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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
QUEER KINDS OF CURRENCY.
China and Parts Of Russia Have the
Most Unique.

Chinese money IS traced back three
thousand years before Christ. One
emperor objected to copper coinage.
gathered whole issue together, bur
led it deep into the earth, and threw
in on top the workmen employed in
diging the pit. The pu and tao cur
rencies we're struck in the form OF
scraps of cloth of knives for barter,
and were in existence from about the
seventh to the second century before
Christ. The commonest of Chinese
money is the cash, round metal disk
with square hole in the center; a
thousand of these are worth barely
IS cents. Ones cook in China goes
to market with great strings of this
heavy money round neck, shoulders.
and waist, but even when weighted
with as much as strong man can car
ry, very little of our money is repre-
sented On the Russo-Chinese borders
green tea pressed into bricks has been
the money of the country for thou
sand years.-Sunday Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
END OF THE GREEN BUGS
Agricultural Department Announces
Their Practical determination.
The Bureau of Entomology Has AS
sisted in Sending Out Parasites
To Do the Work.


WashinSton.-lt was announced by
the agricultural department Tuesday
that the green bugs, OF spring grain
apis, which has done so much dam
age to wheat and other small grain
in Texas and Oklahoma and in a few
of the southern counties of Kansas,
already is practically exterminated by
its natural parasite. very minute
black fly. In Teaxs and Oklahoma
the bug has practically disappeared
through the action of the parasite and
a report from Southern Kansas re-
ceived by the department Tuesday
states that at least fifty per cent or
the bugs now are parasitized in all
the infested fields in that section.
the report adds that if the favor
able weather continues through the
present week the bug will have been
absolutely exterminated.
Millions of parasites" continues
the report. ARE coming out in every
wheat field and the green bug has
been 0vertaken and controlled by its
natural enemy and there seems to be
little IL any lear Vi lurller udlhdSe-
TIL bureau of entomology of the
agricultural department has aided the
work by sending hundreds of thous-
ands of the parasites from Oklahoma
and Texas into Kansas. Three agents
of the bureau now are in the field di-
recting the onslaught on the bug
The weather conditions this spring
have been favorable to the multiple
cation of the bug, whIcn becomes a
serious pest only unCer such condi-
tons. The parasites too multiply
only under favorable weather condi-
tions. but they soon eXterminate their
enemy
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
He Was Thicker SKINNED,

Walter Howard. the London drama
fist. was leaving the stage door of a
theater one evening when an anemic-
looking youth stepped up and said:
Are you Mr.. Howard" The author
replied in the affirmative, whereupon
the young fellow said he wanted to go
on the stage. Noticing his evident
unfitnesS for such life. Howard ad-
vised him TO stick to his present oc-
cupation, whatever it was. II am as
sistant pawnbroker across the way"
said the ambitious young man. And
what do your people think of your
going on the stage?" asked Howard.
''Oh. they are right against it was
the jaunty reply. but l shouldn't mind
the disgrace myself"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
BOY HAD NOT UNDERSTOOD.
Pretty Phrase That Was Most Woe
fully Misunderstood.

That the effect of a choice and ap-
propriate phrase is sometimes lost
and ofttimes woefully misinterpreted
is well illustrated in an incident con-
nected with the death of a Virginia
lawyer.
During the mans illness the wires
were disconnected which attached the
bell to the old-fashioned pull knob
on the front door,
A messenger boy came to the house
one morning and began pulling at
the bell There was no response.
He continued to jerk the ancient knob
vigorously. A white-haired gentleman
finally appeared, who raised his hand
warningly and said:
MY boy, the silver cord has been
severed
rs that so?' exploded the boy
From the way 1t acted / thought tbs
whole darn thing was busted."-N. Y
Times.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
An Accommodation PEG.

One of the disadvantages of mod
ern shoe-malling machinery is that
the peg won't fit itself into the hole
Time was. according to Mayor E. F.
Brown, of Marlboro, Mass. when it
was much more accommodating.
One day" he recently informed the
Boot and Shoe club, my father. pi-
oneer in the business. hit the peg and
it flew up. What happened? Proba-
bly, you won't believe me. but it's a
fact all the same. The peg hit the
ceiling, came down exactly into the
hole and was driven in. But. you
know" added Mayor Brown. with a
smile. we don't peg shoes that way
nowadays"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

Girls Rash Spread and Grew Worse
Under Specialists care-Perfect
Cure by Cuticura Remedies.

when my daughter was baby she
had a breaking out behind the ears.
The doctor said that she would out
grow it, and it did get somewhat bet
ter until she was about fifteen years
old, and after that she could get moth
ing that would drive it away. She was
always applying something in the way
of salves. 1t troubled her behind the
knees, opposite the elbows, back of
the neck and ears, under the chin, and
then it got on the face. That was
about three years ago. She took treat
ment with a specialist and seemed to
get worse all the time. We were then
advised to try the Cuticura Remedies,
and now I don't see any breaking out.
M. Curley, 11-19 Sixteenth St., Bay
City, Mich, May 20, 1906"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Desert Lands Made Fertile.

According to official figures, since
the reclamation law was enacted by
congress in 1902, eight towns have
been built and 10000 people have set.
tied on what were desert lands One
hundred miles of branch railways
have been built. ,267 miles of canals
have been dug, many of which carry
whole rivers, and A tunnels have
been eXcavated. 1t is estimated that
the territory embraced in what is
known as the arid regions of the Unit
ed States covers 60OO00.OOO acres. of
which about 6O.OOOOOO acres are sub
ject to irrigation and can be converted
into farms as productive as lands in
the most favored sections.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
" satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
The goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, thee cannot reach the dis
eased portion Of the There Is only one way to
cure deafness and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachlan Tube. When this
tubes inaamed You have a rumblng sound or I'm
perfect hearing and when 1t f. entirely closed Deaf
ness is the result. and unless the Inflammation
taken out and this tube restored its normal cond
ton hearing will be destroye: forever; nine
out of ten are caused by Catarrh which is nothing
but an fnfamed condition OF the mucous surfaces
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for any case of
DEAFNESS caused by catar-h) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu lars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
D. klopsch is Decorated.

New York. - The decoration of the
Oder CT the Morning Sun was We'd
nesday conferred upon DIR. Louis
KlOpSch. editor of the Christian
Herald. by Baron Takewo Ozawa.
personal envoy of the Emperor of
Japan. in recognition OF the doctors
work in relieving famine sufferers
in Japan last year. More than
quarter of a mii1ion dollars was rails
cd by the Christian Herald for the
purpose.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Free Medic.I AL,,i..

A well known London physician at
a dinner party one evening was much
worried by one who was seeking gra-
tuftous advice. do you know. doc
tor said his qnestioner, Il know a
man who suffers so terribly with in
digestion that at times he can do
nothing but howl with pain. What
would you do in that case?''
We'll. I suppose" responded the
medical man, II should howl with
pain. too
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
ALI Enr Taft in Ohio

Toledo, o. - Chairman Walter F.
Brown. of the Ohio State Central
committee Friday broke through the
reticence he had SO far observed since
the commencement of the Taft-Forak-
err imbroglio. He declared himself
as unqualifiedIy for Taft, said the re-
publicans of Ohio We're solidly in IA
vor of his candidacy and declared that
Senator Foraker and Dick owe it to
themselves and friends to settle the
report MAT th9y are secretly sup
porting the candidacy of Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Jap Sailors See New York.

New York. - While high officers of
the Japanese fighting forces just now
the guests of New York city. made
official calls Thursday, 700 sailors,
Just one-half of the crews of the Jap
anese battleships Tsukuba and Chit
ose had a holiday in Manhattan. They
swarmed ashore and tumbling into
automobiles provided by their Amer
icanized cousins saw the sights with
undisguised enjoyment: conducting
themselves the while i'll manner
that will remain shining example to
visiting sailors.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

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 fineness of 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 can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

John Sloan, the noted illustrator
and etcher, laid down a newspaper ac-
count of the sale of a Bongereau for
$4,000.
Such sales" he said. remind me of
the conversation of old Gcbsa Code
and his daughter Lolita. Well, did ye
buy that picture? said Lolita on her
fathers return from a gallery. No.
the old man answered. Why not,
pop?' 'Twan't dear enough
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

A charming epigram adorned an ad-
dress that Mrs. J. c. Phelps Stokes
made on her last visit to Detroit. She
was rejoicing over the fact that in
the slums woman, no matter how
wretched her case. kept ner speech
pure, as a rule. of profanity.
An oath from a woman's lips" she
ended. lis unnatural and incredible.
1 would as soon expect bullet from
q rosebud"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
On. San Francisco Road Yields.

San Francisco, Calf. - The Geary
street road has granted the demands
of the striking carmen and will resume
operations Thursday morning ON Il ba-
sis of 81 for an eight hour day. The
board of supervisors notified the Off
Gals of this line Monday that unless
the company starts its cars the city
would take over the road and operate
it. The line runs from the junction of
Geary. Kearney and Market streets to
Golden Gate Park.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
sIamese Object to Walking.

The Siamese, above all nations in
the world, hate TO walk: no such mode
of progression is tolerated by Siam
csc If he or she can by any means
ride. a Venetian gondolier will walk
sometimes: even Hollander will ride
on his rough cart bGt Bangkok man
not if no can help it. His family
boat for him.-Windsor Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
The Last Dash.

The autoists in highest ATTITUDES
gathered around and mournfully con-
templated dark body that lay upon
the cleaning ice before them.
At that moment De Villiers, the last
CT the party, who had been detained
by faulty adjustment, rode up.
whats the trouble?" he asked.
One of the fur-clad group looked
around His voice was choked with
rage.
That idiotic chauffeur whom
Dasher insisted on bringing along
didn't look where he was going
Yes"
He smashed into the pole and
broke it short nffl'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

A recent estimate of the population
Of Seoul gives the total at 199,305 In
every ward but the north one the
number of males exceeds that of fe-
males, but in that part of the city the
number of males is given as 1900,
while the females are 10000 This
would be hard to explain on any or
binary theory of population. Seoul
has no quarter set aside for the exclu-
sive residence of females.-Korea Dali
" News.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Snoemakcr,s Last.

The following is taken from hand
bill issued by provincial bootmaker:
The shoemaker is a man of great
learning. He is doctor as well as a
surgeon, for he not only heels but
performs many cutting operations. He
lis a fishmonger. for he sells soles and
heels. He is a schoolmaster, for he
gives good understanding. He is a
good speaker, for he always works
the thread of his argument, wakes
warm to his subject, and holds all to
the last"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

Like returning miners from the K1on-
dixie, the "gummers, amateur and
professional, are coming out of the
Maine woods with their golden grains,
say the Boston Globe. Spruce gum
has hardly reached the weight in
gold" price, but the lover of the bal
samic chew" for which there is no
real substitute, must pay at the rsSe Of
$40 a pound for it, and that in Ban
gor. Me-. a city supposed to be the
Dawson City of the gum regions.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Oklahoma Will Ask Ronaparte.

Washington. ID. c. - Oklahoma re-
publicans will appeal to Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte to interpret the cleo
ton ordinance OF the new state con
stitution as a last hope of finding
some legal wav RI calling an election
for August VI september With this
purpose a committee left Guthrie
Wednesday night for Washington, ac-
cording to Geographic advices.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
A Mexico Strike Settled

Orizaba. Mexico. - The strike
in the textile mills involving more
than 1000 operatives has been
practically settled and those opera
tives who had not left the city in search
IF employment elsewhere returned to
work Tuesday.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Eamous Book Free.

Every reader of this paper can get free
of charge one of DIR. Coffees famous books
which tells of a new method by which
persons afflicted with Deafness, Head
Noises, Sore Eyes. Failing Sight from any
cause. can cure themselves at home at
small expense.
Write letter Immediately to DR.. W. o.
Coffee, 800 Century Bldg, Des Moines, la.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
,MRS.NELLlE MARKHAM

A nervous irritable woman, often on
The verge of Mysteries, is source of
misery to everyone who comes under
her influence, and unhappy and mis-
cradle herself.
Such women not only drive hus-
bands from home but are wholly unfit
to govern children.
The ills of women act like a fire
brand upon the nerves, consequently
seven-tenths of the nervous prostra-
ton, nervous dependency, Ii e
"blues". sleeplessness. and nervous
irritabilitv OF women arise from some
organic arrangement.
Do you experience fits of depression
with restlessness alternating with ex-
IRENE irritability ? Do you suffer
from pains in the abdominal region,
backache, bearing down pains.nervous
dyspepsia, sleeplessness, and almost
continually cross and snappy? If so,
your nerves are in shattered con-
dition and you are threatened with
nervous prostration.
Proof is monumental that nothing
in the world is better for nervous
troubles of women than Lydia E.
Pinkham.s Vegetable Compound,
made from native roots and herbs.
Thousands and thousands of women
can testify to this fact.
Mrs. Nellie Markham, of Isl Morgan
St.. Buffalo. N. Y, writes
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
II was wreck from nervous prostratlon /,
LYDIA E. Pinkham's Vegetable Co
herbs, contains no narcotics or harn1tr
the largest number of actual cures
world has ever known, and thousal
file IN the laboratory at Lynn. Mass.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
corev podyes the Hoodoo.

New York. - In order to escape
the unlucky thirteenth of the month
Monday, William Ellis Corey, presi-
dent of the United States Steel Cor
poration and Mabelle Gilman, the for
mer actress we're not married until
after midnight Tuesday morning.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Chilean EDITOR In America.

Senior Carlos Silva, of Santiago. edi
tor of FL Mercurio, the oldest daily
newspaper in the republic of Chile
is visiting this country for the first
time, and is accompanied by his wife
He is at present in Washington.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

To improve the general health. take
Garfield Tea daily for time: it purfies
the blood, eradicates rheumatism and
many chronic ailments. and keeps the
health good Garfield Tea is made OF
herns: it is guaranteed under the Pure
Food and Druqs Law. Garfield Tea Co.,
Brooklyn. y e
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

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 Toe, sold by
all good grocers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Alarmed at Emminratinn.

Budapest. = In consequence of the
great increase in immigration the
Hungarian Manufacturers Union will
begin May 10 an inquiry in the hope of
finding some means of keeping the
people at home.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
DESTROYED $4,000 worth Of Liquor

Independence, Kan. = The sheriff
of this county here Wednesday de
stroyed $4,000 worth of liquor in the
street. The liquor was seized some
ting ago from saloons in the county
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Was Quiet in San FRANCISCO.

San Francisco, Calf Wednesday
as comparatively quiet one in the
street railway strike. The United
railroads had 125 cars in operation and
but few minor acts of violence were
reDOrted
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
A Russian Bill Rejected.

ST. Petersburg, Russia.-The coun-
Gil of the empire or upper house OF
parliament, Wednesday rejected the
bill which was passed April 80 by the
lower house, abolishing trials by
drumhead court martial.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
AIr,s+ MiIIiop for Missions

Washington. - At the meeting Of
the American Baptist Missionary
union Wednesday the annual report
of the treasurer showed that the re-
ceipts aggregated $976,072. Appropri-
ations for the year were 1866, 40.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Journalistic p.mcu Ities.

Since its temperance in Belgrade
ten days ago the journal Otatsbina
has been confiscated four times. Its
editor, Capt. Novokavitch, has been
sentenced to a months Imprisonment;
the printers have been locked up on
various charges. and the office boy ex.
PEELED to Zemlin. In spite of these
little difficulties the paper continues
to appear dailv--London Standard.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

The rich mans son is called prig
if he walks in the way of the right
eous, and he is denounced as degen-
crate if he endesvors to put his faith
er's money into circulation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Heat prostration in New YORK.

New York. = The government
thermometer at the weather bu-
reau Tuesday registered 50 degrees
and the first case of heat prostration
for the year was reported. The
victim was a laborer
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Janan Has Literary Ambitions.

Copenhagen.- 1t is said here
that Japan will be among the competi-
tors for the Nobel prizes for literature
to be awarded next year. The empress
of japan is mentioned as one of the
candidates
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

The people of Colorado are so con-
fident that publicity pays large divi-
dends that they are going to spend
fund in advertising the states re-
sources.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
A Commitment.

"Of course" said Miss Clumsay,
Mr. Kidder's language is not always
elegant, but he can be very compli-
mentary in his rough way "Yes?"
asked Miss Wise. Yes. He says I'm
q bird Huh So is an ostrich"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

Dyeing is as easy as washing when
Putnam FADELESS DYES are used.
Ask your druggist.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

To be ON good terms with human nature,
Be Well Garfield Tea puriiies the blood
eradicates disease. regulates the digestive
organs and brings Good Health. Manu-
featured by Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn,
y. Y. Sold by druggists.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

Most people seem to enjoy coming
out of church more than they do go
ing in.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

Mrs Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gurus reduces In.
namnation. allays pain wind colir 25c oottIe
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
Give Defiance Starch a fair trial

Give Defiance Starch a fair trial
try it for both hot and cold starching.
and if you don't think you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost,
return it and your grocer will give you
back your money.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

WORKING For OhTIslIdH GHuedVoT'
DR.. Francis E. Clark. of the Chris
tan Endeavor society. is visiting the
West Indies, Panama and South
American republics in the interest of
that organization.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

Any woman can make dollar go so
far that her husband will never see it
again.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

In relating his experiences a man
usually poses as his own hero.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23
History Will Be Costly,


So far the British official history
of the Boer war has cost S125, 900, and
only one volume has appeared.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

What reason could not avoid has
often been cured by delay-Seneca.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-23

Sharp men know that cutting re-
marks do not pay.