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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22
SKELETON IS DATED 1000 3. c
Remains Of Man Packed In Box at
Kings College, oxfond-surseon
to Place Parts Together.

In a small box packed safely away
In a room at Kings college, Oxford,
are the remains of prehistoric man.
Every bone and portion is marked and
catalogued in order, and within the
next few days well-known London
surgeon Is to undertake the delicate
operation Of piecing the figure togeth-
sr. This prehistoric man was one of
the discoveries made by the little
band Of explorers who have just re-
turned from Egypt after FIVE months
tour on behalf Of the fund. Accord
Ing to experts, the discovery dates
from q period earlier than 5000 or
1000 B. G. The explorers and native
workmen were digging at Abydos,
Upper Egypt, about nine miles from
the Nile, when they found an oval
crouch" grave in the sand It was
a figure on its left side. doubled up.
with the knees to the chin. It proved
to be the skeleton of q man in fine
state of preservation. Abydos IL
really huge cemetery. Experts aver
1t has been used as . burying place
for all time The surface is now Of
sand. When this ID scraped away
the blackened bricks of the Romans
are revealed; underneath lie the
burials of the eighteenth dynasty,
1900 or 1000 years B. c., and further
down are the burial places of the pre-
historic period. At the present day
the Arabs use the spot as q cemetery.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22
| Eek OF BUSINESS ABILITY
leader in Municipal Art League 10
Shown Where He 10 Deficient by
Well-to-Do Citizen.

II suppose" said the man who was
active in the Municipal Art League,
Won would not think of permitting
anyone to bring into your house pic
tire of a woman in tights"
OF course shouldn't" replied tho
weil-to.do citizen.
You are not in favor of doing any.
thing that would have tendency to
spread immortality, either, are you?
That is to say, YOU would not permit
anybody to hang signs upon your
porch advertising questionable resorts.
would your"
Certainly not! l cannot understand
why you should ask me such absurd
questions"
You see, have just learned you are
the owner OF the vacant lot in the mid
ole Of the next block-the one on
which there is a big billboard with =
picture OF an almost nude female and
an advertisement Of q place that the
police have had to close several times
during the past few months. suppose
you get paid for permitting the bill
board to remain there, do you not?"
Say, you fanatics who have this
city beautiful bug make me tired. The
trouble with you Is that none Of you
have any more idea about business
than Tom cat You'll have to excuse
me now; I'm busy. Run along and see
II you can't start scare by discoverin'
q naked wall somewhere"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22

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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22
Tho Value Of Solitude.

A population may be too crowded.
though all be amply supplied with
food and raiment. 1t is not good for
man to be kept perforce at all times
In the presence of his species 4
world from which solitude Is ex.
tirpated is a very poor ideal Soil.
tude. in the sense of being often alone,
is essential to any depth of media.
ton, or of character; and solitude in
the presence of natural beauty and
grandeur Is the cradle of thoughts and
aspirations which are not only good
for the individual. but which society
could Ill do without.-Jchn Stuar;
Mill
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22
Mere Matter Of Speed.

The Reading Railways lawyer was
cross-examining negro woman who
had sworn that she saw a train nit
a milk wagon whose bandaged driver
had just testified. No, she had not
heard the engine blow any whistle
whatsoever.
How near were you to the trainr r
the lawyer asked her sharply.
She didn't know exactly. 1t might
have been so far and It might have
been a little further.
But how far?" the lawyer per
sisted. "A mile or a square or whatf
How long would 1t have taken you to
walk the distancer
"Suh," the witness replied, haughti.
ly, dat would depend entirely on my
speed
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22
THE LATEST KANSAS MAP
You Can Get One Free by Writing
to the Weekly Capital.

~ Wv " SSNAJ
For the purpose of securing quickly new
subscribers to the Great Kansas newspaper,
the Kansas Weekly Capital, that paper has
made arrangements to give away 5000 of the
famous Willsden Official Wall Map of Kan
sas, which is now the latest and best map of
Kansas to be had at any price. 1t is 2x3
feet in size, Autographed in six colors, on the
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and controlled exclusively by the Weekly
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Send so cenrs and get this fine map and
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years. Address Weekly Capital, Topeka,
Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Serial No, o365o.

Serial No, o365o.
First Published Nov. 10 IoIol
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Dodge City, KS.
November, 2, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that George Craw-
ford, of Fowler, Kansas, who on December
Is, 1905 made Homestead entry 24773 Serial
No. o365o for VIZ NW4 NJ SWA Sec
ton 20 Township 81 Range 20, 6 p meridian
has filed notice of intention to make final
five years Proof to establish claim to the
land above described, before Clerk of Dis
trict Court of Meade county Kansas at Meade
Kansas on the 70 dry of December 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John o. Keith, of Meade Kansas
Emery Veatch, of Fowler Kansas
John Heap, of Fowler Kansas
Gus Ones. of Fowler, .
Not coal land. H. F. Milikan,
Register.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22

The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the
less the danger from pneumonia and other
serious diseases. Mr.. B. w. L. Hall, OF
Waverly, Va. says; 81 firmly believe Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy to be absolutely the
best preparation on the market for colds.
have recommended it to my friends and
they all agree with me-" For sale by all
dealers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22

When your feet are wet and cold, and
your body chilled through and through from
exposure, take big dose Of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, battle your feet in hot
water before going to bed, and you are al
most certain to ward off a severe cold. For
sale by all dealers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22
eurIesque Wedding Guests.

Poulbot, Paris caricaturist, having
determined upon so commonplace a
step as getting married, decided that
he would be married in no common.
place way. He asked all his friends
to the wedding, but there was a sine
qua non condition attached to the In
vestigation. You had to go with a
"made-up head" or you would not be
admitted. Preferably you we're re-
quested to make up as a country
cousin at a village wedding. Some
guests arrived as ancient peasants,
others az village idiots. There were
several blum sQuires and rural elderly
gentlemen with means, a number Of
retired ofncers and exuberant uncles
from the south, besides fierce military
gentlemen from the hottest stations
Of Algeria. The only persons who
wore their natural physiognomies were
the couple most concerned. They had
drawn the line at making up them
selves as a burlesque bride and q
comic bridegroom.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22

He believes in making himself
heard on all possible oocasionS."
Does he speak up brtskly when
contributions are called lori"
wall u-o-o- hA doAan't"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-22
Wac Bound to Come.

Esmeralda-What deliciously
light, funny, airy affair that is!
Gwendolin-Yes, this is my aviation
costume; my going up gown, you
know.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
THEY ALL DEMANDIr.
IrVingtOn Like Every City and Town in
the Union receives Il

People with kidney ills want to he
cured. When one suffers the fortunes of
an aching back, relief is eagerly sought
for. There are many remedies today
that relieve but do not cure Here is
evidence 60 prove that Doans Kidney
Pills cure, and tn cure is lasting.
George w. Mills, Lang's place, Freder-
icksburg, Va, says: Il think lust as
highly OF Doan's Kidney Pills today as |
did when publicly recommended them
in 1907 The cure they effected in nv
case has been permanent suffered from
kidney complaint for a long time and I
was unable to get relief from the many
remedies tried. My back ached intense
ly and was often so weak that | could
scarcely get up after sitting for any
length of time. At night my rest was
badly broken and this had n bad effect
on my health. The kidney secretions
were also too frequent in passage, and
do what might, ! was unable to get
relief. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills highly
recommended, / obtained a supply.
They cured me and my back has been
str3ng and free from pain since
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster Aliiburn Co.. Buffalo. New York
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the nGme-Doan's-aud
take no other
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
DO you WANT A DAILY?

We cannot get you out daily news
paper from Irvington. We have copy
enough-and ability enough, if I'VE do
say it'-but the patronage does not
warrant it. 1t costs US 81 a year now
Tor every paper we print, and but for
the liberal advertising patronage our
subscribers could not get what thew do
for STA year.
But we have made arrangement bv
which our readers can get daily if
they want it, and one that will suit
their fancy and advocate our country
people : causes; we refer to the Rich
mcRd Virginia las some daily competi.
tors see fit to call it ''Dr. Cannon s
new daily paper" The price of il is
81 per year. Any new subscriber to
the VIRGINIA CITIZEN sending us 81
Will get both papers for year: or apv
present paid up subscriber to the CrTI-
ZEN who sends us SO will have the
Richmond virginian sent to him daily
for year.
We are not much on clubbing"
propositions, but this is one that will
open the door more fully to our people
in the way of keeping posted. Now.
who will be the first?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
PEACE ON THE RIVER.
champion Monitor.)


Reports come from the public oyster
beds of James river at length that al
is at peace. This is indeed most graft.
tying and encouraging. For the past
three months the atmosphere has been
full of threats, and unrest has been mani
fest upon all sides.
On last Monday Surveyor Ruediger
completed running some of the most
important lines and set about at once
placing permanent buoys to mark these
boundaries. With these lines run the
work will stop until some time next
spring. 1t is eminently satisfactory to
all parties concerned. the Commission.
the tongers and the planters, that the
work cease for the winter at this point.
Mr., Ruediger as an unbiased party to
the affair had an excellent opportunity
to feel the pulse of the people in the
Brown Shoals neighborhood, and in
Hampton few nights since he took oc-
casion to express the general satisfac-
ton that prevailed among all the people.
What was storm of protest some
months ago is today peaceful zephyr.
The secret of this success is that the
Commission has done the right thing
and has hurried up about doing it.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
FISH AND OYsTEp NOTES.

Virginia continues to produce greater
abundance of oysters than in previous
years. Prices remain low.
State Commission of Fisheries has
made it's annual report to the Gov
ernor, offering no recommendation
because no legislature will convene
this winter.
oystermen here recently from the
Rappahannock rocks were a unit in say
ing our oysters were more plentiful and
better culled than for years. Patent
tong plants were last week selling for
SIS cents.
A well known and extensive producer
OF oysters in Virginia has been seek
ing an outlet for the surplus stock
throughout the West. Heretofore
they have confined themselves to Balti-
more business. IN. Y. Fishing Gazette
The Harland & Hollingsworth Com
pany, of Wilmington, Del, has con-
tracted for the construction of fishing
steamer for the C. E. Davis Company.
OF Reedville, Va The new craft will
have wooden hull and will be l55 feet
long, q feet beam and II feet depth of
hold.
North Carolina is to hold a State
Oyster Convention on December 2Sth.
with banquet at might The object is
to consider a revision of the oyster
laws Of that State, somewhat after
Virginia's plan. Hon. w. Mcdonald
Lee and Hon. S. Wilkins Matthews. of
the Virginia Commission, are invited
guests. the former being booked" for
an address.
Our oystermen shipped last Monday
1000 barrels and sacks of oysters.
The R. r Co., to meet the demands of
the increase in business, has added two
men to their force in Office and three
to that on wharf, and has the tug and
monitor of Mr.. w. M. Needles in its
employ. Schooner Nye also is loading
here with 5000 bushels of oysters for
New York.-Chincoteague Corr. En-
terprise.
MessSs. Bramble & Cameron have
opened up an oyster-shucking business
IN the oyster house of Mr.. G. v. Wag-
men at Burton's wharf. The in
junction granted by Judge C. 8. Jones,
upon the petition of citizens of lower
Middlesex several weeks ago in the
matter OF the proposed fish factory at
Ruark's, was filed in the clerks office
at Saiuda Wednesday and the required
bond executed. 1t is understood that
the advocates of the factory will make
adetermined fight. which means an
interesting litigation. Sen
tinel.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
WEST POINT CADETsHIp.

Congressman w. A. Jones has been
requested by the War Department to
nominate legally qualified candidate
for appointment as Cadet at the u. S.
Military Academy from the First Con-
gressional District of Virginia to sue
coed J. N. Smith, Jr., the present in
cumhent, who will soon finish his
course of study at that institution. Mr..
Jones will make his recommendation as
the result of competitive examination
which he has arranged to have held at
the College of William & Mary. Will
liamsburg. Virginia. on Tuesday. the
goth of this month. All persons desir-
ing to take this examination should
communicate with the Hon. w. a
Jones, House of Representatives. Wash
ington, ID. c. Applicants must be
actual residents of the First District
and not under IL nor over % wears of
age. The successful candidate must
report Tor entrance examination on the
second Tuesday in January next at such
place as the War Department NAV
designate.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
DOINGs IN CONGRESS.

The House has been dubbed the ..bun.
dred thousand a minute" House be.
cause for Slt hours it spent $IOO. 600 a
minute in appropriations. No spend.
thrift ever disposed of money quite &c
fast as this short session of Congress
is doing.
President Taft has appointed
Associate Justice Edward Doug
las White, of Louisiana, of the Supreme
Court of the United States, chief of that
tribunal. The new chief Justice is not
only southern man but q Democrat.
The president has also appointed an
other southern democrat to the Su-
preme Court bench in the person of
Joseph r. Lamar.
Senator Claude A. Swanson. Vir-
ginia's new Senator, has received his
committee assignments. He is on Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds. Education
and Labor, Library and Expositions'
These are all important places. and
they give the new Senator an opportu-
nifty to get in some excellent work for
his State. Senator Swanson said to the
correspondent that he
was well pleased with his appoint
ments.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
DIR. CANNON THEIR TARGET NOW

Isn't it a mite unfair in til.
Richmond Journal to be assun.
ing, and assuming, that DIR. Can
non is Sin league" with the polit.
ical Organization. or ina
chine, which it charges is con.
trolling the State?
The Doctor is amply able to
take care of himself, and has
given back ingood allowance the
thrusts numerous papers and
people drive at him, and still
holding his own. 1t has been
clearly demonstrated that no
one of them is his equal in solid
retort, else he would long ago
havegone under. For this reason,
us much as any other, he needs
no help from such lesser scribes
AS we, among whom he has a
host OF endorsers. There have
been many things of disagree
ment between the Organization
and DIR. James Cannon, Jr., and
this paper and its editor do not
always find themselves in line
with him. We're there agreement
on all things, it stands that DR..
Cannon had absorbed and was
leading the so-called organiza.
ton. (This the Journal and its
co-thinkers will demur to, since
they claim the Organization" is
running things.) The reverse
could nOtbe any more erroneous
that the Organization" had
absorbed DR.. CannOn-for that
eminent gentleman will not per,
init the absorbing act. He APP,
pears TO be n thinker and a doex
for himself.
But, pshawl what's the use in
arguing? "You can't reason wild
a mule, and if You know any
mule more mulish or stubborn
than our friends who are suffer
ing with the ''phobia" of ''ma,
chine and Organization, We
would like TO lay eyes on him
face foremost. The machine
and DIR. Cannon (if you Will have
it 500, are in majority with the
Democrats of Virginia today:
and our honest Virginia Demo.
cratic majority are never wrong.
This was in evidence when DR..
Cannon was with the ''organiza-
ton i'll electing Judge Mann and
when he was not with it in elect
ing Congressman Swanson.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16

NEWPORT News is to have =
farmers gathering on the 18th
Rusticus will be shown the grea,
sights of our ship-building CITY
and Santa Claus in all his bios
som and furs will be paraded
This is good. Our Virginia cities
can, and should, offer advantages
to rural buyers equal to northern
cities-where most of our trade
has been going. Not a small
virtue of the drawing tie between
Virginia points up the bay and
the Norfolk-NewpOrt News sec
ton, growing out of the close,
association of the past five wears
IN oyster administration. has
been the fact that Virginians with
northern trade proclivities have
learned to know these cities and
Richmond better, spending tens
of thousands of dollars in Vir.
ginla centres that would have
otherwise gone north.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
In Chancery and on attacbront

~
In Chancery and on attachment.
The object of this suit is to have ar
attachment against the estate of L. M.
irving TO secure and enforce the nav.
ment of claim due to said William L,
Messlck by certain note for one thons.
and dollars Isl, 200. 0O) dated June DIST
1909, and payable twelve months afte,
It's date. And an attachment having
been returned executed and the defend,
ants l.. Nj. Irving and Orah II. Bussells
not having been served with a cow al
the attachment or with process in this
suit, and an affidavit having been made
and filed that the said defendants +. Ar
Irving and Orah> H. Bussells. are NOT
residents of the State of Virginia il i
ordered that they do appear here within
hfteen days after due publication hereof
and do what may be necessary to pro.
tect their interest in this suit. And Il
is further ordered that a COPY hereof
be published once week for four sue.
cessive weeks in the VIRGINIA CITIZEN.
a newspaper published in the County OF
Lancaster, and that COPY be posted Al
the front door of the courthouse. of This
county on the 9Th day of December. 1910.
that being the next succeeding rule dav
after this order was entered. u
A copy-Teste:
VIM. Chiffon, Clerk.
L. VI NEWELL, p. q.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
CRISP NEWS.

By the new census it is seen these
United States exceed the ninety million
population mark that was predicted.
Lynchburg ''wets'' won by IS ma
jority out of total vote of 2. 65s. The
"drys" will contest on the ground of
wholesale illegal registering of voters
by the 'wets'' The "drys" were
derelictin not having their voters quail
fy, about four hundred having failed to
do so.
Calvary, the negro agitator who
maintains that he is prophet from
Abyssinia and has stirred up intense
race feeling in Albemarle and Louisa.
after hiding for two weeks, returned a
few days ago and resumed his teaching.
He was apprehended by mob who
thrashed him soundly with riding whips
and barrel slaves aad then put on a
train after exacting promise from
the imposter that he would never come
back.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
POLITICAL.

There nowl The great Woodrow
Wilson has got the "swelled head'' and
IS going to scrap with his Democratic
legislature.
1t is now said that Representative
w. A. Jones will not make contest
Tor the seat Of either Senator Martin
or Senator Swanson.
Governor Mann's reply to MIR. Tucker
IS conclusive and so convincing that we
are sure Mr.. Tucker is glad the Govern
or did not comply with his request to
call an extra session of the Legisla-
ture. Newport News Times-Herald.
1t is being published in papers
throughout the State "that a political
faction is being formed in Norfolk for
the purpose of taking charge of the
politics of the State" The Landmark
Is incorrectly quoted as having first
published. it. The CITY is not
seci lhg to annex the State; nor is there
any political faction here working with
mot ceJtct in view. Norfolk Land
r.,rk.
Niriin, Swanson, Tucker. Jones and
" arm for the Senate and Il. c.. Stuart
Tor Governor, are possibilities in the
next election which is long time off.
fucker was defeated for the nomina-
ton in the recent gqbernatorial cam
paisn and he stands pretty good
SHOW TO win this time if he comes out
as candidate. but as to the Senate
We have our doubts. AS to Stuart we
doubt the advisabiIity of his running
for Governor and do not approve of
him As to the Senate, the present
ineum6euts we think are all right
a. d will make better men in this posi-
ion than either Governor Mann, Tuck
~ or Jones. -Beuna Vista Times.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16

SPEAKING of the high cost OF
living, a tidewater exchange is
inclined to agree with a food
scientist that one can live ON
seventeen cents a day. Says our
contemporary: docs it occur
to the reader that the price of
fish and oysters have aot mate
rally advanced in the last 25
years? Today one can get the
best oysters scheaply as ever in
the oysters history. We think
that one could live on seventeen
cents per day and include occa.
sionally "a fine dish of oysters"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16

There are many who remember
how badly we're our public schools
once conducted, and who now
recognize the wonderful improve
ment-despite the handicap yet
IN somecounties that do not have
the best men in management. To
such the public utterance of Sem
ator Swanson, found on our
first page, will be read with a
great deal of interest. This in
terview Is from a recent issue of
the Virginia Journal of Educa-
ton.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-16
SQAT K0IES.

steamer Lancaster ran ashore near
Arnold's Wharf. some distance below
Fredericksburg, last Thursday morning
while going up the Rappahannock.
She was floated early Sunday morning
by tug, sent there for that purpose,
and proceeded directly to Baltimore.
Steamer Tivola was put in her place
and made the Fredericksburg trip, re-
turning to Baltimore Wednesday morn
ing. The passengers were kept on
board Thursday and Friday. The
officers did all they could to make them
comfortable and furnished delightful
meals during the whole time without
charge.