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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

Among those who have received the highest
award-the Grand Prize-at st. Louis Worlds Fair.
was the !. j. Tower Co., the makers OF the Fl5H
BRAND sLICKERs. Many Of our readers who went
to the Fair will recall their exhibit IN which
waterproof garments were shown adapted TO so many
uses that almost every department OF the worlds
work was suggested. The Grand Prize de-
served tribute 10 one of the Oldest manufacturing
concerns In the country.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All drug
gists refund the money II II falls TO cure. E. w.
Groves signature IL on each box &c.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
so Blu. Mac.roni wheat Per Acre.
'(117DVVNN /

introduced by the U. s. Dept. of Ayr.
1t is tremendous cropper, yielding in
good land in Wis, ILL.,, Ia, Mich, Ind,
O., Pa, n. Y, 90 bu. per acre, and on dry,
Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo, ETC., it will
yield from 40 to 90 bu. This Wheat and
Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus
Inermis and Billion Dollar Grass, makes
it possible to grow and fatten hogs, sheep
and cattle wherever soil is found.
JUsr SEND 10c AND THIS NOTICE
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and they will send you free sample
off this Wheat and other farm seeds, to-
gether with their great catalog, alone
worth $4,000 to any wide-awake farmer.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
When You Buy Starch
Good Way to Hang China.

buy Defiance and get the best. 16 OF.
for 10 cents. Once used, always used.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

Friends seldom desert a man while
his money holds out.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

You may thing you are all right, but
some people can't tolerate you,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

Some people gossip on such slight
excuse. that they are almost
criminals.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

Defiance Starch is put up is ounces
in q package. 10 cents. One-third
more starch for the same money.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
CONSTITUTION.

Article Name.
Article 2.-Objects.
First--ro insure. 50 far as possible,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
KANSAS COMMENT

Influx of Homeseekers. = There is
no great influx of homeseekers at
Severance just now. Chickenpox and
smallpox have put the finishing
fOucheS IN If
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02
Note by Publisher.

POSTUM CEREAL CO.. LTD.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22

thought that was pious community
that could stand q wild bob cat, so
put several sheets of sticky tanglefoot
fly paper in the bob cats cage and
opened the door of the cage, after the
crowd had gone into the main tent to
the big show, and the menagerie tent
was empty except the keepers. They
were all asleep under the wagons, and
the animals had all curled down for a
nap, and the freaks were on their plat
form lolling around, waiting for the
main show to be out so they could do
their stunts over again.
The bob cat got all his four feet in
the tanglefoot fly paper, then he
grabbed sheet in his mouth and
rolled over in few more sheets, and
when he was entirely harmless and
you couldn't tell what he was, opened
the door of the cage and he went out
like rocket, and rolled over t6w
times in the sawdust, and then Jumped
on the platform with the freaks. run
over the fat woman, who was laying
back In a Morris chair, and left one
of the sheets of fly paper on her low
neck, and it stuck like porous plas-
ter. She yelled that she had been
stabbed, and pa came along just as
kse bob cat jumped off the platform.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22

going off into panic when pa and a
few brave men came and drove the
bob cat up centerpole, away up above
the torches, and made speeches to the
audience, and quieted them down, and
the performance went on. But pa was
a sight. and the head circus man told
pa he would have to dress better, or
forever after hold his peace, and pa
said If any man could be more patient
than he was, with a bob cat on his
neck, sacred cow walking on him,
and camel trying to eat his whiskers
and shirt, they better hire that man.
But it was all fixed up and everybody
apologized to everybody, and the bob
cat went on up the center pole and out
on top of the canvas, and escaped
into Ohio, where it will probably be
holding Office before next fall
Gee, but the giant is a coward.
When the bob cat began to run up the
giants leg, and then up his back, and
then jumped from his shoulder onto
the fat lady, the giant turned pale and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22

cried, and the midget said to him:
80, you big stiff, why didn't you have
sand enough to hold the kitty till the
keeper came? I've a good mind to get
on stepladder and kick you," and
the cowardly giant cried again, and
said if the midget ever struck him he
would report him to the management
Just then pa came along and asked
what the row was about, and when pa
found that the midget was trying to
pick quarrel with the giant, he took
the midget across his knee and gave
him few spanks, and told him to quit
bullying the freaks. The midget got
up on barrel and called his son, who
is bigger than pa, when I stepped in
between them and told the midget's
son If he struck my father I would
have his hearts blood, and he quailed,
and then bullied the giant, who is a
coward, and now they are all afraid of
me.
I don't see how big fellow like
giant can be afraid of things smaller
than he is, and shy when dog banks.
and b. afraid some one is going to
smash him in the jaw, but pa says the
size of man don't make any differ
ence, cause it is the heart that does
the business. A man may be big
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22

we were leaving Akron, o., and we
got 1t in one end of a cage occupied
by happy family of rabbits. coons, a
spotted leopard and hound dog and
a house cat. The new animal was a
bob cat, such as Roosevelt shoots when
the man has the camera ready to catch
him in the act. Say. but that bob cat
is a terror, and crosser than any ami
NAL we got, except the hyenas. The
bob cat just walked around and snarled
and spit at the happy family through
the bars, and kept them awake all
night on the road, and the happy fam
lily held a sort of convention and
could see by the way they all looked
at me that they were passing resolu-
tons inviting me to break up the bob
cat business. The manager of the
menagerie told pa he wished the con-
founded bob cat would escape, cause
he was a blooming nuisance, 30 I
thought l would help get rid of the
beast, and save the show from dis
gace. So when we got to Oberlin
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22

and struck pa on the back, and the car
spit at pa, and pa fell over among the
sacred cattle and rolled under cow
and got on his knees, when the ami
mails all began to roar, and pa crawled
behind a bale of hay, and a zebra
stepped on pas face, and pa yelled
'Hey, Rube," which is grand hailing
sign of distress when circus men want
to fight, and about a hundred of the
canvasmen came running with tent
stakes to hit people with.
Pa crawled out from the bale Of hay,
which he had pulled over him. and the
hay stuck to the fly paper on pa, and
camel began to eat the hay, and he
chewed pas shirt until the hands
pulled pa away.
The bob cat escaped into the main
tent, just as the Japanese jugglers
were juggling in No. 1 ring, and the
elephants were standing on their heads
in No. ring, and the flying trapeze
artists were jumping from one trapeze
to another, and the bob cat rushed
through the Japanese, and amongst the
elephants, with the fly paper all over
him, and the audience fairly yelled,
cause they thought it was clown
dressed up to do some stunt, but the
Japanese left the ring in panic, while
the elephants got down off their heads
and stood on their hind feet and cried
like children.
The audience saw that something
had happened that was serious and
they all rose to their feet and were
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22

Chicago.-Residents of the cities
and villages of northern Wisconsin
end the upper peninsula of Michigan
can once more rest in peace. The fear
that for months has been haunting
them that they might awake to find
the, tombstones erected to the memory
of their departed loved one buried in
their local cemeteries wrecked, has
vanished, for the mysterious cross
smasher has been captured.
The arrest of the vandal has brought
to light a tragic story of Kazo Kazi-
mir, whose love for a girl in Hungary
took him from the priesthood and of
his loss of the girl through his deser-
ton of the church she loved more
than him.
Two months ago little cemetery
at Pound, Marinette county, on the
northern tier Of the counties of Wis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22
Capture of Insane Vandal Re.
veals Tragic Love Story.
BLAMED CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR HIS TROUBLES
Tilted by Sweetheart His Mind Gives Way
Takes Revenge by Wrecking Gravestones
in Cemeteries of Northern Wisconsin
and Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

for the erection ola marble gravestone,
had been broken down and the crossbar
wrenched from the upright.
Practically every grave in the ceme-
terry was marred in some such manner.
The Protestant cemetery across the road
was untouched.
The vandalism angered the settlers,
but the next night, so miles away, in
Oconto county, another Catholic burying
ground was visited and the work at
Pound repeated. The authorities were
unable to find that any stranger had
been in the vicinity of either place.
After the wreck at Pound and Stiles,
there was little surprise when the Cath
Ollie cemetery at Oconto Falls, Oconto
county, was also raided.
Lynching Threatened.
There began to be wild talk OF a lynch
ing party when the cross-smasher was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22

consin, was visited by a vandal One
morning the visit of the grave-diggers
disclosed a wreck.
Crosses on tombstones had been
hammered off, apparently by some
stonecutter's tool, for the work was
done Clearly, and the several crosses
lay on the ground beside the tomb
stones. On one stone the cross cut
on the face of the stone had been
hacked out.
In corner of the little cemetery a
wooden cross erected over the grave of
q homesteadey who had left too little
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22

captured. The night after the Oconto
Falls visitation, D. G. Classon, a lawyer,
of Oconto, found a note under his door,
reading:
"You will soon be called upon to de-
fend one who has revenged the political
activity OF the Catholic church upon
that church"
The note contained series Of Scrip
tural illusions about overthrowing the
mammon of unrighteousness. Lawyer
Classon, who was formerly secretary OF
state of Wisconsin, paid no attention to
the note beyond announcing in the news
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22

May 14.-This has leen a week that
would kill anybody, and pa AID talk
Of resigning, though pa feels as though
he didn't want to break up the show
by going away right in the middle Of
the harvesting Of shekels from the
country men, and don't know what
would happen If pa and should both
be taken sick at the same time.
The boss of the menagerie got new
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22
A Christmas
Genius

}. A. BOGGS, JR., the
scion of an aristocratic
house, stood on one
leg, about which he
twined the other. At
same time he twisted
his small body into
graceful curves.
"Say, pop" he in
quired, indifferently,
while still in that atti-
tude, give me some
Christmas money, will
YOU? I got to have
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-22
By HON. GEORGE w. PECK

The Bad Boy Puts Fly-Paper in the
Bob Cats Cage = The Bob Cat
Causes a Panic in the Main Tent
The Midget Quarrels with the
Giant-Pa Is Almost Arrested for
kidnapping and the Ostrich Swal-
lows His Diamond Stud.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-22
RUSSIA'S VICTOl.Y THE EAST.
RYDr pOgeru,H Suiff

Japan has series of most brilliant
victories TO her credit, by that same
token Russia has been ou.gcucralod.
outWitied, ouUought, crushed and
Inundated beyond the possibilities Of
belief Her armies have ZEN cut a
pieces and her fleets have lccu swept
from the seas. Japan fought for OK
istence and place among jGr great
powers Of the world. Slr has won
both. Russia fought for dpSputic
ear and q degenerate a.l corrupt
aristocracy ana, as strangely parldoNi-
cal as it may SEEM She uas won we'll
nigh rs much by her defeat as Japan
has by hcr victories. The Criuuan
war. Of which Russia never could be
very proud, opened the gates of the
morning in a measure for the people
Of that great northland After SevAs-
tupol came the liberation Of the scri,
trial by Jury and local autonomy 1t
is likely that Port Arthur Mukden and
the battle of the Sea Of Japan VIII
bring far more. Nicholas III, has at
last signed decree convoking some
sort of national assembly. That Is
quite 4 revolutionary change in the
national policy.
Does anyone feel quite sure that this
revolution in governmental policy
would have come If the forces Of the
car had been winning victories on
land and sea for the last tWci g"
months: There is spirit and sent
ment in Russia today that was not
there two years ago. Few careful
students Of Russian history believe
that the sentiment would be in exist
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-22
A BUSY MANS BLUNDER.
BY Rev, g. Is, r. HaIIOCk ID

Text: "As thy servant was busy
here and there, he was gone" l. Kings
2O40.
For the environment Of this verse
we must 20 back three thousand years
The words occur in the midst of the
account Of a parable acted by dis
guished prophet, probably Mlcaiah
who in wounded, discousolatc plight
greeted Ahab, king Of Israel, as he was
riding VIGOROUSLY homoWard from Il
day Of bloody battle With the Syrians
Ahab had strangely. and most dis.
obedientIy, at the close of the battle
entered into covenant of peace with
Ben Tiadad, the enemies leader and
let him 20 absolutely free
It was therefore desirable 10 have
Ahab, pronounce Judgment against his
own conduct SO the prophet took n
plan to secure this. He ordered a man
TO smitc and wound him. Then. In
the gulse of a soldier he approached
the king of Israel, telling him that I'm
the midst Of the battle one had brought
him a prisoner charging him on the
penalty of his life to keep him safely
but that, most unfortunately, he had
failed TO do so: las they servant was
busy here and there, he was gone"
The Implying king utterly refused
to rescue this supposed soldier from
the consequences Of such criminal car
lessness, and Immediately passed judg
ment upon him from the testimony Of
the mans own lips
But the prophet, quickly dropping
his disguise, turned upon Ahab and
spoke. as Nathan once spoke TO King
David, saying, Thou art the man."
Thus saith the Lord Because thou
hast let 20 out of thy hand man
whom appointed to utter destruction.
therefore thy life shall be for his life
and thy people for his people And
the king Of Israel went 10 his house
heavy and dspieascd." and all that
was said came trG"
Now. there are q good many import
ant lessons we might gather from the
character ana conduct Of Ahab. The
man WAS ocGcrcd 10 keep 4 prisoner.
II became hs vary first duty ID 40 ~.
But Ill prefcrred N follow ont his own
wishes, and Tie prisoner got away
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-22

Ashes VIII remove stains on crock.
cry They purify and dry the contents
Of duStbIn and 80 keep house
hcalthful
After cleaning for the summer get
rid Of heavy hangings and see that
white curtains are spick AMI span
To remove grease from d papercd
wall dip il piece Of flannel ia spirits
Of wine gently rub the solled part
over once or twice and the grease will
disappear
The difficulty or removing cd putty
from window sash i easily over
come. Heat an iron rod soldering
Iron for preference and pass 4 slowly
over the putty whlrh win thus hc rem.
dsred soft. when i may easily be re,
! moved.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-22
SHORT METER SERMONS.

iAllh does not latten on log.
1t is easy to call our impulses His
inspiration
Religion by compulslon results In re
pulsion.
Faith builds no fences between us
and our fellows.
Men need new hearts more than
stronger harness
A pctriied creed >ften goes with a
putty conscience
Enyyng anothcr's cake only spoil.
our own cookies.
Men who intend to be good to NOR
row always die to-day.
Life is all song when one lives IN
harmony with the Infinite.
God waits for us somewhere on every
pathway OF pain.
The fragrance Of life depends on
the fnllness OF its love
The heart gains no rest through the
gold cross carried on the breast.
The man who can be patient with his
corns has good chance OF glory.
The Sunday face that looks like I've
will not wash out the sins Of the
week.
What most Christians need Is not
more assurance OF faith, but more as
sets
It's no use agonizInr IN prayer for
the light when you keep the shutters
locked
The more haste men make for happi
ness the less intimate acquaintance
they get with IT,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-22
||57ilIBz( ! POPULAR
Edas|al9'\ PULPIT

We have, therefore, In this text three
points The first is or n great trust:
the second OF sad confession OF fail
ure; and the third of the painful con-
sequences.
The soul Is an infinite trust.
The man in the prophets story had
trust and he neglected it. The warn
ing was, If he be missing, thy life
shall be for his life" | too have
trust | have work for my own soul
to do, and work for other souls to do
that is more important than any other
work could he.
Many of us 60 along all our days on
the banks of the great sea of Divine
Love and we are so busy thinking
about other things, or doing other
things. that at the end Of the days
journey we do not know that we have
been travelling by the side Of the flash
Ing waters. Many of us arc SO swai-
lowed up in our occupations and de-
sircs. that all the trumpots OF Sinai
might be blown into our ears and we
should hear them as though we heard
them not and, what is worse. that the
pleading voice Of that doar ana Iii
vine one who is ever saying TO each
Of Us, Come unto me, nil We that lH-
hor ana are heavy laden, and viii
give You rest" passes Us Ivy. and pro-
durcs no effect, any more ,han the idle
wind whistling through an archWdy
does. Dear fellow sou trustee, you
have the ear, you have the need. the
sin. the weakness. the trausconcy. To-
which the gospel appeals Yon have
the faculties TO which II addresses il
self. our divine Lord is speaking TO
every one OF U.S. Let Us eacl stop and
ask ourselves this question 40 l
hear Him. If not, is 1t because the
chatter of the worlds business, or the
more refined sounds of some profess
sion or study, have so taken mp our at
tcntiou that we have none tn spare for
that which requires and would repay
it most AS thy servant was busy
hcrr ana there He was gone.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-22
GRIDIRONING ASIA.
Great Railways That Are Girding the
Eastern World

Nr RaIfnur in tLr House Of Conn
,,,,m. ,r,,h..;,,d ,I.o i,,nnrt,,,..,.. ,c prit.
mons en'li"S'"'u Tue il'l'oitaucr ~ DIN
l>h railway extension III ASIA. lie
seemed Ia assume temporarily that Rus
sa would drIV" Japan eventually from
the sea III the far east, and Would then
resume her march southwark III central
Asia.
He pointed ont that the Russian STRAIT
cgic railways had been pushed almost To
the Afghan frontier, and intmatcl thut
railway construction in ASIA WAS 10 play
almost us conspicuous u part in future
wars in the east as tn" building of fleets
Whether this is true or not. certainly
the gridroniu- of Asia with rallWays 1S
one Of t he most surprising developments
81 the last hitcrn wears. In ralMa!
building IN ASIA, Russia - course mas
taken the lead. Inc Whole 81 tie. trans
Nihtflah me 't"" lIl!,S III .ASia. ha>
ht'h coiStfuct,d since IN'l. ne rams
'aSpiah me from NfoNAnI"ycA on i"'
Caspian haS been rNj'hdrd i'G'| mics
10y way 81 MGrN' b'hIiafa' alId SaAiiiF-
Tahu 10 l"SHhrHu an" NiIlJ"h ca ti'
NhNhSar if"llIri' \ ur"hth liiio 'Ni'""1
from MeTN NoutnWard toward iicfH'' I'W
announcer my 'Nl'il from i"NhNrH" =
Iu".9a"l lnll'N ~ V''"n'ti1' : lI"r +
I,uJc'tr" Hun ~, Ni'r' HoHl' - i''"u1 WI
iPiSla !" l'uSh ~ on tU@ ! efNian I,ui'
i" W. J",,''. H. ~
,l,r ii",'' i'"N"' WI INV "''t '"'>' va '''
SIN Ii,,,. t,,.. ,..;.,.,.,.i
frnn Erro,,",r ri',.yin 80 an, lmn;,L ~
tto ,,nu,,ian "a inl.L"r, -, MIMI. r.
pn.yio i drivnn fr"un Nan,b',r;o II j.
nr"nnSad ~ construct !. now SiLn,.ian li,,,,
from Strrtcus; down ,he Amnor vollny
he u,v ~ I,h,lnrnf.l ~ N.Iodi,n.,,l.
and another Soutllwari from Lake B6i,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-22
Fire Cry as a Crime.

The full penalty Of the law shall be
enough to start a cry Of fire or to fight
in any theatcr in Chicago" This was
the statement of Justice Doolcy at the
DeSplaireS street police court, and rs Il
result Abraham Lewis and Reuben
Moses, who nearly started panic in
tn" academy Of Music. were fined S1On
and costs each. Only the prompt work
on the part Of two iircmcn prevented Il
pHuie which might have been disastrous.
With a like number of patrolmcn they
fought their way to Moses and Lewis
aud hcat the men into submission. Thon
they Gained the audiences and the play
proceeded. In the courtroom an effort
wa. made to get the prisoners to admit
that they We're employed by rival the
fter manager to start the panic This.
how ever. was not proven.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-22
a Bug in 4 Dish.

Il is Qucor what trivial things win
4mG~n pe"l!" sometimes In the win
dow Of a crockery store yesterday was
/ soup tmccn and in the dish was Il hug.
Tile hu- was trying 10 crawl up tLc
Slippery sides Of tie dish To ~, our.
His struggles kept all the way from
t}r"e +" twenty people in front of the
pWdoW all morning.
He's ut it again. Hes losiag groml
DOW. There hc goes back again" aud
"tl"r such expressions came from the
spectators every time the bug tried Ia
crawl out About noon he took n rest
OF perhaps two minutes and then made
another attempt To escape. This time
re was successful. ana as he disappeared
behind some dishes the crowd seemed
to give concerted murmur of pleasure.
II was plain the spectators were for"
the hug.-KanSas City Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-22
Engine Passed Over Baby Between Rails.

!'iveyoar-old Traman rlatt Sat on tho
tire whirluoolS in the river. \ Grand
Trunk switch engine hacking mp win a
long string of ears ran GA the bridge at
hi-h speed. When the engineer first SAW
HE little figure he reversed his engine
and shut hls eyes 50 as hot to witness
the tragedy.
Little Truman laughed with delight at
tile approaching train and lay flat down
between the rails, the engine passing
over him. When dragged ont liz clucklcd.
nice. chuu-chOO ear. lie was carried
home 10 his mother without a scratch.
and she tainted away.-Granl Rapids
Cur. nctrnit Tribune