J. CHENEY d. CO.. Props, Toledo o.
We. the undersigned, have known F. j. Cheney for
The last IS years and believe him perfectly honorable
IN all business transactions and financially able TO
carry out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST d TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo o.
"ALDiSS. kISEAS d MARyIS, Wholesale Drug
Halls Catarrh Cure fs taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and surfaces of tho
system Testimonials sent free. Price $50 per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the bost.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19

Those Red. Top Boots.

tHOSC nSG- bSR 0OOhSs
gazed into a great shoe show
window today, on street, to
see if could hnd pair of copper
toed, red-topped boots like my first
pair.
didn't.
Funny, isn't it? How can We expect
to raise statesmen and presidents
these days without copper-toed, red
topped boots for boys?
| remember my first pair. Got EN-
for Christmas. Mother had them hid
den away in the old bureau drawer
where / wasn't supposed to sroop.
They fit, too. like glove, and the
copper toes shone beautifully. And
the red tops-they were the cynosure
of all the boy eyes in our neighbor-
hood for weeks.
And how najestically they squeak.
ed!
Had to oil them three times a
week, and even then they we're stiff
and unmanageable after night of
coasting.
e Then, when skating time came, IA
skate plates put in the heels. Some
tines the screws caught in mothers
carpet, but what of that? Wasn't 1
the only boy in the family and might
| not be president some day?
Bit, come to think of it, l never
have been! Ho! Hum! Can't every
boy be presidert-and besides I was
president of Young Peoples Society
of Christian Endeayor once-but
that's another story.
Guess they don't make presidents
from copper-toed boots any more.
Leastwise, don't see any red-tops
advertised.
Wonder why?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
strike In the Minis.

Minneapolis. Mimi. Nov. 1.-The
miiiers' strike mas spread to the cooper
shops. The men at the Hcnnepin
County Barrel colnpany's shop. where
the barrels for the Washburn-crosby
mills are made are called out.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
WooId Enthrone a bourbon.

Paris, Nov. II. - An organization
styling Itself the "National Committee
of the Royal Party of France" has
issued manifesto in behalf of the
committee of Prince Francois de
Bourbon, cousin of King Alfonso, to
the throne of France
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
Chanra in Postonire Denartment.

Washington. Nov 11.-H. n Bacon,
at present chief clerk to the third as
sistant postmaster general. has been
appointed temporarily as chief OF the
classification division Of the post
Office department.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
sent to Restore order.

Port Arthur. Nov. IA 1T is declared
i:ere chat the 400 troops ordered to
Muledcn were sent there solely for the
purpose of restoring order. No other
measures have been taken.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
nIIllionaIre EIIsins Dead.

philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 1O.-WiIliam
l. E.lsins, the multi-miliionaire trae-
ZION. magnatc and financicr. died at his
home at Aslibou-ne, near here, from
complication OF diseases, aged Il
x-a.,t~x
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
,,.L,nn the eess If It.

Ascum-You don't mean to say you
made a present Of that SO to BOT
roughs? Merchant had to 90 u ~
nresery, my own self-respect. Ascnm
How do you mecE? I thought you
loaned it to him. Merchandise aid;
not knowing any better But now
don't want anybody to think l was
ever foolish enough to expect it7bacll.
PHILADELPHIA Press.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
Turk Turk

The turkey gobbler in his glee
Pursueth divers bugs,
Likewise grasshoppers, worms and bees,
Fat crickets, snails and slugs.
But soon the farmer lad will chase
This pride of gobbling flock.
And with the cleaning AK of steel,
Decapitate the cock!
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19

Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces
in package, 10 cents. One-third more
starch for same money.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19

Ask You Druggist for Aliens Foot-Ease.
ST tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recently.
and have just bought another supply 1t
has cured my corns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and would not be with
out it now.-Mrs. w. J. Walker. Camden,
N. j." Sold by all Druggists, 25c-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19

Some men take what is in sight and
hustle for more.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
Hnw,s This ?

Natural headaches are not in it.with
the acquired kind.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
A PANIC IN TURKEY.

His legs will point in mute appeal
Toward the oven top;
His stomach will be filed with stuff
Much larger than his crop.
And soon of Turk will naught remain,
No remnants of the bake
But there will be meath Johnny's vest
An awful stomach ache.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19

A barber isn't necessarily snob be-
cause he cuts an acquaintance.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19

Try me just once and am sure to
come again. Defiance Starch.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
.
In Our Alley.

w S0i-
A tomcat in. our alley has lost all
sense of shame, while his fiat ETH
quette is deplorably improfcient-he
plays his piano after IL o'clock at
night, and with no soft pedal at that.
Just what he is trying to explain we
have not yet deciphered, but we take
it he is carrying message to Garcia
grass of our back yard. We have
substituted thirty-seven miscellaneous
articles, from a bootjack to little
monkey-busin we found on our
wife's dresser, but nothing sent yet
seems to please the cat Evidently
Garcia is hard to satisfy.
Oh, Thomas-cat upon the fence,
Why dost thou get so gay?
Why yowl and growl and spit and spat
From dark till break of day?
What's good for tomcats, anyhow?
The Frost.
When the frost is on the pumpkin
II Is also Oh the cow
And it's likewise on the cow-lot.
As you must now allowi
When the. frost is on the pumpkin,
On the lot and on the COW,
Then it surely must be mantling
The cold and steeiy plow!
When the frost is on the pumpkin,
On the lot. the plow, the kline,
1t must certainly be roosting
On the hristles of the swinei
When the frost is on the pumpkin,
Kline and lot and plow and ham.
Couldn't ever miss the contour
OF the big and wooliy raIni
When the frost is on the pumpkin.
The electra and the calf,
ct Is time for Tom and Jerry
And a little. Mechanically
When the frost is on the pumpkin
And the product of the fold
Tt Is also on pas whiskers
In the nippy morning cold
Yes the frost is on the pumpkin
1t is on the whole dinged farm
But the frost, my little Willie,
Never b,ights the young school ma-m.
. = =
Many woman says no just
she loves to be teased, when
means to marry the young man all the
time. Speak to your girl about this
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19
WHAT THE PENNIES DO.

Worry is a good friend of the under
tal1er.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-19


business men of CORTLAND, with a
number of farmers, have organized u
local telephone company and made ap-
plication for a charter. They propose
to put in a local system in CORTLAND
and to build rnral lines on every coun-
try road within ten miles of that town
Mrs. BALL IL LiRSED.-Mrs Isa-
bella Worrel Ball, of Washington, D.
c., associate editor of tue National
Tribune, has been called to h:irned to
attend the bedside of her mother, re-
ported seriously III.
SUPERINTENDENT NELSON. Frank Mel
son has moved back 10 his old home at
Lindsborg. lie has been offered prom
inent educational positions in Ohio.
Wisconsin. Minnesota and Nebraska.
but has declined eaci, one of them. He
believes that Kansas has !, great fu-
ture and prefers to stay in this state.
School CLosED.-The schools of
Brshong and Agnes City in northern
Lyon county, are closed On account of
IA scarlet fever epidemic. One child,
died in Bushong of scarlet fever, and
others are sick.
coFsELr's FOURTH TRIAI.-o. W.
Goffelt is being tried the fourth. time
at Winfield for the murder Of Detcc.is.=
George c. Montgomery. Boti, side,
claim TO have st;rslilIsr facts IN I,rin
out. Six attorneys are employed on
each side.
HEAVY SrEEL--Bstwecn the stations
of Coffeyyi,le aud Winfield the Santa
Fe will improve ::ic road even more
than WAS ut first intensed. In adj
dision to laying he;evy steel rails the
company will rock ballast the road
bed tie entire cisiaEcs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
FLOWING UNDER CROPS.
The Value of Green ManurinE Not
Fully Appreciated by Many 9th
ervfse Bright Farmers.

There are plenty of farmers who
do not believe in or practice green
manuring. They think it a better
and more profta bic plan to harvest
a crop, whatever it is, and feed it to
animals. They also hold that the
process of soil amelioration by this
means is too slow, and takes alto
gether too long. These and other OBJ
jections to green manuring are plaus-
IDLE and rather hard to refute. Still
the fact remains that favorable re-
suits are often obtained by blowing
under green crops. Sometimes a
farmer has land that is deteriorat-
ing under annual cropping, and he
cannot well put it in a condition to
return a profitable cultivated and
harvested crop. He may have used
all available homemade manure, and
it may not be convenient to purchase
concentrated fertilizers
In such a case, rather than let the
land go fallOw, he may find it to his
interest to cover it with some crop
on purpose to pillow it under. One
advantage of this course is it's ex-
GIcuc Cucd pIISSS. LII cOSJS Gn0 IdfIl-
Ell practically nothing but the seed,
the labor of blowing the ground at
the time Of sowing, and again when
the crop has made a suitable growth.
Something is gained by the improve
ment of the mechanical condition of
the soil, by preventing the growth
of undesirable weeds which would
otherwise have taken possession of
the land, and by increasing soil fer
tility to some extent. The addition
of humus by the decay of the crop
is in some soils of great Importance.
The argument that no fertility is
added to the soil by simply return
ing the crop that grew upon it does
not apply to a legumirous crop, that
is able to draw large part of it's
support from the air. If the plan
of green manuring is not followed
under any other circumstances, it
is certainly advisable to SOW some
hardy crop on the removal of har-
vested crop, to remain through the
winter as a cover and be plowed down
in the springs. B. Reach, in n. Y.
Tribune-Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
TIMELY DAIRY WISDOM.

Moderate exercise is necessary to
maintain health, and has a stimulate
ing effect on milk production.
The churn should never be filed
more than half full, and then if the
temperature is right it will churn
easily.
Brush the udder and surrounding
parts just before milking, and wipe
them with a clean. damp cloth or
sponge.
If in milking a part of the milk is
bloody or stringy, or unnatural in
appearance, the whole mess should
be rejected.
Don't depend on stagnant pond
for water in summer and an ice cold
trough or frozen creek in winter.
You will lose if you do.
Winter dairying affords good OPP
portunity to market all kinds of
grain and roughness to good advan-
tage, by feeding to the cows.
Don't excite the cow in any way.
Frightening her, running her in from
pasture, worrying her with dogs,
swearing or speaking harshly at her
will decrease the flow of milk.-Mid-
land Farmer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

sorry for them, and so long as they
did not rob us to any great extent we
had tolerated them. TO our relief, one
by one they disappeared.
"And then it happened that the we'll
fed dogs of the village, allowed to
stray about at night, began to be Miss
ing. One man reported having seen
wolf, as he believed, pounce upon his
dog. He ran at the enemy with stout
club, but it left it's victim dead in the
road, the yertebrae close to the skull
having been crushed by the powerful
teeth of the wild animal. There was
consultation down in my shanty, and it
was agreed that we should hunt for
the strange creature prowling about,
lest it might possibly harm the village
children. / could not go, as there was
fish to be cleaned.
"Some of the other fishermen rein
forced by villagers, set out, well armed.
They were accompanied by their dogs,
reinforced by two bloodhOunds loaned
by man living at Hammels and bull
terrier that belongs to Coney Island.
The dogs were soon on the scent, lead
ing to the sand dunes where Jim had
said that he had seen the wolf. They
had not gone far when the whole lot,
with the exception of the bull terrier,
turned tail and scurried backward.
There was tawny streak in the dark
ness, and after it the bull terrier, who
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
TRANSPLANTED TREES.
Filling II About the Roots with Sand
LIS Practice Highly COmmend-
cd by Experts.

1t is rarely the case that in the
planting of number of trees some
are not lost. Nurserymen invariably
answer a customers inquiry on this
point by admitting that few may be
expected to die. 1t depends largely
on what kind of tree it is. Some sorts
may be planted with an assurance that
no more than one in hundred would
DIE, being of a variety easily trans
planted. There is a good deal comes
from the planting. whether of sue
cess or failure. says Practical Farmer.
Much has been written of how to plant
trees, and it is not my intention now
to do more than speak of the soil inn
mediately surrounding the root.
am sure that very many trees die from
failure of the soil TO embrace the
roots closely. Wet soil cannot be got
close to them if lumpy. 1t has to be
rather dry and fine, to be in the best
condition for getting in around the
roots. A plan coming into use, and.
let me say, a splendid one, is to fill
IN Immediately about the roots with
pure sand, just sufficient to perfectly
cover all the roots. This will creep
into every crevice, passing close to
every part of the roots; and, as all
gardeners know, is unsurpassed for
drawing out new roots. 1t would
astonish one who had never tried it,
to make trial and mark the result.
And hardly any of the pounding and
ramming of the soil is necessary when
sand is used unless it be that required
to have the tree stand firmly in place.
Those who know of the use of sand
in this way are delighted with the re-
suit, as hardly tree fails which has
been SO treated. Nurserymen use
heaps of sand for temporary heeling
OF trees, as they keep perfectly in this
way.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08

was quickly distanced. The other dogs
regained their courage and led the way
to the lair of the wolf. The wolf was
gone. There was abundant evidence
that the wolf had lived on dog meat,
for there were canine bones here and
there near a hole above tide water, and
inside there was the half-eaten carcass
of a French poodle that had been the
pride of one of the village tradesmen.
THE next night the hunt was re-
sumed with more men and more dogs.
Not long after the hunters had gone on
their way netting cold touched my
hand and l heard a low whine. There
was my old enemy Donald, his front
paw shattered. His eyes pleaded for
mercy, forgiveness and shelter. Not
far away came the hunters, the dogs
trailing out behind them. / grabbed
up the wounded dog and slammed the
door behind me. When my friends
came to the door they asked admit
tance, but / told them l had captur ed
the wolf and that they could not come
in.
'Then told them that the wolf was
a dog and a friend of mine, and that
they could not kill him. My friends
went away grulnbling, their dogs
barking with great courage. / fixed
up Donald's paw as we'll as / could and
then went to the village to make things
clear to my friends. They told of how
the supposed wolf had kept all but the
bull terrier at bay. The terrier had
closed in, trying for leg hold, but as
he was swapping for the grip the sup
posed wolf by swift movement had
caught him just back of the skull with
his long fangs, killing him instantly.
From a wild beast and canine can
nibal Donald, after careful nursing,
came to his senses. To make long
story short, yesterday he and | were
walking along together, when he gave
a yelp of joy. There was his little mis-
tress and her mother walking toward
us. We three had pleasant stroll to-
gether before the next train was to
start for the city. They asked me about
Donald and said he looked thin. They
were distressed about the bandage
around his foot.
Donald hung his head and dropped
his bushy tail. could not tell them
of his wild life, and said that he had
mussed among some live Holsters. One
of them had taught him what it means
to have good pinch. Donald cheered
up. He went back to the city, and
they Will never know that for time,
at least, that he was a cannibal.''-N.
Y. Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
City and Country Life.

A tendency which is becoming
more marked every year, and one
which should be especially crafty
ing to us as a nation, is the inclina-
ton of our people to drift back 10
the country. Modern invention and
improvement have done much to bet
ter the condition of the farmer and
to make life more pleasant on tho
farm. For many years the country
people have been focl1ing to the
city, and the urban districts have
drawn heavily on the young life of
the rural communities. Now, how
ever, this sapping has been checked
to a considerable extent, and the
boys more and more desire to stay
on the old farm. In commenting on
this movement the Boston Globe
says: Certainly no more hopeful
indication were possible. City life
stands, on the whole, for mental,
moral and physical deterioration
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
A Hint for Dairy Maids.

A farmers daughter, who has milk
ing to do in all sorts of weather,
tells for the benefit of others similar
ly situated how she manages to keep
her clothes dry and clean. no matter
how it storms. She took an old wa
terproof cloak, cut five or six inches
from the ground. sewed to it around
the bottom a flannel skirt, in the top
of which is a casing in which is run
an elastic cord. When put on the
elastic is first slipped over the limbs
up to the waist, then the arms are
put in the sleeves and the cloak but
toned up. Now dress and skirts are
all protected, and with a pair Of Leg
gings drawn on and rubbers and
hood, the worst storm may be braved
without danger of cold or sore throat.
Farm Journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-08
Keeling BARBED WIRE.

bolster and about four feet beyond
the back, so as to give plenty of room
for working the windlass. The wind
less is square, SO as to keep the spool
steady. The spools fit over it tightly,
and are very easily held in place.
When this device is to be used, re-
move the wagon bed and couple the
wagons as short as possible, place the
frame upon it and tie the front end
to the front bolster to keep it from
fitting up. Provide about five spools
for every mile of wire. Loosen the
bottom wire of the fence and let it
out straight. One man sitting on the
fore part of the frame drives the team
while another turns the windlass. A
very slow team is needed and care
full driver. The wagon is driven astride
the down wire, which is taken up as it
passes over. When one wire has been
removed, take off the next and treat
it in the same manner. | have helped
my father take up miles and miles of
wire in this way. Two men can do
the work.-American Agriculturist.