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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-06-01
Lodge Directory.

I. o. o. F.-Meade Lodge No. SD. meets on Mon
day night Of each week in hall over First Nat
iouai Bank. Visiting brothers cordially invit-
- &c. RAeLAND, N. G.
WzsoN HUGHES, Sec'y.
/. o. o. F.-Meade Rebekah Ledge No. AZ meets
LIST and Bird Tuesday nights Of each month in
First National Bank hail.
Mrs. JOHN BRADES. N. G:
MRs. J. c. RAeLAND, Sec'y.
A. F. & A. M.--webb Lodge No. us meets the
Saturday night on before the full moon of each
month. c. E. TALLEY, W. ID.
JOHN ELLIOTT, Secretary.
NJ. W. A.-Meade Camp No l73s, meets on the
End and 4th Wednesday nights Of each month
over Bank. J.E. RosExrs JR., v. C.
JOHN ELLIOTT, Clerk.
R. N. A.-Middlemarch Camp No. 622, meets the
Ind and 4th Thursday afternoons Of each
month at hall over bank.
MKs. ANNA wEHKLE, Oracle.
MRS. ADAH MARTIN, Recorder.
A. o. U. w.-Meade Center Lodge No. 2+7 meets
on second and fourth Tuesday Of each mcnth at
the bank hall BROTHER Bus, NJ. W.
MI MARTIN, Recorder.
nights OF each month.
ABBIE BoDLE, President.
May PKEssLy, Cor. Sec'y..
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If you want to buy cream sepa-
fator on the installment plan, see
Lee & Read Tor particulars.
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SALE OF SCHOOL LAND.

First Publication May 18th 1861
Notice Is hereby given that on Saturday, the
24th day Of June, A. d. 1905 At 2 o 'cick p. m.
will offer for sale at public auction at the front
door OF the Court House, Meade, Kansas, the fol-
lowing described School land situated in Meade
county, Kansas:
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either % ounces. of beans or pease. or
So ounces of rice or hominy, and either
16 ounces of potatoes or II 10 ounces of
potatoes together with 10 ounces of either
onions or tomatoes; 30 ounces of dried
or eVaporated fruits, / % ounces of coffee
and " 10 ounces of sugar The ration also
includes very small quantities of vinegar,
salt, pepper soap and candles. In summer
time and in tropical countries each hundred
rauons includes 100 pounds Of ice.
In addition to the articles that have been
enumerated the commissary department
has been authorized by Congress to keep on
hand other articles of food that are not
included in the regular ration. These are
given in place of parts Of the compOnentS
of the regular ration which can be saved.
The ration is supposed to keep the soldier
for one day. furnishing breakfast, dinner
and supper for him. The rations are
usually computed by the hundred and are
issued for ten days. Suppose there is
company of 100 men-the ten days issue
is thousand rations. There are sure To
be a number of men among the hundred
who do not eat all of the articles. 1t is
useless for the mess steward to draw
them, as they would be wasted. so he
draws his thousand ratiOns and then re-
turns to the COmmssary that part of the
various components that he thinks Will not
be used. In the language of the army. ne
makes a Saving on certain parts of the
cOmpOnents.
The value of the articles saved is COM
puted by the issuing commissary and the
mess steward can draw from the sales
stores chose articles kept on hand at all
cOmmissary store houses that are not in
cluded in the ration a sufficient quantity
of Injuries, sO-called, that are not in the
regular issue, equal TO the value of his
saving" For instance. it will be noted
that there is no milk or cream in the ra-
ton. and therefore no milk cream can
be had for coffee in the regular issue But
any amount of condensed milk or evapo-
rated cream can be obtained from the
ales stores in return for savings, and the
troops are therefore supplied with these
uxuries. 1t Is the same with butter and
certain canned fruits and vegetables not
named in the list, but which are to be
found on hand at every commisstTy store
house.
There are certain things in the ration
on which there can he no saving The gov
eminent will not permit it. This is the case
with fresh beef dried or preserved fish,
potatoes, onions, tomatoes, prunes apples
peaches and matches. When fresh beef is
drawn it must be used, and the same can
be said of other food stuffs on the non
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went upstairs, and going into her sons
room, discovered it to he 80 full of smoke
that I was nearly suffOca ted before l could
open the window when I found my son
apparently asleep, but quite insensible, till
we got him into the air; and then when we
aroused him, he remembered that when he
came up to bed he laid the pipe he had been
smoking on pile Of handkerchief, which
had been put on the dressing able. They
were completely burnt, and the table in
iured but without flames. Our doctor
thought that had not gone just in time,
my son would have been dead" near
relation of the present writer was saved
from danger of exactly the same sort by
warning dream which sent his sister to the
rescue.
Simply to report happiness found in a
new state of existence seems to have been
the object of next revenaut, who, all
things considered, could hardly have come
upon more Hateful mission. The story is
told by Miss II. G. Hosmer, the celebrated
sculptor When living in Rome, about 1856,
she had in her employment an Italian girl
ramed Rosa, who obliged to return
home on account of confirmed i'll health.
and whom she used frequently to visit
One evening she found her better than
usual, and as Rosa expressed a wish for
certain kind of wine Miss Hosmer promised
to bring her a bottle of ii the next morning.
In the dim light of that morning Miss
Hosmer awoke with feeling that some one
in the room. but reflected that one
could get IN except her maid, who mad the
key of the locked door. Thinking that
some might be behind the screen at the
foot of the bed she said, who's there?"
but got no answer. She heard the ser
wants stirring in the apartments below,
and as Il clock in the adjoining room Just
then struck five. she resolved TO rise inn
iately. LAS I raised my head from the
pillow l saw standing by my bedside the
figure of Rosa, who looked inside the cur
tain, and smiled at me- and in some way
though | could not venture to say 1t was
through the medium of speech, the impress
sion was conveyed to me from her of these
words: 'Adesso son felice son contenta'
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WONDERFUL TALES OF GHOSTS
BY JANE BARLOW,
(Author Of HIGHLAND Studies" etc)

"SHE saying that there is nothing new
under the sun often seems to come
home with peculiar force to the stu
n dent of ghost-lore. so constantly do a
few strongly marked types tend TO
repeat themselves from the earliest to the
latest times. In fact an outline or epitome
Of universal history of ghosts would prob
ably be no less nonotonous than are works
summarizing In like manner the visible
world $ successive wars, and treaties and
plaques, and sovereigns.
Yet, when we consider the subject rather
more deeply. and go little further into
Detail, we find that this appearance OF same
ness is really superficial. since there exists
a greater variety in ghost stories than
! rough general survey. which discovers only
the more striking, and it may be not the
most important. features. would lead us to
expect. There are not a few of them that
have nothing to do with the demanding of
vengeance, the confessing of crimes. the
toretelling OF inevitable caIamities, the play
Ing Of practical jokes, wherein the COM
mouest, because the most sensational, of
them turn; and AS ghosts are at the present
time persons of some consequence and
seem likely to become 50 I'm an even higher
degree, IT is certainly wise to regard them
from every possible point of view, and I.
may be worth while to collect here a hand
ful of well authenticated cases in which
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various parts of the country. These men
suffered from fever and dysentcry; most of
them were volunteers, and it is declared
that in many cases the cause for the dis
ease that wrought such fatality was to be
found in the ineXperience of the officers in
command of the companies and regiments
in administering the commssary depart
merts OF their commands.
Much of the complaint that came from
troops in the field was of insufficient food.
Many of the men were drawn from homes
where q plate piled high with hot cakes,
smoking sausage, plenty of coffee and other
rich essentials formed the morning meal;
where the luncheon was a hastily swallow
ed piece of pie and mug of coffee or milk,
and where dinner the principal meal Of the
day, included all the highly seasoned deli
cGcies of the season. These men were
clerks, merchants, city officials and state
officers. They lived quiet lives indoors
most OF the time. Their physical powers
were never severely strained, and all the
undeveloped strength of their bodies went
20 the stomach to assist in the digestion Of
the rich food that their daily lot.
Such men We're taken from sedentary sur
rouHdings and We're put into the field: they
lived in the open with only thin strip of
canvas between them and the heavens;
they drilled and marched and maneUVfrgd
from four TO six hours day, and worked
hard, physically. keeping their camp clean
like amount of time. They Were given
food that was best calculated to sustain
them in that kind of living. Their buck
wheat cakes gave place to palmer stuff
and the time allotted for lunch was stretch
ed to a dinner hour. They could not APP
preciaJe the change. They did not like the
plain food and they complained.
But that IS not all they did. They pa
tronized the horde of pie stands that in
tested every camp. They ate heavy, half
cooked doughnuts. quite unlike those
mother used to make" they swallowed
fierce connections of gas and favored wa
ter that was sold under the alias of mon
irtoxicating soft drinks" and, when they
could get it. which was unfortunately fire.
QUsnt, they soaked their systems with drug
gca whisky and weak, med-cated beer.
Take man whose muscles are soft" who
has been workin; in the hot sun all day,
and let him take into his system q few pies
and dOughnuts, turnover or two and
bottle so of the kind of beer that was
10 be found a all the concentration camps,
and he was usually the object of sur
geon's care the next morning. Such 4 man
could not possibly come through 4 siege of
this uncomfortable afiiiction without weak
ening his system to such an extent that X
positively yearned for disease germs OF all
kinds. The result would be a case of ma
larial or typhoid fever, and if the man had
been damaging himself in this manner for
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their errands were more benevolent and
more consolatory.
We may thus describe, for instance. an
experiment of the late Richard Hill, G. B..
the most eminent naturalist of the West
Indies whom Charles Darwin called IAN
observer after my own heart Hill, a
native of jamaica, was a jealous abolition
ISL, and was in consequence eXiled for many
years from his native island He had a
friend and colleague. an Englishman named
Lundy. who was working in Jamaica on be-
mar OF ehe anti-slavery cause At one time
When Hlll started from England in A sail
ing vessel bound for ST. Thomas, on his way
to Haiti. he and the captain occupied the
main cabin, having their state rooms on
each side of it.
one evening, when the vessel was about
In the latitude of the Azores, the captain
and he were both in their state rooms, each
of which was partially lighted by a large
globe lamp swung over the table in the
main cabin. HILL lying awake heard ana
recognized a familiar step, which passed
through The cabin. and his friend Lundy
appeared In the doorway of his state room
came up 10 the berth. and leaning on it,
said:
well. Hin, ! have served, the cause as
long as I could be useful. and now 1t has
pleased God TO take me"
The apparition deeply impressed FiHs
mind, but he mentioned It to no one. They
landed al St. Thomas Simultaneously with
vessel from Kingston, Jamaica, on board
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mow l am happy, l am contenO. And with
that the figure vanished"
At breakfast Miss Hosmer related the oc-
eurrence to the lady who lived with her,
and expressed a strong belief that Rosa
was dead. Her friend naturally persisted
in assuring her that 1t was dream but
Miss Hosmer sent messenger to inquire
and he returned with the tidings that Rosa
had died that morning at 5 o'clock
The spirit soul of truth we may trust
Of these stories, has rarely been given a
more beautiful form than in this little
poem:
20 thou woVldst nevermore be blind
If thou couldest see, If thou coudst see
The white-robed and the dreamy hosts
lead-sOme call Death-ah,, well!
They would not call thus, those ghosts,
If they could tell, If they could tell.
Beyond the land by light forlorn,
bring them such helds-ah, well,
For my beloved ye would not mourn
If they could tell, If they could tell"
II. De We're Stacpoole.
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mtelIigencer. published in this city Au-
gust 81. 1850, and upon its corner the adj
dress, George L. Washington" This gem
tlemen was grandson Of Samuel WASH
fngton, and he was the last of the family
to live in Hardwood House" About 1851
he sold out the furniture. leaving a num-
Der of family portraits securely fastened to
the walls, and went to California in search
of gold He became collector of customs
for Il while in San Francisco, but tired of
this and pushed to the gold fields, where
he accumulated quite fortune.
The old paper has a number Of interest
ing articles In ii. among them being the
Senate's proceedings in regard to giving to
the Orange ana Alexandria railroad Sl20.
600 which sum the state of Virginia had
given to start the city of Washington, the
argument being THAI the money was only
a loan and should be refunded, and by Civ
ing 1t to the railroad the interests of the
state OF Virginia would be materially for
warded. The road some time afterward Sc
cured the money.
The Intelligencer al"o gives the motion
of Senator Henry Clay 70 suppress the slave
trade in the District Of Columbia, and that
early day be fixed for the. purpose of
considering the same.
The paper shows what an infant electro
magnetism was in 1850, for at that time
Senator Benton submitted a resolution That
the Secretary of the Navy be directed to
report to the Senate the results of the ex-
periments in electromagnetic as a motive
power, authorized to be made by Prof
Page under appropriation of Congress
At the same time there was being held an
American scientific convention for the pur-
pose of examining Prof. Pages invention
for applying electromagnetic power.
Mr. Eeefer, who Is a gaember Of the Dis
trict Sons of the Revolution. intends TO pre-
serve the brick from Hardwood House
and also the valuable copy Of she National
IntellieenCer. He states, in regard to Sam
uel Washington, that he had i've wives and
two sons. One of his sons George Steptoe
Washington. married Miss Todd. whose
sister was Dorothy Payne Todd, and who
married Mr. James Madison in this old
house, HARDWOOD.
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the rest he should say" and so with many
threats and bitter repr0aches departed from
him.
Thcreupon the officer contrived to obtain
private interview with the duke, whom he
met at Lambeth bridge at , o'clock in the
morning. on his way TO hunt with the king,
and with whom he walked aside in confer
ence nearly an hour during which the
duke was sometimes seen to speak with
great commotiou." The officer subsequently
reported that when he mentioned those par
ticulars which were to gain him credit the
dukes color changed, and he swore he
could come to that knowledge only by the
devil; for that those particulars were
known only to himself, and to one person
more, who ne was sure would never speak
of 1t.
The duke himself was observed to ride
all the morning with great pensiveness, and
in deep thoughts and presently visited
his mother with whom he was shut I'D for
two or three hours in stormy discussion,
after which his countenance appeared full
of trouble with a mixture of anger; a coun-
tenance that was never before observed in
him, in any conversation with her, towards
whom he had Il profound reverence; while
she was found overwhelmed IN tears, and
in the highest agony imaginable. 1t was
noticed that when few months later she
received the news of the dukes murder,
she seemed not in the least degree sur
pTised, but received il as If she had fore
seen it; nor did afterwards express such a
degree of sorrow was expected from
such a mother for the loss of such SON."
In the following case, which concerns
persons of less high quality, ghost heard,
but unseen, was able ia preserve a menaced
life. One night Mrs. Poe was aroused by
The voice OF her mother, who had been
dead for two three years, calling to her
outside her door. Mrs. Roe, finding no one
at the door, or anywhere on the same floor,
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any length of time his chances of recovery
were mighty slim.


II was demonstrated by the beer inVes-
tigation' that there was much bad food is
sued to the army and that sickness re-
Quilted f,,.,, So. o-r,,,.i-,, 49, .,,..,.-.
~ I'm '''''''''i I'm 10y 'iie t''ii''il'
u SICKNESS thil came from lhls source as
compared with the. amount that came from
the other that has been described. was as
the.Iittle brook in the forest is to tie mighty
ocean
The volunteer officers in command Of tho
troops il is declared did not know how
to supervise the cooking Of Tho ra.rrIlar "a
ton and the administration of its ronro-
nents so that something could he saved
here and there and the MONEY saved in
vested in more ralatabIa and en-ioinn,
viauds They also were unable ia cunt,,i
their men and keen thom away ron r,;a
stands and 1IDc}, cn,,rtare Ard ~, -
folks we're at fault in Thar hey cortinT.,ji,.
sent to their bovs i'm tHp faIJ tbings tJ,.,t
we've nice enough to eat nj home hlf ,vt,fcb
were entirely out Of MACE il, carn II 1rnf
absolutely dangerous
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Relics From dolly"
Wadison's Old Home

"a ~ r. JOSEPH l. KEEFER of this
iA|a city recently made visit to
EM Hardwood House." Charlestown,
ii w. Va. which was the former
home of Dolly" Madison. wife OF
President Madison and the beauty and ia
vorite of the White House during Mr. Mad
sons term Mr.. Keefer states that he
brought back to Washington with him
brick taken from the old chimney of Hare
wood House" He also found on the top
floor of the house copy of the National
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bit Of wisdom. Some histori-
ans have credited it TO Napoleon. But AL
Fxauder and Hannibal must have thought
il, and il was obvious to Caesar. Frederick
The Great is quite certain to have discov-
cred the truth of it, and his well-knOwn ca
pacity for concise statement Of fact would
have impellcd him to Ike II known TO his
generals. BraddOck and Wolfe are sure to
have learned it; Washington could not pos
sibly have escaped its truth; Wellington,
Jackson, Scott. Grant. Bismarck Louis Ma
poleon, Shafter Chaffee and Lawton all
found il out, so that taken as an estab-
Hshed truth that an army does travel on its
ste mach, it remains that the best army
must be the army that has the
best stomach. Medical experts say
that the stomach is only good so
long az the food with which il is fec is
good and therefore it must be obvious to
every one that an army, to travel and fight
must be fed with such food as is best cal
Culated TO keep the stomach in good cOndi-
uon. 1t is ell very well TO have given proof
OF physical courage and strategic genius;
II Is q fine thing to be able to stand midst
sA0t and shell and say patriotic things
sbout the flag and the country. and to
WTlng victory from apparent defeat and all
those heroic things. but Wolfe is the only
man who has ever been able to do il with
inc pains OF indigestion gnawiug at his Vi
tais, and he had to be carried during the
last assault on Quebec. He would have
been In a pretty situation if his troops had
been as dyspeptic as he was himself
1t has been often said that a man can
hght with the toothache, but let something
get wrong with his digestive system and he
IL as helpless as q week-old babe. 1t can
readily be seen, therefore, that one of the
greatest problems military men have to
zeal with IS that which relates TO the feed
ing OF the troops. Ii is a question Of the
most far-reachiug character. and it vitality
affects the efficiency and discipline of an
army.
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More important the matter being of life
and death. and less successful, the warning
voice being disregarded, was the errand
upon which Sir George Villiers, father of
the Duke of buckingham, is said to have
returned from the undiscovered country.
Clarendon relates the story, which has. lie
says, "a better foundation of credit than
usually such dscourses are founded upon"
About six months before the dukes MUIR
der there was a well-reputed, elderly officer
in Windsor Castle, to whom one night APP
peared a speCter. in which, half dead with
fear and apprehension, he recognized 1.-The
presence of Sir George Villiers, and the
very clothes he used to wear. wherein a
that time he seemed to be habited."
Sir George. who had shown him great
kindness in his youth, now said that he
expected service from him, which was
that he should go from him to his son the
Duke of Buckingham. and tell him if he
did not somewhat ingratiate himself to the
people, or, at least. to abate the extreme
malice they had against him. he would be
suffered TO live but short time" The
apparition then vanished, and the officer
persuaded himself that It had been merely
a negligible dream; but the phantom re
appeared 10 him. rather conven:ionally. on
the two following nights. and on tie third
occasion replied 10 his excuses by t5lliH~
him some particulars. which he arged
him never 20 mention TO any person living,
but to the duke himself who should no
sooner hear them but he would believe ali