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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
NO TWO CENT FARES NOW.
Attorney Does Not Know What Pow
ers of Board Are and Has No
Time to Find Out.

Topeka, Kansas.-Kansas will not
get flat two-cent mile passenger
fare, not for time, at least, and the
letter of the board of railroad COM
missioners asking the railroads to put
in the rate under the threat that the
commissioners might take action lead
ing to forcing the rate into Kansas
has come to naught.
Some time ago the board sent out
letter to all the larger railroads ask
ing for the lower rate. Two of the
lines have made replies saying that
they would not put in the rate, as
such action would mean that the
fights the companies were making in
other states to prevent the enforce
ment of the. two-cent fare was fraud
and that the companies were not in
earnest in opposing these bills. Then
the members of the board asked the
attorney general for an opinion as to
what should be done Mr.. Grattan at
torney for the board prepared an
opinion in which he recites some law
and explains to the board why it
should not take any further steps in
regard to compelling the railroads to
put in a two-cent fare.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
He Was Not to Blame.

Little Bartholomew mother over
heard him swearing like a mule
driver, says the Cleveland Leader. He
displayed fiuency that overwhelmed
her. She took him to task. explaining
the wickedness of profanity as well
as it's vulgarity. She asked him where
he had learned all those dreadful
words. Bartholomew announced that
Cavert, one of his playmates, had
taught him. Cavert's mother was
straightway informed and Cavert was
brought to book. He vigorously de-
MED having instructed Bartholomew.
and neither threats nor tears could
make his confess. At last he burst
out: 81 didn't tell Bartholomew any
cuss words. Why should know how
to cuss any better than he does
Hasn't his father got an automobile.
fOO2"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
FINALLY Rousep UP UNCLE.
How Crowd of Villagers Stirred the
Sage Of the Cracker Barrel.

There was the usual crowd OF vii
layers sitting on the postofice steps
waiting for the mail to be distrib-
uted, and among them was Uncle
John. He had joined the sitters with
out saying a word, and at the end Of
fifteen minutes one of the men winked
at the crowd and said:
well, Uncle John, have you heard
about the big earthquake in Vermont,
with 10000 people killed?"
Uncle John looked at him In a
weary way and shook his head.
And the cyclone in Connecticut yes
terday and 500 houses downtown"
continued the man.
Uncle John yawned and was not
the least interested.
1.-THE Ohio river rose 200 feet of a
sudden the other day and carried the
city of Cincinnati down stream. Tens
of thousands of people lost their lives.
Any of your relatives down there,
Uncle John?"
The old man slowly shook his head
and reached down to pick up silver
and pick his teeth with it.
"And the whole state of Pennsyl-
vania is caving in" said the joker,
"and by tomorrow there will be a
great lake where 100000 or 100000
people have lived"
Uncle John took the news without
a word. In fact, he yawned and
stretched over it.
"By thunder, but there goes a rat
under that pile of lumber across the
street." exclaimed the joker as he
rose up. Say, you fellers-"
But he got no further. Uncle John
was across the street and had club
in his hand, and within the next ten
minutes he had done a half days
work tearing down the pile to get at
the rat. He had been aroused at
last-Kansas City Journal.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
FOOD
FACTS
||Grape-Nuts
F 90 d
A Body Balance

People hesitate at the statement that
the famous food. Grape-Nuts, yields as
much nourishment from one pound as
can be absorbed by the system from
ten pounds of meat, bread. wheat or
oats. Ten pounds of meat might con-
tain more nourishment than one pound
of Grape Nuts, but not in shape that
the system will absorb as large pro-
portion of, as the body can take up
from one pound of Crape-Nuts.
This food contains the selected parts
of wheat and barley which are pre-
pared and by natural means predi-
gested, transformed into a form of
sugar, ready for immediate assimila-
ton People in all parts of the world
testify to the value of Grape Nuts.
A Mo. man says: Il have gained ten
pounds on Grape-Nuts food. / can
truly recommend it to thin people"
He had been eating meat. bread. etc..
right along. but there was no ten
pounds of added flesh until Grape-N Nuts
food was used
One curious feature regarding true
health food is that it's use will reduce
the weight of a corpulent person with
unhealthy flesh, and will add to the
weight of thin person not properly
7ourished. There is abundance of
evidence to prove this.
Grape-Nuts balances the body in a
condition of true health. Scientific Sc
lection of food elements makes Grape
Nuts good and valuable. Its delicious
flavor and powerful nourishing prop
critics have made friends that in
turn have made Grape-Nuts famous.
There's Reason" Read The ROAD
to Wellville." In pkgs.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
TAKE CARE OF THE COLTS.
FaithfuIness Now Will Be Repaid al
Maturity of Animal.

Proper care and feed will increase
the conformation, the constitution.
and the size of horses fully, as much
as can be obtained by mating stall
lions and brood mares with a view
of producing these qualities in the
colt, says Spirit of the West Good
breeding is a valuable attribute and is
demanded at the present time, but
feed and care when the animal is
young, is required to lay the founda-
ton for a substantial structure that
will not culver or become exhausted
with only moderate taxing of the con-
stitution. Muscle and substance must
be grown and developed strong and
healthy to support stamina and en-
ergy, or these two qualities will give
way when extra strength and hard
ship is required. The well fed and
well cared for colt will show to ad-
vantage and sell to advantage any
time it Is offered alongside colt that
has been allowed to drift along for
itself, without proper care and feed.
favorable in some sections of the
country to the production of horses,
but sunshine and balmy breezes alone
will never take the place of fine blue
grass pasture. bright heavy oats, corn
aud fine clover or timothy hay, and a
clean stall well bedded and well ven
tilated
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
TWO WAYS OF LOOKING Att.
Wife's Sneering Comment Met with
Sharp Answer.

Gelett Burgess at the recent dinner
of the American Booksellers associa-
ton of New York said: Il once knew
a San Franciscan who married a girl
for her money. She was not a pretty
girl, and as time passed and love
cooled, she developed a rather tart
tongue.
"One day her husband bought with
his quarters allowance a 20-horse-
power automobile. He took the car
home gayly and brought his wife out
to the front door to look at it. She
gave one sneering glance, and then
said:
It's very fine, but if it hadn't
been for my money, it wouldn't be
here
Well, Mamie said the husband.
quickly, If it hadn't been for your
money you wouldn't be here your
self"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
USED BY THE DOCTORS.
Ninety Per Cent of the Drugs Pre-
scribed Are Patent Medicines.

Despite the opposition of physicians,
especially of those whose experience
has been neither far reaching nor
profitable, to patent" medicines, nine
ty per cent of all drugs that physi-
clans use are put up and compounded
by manufacturing commensurate, in
fact, patent" medicines just as truly
as if they were advertised in the
newspapers.
The average doctor knows little or
nothing of pharmacy and is, there
fore, glad to depend on the very medi-
cines, which in public he condemns,
just as he is obliged in many cases
to depend on the diagnosis of the pa
tent himself, even while publicly de-
crying what he calls "self-diagnosis."
How rapid has been the growth of the
professional use Of patent" or PRO
prietary" medicines is shown in an
article written for the Journal of the
American Medical Association for
September 30, 1906, by A. jacob, NJ.
D., LII. D. He relates that $4,000 pre-
scriptions, compounded in several
drug stores were carefully examined.
From 1850 to 1870 no prescription was
found for patent or proprietary"
medicines. In 1874 but one prescrip-
ton in 1900 called for ready-to-use
remedies. Between 1875 and 1880 the
number calling for patent" or PRO
prietary" medicines equalled two per
cent of the total. This increased to
per cent in the period between 1880
and 1890. In 1895 it was II per cent,
in 1898 it was Is per cent, and in 1902
1903 was from 20 to 25 per cent.
Dr. jacob says that in large
store he was assured that 20 per cent
of the prescriptions were for 'patent"
or proprietary" medicines, and this
probably is approximately the correct
proportion at the present time. From
this it would seem that if the patent
and proprietary" medicines are good
enough for physicians to prescribe in
seven cases out of ten they are good
enough for family use in cases of
necessity and where the symptoms
are well known and as easily under
stood by the people as by the doc
tOrC
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
ALWAYS the PoIiteness.

A Germantown woman was not long
ago watching workman as he put
up new window fixtures in her house.
Don't you think that you have placed
those fixtures too high?" asked she,
having reference to the curtain rolls
last put in place. The workman, a
stolid German, made no reply, but
continued to adjust the fixtures.
Didn't you hear my question:" de-
manded the lady of the house. How
dare you be SO rude?" Whereupon
the German gulped convulsively, and
then replied in the gentlest of voices:
Il hat my mouth full of schrews, u1d
I could not spheak till l swallow
somei"-Harper's Weekly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Chance for New Industry.

A Calcutta journal calls attention to
the demand for crocodile skins in
America, and from time to time has
urged the natives living contiguous to
crocodile haunts to engage extensive
ly in the business of killing this crea-
ture for his skin, guaranteeing that
they will be able to sell to American
buyers at remunerative prices all the
skins they can take. There are thou
sands of crocodiles in the lagoons and
tidewater streams of India, easily &C.
cessible, and there are Indians in plen-
ty to hunt them and take their skins.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
CAME PRETTY FAST FOR PAT.
At That, He Had Had Only What the
Doctor Ordered.

A Philadelphia physician says that
not long ago he was called to see an
Irishman, and among other directions
told him to take an ounce of whisky
three times a day. A day or so later
he made another visit and found the
man, while not so sick, undeniably
drunk.
How did this happen?" the physi-
clan demanded of Pats wife, who was
lowering about solicitously.
Sure, dochter, an It's just what
you ordered, an no more, that he
had" she protested.
81 said one ounce of whisky three
times a day; that could not make him
drunk" the physician said. He has
had much more than that"
''Divil drop more, dochter, dear"
she declared. Sure an OF didn't
know just how much an ounce was so
OF wint to the drug store an asked,
an the Iad-he's a broth of boy,
too-told me that an ounce was 16
drains and Pat has had thin regular.
an no dnore!"-Harper's Weekly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Rock Island Ereiahts in Wreck.

Wellington, Kansas-n a freight
wreck in the Rock Island yards
here at 11:40 o'clock FIR day morn
ing Conductor ]. A. Miller of Herring
ton suffered broken leg and a bruis
ed back and head His condition is
not dangerous Brakeman William
Swift of Herington has a slight mash
ed hand. The second section of an
extra freight ran into the caboose of
the first section standing in the yards
smashing it and seven freight cars.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Violated Game Law

Winfield, Unconstitutional Rowe
and C. Isenagle pleaded guilty
here Friday to charge of violating
the state fish and game laws. Each
was fined S25. They were also as
sessed $40 each for the game warden's
fees. The fees of the justice and sher-
iff made the total amount for both,
S107.65. This is possibly the heaviest
fine that has been imposed in the
state for violations of the fish and
game laws
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
A pittsburu, Kan. Fire Record.

Pittsburg, Kan.-Six fires in
one hour, and eight alarms in "a
hours, causing the fire department
horses to be driven almost to death
IN the broiling hot sun, was the rec
ord of Pittsburg's fire department re-
gently The greatest loss was $4,000.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Helm for Tonv.

A passerby, seeing smoke issuing
from a window on the first floor of a
two-story wooden building, rang in an
alarm, and the fire engines soon ap-
peared on the scene. A crowd quick
ly gathered only to find that the
smoke was caused by a defective
stovepipe. Suddenly native of Italy
appeared on the top floor and, seeing
the crowd round the house, and the
smoke issuing from the window be-
low. yelled out to a passing fireman:
"Puta up the stepa-lad and 1 iump.T
Youths Companion.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22

the ground The irregular line repre-
sents a cord or wire of any desired
length. Fasten the rod a, b, to the
halter at a, with leather strap, also
C. d, to a, b, in the same way at C;
tie one end Of the cord in the ring
at d, and the other in the ring in the
end of the iron spike. The ring at C.,
six inches from the lower end, pre-
vents taking up the cord and thus
entangling the animal. The end b
will slide over it as the animal grazes
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Younu Woman Was scaIped.

st. Louis, Missouri-Miss Elizabeth
Gallinghan aged %, Friday afternoon
leaned too near fast revolving fly
wheel in the shoe factory in which she
is employed and her entire scalp was
torn from her mead. The scalp was
removed from the fly wheel intact and
surgeons performed rare operation by
sewing it back in place. Isdications
are that the operation was successful.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22

Balloon accidents are frequent, and
they furnish hint as to some of the
possibilities should aerial navigation
become common. Three aeronauts,
all military officers, fell from a bal
loon near Debreozin, Hungary, and
all were killed. Peasants who at
tempted to capture the balloon ap-
preached it with light, and the re-
suit was the explosion of gas, which
killed ten of their number. The oper-
ators of the balloon being dead it may
not be possible to learn the cause of
the fatality, but emphasizes anew the
perils of navigating the air.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Late Already.

Five minutes after the tardy gong
had struck, the principal of the school
was walking through the lower hall
when he saw a pudgy little fellow
scampering toward the first grade
room as fast as his fat legs could
carry him. See here, young man, /
want to talk to you" called the prin-
cipal to the late conner. Il hain't got
time to talk to you; I'm late already. %
replied the GREATNESS beginner as the
door of his classroom closed.-The
Circle.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22

When Secretary Root is at the de-
partment it is next to impossible to
see him. He is closeted with his Sec
rotary and stenographer, or else work
ing by himself, but in either event he
is as inaccessible as the car. On
diplomatic day he has to let himself be
seen, but on other occasions it is so
much waste of time to try to get at
him that most men who know the
ropes do not make the attempt if it. is
at all possible to get their ends by see
ing Bacon
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22

One Of. the historic bells in Switzer-
land is the silver bell in the minister
at Berne. 1t rang for the service of
God, the festivals of state, and the
execution of the evil-doer" When
the forces of the young French repub-
lie captured Berne in 1898, the citizens
painted it funeral black, and under
this disguise it escaped from the
rapacity of the Gauls.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
A Biu Loser.

Mrs. Myles-I see the 24-year-old
son of London dry goods man is a
bankrupt, having managed to get rid
of s2,1OO.OOO since he came of age.
Mrs. Styles-Oh, well, boys will be
boys!
Mrs. Myles-Well, this looks as it
a boy had an ambition to be
bridge whist player.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Left Army for Pork Trade.

Aladar Stolincki, an aristocratic
lieutenant of a Hungarian hussar reg
iment, has resigned his commission to
become an apprentice to a pork butch
er in Budapest He says he can not
live on his pay-s4OO year-and that
he considers man of intelligence and
energy can do well in the pork trade.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22

Safety Singletree.

holes in it fits over the end of staple.
Make the hook fat, one quarter inch
thick, five-eighths inch wide. Drill a
hole near the end. Use 3-16 round
iron for lock. Take a square bend,
put in hole and rivet just enough so
it will work rather tight. When it
wears and works easy tighten again.
Dotted lines show lock turned ready
for hitching. have used this on cul-
tivator for ten years, writes Penn
sylvania farmer to Missouri Valley
Farmer. The lock part is my own
invention
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22

No escaping the fact that the times
are variable. 1t is liable to be quite
a while before we get back to the dis
cussion of such old and familiar
themes as the Monroe doctrine, zones
of influence, the unearned increment
and the Identification of the person
who landed on BILLY" Patterson.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Moors GETTING Reinforcements

Tangier.-Reports from Casa
Blanca Thursday indicate that
the Kabyles are gathering reinforce
ments as if preparing for final eff
fort to capture Gen. Drude's camp
outside that city.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Needn't Carry c. O. D. Whisky

Kansas City, Mo.-Judge T. J.
Seehorn in the circuit court has de-
cided that the Adams Express COM
pany need not deliver c. o. D. pack
ages of intoxicating liquor billed for
points in Iowa. The decision was in
the suit of a distilling company to
mandamus the express company TO
receive and deliver, such packages.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
TETHER FOR HORSE.
viii Not Permit Horse to Get Tangled
in Rope.

The form of tether illustrated here
does away with the danger of entan-
clement Take a piece of timber, a,
b, 81 feet long; fasten ring at
and one at six inches from the lower
end Take pole C, d. making it long
enough to extend back of the animals
heels three or four feet, and tasten
a ring to each end. An iron spike f
with a ring in the end is driven in
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
MIR. Cleveland Still III.

New York.-A persistent rumor
is current here that = ex-President
Grover Cleveland was so i'll at
his Princeton home that he would be
unable to join his family, now in New
HAMPSHIRE.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
win Command a Cruiser.

Washington.-Capt C. E. Fox is to
command the cruiser South Dakota
which with the California, Tennessee
and Washington will comprise the
new cruiser squadron intended for the
Pacific coast
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
eerman Yacht WON AGAIN

Kiel.-The German yacht Wann-
see won Thursdays race in the
series of contests for Emperor VIII
liam's cup. beating the American
yacht Marblehead by minute and 81
seconds. Spokane finished fifth.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Carloads of Cob Pines.

Jefferson, City, Mo.-The ''meer-
schaum" pipe industry continues to
have a healthy growth in Missouri.
Last years record Of. this industry was
"a carloads of corn cobs which were
converted into 26,2O6,934 pipes repre-
seating a cash value of S402,513.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
King Edward Visits Emperor William.

Cassell, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia.
king Edward reached Wilhelm
shohe Wednesday afternoon and was
met and warmly greeted by Emperor
William, who wore the uniform of a
British field marshal. The road from
the railroad station to the castle was
occupied its entire length by the
troops. Large crowds witnessed the
meeting and the stands erected at the
favorable spots were crowded with
sightseers. The emperor and his
guest vert escorted to the castle by
a squadron of Hussars
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
HaiILeveIed Kansas Crop.

Holton, Kansas-A tract of land
a mile square, about two miles
south O. this town, was entirely strip
ped by a hail storm Thursday night.
The hail stones were an inch in di-
ameter. The growing crops were lev
eled to the ground and stock was in
jured in several instances.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Liobtnino Causes St. Joseph Fire.

St Joseph, Mo.-A storage plantaof
the National Packing company in
South ST. Joseph was struck by light
mig Thursday morning and partially
destroyed by fire. Loss 100000, in
sired
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22

Recent scientific investigations, so
we hear, minimize the damage done to
the digestion of youth by a diet of
green apples. There is enough damage
left, however, for all practical pur-
pOses
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
Struck BY a Race Horse.

Holton, Kansas.-In race in
Soldier, small town in this county
Thursday, William Gardner tried to
cross the track just as the horses
we're nearing the wire. He was
struck by one of the animals and dan
gerously injured Bot legs were
broken.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
rrain Kills Section Hand.

Chillicothe, Mo.-Martin O'Malley
vas struck by BurIigton passen-
ger train No. Al in the local
yards Thursday evening and instant
ly killed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
New POSTMASTER for New York

Oyster Bay, N. Y-Edwin NJ.
Morgan was "Wednesday appointed
postmaster of New York City to sue
coed Mr.. Will Cox who resigned to
become a member of New York pub
lie, utilities commission.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
GEORGIA Neqroes Disfranchised.

Atlanta, Georgia.-By vote of
JIG to 16 the house Wednesday passed
the so-called negro disfranchisement
bill which previously was adopted by
tie senate. The bill becomes law
within few days.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
White scours in Lambs.

Lambs can be cured of white scours
by administering ginger (what can
be taken up on dime), sulphate of
magnesia, one ounce; cooking soda,
quarter ounce Before administering.
the bowels should be emptied by a
cathartic.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22

A Russian has been sent to Siberia
for wearing a red necktie. A little
severe. maybe, but any progress of
that sort in the matter of good taste
is to be commended.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
ehiIinnine Veterans Meet.

Kansas City, Mo.-The annual
reunion of the Society of the
Army of the Philippines is in ses-
sion here with a large number of
veterans present from all parts of
the country Gen. Arthur Macarthur.
commander in chief, responded to
the welcoming address.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
chinese Empress to Abdicate.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from Shang-
hal state that the Empress Dow
ager of China has announced her de-
termination to abdicate at the next
Chinese New Year, and hand over the
care of the state to the emperor.