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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

A statistical paper on India, late
ly published in London, makes the
statement that in 1904 the total num-
Der of persons killed by wild beasts
in India was 24,O34, of whom nearly
$4,000 fell victims to snakes. Tigers
killed nearly 800, and leopards nearly
400. On the other side of the ac-
count are $1,000 snakes killed, and
10000 other wild animals
To many persons it may seem
strange that a country so old as In
dia should still harbor so many wild
beasts, and that they should be per-
mitted to commit such depredations,
says the Youths Companion. 1t must
be remembered that the country is of
vast extent, much of it still covered
with dense jungle; and that religious
scruples prevent many of the inhab-
itants from taking the life of any ami
NAL, hence general measures of exter-
mination receive little native support.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
The Teachlna Profession.
KANSAS

TUG
There was a time when the school
masters profession was adopted by
many college graduates as pis aller,
or as a temporary means of livelihood
before taking up some other kind of
work. The qualities and the special
training now required of a teacher
have given him much more indepen-
dent and even more honorable posi-
ton than he formerly held. Conse-
quently, there have been an increased
esprit de corps, and greater zeal in
the profession. In his address before
the Middlesex Teachers association,
President Eliot spoke of the enthusi-
astic devotion for their calling and
preference for it above all others,
which are often demanded and which,
he might have added, are often found
among those who are engaged in the
work of education. For efficiency can
not be secured by high salaries and
pensions. Like the profession of arms,
that of teaching is one that is chosen
more often for glory than for gain,
but it is important that glory should
not have to be sought at the expense
of ordinary comfort, says the New
York Post IN Harvard college,"
said DR.. Eliot, the salaries are high
er than in the teaching profession
generally, yet they are lower than can
be had by men of the right quality in
other professions
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
Since His Mother Died

A smart lawyer had been bulIyrag-
ging the witness in laundry case.
Finally he asked: How long have
You been getting your washing done at
this place.
Ever since your mother died." an
swered the witness.
What do you mean, sir?" asked the
lawyer, firing up
Just what 1 say. sir" calmly re-
piled the witness.
DO you mean to insinuate that my
mother ever did your washing? You
-you-
NO; ! mean just what l say. Your
mother died six years ago. Since
then 1 have had my washing done at
this laundry
Then the witness was allowed to
step down amid the g1ggles of the null
titude.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
Freaks in Animal World.

Unlike most animals horses have no
eyebrows and hares are minus eye
lids. Consequently the eyes of the
latter cannot be shut and a thin men,
braneous substance covers them when
asleep. The eye of the owl is also
very peculiar, seeing that it is immov-
ably fixed in its socket and cannot stir
in any direction. To compensate for
this seeming disadvantage it can turn
it's head almost completely around
without moving its body.
If you were to keep a frogs mouth
open many minutes it would soon die,
as owing to its peculiar construction
it can only breathe with the mouth
closed. On the other hand fishes are
compelled 20 keep opening and clos
ing their mouths in order to give their
respiratory organs full play.
A curious fact about the eel is that
it has less life in its head than its
tail; consequently when killing an eel
the fisherman smashes its tail. 1t
also has two hearts. Snakes usually
have their teeth in the head, but one
variety in Africa, whose principal food
is eggs, is provided with substitute
for them in it's stomach.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
Found Grocer Was Honest.

do you know" a pretty bride of
three months said to a friend the
other day, Il think all these jokes
about young wives having so much
trouble with butchers and grocers and
being cheated and all that is just too
foolish"
Then / presume you are getting on
all right with yours, dear?" her friend
inquired.
why, of course l am, Anybody
would if they would just deal at re-
liable place." the young wife declared
Now, there is my grocer" she con-
tinued. He is just as obliging and
thoughtful as can be. The'o day
I ordered a dozen oranges and when
they came l found there were but II
in the bag, so when l went to the
store again / told him So
why. yes, ma'am,' he said I
know there were. l had put in
dozen, but l noticed that one of them
was spoiled and of course l couldn't
send you any but the best goods, so
took it out
Now, don't you think that was nice
in him to be so thoughtful and hon
est?" she oncluded.-Harper's Week
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
RHEUMATISM STAYS CURED
Mrs. Gotta, Confined to Bed and Ia
Constant Pain, Cured by DR..
Williams Pink Pills.

Williams Fink Fills.
Rheumatism can be inherited and that
fact proves it to be disease of the blood
It is necessary, therefore, to treat 1t
through the blood if a permanent cure
is expected. External applications may
give temporary relief from pain but as
long as the poisonous acid is i'll the blood
the pain will return, perhaps IN new
place, but it will surely return. DIR. VIII
liams' Pink Pills cure rheumatism be-
cause they go directly to the seat of the
disorder, purifying and enriching the
blood.
Mrs. Henry Gotta, of West Cheshire,
Conn, is the wife of the village ma
chinist. '.Several years ago." she says.
ST was laid up with rheumatism in my
feet, ankles and knees. I was in con-
slant pain and sometimes the affected
parts would swell so badly that could
not get about at all to attend to my
household duties. There was one period
of three weeks during which was con-
fined to the bed. My sufferings were
awful and the doctors medicine did not
help me.
some day a neighbor told me about
DR.. Williams Pink Pills and decided to
try them. After 1 had taken them
short time was decidedly better and a
few more boxes cured me. What is
better, the cure was permanent"
Remember DIR. Williams Pink Pills do
not act on the bowels. They make new
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
tone up the stomach and restore impaired
digestion, bring healthful, refreshing
sleep, give strength to the weak and make
miserable, complaining people strong,
hungry and energetic. They are sold by
all druggists. or will be sent postpaid, on
receipt of price, so cents per box, six
boxes $3.50, by the DIR. Williams Medi-
cire Co., Schenectady, NY.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Havana-Jose Minguel Gomez, who
Thursday arrived here from Sancti
Spiritus, his home town, for the pur-
pose of personally conducting the can
vass for his nomination TO the presi-
dency of Cuba, said Friday to the AS
ISOLATED Press that he disapproved
strongly of the present propaganda in
favor of an American protectorate
over Cuba He believes that such a
subm ssion by Cuba TO the dictation
of the United States would be dep1or-
able and he has supreme confidence
in the ability of the Cuban people.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
Records of WauerS,

Betting is neither so general nor so
promiscuous as it was $50 years ago,
when books for recording wagers were
always kept on the tables in the much
frequented coffee houses of London.
Some of these books are still to be
found among collections of antiques,
and they make interesting reading.
All manner of bets are entered there,
on marriages, births and deaths, on
the duration of a ministry, on the
length of the lives of prominent per-
sonages, on the possibility of earth
quakes, and even on hangings.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
VIII start a Grange Paper.

Denver-After ting ten days and
leg'slating upon many matters of
importance to the million members
of the National Grange the fortieth
annual convention of the order final
ly adjourned Friday afternoon. 1t
was decided to establish a weekly pa
per to be devoted entirely TO the in
terests OF the Grange ]. W. Darrow
of New York, who has been at the
head of TIE publication bureau of the
Grange for many years, is slated to
be editor. Resolutions in favor of
modifying the tariff were adopted.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Cornelius Vanderbilt is slowly but
surely earning his wav to the front
in the national guard of New York.
In 1901 he was elected a second lieu
tenant in the Twelfth regiment and is
ganization. He has been detailed to
the captaincy of one of the compan-
les and will soon become a regular
captain. The members of the regi-
ment show no jealousy over this pro-
motion, as they say it was earned by
good work as a soldier.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Scranton, Pa. - T h e Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western railroad and
it's switchmen arrived at sat
isfactory adjustment of the demands
of the latter Tuesday and entered in
to an agreement which will con-
tinue for one year from January
1, next, when the present agreement
expires. The men were granted an
increase of ten cents per hour and
a ten hour day on all divisions of the
road
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
Proving Mosquito Theory.

Liverpool. Eng. - The expedition
of the School of Tropical Medicine
which has been in Brazil for nearly
two years making researches regard
ing yellow fever, telegraphs that it
has been successfully proved that
Chimpanzees can be infected with
yellow fever by means of the mos
quito. The discovery is considered to
be of the highest Importance.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Jefferson City.-The official vote
of Missouri, cast up Wednesday,.
shows that the democrats carried the
state by the following pluralities:
Graves, for supreme judge, over Ne
vile, SS7S; Woodson for supreme
judge over Kennish, 1904; Gass, for
state superintendent of schools, over
White, 1862; Oglesby, over Flentge,
for railroad commissioner, 14,563.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

New York, Nov. 24.-E. H. Gary,
chairman of the board of directors of
the U. S. Steel Corporation, Friday
announced that the wages of common
labor in the plants of the subsidiary
company of the U. S. Steel corpora
ton will be increased ten cents
day beginning May 1 next. The wage
of day and turn labor will be adjust
ed accordingly
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
NicoIai LOOKS Backward.

Nicolai has been very much inn
pressed with his Sunday school les
sons, especially those telling of the
creation of the world. He asks his
mother numerous questions concern
ing the original state of things, and
does not seem quite satisfied with the
replies, as is evident from recent
prayer he made, which included a pc
tition asking the Lord to please tell
me what there was way, way back.
in the years before there was any
backs TO the years. "-Harper's Week.
"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Paris, France.-Nine hundred ad-
ditional inventories of church prop
erty were made Wednesday, leaving
LOO outstanding in Is departments.
The determination of the government
to apply the law no matter what op-
position shall be offered has had
calming effect on the people and the
sanguary conflicts did not occur.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Paris. France. - The elimination of
the microscopic examination of pork
from the new American meat inspec-
ton regulations has resulted in a pre-
liminary decision on the pratt of
the French customs authorities barring
American ham, bacon, and canned
DOrk
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

The American people are very
prone to boast about the amount of
money they spend on education. Moth
ing could make a poorer boast. The
amount looks big in the aggregate,
but it is really trifling when analysed.
And the fact is that we pay our teach.
ers wage too small to be spoken of
without a blush.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
MERCURY Goe. Below Zero.

St Paul, MINI. - The mercury
dropped to ii degrees below zero at
Devils Lake, n. D., Tuesday and ID
below at Moorehead, MINI. In St.
Paul the lowest recorded was ten de-
ereeS above zero.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Salt Lake City,. T. Marchand
and Judge Elmer E. Thomas, repre-
senting the interstate commerce COM
mission, arrived here on Thursday
from Denver to investigate freight
rates and complaints of car short
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Portland, Ore, is said to be the
largest lumber port in the world. At
one time recently vessels for foreign
ports were loading there, or under
charter. to an aggregate capacity of
2O.O00.O00 feet, and for home ports
others having 100000 feet more.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

The New York Idea receives
shock from government divorce sta
tistics. showing the country's peace
full town life to have been shattered
more per capita than among the fiat
jewellers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
Pipe Line Survey Commenced.

Muskogee, l. T. = Civil engi-
neers. representing Pittsburg, Pa,
syndicate. Friday began a survey pre-
liminary to the building of a pipe
line from this city to the gulf. Oil
operators predict the price of oil will
60 much higher
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

In England the Labor party is ask
ing all the affiliated unions to double
their subscriptions to the parliament
tary representation fund. 1t is now
two cents a member.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
A Strike Averted.

FAN River, Mass. = The full
10 per cent increase in wages
demanded by the textile mill oper-
atives was granted Friday and a
threatened strike averted.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

The Pullman porter does not get all
of it. The company has just decided
to divide s25,OOO,OOO surplus among
the stockhold ers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
Bishop TiEert Dead.

Tulsa, l. T.-Bishop J. J. Tigert
died Wednesday morning at S:45
o'clock The end was sudden and
unexpec- ed. The bishop was Tuesday
night taken worse, but physicians did
not think his condition serious. He
was 40 years old. great scholar. edi-
tor and preacher He was to have
opened the Arkansas conference at
Paris, Ark, Wednesday morning.
Bishop Atkins took his place at Ar
kansas conference. Bishop J. ]. IT,
gert's remains will be taken to his
old home in Nashville. Tenn. fol
burial.
Government to Make TOrpedos.
Newport, R. I.-Arrangements are
reported here for the establishment
IN this city of government torpedo
factory where all of this class of ex-
plosives In the United States navy will
be manufactured
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

1t pays to appreciate, and to be ap.
preciated, at the same time to stay
on the ground
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

A Delaware actress has swallowed
a diamond pin. Probably she could
not induce anybody to steal it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Judging from his silence, Walter
Wellman has no comment to make on
the Peary arctic expedition.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
Swiss Post Offices.

Switzerland has more post Offices
in proportion to population than any
other country.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29
to Make Torpedos.
Granger. oppo.e Free Seed.

Denver. The National Grange
convention Thursday adopted resolu-
tons reported by the committee on
agriculture condemning free seed dis
tribution by the government as being
Of no benefit.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

When you are satisfied with your
success YOU wili begin to wither.
Ehrzys up,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

they excel other makes.
If could take you into nv large
factories at Brockton, Mass. and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain w. L.
Douglas shoes. His name and price Is stamped
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and Inferior shoes. Take no subsffs
tate. Ask your dealer for w. L. Douglas shoes
and insist upon having them.
Fast Color EyeIets used; they will not IDeny hrussv
Write Tor Illustrated cafaiog Of Fan Styies.
w. l. DOUGLAS. Dcpf. AZ Rrockfnn Macs
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-29

Sentenced For Assaulting Soldier.
Arthur Fields, of Leavenworth, a
negro. who was found guilty of an
assault on ]. w. Spicer, of the
Eighteenth Infantry, some time ago,
was sentenced to serve an indeter-
inmate period in the state penitenti-
airy.
Paola to Have Paved Streets.-The
contract for the paving of about two
miles of the city streets at Paola was
awarded at the meeting of the council
-ecently The contract amounts to
10000. The streets will be paved
with brick
Big Gas Well For Mound City. =
The Good Speed Oil & Gas Company
If Kansas City has brougt. in a
.hree and one-half million gas well
one mile southwest of Mound City.
This makes the twentieth well of
hat capacity drilled in that vicinity
the past three years.
New Depot For Peabody. = Work
has begun on a new Santa Fe depot
at Peabody. 1t is to be of pressed
brick with stone trimmings. tiled
roof. hard maple floors. have hot and
cold water, be piped for gas and
wired for electric lights
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-26

sell Sage. the Goulds and John T. Terry
for have recently received from a most re-
liable source the Information that the stock
or the western Union is almost wholly in
the possession or control of these people.
appeal to the press throughout the land
TO the national. state and local, commercial
manufacturing, agricultural and labor asso-
cations. and to all the people, to use their
influence and best efforts to encourage and
heip this movement to the end that
we may have cheaper rates of telegraph,
and II this question is not adjusted In the
meantlme-and | trust il may bel hope the
republican. democratic and all other polt-
ical parties will write a plank in their next
national platform demanding that the gov
eminent adjust this matter in some salts
factory way TO accomplish this purpose
Let us hasten to give to the people rich
and poor. learned and unlearned, in all the
walks of life. blessing commensurate and
co-extensive with that which was given to
the farmers of the nation by the free deliv-
cry of the mails the greatest boon that has
come to them since the birth of the repub-
lie
L hope l have said something to enlist
every lover of manhood, justice and fair
play for lower telegra ph rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-26
Shetland's One Tree.
rom the London Express


Up little lane off Lerwicks one street
there Is garden. At least, it is an in
closed space. In the middle of this space
there Is tree. 1t is not very tall tree:
you could, In fact toss biscuit over its
branches. But still 1t is a tree-the only
tree In Shetland. And Shetland is proud of
II Children who are brought for the first
time to see the wonders of one-streeted
Lerwtck are shown this tree This Is not
fiction: 1t is the only tree in Shetland.
AS there are no trees in Shetland there
are no birds-except of course. the seagulIs,
winch you can number by the thousand
The seagulls are the sparrows of Lerwick.
and as such, they have a greater share
in the towns life than have the sparrows
of London In the morning time you will
note that seaguH sits on every chin
ney pot. Seagulls swoop and hover over
every roof in the town.
The air is full of their strange high
plaintive, haunting cries. Their sad shrill,
long-drawn cries are to Lerwick as the
chattering of sparrows or the cawing of
rocks are to us in England. Every house
has Its own familiar sea gulls. and every
street Its own bands of sea guIls They
never mix. The children in each house
have q pet name for their own particular
sea gulls, and having called them to them
by those names they feed them every day.
And each sea gull knows what is meant for
him. No sea gull attached to one house
ever seeks to eat the food scattered from
the house next door. He does not dare. the
other gulls would Kill him. SO all day long
the sea guils hoveG and call over the roofs
of Lerwick. The people of the town IL
they conTe across q little pile of rice laid
upon the roadway. step over 1t with care.
They know thatft is placed there for some
sea gun. And at night the sea gulls leave
their own appointed chimney pots and fly
gracefully away to their resting places on
the rocks of the Isle of Moss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-26
WOLF HUNTING IN INDIANA.
Farmers Capture Five Within an
Hours Ride of Chicago.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Five wolves captured and some still free
within rife shot of where stupendous manu-
featuring interests are being rapidly de-
Veloped serves To emphasize the theory
that, after all, civilization IS, as yet, only
step removed from savagery. In the Cal
umet district of Indiana scarcely more
than an hours ride from Chicago. the ma
tiyes are Boosting of recent wolf exploits
and hoping for more to come.
For some time tracks that old timers de-
cIared were those of wolves had been seen
Seoffers pronounced it impossible. but more
tracks were seen. Strange noises were
heard at night: chickens disappeared; even
a sheep or two and small calves were killed
and partly devoured
Finally George Hamper i'm charge of a
ciuD house and surrounding farm. killed a
full grown wolf and, skinning IL carefully
had the SKIN stuffed and mounted Huut-
eTs, of course. envit,d Hampers good for
tune However this was not the only on
portunty afforded. The depredations CON
tinued.
Wolves were often seen in the gray OF
early morning Selling chickens and devour-
ing such carcasses of animals had not
been buried.
No one secured another successful shot
and apparently the wolf pack was thriving
and waxing larger and holder Several
farmers along the river set traps only 10
Hamper determined upon trying his for
tunes as a trapper. He hauled refuse
throwing 1t into considerable piles in such
position as to form a hollow square in the
center of which was a dead horse. Be
tween each two piles he set a strong trap
so that TO get at the meat the wolves must
pass over the traps or leap over the piles.
Everything ready, Hamper and his men
were anxious for the morning. 1t came
but no wolf was covering in a trap. The
next day, however. they were husking
corn one OF the men declared that he saw
something moving among the refuse piles.
1t proved to be full grown wolf and a
male. How to secure him alive without en-
countering danger puzzled them a little;
but one of the men cut forked stick and
held 1t upon his neck with sufficient force
to pin him to the ground and to prevent
him turning his head to bite.
Next q strap was slipped under his body
and moved forward until 1t could be buckled
about his neck. chain fastened to the
strap provided means by which he could
be tied.
Throwing blankets over the animal the
men took the wolf to building at the club
where he was chained very much like one
of his cousins. the watch dogs.
Since then three more wolves have sue
cumbed to the proves of Hamper, who IS
still awaiting a material reward in the form
of bounty offered for wolf scalps.