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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

We'll, to be short about it, fer eight
weeks you KEEP gittin' weaker an
weaker, an we KEEP feelin' more m
more hopeless 1t was a sad Christ
mas in our home that year. Your ma
was jest wore out with watchin' an
tryin' to do her work between times,
an was so nigh sick with trouble an
Encouragement t 1 ust to go around
by the barn an jest cry like baby.
But never let on to your ma though,
ner she t me. We tried t encourage
each other though we knowed in our
hearts t all our cheerful words was
lies, an each one knowed the other
knowed it too.
well, jest tn night before New
Years Doc. called us outside your
room. Oh, how my heart sunk then!
I don't want to hold on. any false
hopes to you people, he says, but I
think with proper care from now on,
your little girl is goin' t git WELL
Elsie, it seemed jest like ton of
hay had been lifted off my chest right
there. AS fer your ma, why she jest
busted down an cried as hard as she
could After Doc. was gone we went
out to the kitchen an kneeled down
right there an thanked God fer the
most glorious New Years gift he ever
give t. anybody in tn world-the
health of our baby girl. You know
your pa amt no ranter er shouter;
yer ma bein' Baptist has furnished
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
French Presidents Double.

NJ. FalIieres was until recently be-
lieved to be the only president OF the
French republic who had no double.
but his counterpart has been found.
The man who most resembles him
physically is a respectable merchant
of the Rue Saint Honore, who plays
his part with decorum and dignity He
wears exactly the same kind of blue
butterfly necktie with white dots as
the president, the same kind of hat
and exactly so oddly cut beard. And
on his promenades he is always &C
companied by friend who could cas-
lily be taken for the presidents private
secretary. Dignified and with meas
ured steps the enviable double walks
through the Faubourg Saint Honore
and feels overjoyed at being saluted
on all sides
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Medicines in Pneumonia.

Dudley Morgan declares that there
are some cases of pneumonia which
require only intelligent and systematic
guidance and nursing. Others need
little medicine, but when it is indi-
Gated it should be given promptly and
theoretically. Even in the most try
ing cases there is little else needed
than digitalIs, strychnine, and ice. In
nearly all cases of pneumonia it is
good plan to start with quiet and rest,
unloading of the bowels when neces-
sary, variety of nourishing liquid
food, and an ice bag on the chest in
the region of the pain and congestion,
and also over the precordia if neces-
sary. Trying cases are those in which
the patient is a steady or hard drinker.
In pneumonia digitalis should be used
to strengthen and nourish the heart
and to reduce rapid pulse.-Medical
Record.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
The Universal Language.

An interesting Canadian writer has
been looking up the matter and finds
that English IS coming into such wide
use that before long our tongue may
be regarded as a world language.
Certainly the figures he gives are
suggestive. Summarized, they show
that from 1900 to 1900 the number of
persons speaking English increased
from 100000 to 135,O0O,OO0, or SIS
per cent; French, from 34,000000 to
100000, or Al per cent; German,
from S5,OOO,0OO to 100000, or 100
per cent; Russian, from S0,000,000 to
10000, 900, or 200 per cent; Spanish,
from 10000, 900 to 45,OOO,OO0, or so
per cent; Italian, from 100000 to
100000, or n per cent, and Portu-
guese, from 100000 to 100000, or
So per cent The absolute accuracy
of these figures may be open to some
question, but there is no doubt as to
the remarkable gain in the English
speaking population of the earth. And
the United States furnishes the larger
proportion.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
MEADE
NEWS.
Duration of Life.
KANSAS

European statistician has pub
lished carefully prepared figures of
longevity which tend to throw a
rather remarkable light on the rela-
ton, firc. of progress. and secondly
of climate, to the duration of life. 1t
would appear that Germany, with a
population at the time of 55,000,00O.
counted less than so centenarians, or
in the ratio of one to 100000; that the
ratio is lower still in Denmark, where
( Is one to 1,250,000. and in Belgium
sters !; is one TO 1.350.000. but that
1t rises il swe'ipD 'i:6a0.000), Eng
land I:260, 0D0I, France ti:l90.000),
Norway ard Scotland ti:I00.000). and
Spain Q:4O5,OO0). till it attains an as
founding height in the Balkans. where
Roumania can show one centenarian
for every 5000 inhabitants, Servia
one for every $500, and Bulgaria one
for every 1000 The obvious deduc-
ton would be that climate is evident
ly a powerful factor in determining
the length of life, and that the Medi-
terranean countries enjoy especially
favorable conditions in this respect.
The vegetarian should also have his
innings here, for it is the oil and
grain-eating peoples of the south that
seem to have approached nearest to.
the secret of immortality. 1t is in
certain parts of the Balkans that Ellie
Metchnikoff found old age to flourish,
and ascribed it largely to the prevail
ing diet of fermented milk. But it is
also obvious that centenarianism
varies inversely with the scale of
civilization. There is, however, the
cheerful reflection that longevity also
seems to vary inversely with the
scale of literacy, and that perhaps
statistics in Servia are not kept so
carefully as in Germany. Tchaikow-
sky's music may not be the only me-
dunn in which the Slav imagination
utters itself.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Kansas Day Speakers Chosen.

Topeka. = George A. Murphy OF
Muskogee, 1. T, is to be the chief
speaker at the Kansas Day banquet
here January 20. w. H. Vernon, sec
rotary of the Kansas Day club, made
the announcement Wednesday. Mr..
Murphy is an attorney. His subject
will be: "Republicanism and the
New Star" The other speakers for
the Kansas Day club banquet are:
James Calls, Atchison; Parks Helm
icll, Chanute; e. Stevens, Goodwin;
w. J. Fitzpatrick, Sedan, president of
the club; Maj. J. K. Hudson, Topeka;
Preston Coleman, Clay Center.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
ALMOST A SOLID SORE.
Skin Disease from Birth-Fortune
Spent on Her Without Benefit
Cured Her with Cuticura.

Il have a cousin in Rockingham Co.
who once had q skin disease from her
birth until she was six years Of age.
Her father had spent a fortune on
her to get her cured and none Of the
treatments did her any good. Old
DR.. G. suggested that he try the
Cuticura Remedies which he did.
When he commenced to use it the
child was almost a solid scab. He
had used it about two months and
the child was well. / was there when
they commenced to use your Cuti-
cura Remedies. l stayed that week
and then returned home and stayed
two weeks and then went back and
stayed with them two weeks longer,
and when l went home | could hardly
believe she was the same child. Her
skin was as soft as baby's with
out scar on it. l have not seen her
in seventeen years, but | have heard
from her and the last time heard from
her she was we'll Mrs w p Ingle, Bur-
lington, n c., June 16, 1905"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Folk penounces Mail-order Idea.

Addressing a meeting of retail mer-
chants in Jefferson city recently, Gov
ernor Folk, of Missouri, said:
I'VE are proud of our splendid
cities, and we want 10 increase wealth
and population. and we also want our
country towns to grow. We wish the
city merchants to build up, but we
also desire the country merchants to
prosper. l do not believe in the mail
order citizen. If place is good
enough for a man to live in and to
make his money in, its good enough
for him to spend his money in.
NO merchant can succeed without
advertising in one way or another.
Patronize your town papers, build
them up, and they will build the town
up in increased trade and greater op-
portunities. Do not be afraid that
business is geing to be hurt by the re-
cent exposures of wrong-doing in the
commercial world"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Standard Oil Suit Extended,

Jefferson City, Mo. - The SUI
preme court Thursday extended the
time for the filing of the report of the
special commissioner appointed to
hear testimony in the suit instituted
by Attorney General Hadley to GUST
the Standard Oil company. Waters
Pierce and Republic Oil companies
from the state, until the April term
of court. The testimony has not yet
been completed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
HE WANTED LIVE NEWS.
Correspondent Had No Time to Waste
with Vice President.

Vice President Fairbanks stopped
a newspaper man the other day, and
good-naturedly asked explanation OF
an incident which happened years
ago. On that occasion Mr.. Fairbanks
and the correspondent were chatting
pleasantly, when suddenly the latter
moved away to meet Senator Chand
Ter of Maine. The vice president said:
Il have always had great curiosity to
know why you deserted me that day"
The newspaper man hesitated for a
moment, and then replied: To tell
you the truth, Mr.. Vice President, you
are mighty dry source of news. You
may have a nose for news, but l
doubt it; at any rate, you never give
up any. Now, when a newspaper man
is cunning for big. live news he hasn't
got time to stop and exchange small
talk with man, even if he be a SEN
ator who would not know the price OF
news if he saw it." Mr.. Fairbanks
smiled. Il thank you for your frank
ness, he said. Il see l shall have to
cultivate a nose for news"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

most of tn r'ligion fer our house, but
jest then I seen how 1t was that they
comes times in peoples lives when
they've jest got to have somethin'
bigger an greater than anything hui
man t turn to with a great joy er
great sorrer.
well, it was long time yet before
you was strong enough t play out
doors, an 1t was a hard winter.
burned every post of the fence around
the south eighty fer firewood afore
it was over. But it seemed like We
had so much t. be thankful fer that
we was strong t. care fer any any of
tn smaller troubles that we come
acrost.
1T really hain't so bad to look back
at it now after tn trouble is over, but
them hard years in Kansas drove
nearly all our neighbors t give up
their land an move away, broke in
hopes an poclSetbook. Them of us as
stayed is purity we'll fixed now, but
we fit fer everything we got, an fit
hard, too. An, o. yes, about tn caty
logs. Well after you was well an
things begun t. take turn fer tn
better, one night ma brought out that
Chicago book an laid it on the kitch-
en- table an says: 'EzEy, what do you
want t. do with this?' An l SEE: Les
burn it. An your ma seq: Jest what
was thinkin', too An so we did
burn it, an what's more, we amt
never had one in TIL house since, an
we never send away fer anything we
can git at any of the stores in Huston,
cause we want to deal with them as
has an interest in the country we live
in, an in us people that live clost by.
why, you needn't of put yours in
tn stove, too, Elsie, 1 didn't mean
yes, l don't know but what it's jest as
we'll " done it after ALL
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
A Rock Island Receiver Asked.

Guthrie, Okla. - A large num-
Der of mill men, grain, lumber, cotton
and coal dealers in Oklahoma Tuesday
sent to President Roosevelt a petition
asking that receiver be. appointed for
the Rock Island railroad. alleging in
ability on the part of the corporation
to properly handle the freight and pas
Senger business offered to it for
transportation. The petition is the di-
rect outcome of the car shortage,
from whwcih the interests represented
by the signers of the petition are still
suffering
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Metal and Lightning.

In his report to the home depart
ment on the circumstances attending
an explosion in the presshouse and
Incorporating mills at the factory at
Hedgwick near Kendall, England, as
the result of a thunderstorm, Maj.
Cooper Kay refers to the respective
properties of copper and iron as light,
Ring conductors He points cut that
in cases Of such simple buildings as
fnassziues spd ether danger" build
,ngs, .ror is pJgafable 10 copper. on
secaant Of its selfJndAei;ys proper
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
The Operator Alone Blamed.

Topeka, Kan.-General Superinten-
dent w. S. Insman and division SUI
perintendent G. w. Bourke of the
Rock Island Friday held conference
regarding the cause of the Rock Is
land wreck at Volland in Mr.. Tins
mans office here and definitely fixed
the blame of the wreck. ]. H.
Shumate, the dispatcher who sent
the order for train No. 30 and No. so
to meet at Volland was exonerated
from all blame and the entire blame
was thrown On John Lynes the opera
tor at Volland
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
AN IMPORTANT CASE
Patient Cured OF ktaxia Gives the
Entire Credit &c. DR.. Williams
Pink pills

Pink Pills.
Mrs. S. C. wellock, of IA Cleveland
Avenne. Everett. Mass, the wife of
an employee in the government works
at Chelsea. says:
Il had been troubled with nervous
ness for ten years and the disease
kept growing on me. Then I learned
that l YVES suffering from locomotor
ataxia. l had terrible tremblings in
my right leg which would get rigid
and when this happened in the street
mad to stand still until it passed
away to keep from falling. My right
arm felt as If a thousand needles were
pricking it. The sheet touching my
knee in bed would nearly cause me
to scream out with pain and both
knees were so weak l could hardly
stand
Il had to use a cane and be helped
about by my son. Then the pain be-
gan to settle in the calves of my legs
and the muscles became numb and
quivered constantly. The cords I'M
der my knees seemed to be drawn up
tight and the terrible shooting pains
in my legs would nearly drive me in
sane. Ny toes became numb and at
times would prickle as if needles were
being thrust into them My eyes be-
came dull and black spots fioated be-
fore them. Ny heart was very weak.
My attention was called to DR..
Williams Pink Pills and I bought sew
eral boxes right away and soon felt
relief was SO pleased that l kept
on taking them until they cured me
entirely. and l have had no symptoms
of the trouble for over q year"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists or sent. postpaid. on re-
ceipt of price. 30 cents ner box. six
boxes $3.50. by the DR.. Williams Med
icine Company. Schenectady. n. Y.
A booklet entitled Nervous Dis
orders sent free on request.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Mo Race Suicide There

New York. - Health Commission
er Darlington Tuesday made public
the birth, marriage and death Stats
tics of Greater New York city for 1906
with the comment that the figures in
Dictated prosperous II months. The
number of births and marriages have
increased in healthy ratio while the
death rate is rather low as compared
with the increased population. During
1906 there were reported Ill, 772 births
an increase over 1905 of 8,000 1885
marriages, an increase of 800; 1926
deaths, an increase of 2,492.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
sapuIpa Has Greatest Oil wen.

Sapulpa. l. T. = An oil gusher
flowing 1920 barrels a day, exceed
ing anything on record in Indian ter
ritory oil fields was brought in near
the city limits of Sapulpa early Tues
day by the Grow Oil & Gas company,
composed exclusively of>local men.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

The explosion of a bomb in St.
Peters at Rome is another illustra-
ton of the wicked insanity of anar-
chists Fortunately. the bomb was
poorly made and killed no one. The
only damage done was to women and
children hurtled and frightened by
the stampede. 1t is usually those who
could not be offensive even to an
anarchist that suffer from the anar-
chist's murdercas work.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Joe Cans Wins Einht

Casino Athletic Club, Tonopah,
Nev.-Joe Cans fought true to the
dope" Tuesday. After playing with
Herman for eight rounds, the cham
pion landed a full right swing on the
point of Herman's jaw. and Chicago's
favorite fighter went to the mat
beaten man. 1t was apparent from the
start that Herman had no chance.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
The Best He Could Do.

well, nv little man." said the min
lister who had been invited in to
dinner, "can you repeat the Beati'
tudes for uas2.'
NO" replied The little man, "bnt
| can sing Waiting az the Church."
Chicago ReegTa,Herald.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Standard Oil indictments.

Chicago. = Judge Lands, in the
United States district court Wednes-
day overruled the demurrer of the
Standard Oil company to eight indict-
ments pending against that corpora
ton, but sustained the demurrer as to
two other indictments because of
technical defects.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Knows Whom He Can Trust.

Police Commissioner Bingham has
learned one important fact that will be
of aid to him in his official career.
When he desires to get the exact facts
about some large question that is to
the front in New York city he calls
in the newspaper reporters located at
police headquarters and has heart
to-heart talk. AS one of them says:
He gets it straight, and so straight
that not ali the men of the force can
fool him on that one point"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Keen Your Money at Home.

Don send money to mail order
houses to deposit Your home bank
is the only safe place to keep it and
will pay you as good interest as can
be had. and then you run no risk as
in such cases as he Cash Buyers
Union" failure The home bank will
grant you favors and mail order
houses never do.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

BY the English admiralty's orders
perfect models are made in paraffin
wax of every new battleship before
it is laid down, and these models
are tested in tank, being 400 feet
long and 20 feet wide. They are
made of wax because it is a material
which does not absorb water or
change it's weight, so that alterations
can be easily made and the material
can be melted up and used again.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
National Bank Note circuIation.

Washington. = The monthly circu-
lation statement issued by the comp
troller of the currency shows that at
the close of the calendar year 1906,
the total circulation of national bank
notes was s5sG,132 469, gain for the
month of s.. 7Sl 900
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

\ Cumberland. Md, man paid car
fare for a woman who had lost her
purse. and she married him the other
day. The next woman who loses her
purse when he's around will have to
walk.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Will Boycott japanese Now.

San Francisco. = The local carpen-
ter's union declared boycott against
the Japanese Friday. Any member of
the union who employees Japanese la
Dor, patronizes Japanese merchants or
purchases goods from employers of
Japanese is to be fined $40.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

st. Joseph, Mo. = The state bank
examiner Wednesday morning took
charge and closed the Bank of Com
merce. capital $1,000, located at South
st. Joseph. No statement OF assets
and liabilities has been issued.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Necrea Succeeds cassatt

Philadelphia James McCrea of
Pittsburg. first vice president of the
'fennsylsaIi;G liIies wost u Pis s:-s;;...-
was Wednesday selected prcsiaeat Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad eompany
70 spcessd The lste 4. ]. casssta
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

The wild boar that killed King
Carlos horse hadn't very delicate
appreciation of the respect due royal
ty, even when disguised in the shape
of a man.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

ties, and consequent loss of conduc-
tivity, which gradually absorbs the
energy and dissipates it with far less
tendency to dangerous effects. such
as surging and side flash.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Administrative London contains lis

Administrative London contains 11S
square miles, and a population of
100000. Greater London contains
an area of 500 square miles, with a
population of 6.5s1,372. Possibly Lon.
don has no fixed boundary, the limits
being extended or reduced at the
pleasure of the posmaster-general.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Too Rank Even For Paris.

: Paris. = The chief of police has
stopped the performance of "a Dream
of Egypt" which was given at the
Moulin Rogue Thursday with the Mar
quise de Morny in the pricipal role.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Mackey Is Re.apnointed

Washington, d. C.-The president
Wednesday announced the re-appoint-
ment of William H. Mackey, jr.. to
be United States marshal for Kan
sas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Mixture of MANY Nations,

Louis N Parker, the dramatist. was
born in France; his father was an
American, his mother an English
woman; his first language was Italian
and he was educated in Germany.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

Lieut. Peary says seeking the north
POLE compels hunger and hardship
And. says the Baltimore Sun, That's
why those who keep on trying to ind
it are heroes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
Burned n the Stree.

Stockton. Calf. = Tom Riley. an
aged STRANGER was burned 70 death
. early Tuesday. In the street here. bis
clothing catching flTs By some means
vukaewH,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10
A Statue of Mckinley Cast.

Florence. - A statue of the late
William Mckinley, Trentarove, which
is to go to Summerville, N j., was
successfully cast in bronze here Thurs
| DAY..
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

The average death rate among sol.
sisrs y lower than among ciyslisas
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

Potatoes in France are nearly dou-
BILE the price of last year.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

Would Create New Office. - At a
meeting of the board Of directors of
the Kansas Travelling Association it
was decided to ask the legislature
for an increased appropriation for
the work of extending the travelling
library field. The legislature will be
asked to create the Office of travel
ing library commissioner. The du-
ties of the officer will be to organize
libraries in the smaller communities
of the state and to assist the smaller
libraries in getting under Roadway
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

Royce, state bank commissioner, ex-
poets strong opposition to his scheme
to guarantee the deposits in state
banks. 81 expect said Royce. that
the bankers opposed to the plan will
have a strong lobby here to fight the
measure. But in spite of all that the
bill will pass. 1t is growing in ia
Vor every day."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-10

Mrs Albert Rise, of Concordia, was
dangerously burned above the wais ::
as the result of an explosion while
hurrying a fire with coal oil.