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Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-07-26
MERRIC0NEAG HOUSE.
LOADS OF BUSINESS HERE AND
NO MORE ROOMS TO BE HAD.

New Tennis Court Being Construct
ed.
The way things look at the Merri-
coneag now seems to indicate the
need Of putting out an IS. r. O." sign
at once Standing Room Only seems
to be about the way you get your
quietus when you step up to register.
1t has been jokingly suggested to Col.
Campbell that he put out tents on
the grass slope to accommodate the
overflow, but unless he can room the
guests under the hotel roof he pre-
fers to allow them to go to the other
houses in this section of the Bay.
The most noticeable thing being ac-
complished for the additional pleas
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-07-26

You can take boat steamer any part of Casco Bay
from in front of The Merriconeag
Open June to October.
thoroughly Modern and of the Popular Resorts of
Name Every room has clear view of the Private
boat landing and float bathing beach and dressing rooms
at the foot of the lawn. Dining seats Ioo
Plenty of Amusement and Recreation. Rates
Room Plans, Booklets etc. on Application.
GEORGE w. CAMPBELL, Jr.
South Harpswell, Maine.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-07-26
Chebeague Island.
/. 200 3 900
ue I. 10000 OOOx

TWO base hits, Chase, Robinson,
Johnson; struck out by Chase Sea,
Dury, ., Johnson 3. Base on balls by
Chase 2; Johnson 2. Earned runs Che.
beague i, Bustins Umpire Buxbaum.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
DO NOT CAUSE DEFICIT.
Newspaper Publishers Declare They
Pay Sufficient Postage.
Carrying Legitimate Newspa-
pcrs Mt Second Class Rate.

New YORK. A brief ON be-
half OF the American Newspaper Pub
fishers association was submitted
Tuesday to the congressional commits
sion on postal matters which is in
session here and which is inquiring
especially into what steps shall be
taken by the government to obliterate
the large annual deficits in the posta,
revenues, due, it is alleged, to the
handling of SO many tons of second
class matter at the rate of one cent
per pound.
The brief is designed to show that
the legitimate newspapers are not the
cause of the deficit and consequently
are entitled to a continuance of the
prevailing rate. 1t is asserted that
while the government itself has to
pay more than ten cents to carry the
ten cent magazine from the publish
ing office to the news stand and SUBJ
scriber, it derives a profit from the
carrying of the newspap ers. 1t is
declared that the newspapers have
been improperly included in sweep
to the second class mailing privilege
enjoy gratuity and subsidy from the
government. The brief points out
that the recent deficit III postal rev.
enues were anticipated by Postmaster
Generals Smith and Payne because
of the establishment of the rural free
dlivery system and that the deficits
need not be viewed with apprehen-
sion. TIL brief suggests steps that
may partially remedy the abuses
which have furnished occasion for
complaint.
The brief states that the second
class rate should be restricted to the
dissemination of public information
and that its employment primarily
for mercantile purposes should be
stopped
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
HOW TO WASH BLANKETS.
Observe These Rules if You Want the
Best Results.

Make good suds with bar soap and
water, comfortably warm to the hand.
and then pour in spirits of ammonia.
tablespoonful at time, until the suds
smell strongly of ammonia, and turn
two ounces of powdered borax in boil
ing water.
Shake all the dust out of the blank
cts and then rinse them up and down
and squeeze lightly in the hands, but
do not rub them; it is that motion
which fullS the wool and felts it to-
gether. Do not rub any soap upon
them, but dip them well in the water:
then rinse in plain water. warm to the
hand, not hot. By folding the blankets
lengthwise in a long. narrow strip
they can be drawn through wringer,
but should never be wrung through the
hands.
Then shake thoroughly and hang
out, drawing the edges and corners
smoothly together. When thoroughly
dry fold smoothly and place the bosom
board over, with one or two fiatirons
to hold it down; the next day they will
be fresh and sweet. Select a bright,
sunny day, and never hang them in
rain or driZzle.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
MAKING THE WORK EASY.
A Little Thought Will Tighten Cares
of Housekeeper.

Women bring upon themselves much
suffering for which they alone are to
blame. To the average housekeeper,
the mere fact of getting breakfast
without first taking some nourishing
food herself, is enough to cause in her
continual weakness. and to some 1t
may prove a source of almost complete
exhaustion.
If after the toilet is made in thrv
morning. woman would eat perhaps
a banana or apple, and sip glass OF
milk or other nourishing drink. she
would find it did much toward keep
ing up her strength through the day.
To stay the stomach" before exercise
in the morning is all that is nee 2ssary.
When breakfast is over there should
be no rush to do the dishes-they can
wait now better than papa and baby
can wait at a future date, whil9
mamma RECEIVERS.
Allow the stomach to commence o.
it's process of digestion without thu.
physical rushing.
Then, again. after the dishes havt
been wiped, much of the work may be
done sitting, instead of standing, thur
resting the back and saving the al
dominal organs from continuous
strain.
Do not lift heavy kettles or tubs
stand in wet places on the floor wher.
the water has been spilled, nor reac'.
higher than you can easily. All N
these are the originators of many al
mentS.
Even if precaution takes little
longer, does it not pay when it tends
70 prevent illness?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Ginger plasters. made like mustard
plasters. produce the same results and
do not blister
Baking soda is good for an aching
tooth; for bathing surface which is
broken OUT with hives or prickly heat:
to take internally for sour stomach
Lime water mixed with linseed c.
table Gil makes a good dressing on an
sorbent cotton or use carbolic soil:
ton, using two parts of hot (as car
be borne) boiled water to one part &
carbolic solution.
When children swallow hurtfM
things, if it causes choking and symp
toms of suffocation, either turn tie
child upside down and strike quick''
between the shoulders or run the fi'e
ger back into the throat to hook (
out, or last of all push it down.
A little camphor applied to W."
cloth will whiten the skin. but VI
should be used sparirgly, with cream
afterward. A few drops put into LUX;
warm water and applied with a. sponsc
after one has come in from an outdocI
trip is extremely refreshing.
The complexion is made or marre2
by the food one eats. The best fooi
for a beautiful complexion is tina:
which is most readily assimilated. U.s.
digested foods and wastes that are no.
promptly and regularly eliminate!
from the system are corrupting forces
that generate poisons. which must, o.
course. most seriously retard the cui
tivaticn of health. as well as goot
looks.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
Eius in Cream.

Figs in cream are delicious; they
must be prepared the day before. Pull
meaty bag figs apart, wash, then
soak over night In cold water Sim
mer in a double boiler with just
enough water to cover until plump
and tender. For each pound of figs
add half a cupful of sugar and tea
spoonful of vanilla, cover and draw
back where they will simply keep hot
for an hour. Transfer the figs to
dish, boil the syrup until thick and
rich. Take off and when cool add
four tablespoonfuls of sherry and a
teaspoonful more of vanilla and pour
over the figs. Serve with whipped
cream.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
"soap Weed" of the Southwest.

Greatest. as well as most common,
OF all cacti is the soap weed which
grows wherever cacti grow, and which
is mans only friend in the great south
western deserts of the United States
and in Mexico. 1t furnishes always a
quantity of water when cut. AS it's
name indicates, it can be manufac-
tured into a soap, perhaps the least
alkaline soap ever made, even though
the weed itself may grow in the center
of an alkali desert. Beer is brewed
from it, the Indians make a hemp
like fiber from it and horses and men
can eat parts of it if the spines are cut
away. Also when it shoots up its one
great arm skyward it tops that arm
with one of the most gorgeous flowers
in the worid.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
ORANGE Cream.

Orange cream is new and delicious.
Soak a half package of granulated
gelatin in half cupful of cold water.
Scald a pint of milk. pour it over the
yolks of five eggs beaten until light
with the grated rind of an orange and
one cupful of sugar. Cook and stir
like custard. Take off, add the gela-
tin, stir until dissolved and strain.
When cool add the strained juice of
five oranges. When thickening add
pint of cream whipped to solid
froth. When very thick heap in paper
cases. Just before serving sprinkle
with yellow hundreds and thou
sands"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
Alcohol as a Fuel.

We have in ethyl alcohol an ideal
fuel-colorless, limpid. of moderate
boiling point, about so degrees below
that of water, non-freeZing, burning
without smoke, mixing with water in
all proportions, and therefore its flame
extinguished by water, clearly, drying
off completely when spilled, not at
tracing rubber gaskets or packings,
and noncorrosive for metal tanks and
holders. The fact that its flame is
blush, or so-called mountainous.
means that the flame is almost devoid
of free carbon particles, with their
intense heat radiating power, a fact
of considerable Importance. When
gasoline or heavy oils are burning, the
flame, loaded with free carbon or SCOT,
rsdiates heat to such degree that it
is not possible to approach near the
conflagration. and combustible sur
roundings are readily fired by pure
radiation of heat. The production of
alcohol or large scale is simple.
and the raw materials already exist
in considerable variety. All saccha-
rine or starchy growths are available
Saccharine wastes are now largely
used in Cuba for alcohol production.
This alcohol will, in properly or,
ganized engine, equal. volume for vol
ume, gasoline now sold at much
higher price in producing power.
says Casters Magazine. Even in
the immediate future, then, it is
evident that alcohol has large field
of usefulness. The farmer need not
depend on wood, coal or oil for his
power. His agricultural wastes will
furnish it. His fields need only re-
ceive the sunshine and be given sui.
ficient water. and thence any crop
yielding starch or sugar, however I'M
marketable otherwise, may be made
the source of power, light and heat.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
Chambers joke on conklino.

Roscoe Conkling was a capital boxer
and quite proud of his skill One
evening after considerable banter he
induced Senator Chandler to put on
the gloves" with him. He played with
Chandler for few rounds, much to
the discontinue of the downeaster.
The latter bided his time and some
time later quietly brought a profes-
sional pugilist to dinner where Conk-
ling was a guest. In the course of
the evening Mr.. Smith" was induced
to engage in boxing bout with Mr.
Conkling. The professional danced
around the senator, landing when and
where he wished, playing with him as
he would with punching bag The
elegant New York senator was dazeG,
overwhelmed, Inundated, crushed.
When he surrendered and called
enough, as he did at last, Senator
Chandler smiled blandly and presented
the pugilist in his true colors.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
KANSAS
Bacteria in MIX.

It is suggestive, If not in fact a
cheering, sign of the times that in the
published lists of exhibits at the nu-
merous county fairs round about
there appear SO many inventions and
devices for the better care and hand
ling of milk. 1t was the statement OF
a member of the state department of
agriculture, recently publicly made,
that one-fourth of the farmers send
their milk to the butter and cheese
factories with enough bacteria to
contaminate the supply contributed by
the other three-fourths. The issue
of cleanliness and healthfulness in
milk supplied direct to the consumer
is an exceedingly vital one, but one
also to which the average consumer
does not give sufficient concern. With
the question of the treatment of milk
the inventors of appliances, the scien-
lists and authorities must deal; the.
question of cleanliness is simpler and
one with which all with ordinary in
cleanliness is the great failing on the
average farm. Even in the cleanest.
possible modes of milking by hand
there are 300 germs to the cubic CEN
timeter of milk, and in the average
milk there are 10000 to $4,000. while
the number in cases of unclean milk
sometimes rises as high as 10000.
Nine-tenths of the foreign matter con-
tanned in the ordinary can of milk
may be kept out without expense by
the exercise of care. But as there is
no effect without cause, so in this
multitude of inventions for the bet
ter handling of milk there may be
traced a growing desire on the part
of the farmers to meet the demands
for improvement. says the Troy
Times. That the demand is appar-
ent and@growing in popular vigor
there is not the remotest doubt.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11

1t has been many years since the
Wall street district has been so over
run with gamblers and criminals as
now, says the New York Times. There
was a time when the Wall street po-
lice had dead line" beyond which
no known crook was allowed to pass,
but it seems to have gradually disap-
peared. Gambling in divers degrees.
distinct from stock exchange specu-
lation, and petty graft and a myriad
form of low finance" flourish in an
amazing measure in the financial dis.
trict and it's purlieus. Small bucket
shops are numerous. At a place on
Broad street faro bank is running
full blast. 1t is usually filed with
brokers clerks. If these young fell
lows cannot get away at any other
time of the day." said a former detec-
kive. they come here at their lunch
eon hour. The proprietor furnishes
them with an elegant free lunch from
hoon until three o'clock. and they
drop a few dollars on the game"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
LOOSE TEETH
Made Sound by Eating erape-Nuts.

Proper food nourishes every part of
the body, because Nature selects the
different materials from the food we
eat, to build bone, nerve, brain, mus
Gle, teeth, etc.
All We need is to eat the right kind
of food slowly, chewing it velour
digestive organs take it up into the
through the body. to every little nook
and corner.
If some one would ask you, rs
Grape-Nuts good for loose teeth?"
you'd probably say, NO, 1 don't see
howl it could be- But a woman in
Ontario writes:
''For the past two years / have used
Grape-Nuts Food with most excellent
results. II seems to take the place
of medicine in many ways, builds I'D
the nerves and restores the health
generally.
"A little Grape-Nuts taken before re-
firing soothes my nerves and gives
sound Sleep" because it relieve ir.
ritability of the stomach nerves, being
a predigested food.)
before used Grape-Nuts my teeth
we're loose in the gums. They we're so
bad / was afraid they would some dag
all fall out Since have used Grape
Nuts I have not been bothered any
more with loose teeth.
Al desire for pastry has disappear
ed and have gained in health. weight
and happiness since began to use
Grare-Nuts." Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Get the IA
nous little booi,. e'The Road to- Wen.
ville." in pkgs. There's reason.i'
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
"A SMALL THlNe.~

Do you believe in progress? Do you
believe that all the wonderful achieve
ments of the nineteenth century-the
railroad, the telegraph, the telephone,
electric light, kerosene, sewing ma
chine, agricultural machinery, steam
ships, trolley cars, etc.-have made
life easier and better worth living?
do. l believe that a man who lives
40 years under modern conditions has
experienced more life and better life
than Methusalem, though he had lived
20 centuries of his time.
The triumphs of the nineteenth cen
fury were triumphs of human service
the placing of knowledge and the
fruits of knowledge within the reach
of the common man. Every mans
life is better, happier. more secure be-
cause of them. We live more comfort
able, more sociable lives in better and
more comfortable houses because of
them. Even the hopeless dweller in
the worst city slums is more COM
Portable in his physical conditions than
the middle-class citizen of the days of
George Washington.
and convenience have been the legacy
of the Century of Improvement"
Paint, in certain sense, is a minor
matter, yet it gives beauty, healthful-
ness and durability to our dwellings.
Fifty years ago painting was a serious
proposition, luxury for the owners
of stately mansions who could afford
the expense of frequent renewals. To-
day ready mixed paint is so cheap, so
good, and so universal that no house
owner has an excuse for not keeping
his property well painted.
A small thing, indeed; yet several
hundred large factories, emplo ing
thousands of chemists and skilled
workmen, are running every day in
the year to keep our houses fresh.
clean and wholesome.
A small thing, yet a can of good
ready mixed paint, such as one may
buy from any reputable dealer, en-
bodies the study of generations OF
skilled chemists, the toll of a thou
sand workmen in mill, laboratory and
factory, and the product of long
series of special machinery invented
and designed just to make that can
of paint and to furnish us an infinite
variety of tints, colors and shades.
1t was a wonderful century, that
| nineteenth of our era, and not the
least of it's wonderful gifts was that
same commonplace can of paint.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
California Bank Robbed.

San Francisco, Cal-Two robbers
entered the Kimmon Ginko, n Japa-
nese bank, also known as the Golden
Gate bank, at 1888 O'Farrell street,
Wednesday at noon and after fatally
beating S. Urakata, the manager of
the bank, and seriously injuring A.
Sasaki, clerk, with a piece of gas
pipe, escaped with $4,000 in gold.
Major Urakata died two hours after
ward from his injuries.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11

Lansingburg, N. Y. - Ffv, pas
sengers were killed outright and
score were injured in rea- end ccl-
lision between a regular passenger
train and military special on the
Boston & Maine railroad, directly IN
front of the Lansingburg depos about
5 o'clock Thursday. The 'lisio1 took
place on a heavy grade and sharp
curve. The passenger train was about
one hour late when it reached Ian
singburg station waiting there for
chance to get into the Troy depot.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11

sauce made with, one-quarter of
cuyful of flour and one pint Of milk
Season with ten drops of onion juice,
a teaspoonful of salt, one-third of
teaspoonful of white pepper. a dash
of cayenne and two tablespoonful of
chopped parsley. Stir into this six
hard boiled eggs cut fine, turn on a
creased dish and set away until cold
and firm. Mold in outlets, dip each
in an egg and fine dry bread crumbs
and fry golden brown in smoking hot
deep fat. Drain well on soft paper
and stick, tuft of parsley in the bone
end of each outlet.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
Improvement in Photoaraphx.

An inventor has succeeded in evolv-
ing novel Improvement upon the or
binary celluloid film used for cinemato-.
graphic purposes. The pictures are
taken in a spiral manner upon circular
glass plates. thereby enabling a lone9
series comprising several hundred pic
lures to be obtained in a small space.
The diameter of the plate is Is inches,
while the photographs themselves do
not exceed half an inch in length. In
this way it is possible to record a story
lasting about four minutes upon one
plate.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11

in
by of the scientists OF the
25 the department has con
24O pounds OF
stalks lOO
alcohol weighs
alcohol
all
is
The them
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influence IN
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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
S1OO Reward. 500.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to learn
that there is least dreaded disease that science
has been able fn all its stages, and that IA
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure NV known TO the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure ts taken in
ternaly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work The prUprletors have
much faith In its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to
cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Ad iress +. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by ALI Druggists, a5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11

Lincoln, Nebraska. Senator AL
bert ]. Beverage. of Indiana, spoke
Thursday night to a crowd which
filled the Oliver theater in the inter-
est of the republican congressional
and state tickets. He paid tribute
to William J. Bryan, saying he had no
sympathy with those who abused the
eloquent democratic leader Mr. Bry-
an he believed to be sincere and
high-minded, but an impracticable ide-
alist.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
Remarkable Official RIunder.

There is in Connaught, Ireland,
remarkable curiosity, which gives an
example of official oversight When
the great famine of 1S47, was upon the
land the government of the day con-
ce;ved the idea of opening line of
navigation from Galway to Ballina,
by way of Lough Corrib and Tough
Mask, so as to avoid the dangers of
the western coast From Cong canal
was actually made to Lough Mask as
part of the general scheme. The work
gave great deal Of employment aud
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11

Harrisburg, Pa.-President Roose-
welt made a flying trip to Harrisburg
and York Thursday and in each city
he made a speech in the rain. At Har-
risburg the president delivered the
Grafton at the dedication of the
beautiful new state capitol which has
just been completed at cost OF S13,-
100000 to take the place OF the old
state house destroyed by fire in 1897
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11

Junction City. kan.-Orders werc
received at Fort Riley from Washing
ton Tuesday afternoon for Lieut. Col
Parker, Thirteenth cavalry, TO report
at once to Brig. Gen. Funston for duty
in Cuba. Maj. Herbert Slocum, Sec
ond cavalry. was ordered to report at
once TO Secretary of War Taft for du-
ty in Havana and Lieut.. Gilbert Smith
was ordered to report to Newport
News for transport quartermaster
dirty. They Will leave st once
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11
Cleaned at the Capital
Interesting Gossip from Washington by Our Special Correspondent
To Make Alcohol from Corncobs-Rar Act of Army Friend
ship-To Suppress Bell Ringing.

WASHINGTON.-The manufacture of alcohol
may be revolutionized the result of expert
ments which have been completed by the depart
ment of agriculture. The officials of the depart
ment have succeeded in making alcohol from
corncobs and cornstalkS at cost SO small that
they believe it will prove of large commercial
value and develop into new industry. 1t is
proposed at first to manufacture the alcohol as a
byproduct in connection with corn-canning fac
tories In investigations which the department
is making at Hoopeston H., it has been proved
that the large quantities of corncobs which every
year go to waste can be converted into alcohol
in sufficient quantities to justify the erection OF
a distillng plant.
The department sent two chemists to Hopes
ton to make experiments at a large cannery
+horo uho,r have succeeded hY Simnle methods