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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03
No Secret About 10.

1t is no secret, that for cuts.
burns ulcers fever sores, sore
eyes, boils, etc. nothing is so eff
fective as Bucklen's arnica salye.
ut didn't take long tc cure bad
sore l had, and it is all o. k for
sore eyes," writes D. l.. Gregory
of Hope, Texas. 25c at all drug
stores.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03
Pianos.

Dan Taggart is agent for the
Schumann piano for the southwest
part of Kansas and Oklahoma.
This piano received 1st medal at
the St. Louis Exposition and are
good instruments, Sample piano
can be seen at Taggart's store west
of hotel.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03
Notice.

All those knowing themselves in
debted to me will please call at D.
Gerow & Co.'S hardware store and
settle same. l will be there from
this date May Ist.
w. w. PRESSLY.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03

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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03
We desire to inform you that W

We desire to inform you that we
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Delinquent Tax List
For fine year 1904
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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03
SALE OF SCHOOL LAND

First publication July 9th 1905
Notice is hereby given that ON the Ind day Of
September 1905 at ocIock p. m. will sell at |
pubic auction at the frmt door Of the court house
in Meade. Kansas, the following described school
lands, situated in Meade county, Kansas:
Aupraised price |
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03

Each tract win be sold separately, and NO bid
will be received for less than the apprased price
Of the land. Purchasers viii be required to pay
one-tenth Of purchase price at the time Of sale.
Land viii be sold subject TO existing leases.
Dated this 22nd day Of July A. ID. 1915.
Moses BLACK,
Treasurer Meade County, Kansas
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03
Lodge Directory.

Lodge Directory.
TO- F.-Meade Lodge No. SIS. meets on Mon
day night of each week in hall over First Nat
ional Bank. Visiting brothers cordially invit-
ed. J. D. WEHRLE, N. c.
Ben F. BoLES. Sec'y.
/. o. o. F.-Meade Rebekah Ledge No. az meets
LIST and 3rd Tuesday nights Of each month in
First National Bank hall.
Mrs. JOHN BRADRN, N. C:
MRS. ]. c. RAGLAND, Sec'v.
Saturday night or before the fun moon Of each
month. c. E. TALLEY, W. NJ.
JOHN ELLIOTT, Secretary.
NJ. W. A.-Meade Camp No. 11ss, meets on the
Ind and 4th Wednesday nights Of each month
Bank. J. E. ROBERTS JR., v. c.
JOHN ELLIOTT, Clerk.
R.N. A.-Middlemarch Camp No. 622 meets the
End and 4th Thursday afternoons of each
month at hall bank.
MRS. ANNA wEHRLE, Oracle.
Mrs. ADAH MARrIN.r Recorder.
40. U. w.-Meade Center Lodge No. 247 meets
second and fourth Tuesday of each M nth at
the bank hail. BROTHER BUS, NJ. w.
NJ. F. MARTIN, Recorder.
p. E. o. Sisterhood, meets LIST and 4th Saturday
nights OF each month.
ABBIE BoDLE, President.
MAY PREssLY, Cor. Sec'y.
Latest style oxfords and shoes at
Eaton's.
Sweet Orr shirts, pants and over
alls at Eaton's.
Famous Moose hide shoes for
men and boys at Eaton's.
Go to Eaton's for your shoes,
hats and pants.
Take your butter, eggs and poul-
try to Eaton's.
A fine line of pants just received
at Eaton's.
The Dutch Cafe is the very place,
they say, for Ice Cold drinks and
Lemonades.
All parties knowing themselves in
debted to us for over 80 days must
call with cash before June ,st or give
US a bankable note.
]. NJ. WOOD
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03

Each tract win be sold sePai ateiy and no bid
win be received for less than the appraised price
Of the land. Purchasers win be required to pay
one-tenth Of purchase price at time Of sale. Land
will he sold subject to existing leases.
Dated this DIST day Of June A. d. 1905.
Moshs BLACK, Treasurer
Meade County, Kansas.
First published June %, 1905.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03

l. o. o. F.-Meade Rebekah Lodge No. AZ meets
LIST and 3rd Tuesday nights Of each month in
First National Bank hall.
Mrs. JOHN BRADEN, N. G.:
MRS. ]. c. RAGLAND, Sec'y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF MEADE COUNTY.

1 TIME TABLE.
GSIE3i5lIsA MEADE, KANSAS.
The RIGHT Rood 10 0nd IRON and between
CHICAGO OMAHA
ST. LOUIS DENVER
MEMPHIS COLORADO SP0S.
PEORIA FORT WORTH
ST. JOSEPH ST. PAUL
KANSAS CITY MINNEAPOLIS
and everywhere beyond.
TRAINS LEAVE MEADE AS FOLLOWS:
WEST BOUND.
No. IS Local. daily 11.03 A. N.
EAST BOUND
Nc. 80, Mail & Express. daily 4:56 P. N.
No. 10. Local Freight. ......... daily 1882. n.
For sleeping reservations, tickets, time
tables. ETC., apply to any Rock Island Ticket
Agent.
J. "A. STEWART, General A gent,
Kansas City, Mo
r. R. HARGIs, Local Agent,
Meade, Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03

A. F. 81 A. M.-Webb Lodge No. Us meets the
Saturday night or before the fun moon Of each
month. c. E TALLEY, W. NJ.
JOHN ELLIOTT, Secretary.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03

NJ. W. A.-Meade Camp No. 173s, meets on the
Ind and 4th Wednesday nights Of each month
over Bank. J. E. ROBERTS JR., v. c.
JOHN ELLIOTT, Clerk.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03

r. n. A.-Middlenarch Camp No. 622, meets the
End and 4th Thursday afternoons of each
month at hall over bank.
MRS. ANNA WEHRLE, Oracle
MIG AnAII NJ I,-rIN- IRacnrdnr
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03

A. o. U. w.-Meade Center Lodge No 247 meets
on second and fourth Tuesday of each M nth at
the bank hall. BROTHER BUS, NJ. W.
NJ F. MARTIN Pa-order
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03

MEADE CONCRETE B. B. Co.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-03
SALE OF SCHOOL LAND.

Notice is hereby given that on Saturday the
18th day Of July A. d. 1905, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
will offer for sale at public auction at the front
door Of the court honse, the following described
school land situated in Meade County, Kansas:
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
Why JeriCho's Walls Fell

z f you happen TO have a little musi-
Gale some night and a picture
should come falling from the wall
or a statue should totter and tum-
bic from its base when one OF the solo
lists reaches q high key, don't be alarm
ed or regard the incident as an evil
omen. ItG-only a freak of music.
Several thousand years ago a similar
occurrence took place. only. of course
1T was on a more extended scale, and
made n great deal more talk than the
failing Of your picture or your statue
would make. The occurrence in question
was the falling OF the walls of Jericho
when Josaua's soldiers marched around
them and blew their trumpets. A good
many people class this as Il miracle, but
scientists say il was simply one of the
many phenomena caused by musical
notes. They refer to a parallel case
that happened not long ago at Heiligen-
start, near Leipsic. A music master of
that place was organizing a brass band
one day. as usual. he gathered his mu-
slcians for practice in his garden. which
was situated at the loot OF the ancient
walls OF the city. Suddenly while the
trumpets had reached their highest
notes. the city walls fell with 4 terrific
crash and the musicians scattered in
panic.
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
Strangest Meal Ever Eaten.

We were still 800 feet from our goal
when 1 again suggested lunch. It was
becoming apparent that if we reached
the summit at all it would be at a
snaiI's pace, and after many hours of
desperate exertiOn. Accordingly, we
crawled to the top of a little projection
a couple of feet wide and spread our
meal-sureIy, one of the strangegt re-
pasts ever eaten, for back of the i'm
pTOVised table was still a great cliff.
bristling with the threat of destruction,
and below il was the almost sheer fall
Of 3.0O0 feet to the valley.
We spent just thirty minutes IN this
spot, Bailey chatting quite gayIy all the
time and relating many of his expert
ences in mountain climbing abroad. He
dwelt in detail upon his climb of the
Matterhorn. think he did this to give
me courage by showing me how he had
pulled out of tight places before. At
least that was the effect of his con-
versation, and we both started on with
hearts lighter than they had been half
an hour before.
But we now faced d weIl-nlgh per-
pend1cuIar wall of rock. with nothing TO
break the smooth surface save here and
there a small shelf or creYice, We
could not see more than few feet
above US. as it was exceedingly danger
Gus 10 lean back or try to obtain a clear
view OF the way. Ali that promised a
foothold was a tiny ledge nearly ten
feet directly over our heads.
Bracing myself as before I let Bailey
climb upon my shoulders. Then he
reached up with one hand and grasDed
the edge of the shelf. and a moment
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
Continued Journey Alone.

Ny fate depended upOn that answer
With my arms stretched fat against
the rock. and my face close TO the wall
l began siding along To the right. But
the shelf became narrower; my heels
projected over the dizzy gorge. Stfn 1
continued 10 advance slowly and pain
fully till suddenly the sound of falling
water burst upon my ears. Little bv
little my siX-inch path widened, and I
was enabled TO move a degree faster
but an overmastering desire to look he
hind me was threatening me with i'm
minent danger. Calling all the remnants
of my will power into play. [ succeeded
IL momentarily controlling this awful
desire. 10 crafty which would have
meant instant death. The sound of a~1,-
Cling water became pIaluer. was near
ing a waterfall. and IN moment more
the fail itself was in sight
There was bat one thing possible IN
do That waterfall must be surmoun+ad
Into the icy water I crawled. and IN
right undo" the falling stream. The rocks
were Of sha-e and 1 reached up. erasn-
ing projecting point Of one by means
OF which 1 drew myself up to a higher
shelf But this ledge was in the direct
oath Of the falling water and my limbs
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
As Powerful as Dynamite.

There is some scientific reason for this,
but nobody seems to know Just what
fl is 1t is not tbs fOTCeful vibration
of air currents, for the decoration OF
cannons does not have the power In this
respect that is exerted by light musical
notes. There is some peculiar combina-
ton OF the notes that causes the ruin
OF the Walls-some unknown force that
is as powerful as a blast OF dynamite.
It is not an unusual thing for a glass
to be shattered In a room where 1nu-
sicale is being held, and for other re
markable mechanical effects to be pro-
duced. But the mechanical effects are
not the only curious results of this un-
explainabIe combination OF notes So
many wonderful things have been pro-
duced by music that it may be right
fully classed as one Of the mysteries
Numerous Investigations in different
lines OF endeavor have been made as TO
its power and capabilities and I'm nearly
every insg snce the results have been
startling.
One Of those who have made a study
or the curiosihe.' and the mysteries Of
music Is Mrs. Am ella Weed Holbrook.
OF New York. Mrs. ffolbroOk is a play
wright. lecturer and author, and she has
probaply made greater and more pains
taking research into ttAe mysteries of
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
No One Can Explain Freaks.

mo one can explain the strange freaks
Of music said Mrs HoIbroOk the other
day but they certainly exist, and fire.
quentIy exhibit themselves. A COW. Won
know, mOos in perfect fifth or tenth
octave, Dogs bark i'm fourth or fifth
octave. and a donkey brays in perfect
octave, while a horse neighs a descent
of chromatic scale"
Are sounds outside Of regular rnusi-
cal notes so characteristic that experts
can tell just what produces them ~
was asked.
That is a very easy matter for e,-
pertS." was the reply. Men who are
constantly employed in certain occupa-
tions learn 10 tell exactly what causes
certain notes. For instance. bank ers
and thtevca-this IS only an Illustrative
classiGcauon-leam to detect the varia-
tion of sound, and they can tell by the
ring Of the metal whether 1t Is genuine
gold or silver. and just what ALLOW it
contains. L is the same with miners.
When they bore for coal or for precious
metal they can tell the substance that
Is beneath them by the sound returned
from the rock they strike. While one
cannot explain the mechanical effects of
music many authentic instances are
reported where they have taken place.
Felix savant, OF France modified and
increased the flow of water by a svs-
TEN Of musical notes, Dr John In
Conte, Of South Carolina. mode some
interesting experiments witt coal gas
the fame of which vibrate1 in exact
synchrony with the beats Of music,
even the tTilIs being reflected in the
vibrations of The gas jet. He dIgcov-
cred that as the pressure le.ame less
the phenomenon was moro apparent.
Prof TyndaH also made some interest
may readily understand the failing Of
the walls of Jericho. and the recent
phenomenon Of the falling Of the walls
at Hclllgenstarj Tor at the Cathedral of
Rheims there is q pillar OF stone which
trembles when Il drum or a trumpet is
soundeQ III the -BrooklNn acIe
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
By J. C. STATS.

not until Bailey told me that no one had
ever before climbed the face of the crag
that I began TO be alarmed. But he
laughed at my fears and continued to
lead the way.
BY 10 o'clock our progress had become
very much slower The path was now
frequently overhung with projecting
shelves OF rock. and the foothold consist
ed of fragmentary lodges, TO reach which,
Bailey would climb upon my shoulders
and then, taking hold of some project
ing knob. slowly draw himself UP to a
place of safety I would then pass him
his staff, with which he would reach
down and help me to gain a place be-
side him.
After allowing my companion to use
me as a ladder few times in the way
described. 7 proposed that we give up
the enterprise and descend, If possible.
by the way we had come. But my loss
OF nerve was momentary. To go back
would In itself have been an undertake
Ing full of peril, and when Bailey cried.
Never give up till you're up" I was
seized again with the enthusiasm which
loves to conquer difficulties. I suppose
it is some such spirit which bids men cut
Down a giant tree and hold cotillon
parties on its stump-the delights of
mastering something huee. be it a giant
redwood or FL Captain.
That's right! Brace up, and the sum-
nit is ours" said Bailey. when he found
me ready TO proceed. But no sooner had
we recommended the climb than he him
self seemed to realize the desperate ma
ture of the situation.
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
Plunged to Frightful Death.

These were his last words Whether
he was seized with fri~ht, vertigo, OF
weakness do not know. but an In
slant later saw him fall back against
the face of the rock. The shelving ledge
on which he sat let him slip. and he
shot like an arrow into the abyss, pass
ing about three feet to the right of
where I was standing.
1 saw him strike first one ledge and
then another till falling IN a bruised
heap upon a point of rock many feet
below. he bounded and took the final
plunge out of sight.
I was not frightened. I was not nerv-
GUS I did not cry out. I felt as If I
were turning to stone. I could not
move Ny feet and hands seemed
heavy, or rather as if glued to the lit
tie shelf on which I stood.
Gradually 1 realized where I was and
what had happened The meaning Of my
friends words. IF one falls it will
mean death for BOTH came ba ok to my
mind. There I clung for I know not
how long, nothing but the steep granite
above. below. and about.
When I could move. the first thing I
did was to stick Bailey's staff into a
crveice ia mark the spot. Then l
era wled down to the shelf below and
removed my shoes. Barefoot, I sue
Ceeded in reaching the place where he
had first struck. There lay his hat. a
mute token Of the tragedy. so silen-, so
sudden. so awful, which had taken
place. By the time I had reached the
third red-stained ledge which ne struck
In falling. 1 discovered that it would be
Impossible for me to get where I could
even see his body. and 1 began to think
about my own safety. Discarding ey-
e2ythng which could cucumber me, I
tried to regain the lost ground. For a
long time 1t was impossible to advance
an inch and | was about to give up the
struggle when 1 noticed a narrow shelf
two feet above me which seemed TO ex-
tend clear around the main rock. Be
low me was the gorge, Above me was
the sky. My only hope was this shelf
Did 1t grow narrower or wider?
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
Recovered Body Next Day.

looked At my watch. It was Just d
O'Clock. It seemed an age since had
started on my appalling climb over the
perpendicuIar face Of the monster clin
after Bailey had vanished, yet only an
hour had been consumed The distancs
to the top OF FL Captain was yet two
hundred Teet. but the mountain from the
point where I was, is covered with small
bushes, vines and rocks. and in an in-
credibly short time as compared with
my previous efforts, I stood upon the
summit, $500 feet above the level floor
of the valley, but beyond the grim touch
Of death. The top of FL Captain Is near
" level, and after searching for some
time for a sign or mark that would ai6
me in discovering a tran TO the valley
I found a biaZed tree. and following the
direction indicated soon came % an IN
dian trail which led 10 Eagle peak
where l struck the main trail to Yo-
semitic falls. The distance from tAs
blazed tree TO the camp is fourteen
miles. but the trail was good. and 1 made
rapid progress. 1 reached the valley az
Z o'clock. just three hours from the time
I had stood on q narrow ledge, clinging
like fly 10 4 sheer wall of granite, ana
having expected for hours to be dashed.
a whirling atom. on the giant rocks be-
low
when J was able l reported the awful
accident and was ready TO lead party
to the scene of the tragedy that same
night but this idea had TO be abandoned.
AT $50 O'Clock on the morning Of June
I started back over the ground, Ia
company with nine others, and ut IL
o'clock reached the top OF the gorge
at the point where I had come out the
day before. We had brought seven hun
dred feet Of rope with US, but finding It
twenty feet short, we obtained a piece
from q pack saddle, and so were en-
abled to reach the remains of my friend.
The heroism of J A. Smell. Of Canstoga,
and of II. Spaulding and Z. Curry, OF
Palo Alto, who permitted themselves to
be lowered over the great cliff, deserves
to be commemorated.
When We again reached camp, my
nerves suffered - complete collapse.
from which they have not yet recovered.
They Will not be put To the test again.
Others may attempt to scale El Captain.
l have climbed my last crag.
The Washington times., 1905-07-23

IT HERE is something in all great
mountain peaks which seems
like a direct challenge from na-
ture to the traveller. The sheer
height of an unscaled summit rises in
soiently, as il 1t laughed at the in
significance OF man. 1 am sure that
tbs idea has occurred to every climber
who has set his strength and cunning
against the stern face of the granite,
and know 1t quickencd In the breast
OF one at least the determination to let
no crag go urconquered. That one was
my friend. Charles A Bailey. of Oak
land, whose tntrepidity led to his fatal
fau from the almost perpendicular face
OF EI Captain on June of this year.
That mighty wall has been scaled at
last-but at what cost
My acquaintance with Bailey lasted
but a 1ew days, yet, as his companion
on his last and fatal undertaking. I
learned to know him as men learn TO
know each other who find themselves
confronting the same great danger. The
mere sight of a mountain inspired him
with an ungovernable passion to take
up the gauntlet which difficulty threw
IN his path. Many and many a time on
that ill-starred 5th of June, l begged
him TO lead the way back TO safety, But
his invariable reply, even when we
found ourselves cltnging like flies to
the sides of Yosemite's master wonder,
was, Never give up till you get up"
There was something in danger itself
which thrilled him. and when think of
our mad attempt to scale a bare and
almost upright wall, 3,S0o feet high, so
vast that a solitary tree more than 100
feet in height, growing from ereviee
half way tip its side is almost invisible
from its foot so vast that one must
remain day after day within the valley
before the imagination even begins to
form Just conception of its magnifi-
cence; when I think OF our temerity in
putting ourselves against this task, then
! realize that I was carried away by
my companions daring and inspired to
undertake what now I shudder to re-
member
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
att Means Death for Both!"

IF one Of US should fall" he observed
1t would mean death-to both"
why both?" asked I.
Because neither would be able to
climb up or down from this place with
out the assistance of the other
Then God grant that / may not be
the one left aloner' I cried. Nothing
could have been more horrible than the
thought of being solitary, helpless,
elinging between heaven and earth to
the face of that sheer precipice. feeling
ones strength gradually go and wait
ing for the inevitable fall. From that
moment I knew that 1t was to be a
fight with death. and the very extremity
Of the danger nerved me to go on In
the end It was indeed I who was left
alone, but by better luck than is likely
to come to a man twice, I was not
called upon to share the fate which
overlook the brave man who had acted
as my guide.
With every foot of the way the diff
culties seemed to increase. and I won
dered at my tenerity in venturing upon
such q task as the conquest of q $500
foot buttress OF rock But in reality the
sensation strongest at this time was
hunger. I felt that food would strength
eA me -oI TIC LSiilbIe TASK WHICH lag
before us, and proposed that we eat the
little lunch We had brought along. But
Bailey was anxious to have the event
determined one way or the other.
Let US wait and lunch on the sum
nit" he suggested,
So We proceeded. neither OF US very
hopeful Of ever living to take the meal
IN question. The air was cool and sweet
with the odors of the valley. The scene
spread out before us was one of pro-
found reD0se. for in spite OF the gigan-
tic forces evidenced everywhere by the
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
Laughed Away Fears.

II was o'clock. and after my com
panior had made some changes in the
heel and laces of his old and mountain
tried shoes. the same ne had worn up
Swiss peaks. we began 10 climb the
gorge which winds along 10 the right of
the mountains base. At first we exper-
fenced no great difficulty and I began to
look for some signs Of a trail leading up
out OF the valley. little dreaming that
we were at the beginning Of a trackless
way or that we were attempting a feat
which would be thought at all remark
able by seasoned mountaineers. It was