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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Newest Cooling Process.

A new artificial cooling apparatus
Just installed by a prominent New
York interurban banking house, and
believed to be the only one in the
financial district, had its first trial
in the hot weather recently. The ap-
paratus combines ammonia pipes
and other artificial freezing apparatus
with ventilating system calculated
to keep the air dry and also in circu-
lation. 1t dispels humidity as we'll as
heat, beating the barometer to death
and getting the better of the Their
mometer outside from to Is de-
grees, according to the pressure ap-
piled. The same house last year
tried system which supplied moth
ing better than a musty, disagreeable
atmosphere. The new one has work.
ed perfectly up to the present, and
is supposed to draw the attention of
employees entirely away from thoughts
of vacation, for the firm sweeps them
with cooling breezes at their desks in
the city. Though the apparatus is
declared to be successful, it is hard
ly likely to be popular. The cost OF
installation is reported to have been
100000, and the expense Of opera
ton Is considerable.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
PILLOWS FOR THE SICK.
Have Plenty of Little Ones to Tuck
in Around an Invalid.

There is no problem more difficult
of solution than how to make long
stay in bed or a convalescing period
comfortable for the patient.
Pillows. pillows, pillows, a score or
more of them, is the solution, says the
Circle. Not full-sized heavy-feather
pillows, but small light wool. down.
hair. or even balm cushions are the
comforts which ease the patients
tired muscles.
They should be in sizes ranging
from 10 to IS inches in length and
from s to ~ inch,s wide, or they can
be made square. The larger ones are
excellent if made of hair and tufted
like a mattress.
These little comfort cushions can be
slipped under the neck. at the small
of the back, under the knees or heels.
and placed where tired arm can
rest comfortably upon them; this for
the patient in bed.
When the patient is sitting up the
pillows can be rncked in all the hol-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

want it. See?" But why continue
these curious variations? It's a
shame, really, to print Office boy
stories, and thus prevent their further
exploitation, when so many poor
humorists depend upon them for liv-
ing.
To be wholly frank, 1 don't imagine
the office boy will vanish altogether
for a long while yet Moreover, as he
falls behind in quantity, he will quite
possibly advance in quality. Tolerated
to-day. he will be courted tomorrow.
We shall be going around on our
Bonded knees to the boy, just as we
do to the former midway characters
who now serve US as cooks and wait
ing maids and then there'Il be no
holding him. And only think what a
boon his expanded personality will af-
ford the hunlori5tl They can get out
their old jokes, magnify them a thous.
and diameters, and sell them over
again.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
He Jumped In After the Hat.

of the steamer, 10 feet above the
water line, without even so much as
removing his coat
The passengers rushed to the side
of the boat and saw Bradin swim hack
into the whirlpool and catch his hat
in his teeth and set out for the shore,
which he reached without much effort.
The steamer stopped at the first OPP
portunity and called for Bradin, who
walked down the bank and boarded
the steamer again.
Immediately the passengers began
to rebuke him for his alleged foolish
ness in jumping into the river at its
most dangerous point for a hat.
Bradin listened with patience to all
that every passenger and sailor had
to say, and when they resumed silence
he caused great excitement by turning
down the inner band of the derby
and exhibiting between $1,000 and
81 800 in greenbacks of large denomi-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
RICH GIRL ELOPES
WITH FARMLAND

in swift, strangling embrace. Then
she broke away and sprang across the
street. kicking of her high-heeled
shoes as she went She neatly vault
ed low fence and skinned over the
stubble of the vacant area before her
parent could catch her breath.
Then the cries of Mrs. Roxbury
woke the stiffness of the morning. She
called for police and firemen, and
finally got into swift motion, followed
by gang of laborers from big apart
ment house in the course of construc-
ton. She led them across lots and to
the corner, where she had seen the
green automobile moment before.
Two firemen had been standing on
the corner, and when they saw the
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

Tbcre are few summer boarders in
the eastern part of America who are
not familiar with the common poison
ivy-its sinister three-fngered leaves
creeping alongside the harmless FIVE.
fingered woodbine or Virginia creeper.
Some persons are immune, and may
pick the leaves at will, but others are
so susceptible that the wind will carry
the poisonous vapor and bring discom-
fort without contact with the plant
itself.
Cows and horses feed with impunity
upon the vine, but it is terribly poi
sonous to dogs, producing commissions
which result in death. A volatile SUBJ
stance which forms salts when COM
bined with alkalies has been isolated
from the leaves, known as toxico-
dendric acid. This resembles formic
acid, and is the source of the poison
ing. More interesting to the many suf-
ferers is the fact that certain cure
for the painful skin blisters is found
in solution of potassium permangan-
ate.
This clustering effect on the skin
was taken advantage of by old-time
doctors and administered in cases of
skin disease. One reads that in 1910
The poison ivy was introduced into
England, and in 1898 was used as a
medicine in Europe. Even before this,
the Juice Of the plant had been used
as a marking ink, and is to-day wide
ly employed for that purpose. 1t re-
sists soap, acids, alkalies, and bleach
ing powders, and yields only to ether.
So when the nature writer is out in
the wilds, away from stores and hu-
man dwellings, and his ink gives out,
a splendid substitute may he found in
the Juice of the poison ivy-which
will guarantee the physical perma-
hence of the record of his observations
If not the veracity of the facts them
selves. Another commercial use for
the juice of this plant is in the manu-
facture Of a backing fluid for boots
and shoes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
BoYLEss ERA SEEMS NEAR.
Writer Laments Growing Scarcity of
the Monarch of the Office.

The shortage in boys has caused the
sign hoy wanted" to blossom forth
with almost unprecedented ubiquity.
1t meets your eye here in Boston,
even, and in New York city it's every
where, the papers say, while many a
philosopher is scratching his pate to
find out why. Two theories are fight
ing for acceptance, says writer in
the Boston Transcript. One says the
child labor laws are being enforced.
In many offices the boy is employed
as a messenger only. and the emolu-
ments are not sufficiently glittering
to attract boy big enough to dodge
the law. Others call the phenomenon
a by-product of prosperity. If the rich
are poorer by reason of certain eccen-
tricities of the stock market, the poor
are richer by reason of the general
rise in wages; hosts of families,
hitherto dependent upon the earnings
of young hopefuls, can now send them
to school. I fancy there's truth in
both theories.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

But my heart sinks within me when
l look forward to the boyless era that
seems to impend. What, pray tell
me, would newspaper Office be if
bereft of its most lofty dignity?
There fits through the recesses of
the journalistic memory a long and
very impressive procession of such.
How shy, how tender they were on
first arriving, How arrogant ere half
a fortnight. One, as l recall, howled
down the sanctum speaking tube:
"Hully gee, there amt no stamps
dozen voices
cried: Grammar. grammar" You
might have supposed this would over
awe a simple child of Is, but he
merely answered, indulgently: Say,
1 was only talkin' to de countin'
room!" Another young gentleman,
successor to the erratic grammarian,
was one day seated at his little desk,
when a caller handed him a manu-
script, saying: This is for the edi-
tor" Billie tucked it into a drawer,
and when the caller returned, week
or so later, bidding the rogue inquire
what had been the fate of his effusion,
his highness remarked, sadly: Yep.
read the darn thing, an we didn't
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
An Appetite Cure,

How appetite subsidies before a we'll
filed menu card was shown in a city
restaurant recently. The dramatis
personae were two well dressed wom-
en- fresh and hungry from the bargain
counter.
HOW would roast turkey do?"
asked A, glancing at the list. Gran
berry sauce goes with that"
Excellent" commented B. But
here's 'sirloin steak smothered in
onions Shouldn't we try steak?"
"Just the thing!" agreed A, Gun
less you care for fricassee Of chick
en-"
why. they have fried kidneys"
suggested B; they'd be tasty
enough"
MY DEAR" softly whispered A, 81
notice there's lamb stew on the bill"
Lamb stew" repeated B, sis It
possible?"
"Or would you prefer mutton
broth?" ventured A.
mo. DEAR" replied B with a sigh.
II don't feel like eating to-day"
Then Lets make it pie!" came in
chorus from the women, and pie 1t
was.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
HE HAD TO HAVE FRUIT.
Grapes Beyond His Purse, Boy took
Humble Substitute.

james Wilson, the secretary OF agri-
culture, was discussing in Washington
the aid which his department gives
the American farmer. He pointed
out the benefit that had been derived
from the introduction of darum wheat.
of the wheat-testing machine, and OF
the method of extracting potash from
granite.
In fact" said Mr.. Wilson, smiling,
81 believe that eventually our finest
products will be cheap enough to be
within the reach of all. Then the
story of the boy and the dollhouse
grapes will be as dead and antiquated
as the theater hat stories of the past.
This boyle was bootblack-
entered a grocer's store one day. and,
pointing to some superb grapes, said:
"'Wot's the price O. them there,
mister?
lone dollar pound, my lad the
clerk replied.
"a lcok of anguish passed over the
boys face, and he said, hastily:
"'Then give US cents worth o.
carrots. I'm dead nuts on fruit"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
FEET OUT.
She Had Curious Habits.

When person has to keep the feet
est nights in winter because of the
heat and prickly sensation, it is time
that coffee, which causes the trouble,
be left off.
There is no end to the nervous con-
ditions that coffee will produce. 1t
shows in one way in one person and in
another way in another. In this case
the lady lived in S. Oak. She says:
Il have had to lie awake half the
night with my feet and limbs out of
the bed on the coolest nights, and felt
afraid to sleep for fear of catching
cold. j had been troubled for years
with twitching and Jerking of the
lower limbs, and for most of the time
| have been unable to go to church or to
lectures because of that awful feeling
that must keep on the move.
When it was brought to my atten-
ton that coffee caused so many ner-
vous diseases, concluded to drop
coffee and take Postum Food Coffee to
see if my trouble was caused by coffee
drinking.
i only drank one cup of coffee for
breakfast but that was enough to do
the business for me. When 1 quit it
my troubles disappeared in an almost
miraculous way, Now have no more
Of the jerking and twitching and can
sleep with any amount of bedding over
me and sleep all night, in sound, peace
full rest.
Postum Food Coffee is absolutely
worth it's weight in gold to me-"
There's Reason" Read the little
health classic. The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
OLD WORLD FEUDS
HERE In AMERICA
NEW YORK'S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD
How the Hunchakist, the Tong, the Malta, the Black
Hand, the Vendetta, the Athenian Blood Pact and
Other Complications, Have Been Imported Into the
Metropolis Breed Violence

of Chinatown the old Dowager
whom she knew to be responsible for
the gun fighting in the narrow, smelly
little streets that unless they stopped
their foolishness in New York she
would find it incumbent upon herself
to put to death their relatives at home
in China, more particularly parents
and grandparents.
Had origin In Home Quarrel.
The police had never been able to
make any of their accusations of muir
der stick against the suspects who
trailed at the slipperless heels of con-
sumptive, oily little Mock Duck. But
the old Empress knew the way. The
police know and SO does the rest of
the town that in general way of
speaking the hostile factions were di-
vided then, and are still divided for
that matter, into the Hip Sing Tong
and the On Leong Tong. But it wasn't
until months after the active warfare
ceased that the truth came out that
behind the whole thing lay the rival
ry between the Reform party in China
and the party which is faithful to the
reigning dynasty. Complications grow
ing out of the struggle for the pie Cow
and fan tan concessions-gambl
privileges to put it in plain English
had infiamed the belligerents, but at
the back of it lay 50-year=old quar-
rel on the other side of the earth.
Frequently in one or another of the
three large and well-defined Italian
settlements there occurs murder
which cannot be attributed merely to
a row over chianti in some base
ment drinking place. The police sapi-
emily say BLACK Hand arrest a few
suspects, misspell the names of the
prisoners, keep them awhile and turn
them loose for lack of evidence on
which to hold them longer
Last fall three such murders &C.
CURED in rapid succession on the low
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
JAMIE WASTED NO TIME.
Youthful Philosopher Had Carefully
Thought Out Situation.

1t was Jamies bath night. He had
several each week and he hated them
all. On this particular night, once
started, he soaked and splashed in the
tub for full half hour, then his
mother hailed him forth. He came out
of the room in his pajamas with his
face all streaked and dirty as it was
when he went in.
Mercy" cried his mother. 81
thought you took bath"
$50 1 did" answered Jamie scorn-
fully. "a bully one!"
But your face is black!" said his
mother.
"Oh!" Jamie smil ed understand
ingly. "My face is all right. l have
to wash that in the morning, bath or
no bath. You don't s'pose I'm going
to waste time bathing my face! 1
always begin just below my ears and
work down on my arms and legs; but
l always leave my face and hands
those ends tend to in the morning."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
LIVES WEEK BURIED IN HAY.
Pittsburg School Teacher Found Alive
Near Marion, o.

Marion, O-After being buried IN
der 25 tons of hay for a week with
out food or water, during which time
a bloodhound and hundreds of search
ers passed within a few feet of her,
Miss N. A. Black, the Pittsburg
school teacher who the other even
ing left a local sanitariu1n, has been
found. She probably will recover.
She was discovered by T. c. O'Day
and Daniel Slayer on a farm two
miles south of the city alongside the
old hay barn near where all trace of
her was lost.
Miss Black says she took a stroll
into the country and when the dusk
was falling started home. 1t was
chilly and she was but thinly clad.
She entered a barn, got inside the
hay, and fell asleep. Next morning
the owner of the barn began filling
the barn with new hay, and by night
it was full to the rafters.
Almost crazed by thirst, the woman
burrowed out of the barn, but was
so weak she fell where she was found.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Domain of White Xaasa.

II know several Places" said the
Washington salesman, where the
white shirt waist has its nose put out
Of joint by the white waistsoat. That
is in the sections of the city pso-
pied mostly by our colored citizens. II
you want to see white vests in such
numbers that you can't count them
just take a stroll through those dis
tricts and look at the laundry win
dows. In place Of the lacey shirt
waists that fill the window space in
other laundries you see there dozens
of waistcoats of linen and piQue. An
belong to the colored beaux Of the
neighborhood. There is nobody on
earth who has quite such a strong
prediction for white waistcoat and
who wears it with such obvious pride
as your gentlemen of color. From
early spring until late in the fall he
arrays himself in washable garments
and thus becomes the launderer's best
patron"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Six Arms Reached Out and Pulled
Agnes Into the Auto.

slipperless girl bound out of the lot
and spring toward the machine with
outstretched arms they ran to the car.
There were three fancily clad young
men in the tonneau and one at the
wheel. Six arms reached out and
pulled Agnes into the automobile.
A good-looking red-haired youth said
to the firemen: It's all right. 1 am
going to marry her"
Then the driver threw open the
throttle and the big motor slid along
the asphalt, breaking all the speed
laws on the statute book. By the time
the fond mother emerged from the lot
the car was shooting up the incline to-
ward Riverside drive.
Mrs. Roxbury was putting and blow
ing and stuck with brambles and burrs.
But she lost no time in getting to a
corner drug store and calling up the
police.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
CHILDREN TORTURED.
Girl Had Running Sores from Eczema
Boy Tortured by Poison Oak
Both Cured by Cuticura.

Last year, after having my little
girl treated by very prominent ply.
stefan for an obstinate case of eczema.
1 resorted to the Cuticura Remedies,
and was so well pleased with the al
most instantaneous relief afforded that
we discarded the physicians prescrip-
ton and relied entirely on the Cuti-
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Gu
ticura Pills. When we commenced
with the Cuticura Remedies her feet
and limbs were covered with running
sores. In about six weeks we had her
completely well, and there has been
no recurrence of the trouble.
in July of this year little boy in
our family poisoned his hands and
arms with poison oak. and il twenty
four hours his hands and arms were
mass of torturing sores. We used
only the Cuticura Remedies, and in
about three weeks his hands and arms
healed up Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas.
Fairmont. Walden's Ridge Tenn, Oct.
10 1on6
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

New York-The time was, and not
SO very long ago, when any murder in
New York which had in it any amount
of mystery and which could not be at
.ributed to one of the causes which
commonly bring on murder Jealousy
or temper or robbery-was apt to be
laid at the doors of one or another of
the gangs that infested the city. Eth
er it was supposed that the gang had
a grudge against the victim and so
arranged to destroy him, or that the
gang had been hired to remove him
and had planned the job and done it
according to contract.
But within the last few years an
element more dangerous, more sinis-
ter and far more subtle has crept into
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Sure to Have One.

Lincoln Steffens, in an address on
municipal politics, said in Chicago of
a certain city:
That city is as notorious for its
rottenness as the town of Pebbles is
notorious for another characteristic.
Here is an incident that will give
you an idea of the reputation of Peb-
bles.
"On a train one day man rushed
into car, held up his hand for atten-
ton, and shouted excitedly:
Anybody here who belongs to
Pebbles?
"'Aye; 1 do said a small. dry old
fellow calmly.
"'Then.' said the other, lend us yer
corkscrew'"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Fully Prepared.

He was going out to San Francisco
to edit new paper. After buying
himself green shade, a new type
writer and paste-pot he went around
to the hardware store and bought the
heaviest hammer and the biggest
maui in stock. His friends were as
tonished.
what are you going to do with
that hammer in San Francisco?" they
inquired.
mail nes!" elucidated the new ed
itor.
"And the maul?"
:Knock grafters."
Remembering he was about to en-
ter city dark in its ways the editor
also bought a searchlight-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
BRAVES WHIRLPOOL To
SAVE HIS $1,000 "ROLL"
STEAMER PASSENGER LOSES
HAT-BANk AND JUMPS IN
AFTER 1T.

Stockton, Cal.-While the river
steamer Captain Weber was on its pas
sage down to San Francisco even
old-time sailors were surprised at a
feat performed by John Bradin, a pas
senger. The steamer was running
with the current and had reached a
point where the tide, then coming in
met the swift river current and form
ed a dangerous whirlpool. 1t was
while in the midst of this pool and
running under forced pressure that
Bradin's derby hat was blown from his
head over the steamers rails into the
water. Without moments hesita-,
ton he jumped from the upper deck
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

lows, and are especially useful in pre-
venting that awful ache where the
bend of the knees rests against the
chair.
These small pillows also fit nicely
in the hollows of the regular bed pill
lows when the patient sits up in bed.
and they are convenient for the nurse
to rest her elbow or neck upon If she
has to support the patient for any
length Of time. A good round dozen
of these cushions will not be too many
and they will be found an invaluable
aid to both nurse and patient.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Electricity for Bananas.

Bananas are now ripened by cleo
tricity with great precision for any
required date. An alright case fitted
with electric lamps contains the
punches, and ripening is fastened IN
der the combined influence of the arti-
fetal light and heat. The process
varies according to the number of
lamps turned on, experience enabling
the fruiterer to fill his orders at any
specified time.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
corpse Stands for Its Photo

Washington, Pa.-When the funeral
of Michael Bekeski, who lived near
independence, reached the grave the
other afternoon the body was taken
from the casket and propped against
a tree where a photographer took a
picture of the corpse. Several other
pictures were taken, one of them a
group of several who attended the fu-
neral. The purpose was to send a
picture of the dead man to his widow
in Austria.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Iona Overdue.

What" queried the very young
man, was the happiest day of your
life?'
ut hasn't come yet" answered the
Oldest inhabitant, sadly.
Hasn't come yeti" echoed the other
in surprise. When do you think it
will Conner
when people cease to ask fool
questions" answered the old man.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Her Intention.

Miss Meanley-It may not be your
intention to offend, but doesn't it &C.
cur to you that your treatment of me
is rather calculated to make us bad
friends?
Miss Cutting (coolly)-No; I had
the hope that it would make US good
enemies"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Drink PLENTY of Water,

Few people know that fluid in the
way Of water and other harmless bev-
erages is of even more Importance in
the preservation of health than the
food they eat; indeed. food would be
of no use. nor could it be assimilated
by the system. nor would it nourish or
maintain the tissues, If it were not for
the assistance of water.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Time to Fly.

The trust magnate leaped up from
the banquet table and made a dive
for his 100-mile-an-hour automobile.
Hold on" cried the astonished
POSTMASTER Wont you wait for us
to serve the dessert?"
NO." replied the nervous magnate;
81 just saw a suspicious face loom up
at the window. The next thing served
will be a process"
And telling his chauffeur to put on
full speed the wealthy fugitive headed
for the next state.