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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-11-10
STUBBS LEADS BY 10000

of which the people of the county
have no cause to complain.
Every man elected will honestly
strive to do his duty. Some
mighty good men went down to
defeat, but in campaign when
the forces are so evenly matched
as capabilities and integrity the
sacrifice is necessary,
Next week we will publish a
tabulated report of all candidates
and their votes.
STATE ELECTION.
The latest returns, with all
but IL out of los counties report
ed, give Stubs Republican can
didate for reelection a majority
of 10000.
with only - districts report
ed the Legislature is in doubt.
Chairman Martin is claiming a
Democratic majority but is not
conceded by Dolley. Of the 95
districts reported the Demo-
Gratis have As and Republicans
so.
Democrats will control the
next congress with majority of
29, according to special dispatch
to the Capital.
No reports have been received
as to the remainder OF the state
ticket but the Republicans have
probably captured a majority of
the officers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-11-10
Mrs. N. M. Ellis

Mrs. N. M. Ellis
Alto
Mrs. M. f. Martin
Mrs. Herbert Graves
Tuba
Mrs. John Won Prosky
Snare drum
Miss Mona McMeel
Bass drum
Mrs. Judson Hubert
The band will be self-support-
ing. They are deserving of the
encouragement of the town and
we have no doubt but what they
will receive it. No brass horns
will be allowed and with the nice
instruments, efficient instructor,
and the membership as stated,
the Ladies' Band will help make
greater the reputation of Meade
in the musical world.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-11-10

Won Prosky's band will play
for the sale day visitors. Be
among them.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-11-10

Come to Meade Saturday,
November 10. Fifth monthly
sale day.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-11-10

Born; To Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Classen, Sunday Novem Der 6,
1910, girl.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-11-10

Will million Krau this
loads also all kinds of vegetables and fruits The advantages
the farmer San Bento that all the cabbage other
truck which shipped but good condition
will be utilized home the canning factory good market will
hand the will be we'll
products Of them shipped foreign market
all fruit and vegetable stimulated
the will contribute general the
and industries a San Benito.
Many improvements Are Being Made
recently changed 13 cash. balance and years
per cent interest
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17

$500 to $3.50 Bathing S10.OO
Suits All Reduced to ~IU
Womens hgcass taeta bathing suitsnot great many but
each radically reduced SIS to $3.50 saving is well worth
making especially when the very of bathing suit
you'll enjoy owning Come early you would take advantage
of thSl
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17

15c Striped White Madras AAn
123c Emb. White Swiss. N
123c Linen Fin. Suiting. =. HE
123c Plaid White Lawn. :. W.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17
White COttOnS

w IllN OOtlOIAo army of colored
wash goods and receive their marching or
ders Monday. If you read the following list
of items, giving their original selling price
and the reduced price, you'll certainly find
something you need at big saving. That
means multitude of women will be here
Monday and we will do all in our power to
serve you promptly and faithfully. Here is
the list
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-17

35c White Emb. Swiss. -. A%
25c White Striped Batiste..
SOC and CSC White Madras
25c Fancy Dinities ...... ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03

the bigger of the two Each person
can settle that matter for himself.
The rise of China to the rank of
modern progressive states will absorb a
full century of time because of the
size of the country and the vast popu-
lation involved. But when China be-
comes another but larger Japan it may
be the center of power in this world
will be shifted Europe may lose
ground and even America may be af-
fected. It is well nigh impossible to
measure China's strength when she is
placed on a German or rather on a
Japanese basis.
It is very plain that the Twentieth
century is to be extremely progress
sive and essentially iconoclastic. Vt
will have little respect for the achieve
ments or rather the methods of past
We have seen what its first
decade has unrol1ed before our eyes
and as we enter the second decade we
see additional wonders outlined on the
horizon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
Meeting of Taft and Roosevelt

After a separation of sixteen months
in which time the Ballinger incident
and the rise of insurgency and scores
of other matters had transpired and
been duly discussed "Mr. President"
and Theodore" met by the sea, and 1t
is safe to say at any rate that they
met and parted in warm personal
friendship.
That meeting has rendered the un-
official summer capital at Beverly his
toric, and possibly some painter Will
vet attempt to present it on canvass
No reporter was allowed to present it
full of color on the spot, and no poet,
let us hope. will attempt the task.
Whatever opinions the man from At
RIGA may have entertained about his
successors backbone in relation to this,
that or the other, it is not likely that
this was discussed when the president
and the ex-president met by the sad
sea waves. There were other and
acuter things to talk about and it is
more than probable that the condition
of the G. o. P. as the November cleo
ton approaches was second only to
strictly personal matters.
The meeting settled nothing because
nothing was disclosed to the public.
1t was confidential to the utmost and
not even Senator Lodge is privileged
to say word about it except the most
general meaningless terms.
There was really nothing to be set
tied in a private confab. All aues-
lions of Importance are before the peo-
pie. and the people will go to the polls
early in November to determine them.
When we get the election returns for
members of Congress then we will have
a fairly good idea of the will of the
people on all pending questions, and
we should cultivate patience and
peace therefore just about four months.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
Our Industrial Census

Next to the interest felt in the pop
ulatfon census of Birmingham will be
the interest in the industrial census of
the Birmin CHAM district From a COM
merclal point of view this industrial
census will be of even greater value
than the governments statement of
this city's population.
The work of obtaining the data for
the Industrial exhibit of the district
has just been completed and If the cen
sus bureau at Washington carries out
the broad scheme promised Birmingham
will make a far better showing relative
Iy than it did ten years ago. In the
last census Birmingham, as a manu-
featuring CENTER. suffered by COMPARE
son with some other cities not fifth
as important industrially, because of
the simple fact that most of the large
p1ants were outside of our city limits
With the recent wide extension of Bir-
min gham's boundary lines several blast
furnaces. many foundries and machine
shops, to say nothing of smaller in
birmingham greatest PLAINTIFF Ten
nessee company's Ensley division
while practically inside, is, as matter
of fact, just beyond the line. And al
together, something like -fourths
of the pay roll industries hereabouts
are outside of the city, but within what
proper.
Ten years ago the population enum-
orators took the industrial census as
well. For the new census it has been
different The industrial information
has been, as 1t should be, collected by
expert accountants. These accountants
have been allowed ample time, too.
They began their work last fall and
have applied themselves continuously
until now. 1t is safe to say that the
result of the present system, so far
as the local agents of the census bu-
reau are concerned, will prove highly
| satisfactory to the Chamber of Com
merce and the public generally. Ger
tain 1t is, If the statistics of the Biz
mingham district are tabulated in
Washington, as indicated. this city will
be known more than ever as the
"Pittsburg of the South
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03

and that was taken over. harems and
ALL is on his way to this country to dis
pose of pearls valued at quarter of
million dollars, in order to raise funds
for the improvement OF his people. This
highly modern programme for the de-
scendant of the early head hunter who
conquered the Philippines. one Dyak
Borneo, sounds too benevolent to be true.
Still. the reforming spirit is abroad and
1t we'll may be that the Sultan of the
Midpacific aspires to be the Rockefeller
of his realm and to establish a record
for philanthropy that will get for him a
statue in the capitol rotunda when the
Sulu Islands shall be made a state of
Uncle Sans union.
1t 10 we'll to be chary about the pearls
and to follow the primitive minded Sultan
with more interest in his Interior than
his specific motive for visit to these
shores If he misses the rare opportuni-
ties for exhibiting himself at Coney
Island, he is in fair way to return to
his coral empire-broke.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
SIR JOHN FAsTOLF


From the London Daily News.
I wonder how many Of those who Wis
tied the scene Of the fire in Vine street,
London bridge, on Friday night knew that
the building occupied the.si of the town
house of Sir John Fastolf, the original Of
shakespeare's Falstaff, who in his day
was continual butt for the jests Of the
town and borough of Southwark. Though
he had fought at Agincourt. when Jack
Cade invaded the borough he displayed
great cowardice. When Cade was yet
some way off Fastolf Mad armed and for
tilted his house and garrisoned 1t with
veterans of the French wars. On the ar
rival of Cade. however. he withdrew his
garrison and fed to the tower. leaving
his neighbors to the mercy Of the rebels.
Fastolfs matrimonial adventures seem
also to have been another source Of I'M
popularity, for having married widow
named Scrope he seized her property and
kept his stepson out Of his inheritance
during his own lifetime.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
THE FRAMING "GRIND"
One Reason why Pugilists Seldom Last
Long
tho New York Times.

From the New York Times.
photographs of the pugilist Jeffries be-
fore he began his hard training and now
when he is ready to fight for fortune
and as he thinks, for the glory OF his
race. present a startling contrast. NO TWO
men OF about the same height could De
much more unlike in general appearances
or facial expression than is the JeHries
oe civ months ago and the Jeffries of TO-
day.
The former was a big fellow, distlnctiy
fat all over and as distinctly taking that
good.natured. contented view of the world
which the fat man is supposed always u
take and usually does. The other picture
is also of that big fellow, but II is not
so much his size that impresses one as
his lean, emaciated, drawn look. Inc
cheeks are sunken and furrowed, the lips
are compressed and hint the WEAKNESS
of oyerwork and the eyes say SOMETHING
of main and much of irritation. me
Condition" of the man may be magnifi-
cent. as the experts in his profession say,
and It may be exactly the one required
for making tremendous outpul VI "'
ergy in brief period. 1t is however
a condition obviously pathological, not to
be desired for any except the particular
PURPOSES of pugilism. and conducive
neither to good health not to long life.
The trainers doubtless know their ousi-
ness: but their business is that of pre-
pairing a man to fight once with his fists,
not to live, and their methods, while nee
essarily efficient in the aggregate. are
full of incidental and irrelevant absurd
tiles. Nothing could be more grotesque,
for instance, than their efforts to dry
OUT, the object of their care by depriv-
ing him in these last days Of drinking
water and of baths, and some of their
dietary rules are either useless or harm
full. It is no wonder that the prize fight
ers usually fall into excess when they
s.break training" or that their profess
sional careers are SO short. They are
physically wrecked, not by their fighting
and the trivial injuries suffered in the
ring, but by their methods of preparation
for battle and by the reactions which
inevitably follow. victory or defeat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
The Iron Market

Matthew Addy & Co., of Cincinnati, in
discussing the pig iron market, says:
at is probable the statistics of the
trade will show a, decided change for
the better soon. This will result from
the curtailment of production. Take
an important iron producing center like
Ironton with more than half dozen
large furnace stacks; in a few weeks
there will be only one stack there in
operation. The famous Nellie stack of
the Marting Iron and Steel company
went out for repairs this week. The
stocks on hand are bound to be sharp
ly reduced and the only thing that has
disturbed the market has been too much
iron. When the supply of iron has been
cut to meet the real demands of the
country. as Is now being done, better
times are sure"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
Fayette'S Natural Gas

DR.. Day of the United States geological
survey inspected the field and wells in
Fayette county, and his report shows
that he was favorably impressed by what
he saw. He desires the state and the
government to make unitedly a geological
map of the Fayette field. This no doubt
| Is desirable.
But neither a geological map nor all
the biologists in the world can say what
| lies 400 feet under the surface. -Four
wells have been drilled in Fayette and
they are capable of yielding 100000 feet
of gas daily. Nine more wells are being
drilled. The 10 wells will determine bet
ter than anything else the extent and
value of the new field. We all know
what dry well means, and we should
give equal credenee to producing wells.
The drillers go where the geologists
cannot go. They go down into the close
grained sandstone lying 400 feet below
the surface. Nothing else is of such de-
termining value, and the general public
will know what is in store for Alabama
In general and for this district in par
ticular when returns come in from nine
worthy and competent witnesses of Ala
bama's deep-lying, hidden resources, be-
cause they are in actual touch with those
resources. The outlook could not be
brighter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
Twentieth Century Events


Electricity is wonderful energy. No
one knows what 1t is, but it is not
necessary to know in order to utilize It.
This to be an electricity century and
long before it is ended electricity will
have driven steam into distant corners
and obscure places.
But the conquest of the air belongs
70 this century, as does the Panama
canal. Greater than either of these
great matters will the rise of China
become by the time the century is
rounded up.
II The Nineteenth century brought in
ne civil war. more freedom of thought
ana the rise of Japan. The Twentieth
century will match these great events
With the conquest of the air, the Pan
ANA canal. and the rise of China. 1t Is
cimply impossible to say which trio is
=. -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
THRILLING FEATs IN BASEBALL

George Jean Nathan in Harpers Weekly.
On the afternoon of July 10 of last year,
In the second inning of baseball game
between the mines representing Cleveland
and Boston, played on the grounds of the
former team, Wagner, the first batter for
the visiting team, reached first base on
an error. Stahl, the second batsman,
hunted safely. advancing Wagner to sec
ond base. The next player up" was Nc
Connell. With two strikes and three balls
listed against him and with 10000 specta-
tors tinglng with excitement, the Boston
captain gave the hit and run" signal.
The next ball pitched was met by McCon-
nell's bat with tremendous force and was
driven over second base in a manner that
of the latter nine was playing second.
The moment the leather sphere left Nc
Connells bat the former jumped back of
the base, leaped into the air, caught the
drive with one hand, regained his feet and
touched second base, stepped quickly to
one side and touched stahl with the ball,
and thus made the most thrilling and
spectacular unassisted triple play chron"
iced in the annals of baseball. Balls feat
was the second of its kind ever recorded
in the history of the majoh leagues, the
first having been to the credit of Paul
Hines of the Providence, r. l., team, who
had performed a similar exploit, curious
" enough, against a Boston team thirty
one years before.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
DIAMOND swINDLE
How Clarence King Exposed Scheme and
Saved Mans Reputation

From Edgar Beecher Bronson's IA Man
of East and West in July Century.
At a large dinner at the Pacific Union
Club in San francisco as late as 1891, at
tended by a score of the leading bust
ness men of the city, we'll remember
a remarkable scene In which all Joined
in reclamation and toasting Clarence
King as the savior Of the reputation of
California.
But for King" said one bank presi-
dent, 1.-THE free flow of capital for de-
yeloping- our mineral resources would
have been set back twenty years"
The incident referred to was the ia
nous diamond swindle of 1872 A large
tract near Fort Bridger Wyo., had been
"salted" with crude diamonds. Two
prominent California mining engineers
had examined the diamond field and
reported on 1t favorably. The coast
biazed with excitement, and none the
less because the precise location remained
a carefully guarded secret
From investigations made by James
T. Gardiner. King learned that it lay
within an area already carefully gone
over by his corps of engineers. Sur
prised. but yet unsuspicious, he imme-
diately arranged to visit and study the
field as new source of national wealth
of incalculable value.
Upon examination, however he found
nothing but raw African stones scat
tered loose upon the surface, and mono
in characteristic diamond bearing for
nation. He promptly barred the swindle
to the world. and stopped sale, then
nearly closed, that ran high up in the
millions. Even the crudest and boldest
knew they could not buy of King false
report, but on his return from the field
he was offered one million dollars for the
exclusive use of his information for two
days, which. of course, he rejected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
Freight Rate Reductions

Chairman Knapp says the interstate
commerce commission will not run
amuck" in carrying out its great powers
under the new rate bill. 1t is a conserva-
tive body of men, and it will proceed to
apply the new law in a practical bust
ness-like manner consuming no time that
can be utilized and holding consistently
to principles already defined.
Its reduction in freight rates on the
transcontinental lines at first startled
railroad managers and stockholders, but
the more they study the decisions the
less grounds they find for any charge of
Justice. Some of the transcontnental
roads were charging rates that were
confscatory of other peoples earnings,
from Is to so per cent was ordered 10 be
made
In the long run the commission will
perhaps be able to put an end to the
warfare that has been waged between
the railroads and the people. Although it
has no power to declare what the true
valuation of a railroad is, yet 1t can esti-
mate in a confidential and general way
values in deciding rates, and If 1t acts
wisely and justly it will lay a broad
foundation for peace in the railroad
world. It can in that way place all rail-
road investments on securer footing.
Chairman Knapp's assurance that the
commission will strive in a rate case to
arrive at the facts at the earliest possible,
moment is all the assurance that the pub
lie wants. The commission had already
won the confidence of the country, and
its Pacific coast decisions have in nowise
shaken that confidence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03
DEATHS ALCHEMY

BY william Sidney Walker.
They say that thou vert lovely on thy
bier.
More lovely than in life; but when the
OF earth was loosed, It seemed as
though a pail
OF years were lifted, and thou didst ap-
Such as Of old amidst thy homes calm
sphere
Thou sat'st. kindly presence felt by
all
In Joy or grief from morn to evening
fall,
The peaceful genius of that mansion dear.
Was it the craft of all persuading love
That wrought this marvel? Or is death
indeed
A mighty master. gifted from above
With alchemy benign, to wounded hearts
Ministering thus by quaint and subtle
arts,
Strange comfort, wherein after thought
may feedf
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03

was struck with the truth of Miss KEEL
ler's assertion-'No one can be taught
to write One can learn to write If he
has it in him.
Reference was made in that little dis
cussion in Sundays paper to Herbert
Spencer's brochure on the Philosophy of
Style and in that connection l would
venture to remark that no student of
English should fail to read this essay.
Spencer's ten large volumes under the
general title of Synthetic Philosophy
are read only by men and women of acute
intellect or by those who affect to be
metaphysical or deep But no high school
boy or girl could fail to find pleasure and
profit in reading Spencers Philosophy
of Style The essay is bound in flexible
cover and sells for 80 cents. Under the
same cover are appended notes, at once
suggestive and helpful. The distinguished
author, in note A, says what especially
impresses me: Young writers are prone
to reject the idioms of their mother
tongue, and frequently prefer to gather
up that scum of foreign phrases that
floats SO abundantly upon the surface
of bad composition and degenerate Ian
guage And then he goes on to say that
no better author can be recommended
for the study of pure English idioms than
John Henry Newman. who is universally
acknowledged the greatest master of
prose living
THAT was written many years ago.
Newman has been dead for some time
hut no one has risen UP since his day
who is quite in his class. newman
Apologize is perhaps his most widely
read work, but If one wishes to dip into
single volume for Newman's STYLE as
a study, I would say read either the
story. Loss or CAIN or Sermons
Preached on Various Occasions
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-03

II expect to return to Birmingham
filled with shoe and foot science said
d. Rich before his departure for Bos-
ton last night to spend a couple OF
weeks. Next Tuesday l am to at
tend a scientific demonstration arrang-
ed by the Soross shoe manufacturers
at which particular attention will be
given to every part and the most
minute construction of their 'prescrip-
tion last
Friday the stetson Shoe Co. will
have at it's factory many dealers from
all sections of the country before whom
object lessons in shoe making and cor
rect fitting will be given and explana-
lions made by expert makers and fit
tiers. shall certainly avail myself OF
the rare opportunity offered by these
great shoe manufacturers"