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

For the large number of baldheads
In the senate a remarkable quantity
of preparations for the hair was used
Here are some of the entries: Bay
rum, s3025; witch hazel, $14; hair
tonic, s32.57; brilliantine. s1.20.
A silver inkstand for the vice pres
ident's room costing 5000 has been
noticed before in the public prints.
Then, on the last day of the last ses-
sion, when the president and his cab
met went to the capitol to help close
up the senate, they ate $685. worth
of food for luncheon. II No less than
s209.75 for manicure sets for the mem
bers of the senate indicates that the
fair manicurists in this town are los
ing considerable trade. Six sewing
sets at total cost of $3.50 are on
the list
Glove and handkerchief sets figure
prominently in the report, as also
do opera bags, hand bags, engage
ment pads, and such like.
1t is easy to guess that all these
articles are utilized by the senators
and their families, but it is puzzling
to understand who makes way with
the hundreds of bushels and pounds
of oats, fiaxseed meal, bran meal, rock
salt, ETC., and they certainly do not
eat axle grease, soap, rosin, tar, spool
cotton, cheese cloth, pumice stone.
Georgia pine, screen hinges, brass
tacks, wire head nails, monkey
wrenches and paste filters, nor is II
reasonable to suppose that these sol
ons drink mustang liniment, petro
leum. turpentine, arnica, mahogany
varnish, and lot of other stuff that
is bought in wholesale lots. These
probably were bought for the horses
that are used to draw the senate
mail wagons, and for the vehicles
| themselves.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

ri EW designs for coins which were
~ to have been minted in Philadel-
phia which Augustus st. Gaudens, the
distinguished sculptor made shortly
before his death, have been found I'M
suitable in their present shape for
execution with the machinery in use
at the mint. Hence, contrary to
current report, the government has
not accepted any of them. The gen.
eral approval which was expressed by
the president is not conclusive in an
official sense. The law requires that
they shall be accepted by the secre-
tary of the treasury and the director
of the mint before being adopted.
The projection of the sculptures
upon the coins is too high for con-
venience of handling al banks or
other large business establishments.
Coins cannot be we'll stacked" unless
one will lie perfectly fat and snug
upon another, and this is impossible
where the bas reliefs in the middle
are higher than the rim. A pile of
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
ST. GAUDENS' COINS NOT
CONVENIENT FOR HANDLING
the St. Gaudens coins would topple

the st. Gaudens coins would topple
over
1t was st. Gaudens' idea which
found especial favor with President
Roosevelt, to return to the classical
style of coinage. Ancient coins are
mostly remarkable. for strange pro-
jections of the sculptured form. But
in the ancient world banking and the
handling of immense sums of money
in the manner of to-day were un-
known.
The designs made by st. Gaudens
have been pronounced extremely beau
tiful The American Numismatic So
ciety has urgently advocated more
artistic scheme of coinage than that
which has been in use in the United
States for half century or more.
ST. Gaudens, under the provisions of
the act of congress authorizing the
new coinage, retained the chief gen.
eral characteristics of the old pieces.
but gave them in addition an artistic
realization.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

A MUSING answers are pouring in at
IA the post office department from
government employees replying to a
dozen questions, including one as to
their martial relations"
One veteran says his marital con-
dition is very "timid." Another man,
who is younger, gives the reply that
his married life is hell" Still others
think the question should bring forth
a story of their domestic woes and
pour out their souls. One said his re-
lations were "all right, but my wife is
dead" Another said they were very
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
THE BIOLOGICAL BUREAU
DEFENDSHAWKS and OWLS


A DEFENSE of hawks and owls is
"A entered into by the biological sur
vey in a recent report from that bu-
reau 1t is declared that both of these
bird families have been condemned by
the farmers of the country without
discrimination because some of their
species are destroyers of valuable
things. Mitigating circumstances are
found for some otherwise harmless
birds because of lack of proper food
in the country where they live.
Incidentally. tales of eagles carry
ing off children are declared to have
little foundation in fact" but the bald
eagle, the emblem of the United
States, IS nevertheless, said to be
unfortunately fond of lambs. pigs
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
sn Exrerimented.

A little girl of five was taken to
church one Sunday. and listened with
unexpected attention to the sermon.
which graphically told the story of
the shilling of the tempest on the Sea
of Galilee. and how Christ walked on
the waves. In the afternoon her moth
er missed her and began an anxious
search of the house. As she neared
the bathroom size heard sounds OF
splashing, and hurried to the door to
behold a small. excited face peering
ever the rim of the big white tub, and
to hear. a small, excited voice ex-
claim: Say. mamma, this walking
on the water is quite a trick
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
The conqenial Cocktail.

1T is curious how the morning aft
err cocktail often draws together souls
not usually kindred" said the alert
bartender to a New York Sun man as
he mixed a cocktail for customer
who looked as though he were as dry
as a covered bridge. "A few mornings
ago a citizen who is famous for both
his legal and medical knowledge came
in here, and it was easy to see what
he wanted. He is a large, ford man,
and there was that look about him
that was eloquent of the night before.
Just as he ranged up before the bar
a tall, ghostly-looking man with a
very pale face and very black mus
tache which contrasted strongly with
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

and poultry, and in the more thickly
inhabited regions probably does as
much damage as the golden eagle"
The golden eagle. say the experts, has
been known to attack calves and colts
and to have carried away from one
range in the west in single year
more than 400 lambs.
The report of the survey divides
the hawk and owl families into four
general species as follows: Species
wholly beneficial; those chiefly bene-
fetal; those in which beneficial and
harmful qualities about balance; harm
full species. Some of these birds may
be good citizens in one locality and
extremely undesirable citizens in an
other.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
A Base Insinuation,

J'T hear the Neweds have had a
dreadful quarrel and that the bride
is talking of going home to her moth
er. What's the matter?"
81 believe one evening she got the
supper from her cooking school
recipes, and when the boys in the
neighborhood lost their ball in a hole
under the fence, Mr.. Viewed gave
them one of her biscuits to finish the
Uamnn
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
AMUSING ANSWERS By
UNCLE SANS employees

good; my wife is at the point of
DEATH" Yet another insists that his
martial condition is very good, since
he has been a widower for ten years. i"
One woman announces that her sex
is woman another says it, is 'femi-
nine," another says lady" while a
minister who holds the onerous post
of postmaster says his sex is 'Presby-
terrain"
A man from Alaska says his color
is pink" another says he has 'au-
burn hair and blue eyes" while still
more say Caucasian"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Beware of Ointments for catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

mercury viii surely destroy the sen e of smell
and completely deranGe the whole system when
entering g through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except prescrip
tons from reputable physicians as the damage they
will do is ten ioid TO the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer-
Jury, and is taken internally acting directly upon
he blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
,uying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made In Toledo
Ohio. Is F. j Cheney Co. Testimonials Tree.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c- per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

his chalklike skin took a place beside
him. Nothing could be more unlikely
than these two if appearances count
for anything. They studied each 9TH
er for moment.
'Ha, man of the desert, slayer of
the Saracens, wilt quaff a bowl with
me-? asked the chalk-faced man.
''Ha, man of the North, will was
the solemn reply of the florid one.
Then and there they got to be good
friends. and they often came in togeth-
er afterward.'
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Nenro,s Valuable Head.

A Kentucky negro earns double
wages as a hodcarrier. because he is
able to do the work of two men. He
carries from 40 to so bricks at a time.
He places the bricks upon a board
which he balances upon his head as
he climbs to the tops of high build
ings.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
WorId-Craft.

A phrase is good only in so far as 1t
is a fair and adequate body for
thought. The important thing is not
to exhibit skill in word-craft. but to
produce an effect, to convey mes
sage; and no man writes well with
whom the chief erd is not the work
rather than the workmanship--Ario
Bates
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
WIN Re Was lclIy.

Bidder met Kidder. and Kidder was
just bubbling with coed humcr.
What are you feeling SO uncom-
mon jolly over?" said Bidder.
why, my best girl went and got
married yesterday" said Kidder, slap
ping Bidder on tie back.
Seems to me that's about the last
thing for a chap to feel jolly over"
said Bidder.
What" said Kidder at was me
she went and got married to-"
And so the cigars were en- Bidder
Browning's Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
To Stop Snorinu.

A medical journal submits the fol
lowing advice for the benefit of a
lacy who wishes to cure her husband
of the habit of snoring: Raise your
self softly on your elbow and gently
but firmly bite his nose."-Judge.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

ton. aIy vie end many of my friends
have used Deans Kidney Pills with
good results AID / can earnestly rec
ommend Them
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Bufalo. N. Y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Would Make Rich Crop.

It is estimated that 21.0OO,000 acres
are availal lc for rice growing in
Louisiana and Texas, and the value
of such crop would be s400.0G0000.
This would make the rice crop fifth
in point of value among the cereals of
this country
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
And Not Much poina.

A Philadelphia preacher says it is
possible for a man to be consisten'
Christian and politician at one AM
ele game time. PERHAPS; but It mus
be a very trying Job in PHILADELPHIA
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Colleges Undesirable Ere Risks

Colleges are now regarded as rather
undesirable insurance risks, and it is
probable that the rate will be gen.
orally increased. In Is years 7S4 fires
have occurred in college buildings, en-
failing a loss of s10,5O0,0O0 in money
and a heavy loss of life. This makes
the average money loss over $13.O0e.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

with my back and
Kidneys. 1 doctorel
and used many reno
dies without getting
relief Beginning with
Doan's Kidney Pills,
l found relief from
the first box, and two
boxes restored me to
good sound condi.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Riches Cause Trouble.

Great riches are ever accompanied
by great anxieties, and an increase
of our possessions is but an inlet to
new .disquietudes-Gol
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

BY following the directions, which
are plainly printed On each package of
Defiance Starch, Mems Collars and
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de-
sired, with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try it. 16 OF. for 10c. sold by
all good grocers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them
white again. Large 2 o. package, cents.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

You must love your work and not
be always looking over the edge of it
wanting your play to begin.-George
Eliot.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

What a man can do is his greatest
ornament and he always consults his
dignity by doing it.-Carlyle.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc cigar
made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your deal
er or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Habits of Sperm Whale.

The sperm whale can remain below
the surface for about 20 minutes at a
time. Then it comes to the surface
and breathes so or 60 times, taking
about ten minutes to do so.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Ierom. on colored Evidence.

District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, said one day of a piece of sus-
picious evidence:
pered with, colored. 1t is Ike he
lady's report of her physicians pre-
scription.
"A lady o-e Cay in July visited her
physician. Tie man examined her
AMI said:
Madam, you are only little run
down You need frequent baths and
plenty of fresh air. and advise you to
dress in the coolest, most comfortable
clcthes-nothing stiff or formal
when she got home her husband
asked her what the physician had said.
The lady replied:
IF e said I must go 10 the seashore,
do plenty CT automobiling, and set
some new summer gowns"
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fneness CT the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear.
ing quality of the goods. This trou.
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it car be applied
much more thinly because of it's great
er strength than other makes
Girls Destined for Harems.
The Circassians, who live in the
northwestern Fart of the Caucasus,
and who think it is more honorable to
live by plumber than by industry, make
it a Custom to bring their daughters
up to be sold as slaves to the Turks
and Persians. Circassian beauties,
therefore, shine not in their native
land but in the harems of the orient.
Theory.
''Why do men swear?" asked one
woman.
It's due to the vanity of the sex, /"
answered Miss Cayenne. They want
to be noticed even when they can't
think of anything Of real Importance
to say"
1.-The Carthagenian mercenaries." he
said, "encased their prisoners in a ce-
ment that, as it hardened, contracted.
You can't imagine how uncomfortable
this was"
"Oh, yes, can," she answered. 81
/ once had on a tight bathing suit when
1t began to shrink"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

Painting is an art with some men
and habit with some women.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

Lewis Single Binder straight &c. NJ 49,
smokers prefer them to l0c cigars. u.r
lealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, III.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Great Discovery Announced.

Sir William Crookes, as result of
his own researches and the expert
ments Of Professors Krowalsh and
Moscicki, of Freiburg university, has
discovered a process of extracting
nitric acid from the atmosphere. The
process is available for commercial,
industrial and agricultural purposes.
and is expected to revolutionize the
nitrate industry and the worlds food
problem.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
DOES YOUR BACK AcHEa
Profit by the Experience of Ore Who
Has Found Relief.

J, James r. Keller. retired farmer.
Iof Fenner St, Cazenovia, N. Y, says:
l"About fifteen years ago l suffered
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

No Time to Spare.
They that make the best use of
their time have none to spare.-Ger
man proverb.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Not What She Wanted.

Lawyer-Yes, my dear young lady,
you have perfect case. If you wish,
[ can secure you a divorce without
publicity in six months.
Young Lady-But, my dear sir, you
don't understand at all. am an
actress
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

srs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gurns, reduces h
fammatcn. aays pain. cures wind collie CSC bottle
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

But the blonde lawyer is not always
legal light.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

All men want to be able to work,
but all men do not want to work.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

Always say kind word when you
can, If only that it may come in with
singular pportuneness.-Help
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Evil of Tipping system.

Although there is great effort made
to keep secret the thefts in hotels and
restaurants in New York, it is quite
evident they are on rapid increase.
The manager of large restaurant
says the system of having servants
depend almost entirely upon patrons
for their pay lowers their moral STAN
dard and causes them to look on those
they are supposed to serve as their
legitimate prey.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

/ Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market rs years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-Defiance Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient. in
vented by US, gives to the Starch a
strength and smootnness never ap-
preached by other brands.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
cent no substitute. Trial pHckage FREE
Address A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, n. y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

Nothing is mare tedious than the
pursuit of pleasure as an occupation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

Possibly Had to Economize.
At a recent golden wedding in Eng
land the aged bridegroom wore the
suit in which he had been married.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Can Not Escape THOUGHTS.

Man is thinking being, whether he
will or no; all he can do is to turn
his thoughts the best way.-Sir Will
liam Temple
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

He alone is poor who wastes his
time and neglects his opportunities.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
BURGLARS Pathetic Wall.

A burglar arrested in London the
other night remarked regretfully: Il
knew the time when 1 could do 20
houses in two hours. But l am get
ting old"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

With smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as we'll at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
De less wear and tear of the goods.
md it will be a positive pleasure to
Use Starch that does not stick to the
ron.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

Lots of people manage to keep tho
truth pretty busy with its struggles
20 rise
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Granite as Fertilizer.

GraHIte as eTtIIIZtT.
The government bureau of Plant
industry finds that ground granite
makes excellent fertilizer.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

The dark horses often run best in
elections because their stains are not
seen so well.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Reasonable Explanation.

II wonder why a dog chases his
tail?"
"a sense of economy"
Economy"
yes; can't you see he is trying to
make both ends meet?"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
Daily Thouoht.

Religion is an inner clinging to
God.-Bishop Nichols.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19
An
Ideal
Tonic
Been Laid Away in STOCKINGS.

The birmingham MANI national
bank has just received for redemption
note on the old Framingham bank,
which was the predecessor of the pres
emit national bank. The note is dated
June IL, 1854, and is as crisp and
clean as the day that it left the en-
graver's hands. The note will be
kept as souvenir.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

Judge Must Also Have Been Follower
CT the Gentle Art.

John Quincy Adams, OF Massachu-
sets. third of that name, who died
about ten years ago. was very fond
Of fishing. and not especially fond of
his legal profession.
One day, the story runs, a case in
which he was counsel was down for
trial in a Massachusetts, court. Mr..
Adams did not make his appearance,
but sent letter to the judge. That
worthy gentleman read it. and then
postponed the case with the announce
ment:
'Mr. Adams is detained on i'm
portant business"
1t was afterward learned by a col.
league of Adams that the letter read
as follows:
Dear Judge: For the sake of old
Isaak Walton, please continue my
case till Friday. The smelts are
biting, and l can't leave"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

If you wish beautiful. clear, white clothes
use Red Cross ball Blue. Large CD.
package, 8 cents.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-19

had Catarrh for about fifteen
<oIrs, and no man could have
been worse. 7 tried everyt hing
I could hear of, but no good ro-
suited. then began 8. s. s., and
could see q little improvements
taking it a short while was cured.
This was six years ago, and I am
e5 well today rs any man. Think
Catarrh is O. blood disease, and
know there is nothing OF earth
Nobody thinks nore OF s. s. 8.
than do. NJ, MATSON.
Lapeer, Mich.