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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
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A"OUT THERE IN KANSAS" h)
II THE LAND OF PEACE. PROSPERITY AND PLENTY ~

Twenty-six lots tested by Professor
Roberts contained an average of AL
per cent of impurities. including
eight different kinds of foreign seefis
amounting to AS per cent, trash and
dirt per cent, and 1873 per cent of
what was really alfalfa seed was not
germinable.
One of the samples was 95.2 per
cent impurities, and 43.4 per cent Of
the rest was not germinable. But
20.2 per cent of the seed was true
to name and capable of terminating.
Using this sample as an example
Roberts says that computed on the
basis of the cost of standard alfalfa
seed it would have taken 1873 pounds
per acre of this seed to give as much
of stand as could have been secured
with Is pounds of standard seed. To
secure such stand from the seed in
question it would have necessitated
the purchase of so much seed as to
bring the actual cost up to $11.92 per
acre, making the actual cost $49.26
per bushel. But this is not ali:
There would have been sown on the
land over four million weed seeds of
various species, or los to the square
foot" OF another sample he says,
"the low termination per cent would
have raised the cost per acre to S5.75
besides sowing the land with $4,000
plantain seeds, 10000 dodder seeds
and $4,000 seeds of foxtail-or in all
10000 weeds of various sorts.'
Of course, as a matter of fact,
where bad seed is sown the actual re-
suit is a weak, poor stand of alfalfa
and a dense growth of weeds. The
land has to be plowed up and re-
seeded, the use of the land for year
is lost, and it has become foul with
weeds, many of which will be newly
introduced and noxious in character
These findings pointedly suggest
thoroughly reputable dealer or grow
er whose name and guarantee stand
for something. Get samples early
and test them. Learn positively that
it is alfalfa seed, and not something
else, and that it will grow. If more
than ten per cent fails to grow don't
buy it, for something is wrong.
Choice seed, the only kind worth
sowing, always commapds a good
price, and is worth it. The Agricul-
tural Department at Washington, or
your State Experiment Station, will
test samples of seeds sent, and re-
port on them without charge.-F. D.
Coburn, to the Shawnee County,
Kansas, Alfalfa Club.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
ON HIS RIVER CRUISE.
President Roosevelt. Made An Address
At keokuk and Then En-
barked on Steamer.

Keokuk, Ia-Keokuk put on her
Sunday dress to receive the president
of the United States, when he arrived
here at 9 o'clock Tuesday, and the
people of the city were assisted in
their reception of the chief magis-
trate by a notable gathering of dis
tinguished men, including the govern
ors of more than a dozen states, a
number of members of both houses of
congress and the members of the In
land Waterways commission. The &C.
casion of the presidents coming was
the movement in the interest of a
deep waterway down the Mississippi
river to the Gulf and this city was
selected as the point of embarkation
on his voyage down the river, which
will end at Memphis next Friday. He
was given a drive through the city
and made a noteworthy speech at
Rand park to many thousand people.
The reception to the president both
along the line of march and at the
park was cordial in the extreme and
he was in excellent hea' tn and spirits.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
Paper Clothing.

A remarkable development of the
paper clothing industry is taking
place in Germany, and many persons
express the belief that before many
years have elapsed the wearing of pa
per garments will be pretty general.
This sounds like a pulp dream, so to
speak, but it is state of civilization
long since foretold by Edward Bella
my, who described a country in which
the people arrayed themselves in new
paper garments every morning and
every evening. at an expense no
larger than that involved in the pur-
chase of their daily newspapers. Ev-
erybody enjoyed the ephemeral gar
ments. save the proprietors of the
laundry establishments. They were
put entirely out of business. There
was nothing to wash.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
NOTHING HID FROM KAISER.
How German Emperor Keeps In Touch
with Worlds Affairs.

The German emperor's interest in
everything that goes on in the world
is well known, but few are aware OF
the trouble he takes to keep in touch
with current affairs. According to a
Munich newspaper, the kaiser reads
at least three papers every day, chang
ing the list several times a week in.
order to become fully acquainted with
the ideas of all political parties in the
state. But this by no means exhausts
his appetite for information. Every
day the ministry of foreign affairs, as
well as that of the interior, has to pro-
vide newspaper cuttings, properly
named and dated, and pasted on slips.
ready for the emperor's perusal..
These he carefully reads, making mar
ginal notes as he goes along, and they
are then scrupulously classified and
put aside ready for immediate refer
ence. Often, too, the emperor asks
for cuttings relating to the particular
technical subjects in which for the
time he is specially interested.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
sleep as Much as You Can.

Sleep as Much as You Can.
How much sleep shall take in the
"a hours?" This can be answered IN
hesitatingly in five words, "As much
as you can" Here no competent au-
thority would question the absolute
safety of instinct as a guide. AS the
period Of sleep represents the time
necessary to restore the oxygen bal
ance of the tissues, to recharge the
battery, then obviously 1t must last
as attested by the familiar sense of
RESIDENCES" and refreshment 60 to
sleep when you're tired, get up when
you wake feeling rested" contains the
philosophy of the whole problem. AS
a matter of fact, the average amount
of sleep taken by most individuals is
in the neighborhood of nine hours.
The proverbs are, as usual, at sea.
and have about the usual amount of
influence over actual practice. Seven
hours for man, eight for a woman,
and nine for fool" has been their
dictum for centuries, but the average
human being cheerfully plunks himself
into the fool" class, much to his bene-
fit. 1 believe, writes Woods Hutchin-
son in American Magazine, that the
usual eight-hour average laid down in
the text books errs on the side of
brevity, and the majority of men in
active work take more than this or
else suffer for it,. The average labor
ing man goes to bed at between $3.50
and $3.50, or if he does not, often falls
asleep in his chair about 1880 or eight
and sleeps until six. The average
business or professional man goes to
bed about ten and rises about seven,
each class getting on an average nine
and ten hours, respectively.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
FURIOUS HUMoR ON CHILD.
Itching, Bleeding Sores Covered Body
Nothing Helped Her-Cuticura
Cures Her In Five Days.

AFTER my granddaughter Of about
seven years had been cured of the
measles, she was attacked about a
fortnight later by a furious itching and
painful eruption all over her body,
especially the upper part of it, forming
watery and bleeding sores, especially
under the arms, of considerable size.
She suffered "a great deal and for three
weeks we nursed her every night,
using all the remedies we could think
of. Nothing would help. We tried the
Cuticura Remedies and after twenty
four hours we noted considerable i'm
provement, and after using only one
complete set of the Cuticura Remedies,
in five consecutive days the little one.
much to our Joy, had been entirely
cured, and has been well for a long
time. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht, R. F. D. No
8, Bakersfield, Cal, June rs and Jul.
20. 1906"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
HAD A FELLOW FEELING.
Aunt Susan's Heart Went Out to
"Pore Missus Astor."

Uncle Eli felt he knew the metropo-
lis pretty well. Had he not been there
three times in four years-and twice
he had ridden on the elevated. So
when he brought Aunt Susan with
him Con the fourth trip he naturally
assumed the role of guide.
She marveled at everything until
they sat down for luncheon. They
had gone into the Astor house for that
meal, but all its other marvels seemed
lost on the visiting country hostess, as
she looked openeyed at the crowds
that filed not only the corridors but
the restaurants. Scarcely had they
found seats, when this amazement
took definite shape.
Eli" said she in a STACEY whisper,
81 can't set here an eat peaceably. 1
jes' must go downstairs an help pore
Missus Astor with the cookin' an
hes.'-Bohemian.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
OLD WEST POINT HOTEL
MARKED FOR DEMOLITION

ert E. Lee was wearing his cadet
shake. Its service and it's bill of fare
have not been modified. Dinner is
served in the middle of the day, and
beefsteak. chops, tea, soda biscuits
and canned peaches appear regularly
for supper The same negro walters
have stood at their posts year in and
year out.
For the 20 years since the hotel
has been opened the government has
made on an average of $4,000 a year
from it, or $4,000 in all, which is
considerably more than the old
wooden structure is worth.
After the old hotel is removed there
will be built upon it's site a large adj
ministration building for officers Of
the academy
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
NO NEED FOR WORDS.
Brief Pantomime Told Everything to
the Onlooker.

Harrison Grey Ffske discussed, at a
dinner in New York, the art of act
ing.
Il believe" said Mr.. Fiske, Gin sub
tlety and restraint. A nod, shake of
the head, a silent pause-these things
are often more effective than the most
violent yelling and ranting.
Life is like that, subtle and silent.
What, for instance, could be more ex-
pressive than this scene, scene
without spoken word, that once
witnessed in the country?
can undertaken stood on a corner
near a noble mansion. He elevated
his brows hopefully and inquiringly
as physician came from the house.
The physician, COMPRISING his lips.
shook his head decidedly and hurried
to his carriage. Then the undertaken
with q sigh passed on.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
Criminal LIBEL AGAINST Jerome

White Plains, N. Y.-Frank E.
Xavier, editor of the Workers Herald,
was found guilty by jury Thursday
of criminal libel against District At
torney w. T. Jerome. Mr.. Xavier
was accused of publishing in his paper
the allegation that Mr. Jerome had
an agreement with insurance interests
by which they were to support him for
governor if certain insurance men
were not indicted.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
ToIstoi Has No Funds.

ST. Petersburg letter was pub
lished here Thursday from Count Toll
stoi asking that the stream of requests
for financial assistance addressed to
him be discontinued, explaining that
20 years ago he surrendered his pro-
perty to his heirs as if already dead,
and that the sole sums at his disposal
now ARE occasional foreign contri-
buttons which 1 distribute in the
neighborhOod
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

In spite of the endowments of the
Church of England, more than 5000
beneflces have less than $1,000 a year,
and of these 1,139 have under $500. In
order to assist the incumbents in
these livings, the Queen Victoria cler
sgy fund was started, and, as Lord
Cross showed at its tenth anniversary
few days ago, it has done something
though of late the total has dwindled
Ito giving living wage to the poorer
clergy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
First Aid.

A Washington doctor was recently
called to his telephone by colored
woman formerly in the service of his
wife. In great agitation the darky
advised the physician that her young
est child was in bad way.
What seems to be the trouble?"
asked the doctor.
DOC, she done swallered q whole
bottle of ink!"
IN be there in short while to
see her." said the Medico. in the
mean time have you done anything for
herr"
Il done give her three pieces O.
blottin' paper. Doc" said the negress,
Observation-Disclosures Weekly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
Killed bv a Farm Roller.

Great Bend Kan, Oct, a. Moses
Brack, the nine-year-old son of Phillip
Brack, near Otis, was rolling field Of
wheat and in some manner fell under
the roller. 1t is believed that as he
fell he called to the team to stop, as
when he was found his head was un-
der the roller. He evidently had died
from soffocation, as the ground was
soft. His head was not crushed If
the roller had passed over his body he
probably would not have bean injured
severely. - zsss;-g
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

w EST POINT hotel, that historic
w landmark on the Hudson, will dis
appear before long, and in another
part of the reservation of the United
States Military academy the govern
ment is to erect a s25O.6OO hostelry.
Every convenience will be used in
the new structure. 1t is to have a
frontage of $50 feet and a depth of
so, and is to contain several hundred
rooms. From it's lobby those who
abide beneath its roof will be able to
have view of the broad sweep of the
Hudson, although the outlook will not
be quite so picturesque as that from
the verandas of the old hotel
The present hotel is conducted
along the same lines as it was when
Jefferson Davis visited there and Rob-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
Mrs. Perkins to Sue Mutual,

Lawrence, Kan.-Because the body
of Lucius Hiram Perkins, the Law
renee lawyer who died June 1, was
exhumed and dismembered without her
consent and against her will, Mrs.
Clara Luella Morris Perkins, the
widow, has instructed her attorneys to
sue the Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany of New York for $4,000 dam
ages
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
Minister RockhilI Coming Home.

Pekin.-Minister Rockhill started
tuesday for Manchuria on visit of
inspection to the American consulates.
Thence he wilt start for the United
States by way of Siberia.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Word comes from Amsterdam, in the
annual report of Frank D. Hill, consul
at that Dutch port, that in a great dia.
mond cutting factory three women are
intrusted with the most delicate and
difficult part of the processes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
The Eddy Suit dismissed.

Concord, N. H.-Judge Chamberlin
Monday granted the motion to disrsSss
accounting of : the affairs of Mary
Baker G. Eddy. The apportionment of
costs was left open for future settle
ment
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
THE NOVEL LOSING ITS
GRIP ON GOTHAMITES

down there in the Educational ALI
ance building in East Broadway This
library was founded 81 years ago by
the Aguilarr society and the Young
Mems Hebrew association. On its
shelves are over 10000 volumes, hav-
ing circulation, according to last
years report, of more than 100000.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Maine snowshoes are the ones that
will make the tracks to the North
Pole, If Peary ever finds it. Sixty
pairs have just been sent from the Nor
way factory to his island in Casco
bay. where they will remain till he
starts.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Men will learn after while that
ocean steamships are not front gates
to parental mansions. One man went
on board liner to say good-by to the
girl and he is there yet with the ship
In. midocean
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
Kentucky prouth Extends.

greensboro, Ky.-Another county in
Kentucky has gone dry" in local OPP
ton election. In Mclean county
Thursday the temperance forces were
victorious by majority of 1,O55. Only
10 of the 119 counties in Kentucky re-
main "Wet d"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
Women Would. Buy in Sections.

Jerks in New York store 1T
carries large line of women's ready
made dresses are. used to requests to
sell gown piecemeal. One woman
would like the waist to wear. with a
skirt she already has that would
match. Another wants the skirt to
wear with fancy waist But few
days ago the manager entertained a
proposition of UNUSUAL GOODNESS. An
imported two-pieee suit had been put
on exhibition in the window The
coat was trimmed With buttons Of ex-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Count Boni de Castellane's persever.
ance in his attempts to effect recon.
Citation with his wife and her family
is of about the same caliber as that of
a bill collector-and it is pretty likely
that the motive inspiring it is the
same-want of ready cash.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
DRUGGISTS Meetinu in Denver.

Denver, Col.-Two hundred and fifty
members of the National Wholesale
Druggists association were in attend
ance when President John w. Cary of
indianapolis called the opening ses-
sion of its annual convention to order
in the Brown Palace hotel here Tues
daV
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
Detroit look the Game.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Detroit took the
lead in the sensational race for the
American league pennant Friday by
defeating Philadelphia to 4
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
Hiqh Priced AIienists.

New York.-Ten of District Attor-
ney Jerome's alienists in the trial Of
Harry K. Thaw, it is announced, have
rendered bills for their services. The
total of these bills is slightly in ex-
cess of $4,000.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
Something Practical.

Just in the outskirts of Scantlins-
vile the man in the automobile
stopped. A team of horses, driven by
an old farmer, was dragging a split
log over the road
WHAT'S all this?" asked the man in
the automobile
Sorry. SIR answered the old
farmer. "but you'll have to turn out.
This is the good roads movement"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

quisite coloring and design A woman
in easing was attracted by the but
tons. She had looked New York over,
she said, without success, for buttons
OF that kind, and she implored the
manager to cut them OF and sell
them Since they added greatly to
the attractiveness of the suit they
we're on, naturally he refused to
oblige her.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

1t is said that the bubonic plague is
spread by rats. which Communicate il
to fieas. which in turn communicate il
to human beings. Steriiize your fieas
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Europe has materially improved in
target practice since the days when
the Moors used to go oyer there and
run thiHgs,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Those tailors who have arranged a
color scheme for men may as well for
get it. All the men can do is to keep
the women in colors
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10
no pi.mantIe Russian Eortresses.

st. Petersburg.-The government
has decided to ,li:mantle the naval
fortresses at Libau, Sveaborg, Uskd-
vinsk, Kertch and Baton, as they are
not required under the reduced navy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Court House Corner Stone Laio. -
The corner stone of the new court
house of Osborne county was laid
with Masonic ceremonies. Grand
Master E. w. Wellington, Grand
Secretary A. o. Wilson and the grand
lodge off1ciated. A crowd of 5000
citizens witnessed the ceremony.
Eight hundred lodge members and
pupils of the city schools were in the
parade, which was the finest ever
seen in Osborne.
Off to the Philippines. - Three
special trains over the Santa Fe bear,
! ing the greater part of the Eighteenth
Infantry, left Fort Leavenworth for
San Francisco, enroute to the Philip
pine islands This makes the third
trip to the islands for this regiment
! in nine years. The Eighteenth has
been abroad almost five years out of
the nine.
Kansas Making Sugar Again. -
Garden City's big sugar factory has
started again. 1t is expected to slice
! up, grind and turn into sugar 1000
tons of beets per day for the next few
months.
For Game Law Violations. = State
Game Warden Daniel MCGOWAN, of
Emporia, has made his forty-third ar
rest in Kansas and states that many
others are to follow.
Walked Off With JeweIs.-A day
+ light robbery occurred in Topeka
when well dressed young man walk
ed into the home Of Mrs. n. Van
. Croft. at 125 East Tenth street, at
noon and walked right out with $500
worth of jewels. Nc clue to the
identity of the man has been discov-
cred.
ground that Perkins had taken NOR
phine with suicidal intent. Judge
Mcpherson ordered the body disinter-
red and an examination made with q
view to seeing If death was resultant
to any poison or to the fall.
Last Saline County Homestead. =
The last homestead claim In Saline
county has been proved up before the
clerk of the district court by jacob
McMikell. The land is located in sec
ton 16, range 5, township 16, or Sum
NIT township, and is in one of ths
best parts of the county. There be
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4 whose notes were held as collateral
and they wrote back that they nae
signed no notes, and if their name;
were appended it was clear case o
| forgery. All of the officers of the
court signed the petition to the gov
ernor for Calhoun's release
i oIanders Appears in cowIey. :
Sheriff Day and DIR. Schoenleder, tn'
! State Veterinarian, have killed thre'
horses in Cowley county which the!
found with CHAMBERS and ordered tn
destruction of one other animal Thu
horses killed were found on faru
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Action may not always bring happi-
ness, but there is no happiness with,
out action.-Ruskin.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

That to talk deprecatingly of one
self is sometimes just as foolish az
TO talk beautifully?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Arnold Is Captured. = Charles W.
Arnold, who shot and killed Timothy
Riggs, in a dispute over the sale of
a team of mules, near Wellington,
was captured at Perry, o. T.. by the
sheriff of Noble county. Arnold had
ridden down three horses in his eff
fort to escape, but the rural tels
phone proved his undoing-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

oIanders Appears in cowIey. =
Sheriff Day and DIR. Schoenleder. the
State Veterinarian, have killed three
horses in Cowley county which they
found with CHAMBERS and ordered the
destruction of one other animal. The
horses killed were found on a farm
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Unwritten Law Wins. = The un-
written law was upheld at Hutchin-
son when Charles Owens was acquit-
ted of the murder of his false friend.
Charles Mullen, who took advantage
of Owens absence in the harvest
fields last summer to ALLEVIATE the af-
fections of his wife. Owens shot
Mullens to death in the Santa Fe
yards there August &c last, following
the confession of Mrs. Owens.