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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-06-09
Phone M. F. Martin for ice.
Native Seed Barley.
MEADE GRAIN & SEED Co.

have S fine trail hound pups for
sale. James White, 8 miles north
and 3 east of Plains, Kans. 22t2*
We are headquarters for Fresh
Bulk Garden Seeds.
MEADE GRAIN & SEED Co.
r. A. Hostler of Plains was a
Meade visitor Wednesday. Mr..
Hostler made this Office a pleas
ant call.
Parties wishing to figure on
the XI hay contract will please
write to John E. Roberts, Miles,
Kansas. 21t2
McMeel has full line of mems
Poros Knit underwear in 2 piece
and union suit so cts and $I.oo,
also Nainsook B. V. ID. underwear
athletic style and sleeping suits
R. II. Worman's nephew, Ern-
est Norman of Kansas City,
Missouri, came in this week and
and will remain during harvest.
Mr.. Norman has been in the Of
flee of a furniture manufacture
ing concern.
The year book for 1909, pub
lished by the Department of
Agriculture, is now ready for
distribution. Any person desir-
ing one of these books will be
gladly supplied as long as my al,
lotment lasts, Please drop me a
card at Washinston, D, C. if you
want one of the books.
E. H. MADISON, M. C.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-06-09
EAST SIDE ITEMS
7 miles east of Meade.

The writer has been too busy this
week to gather many items.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gates have returned
from their visit to Stafford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Osburn spent Sum
day with their son, Herbert.
Mr.. Elmer Norman spent Sun
day with his sister, Mrs. Smith.
Mr.. D. B. NOVEL; and family en-
| joyed Sunday with Arthur Randolph.
Miss Lula Randolph is spending
few days visiting her brothers,
Orie and Arthur.
Not so many out to Christian En-
deavor Sunday evening, but an in
teresting meeting was held just the
same.
Mr.. Jim Hough spent Friday
night at VanHousens'. Jim is able
to be up after couple of weeks of
sickness.
Some of the men of the vicinity
are working the roads on Bennett
Street. We are glad to see the work
being done.
Mr.. Roy Gates and Howard Drin-
men, accompanied by the Misses
VanHousen, were out auto riding
Sunday afternoon.
Quite a number of singers gather
ed at the school house Wednesday
evening to practice singing for the
Children's Day exercises, which will
be held next Sunday at the Lake
view schoolhouse. There will be
all day services. Everyone invited.
Come and bring your dinner. Sun
day school before dinner and the
exercises after dinner.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-06-09

Prairie hav for sale, loose or
baled. If H. N. Holderman.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21
BROOKLYN LAWYER NOW
HEAD OF NEW YORK POLICE
Mayor 0aynor Gusts w. '. Baker and
Appoints James c. Cropsey-other
Changes Made Too.


NEW YORK. Oct 21.--Police Com,
missioner W. F. Baker resigned yes
terday afternoon after three brisk
talks with Mayor Gaynor. In Bakers
place the mayor put James c. Crop
sey, a personal friend and Brooklyn
lawyer. little known to the politicians.
Frederick ii. Bugher. first deputy
commissioner, handed in his resigna-
ton an hour or two before Commits
sioner Baker let go. To succeed him
the mayor named Clement j. Drlscoll
who. as commissioner of weights and
measures, had been forcing shopkeep-
ers TO honest courses.
Charles w. Kirby. the second depu.
ty, did not observe the formality OF
penning a resignation. but the mayor
aware of Kirby's attitude, dispensed
with the paper and appointed as his
successor, William j. Flynn. who has
been chief OF the secret service In
this city for IL years.
Immediately after the new execu-
tives Of the department had convinc-
ed the clerks and door-tenders at
police headquarters that they were
not practical jokers, and that the
Baker administration was actually
over, they sat down to their jobs.
William j. Flynn said his call to
once was sudden but that his resigna.
ton as head OF the local secret
bureau would be on its way to Wash
ington last night. AS second deputy
commissioner he will have charge OF
the detective bureau.
The changes, while long expected,
came with on abruptness not I'M
familiar since Mayor Gaynor took of.
fee. 1t had been expected that the
mayor, following the disagreement
between Commissioner Baker and
Acting Mayor Mitchell. while Mr.. Gay
nor was convalescing at st. James
from his wound, would make changes
In the department and there was
come surprise that he did not act
earlier. But the mayor was not ready
then and smoothed the matter over
until he was ready TO act
Mayor Gaynor. In his letter to Mr.
Cropsey, says:
so that you may fully understand
the objects I have in view, ! state to
you the most important of the grad
ual processes by which they have been
developed and carried out since Jan
1. They have been In large degree
educational TO the force, and there
fore had TO be developed gradually"
The first OF these, the mayor says
was 10 teach the members of the po
lice force to be law-abiding them
selves and the second to teach them
that they must treat citizens respect
fully. The third step was to enter
on a gradual reduction Of petty and
needless arrests and the fourth the
enforcement OF the liquor tax law IL
the way provided therein. Fifth, he
says, the systematic effort was begun
and is still in progress to stop the
collection OF graft.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21

NO. 2 CHIFFONIER, same con-
struction, same finish. same
choice OF woods as the No.
dresser. The top measures 2ox32
inches. mirror i6x20 inches. Reg
ular price OF this piece s29. Sale
price H1S.S5.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21
English Horribly Misspoke"

LIGHTNING-If you want TO speak
OF lightning by using the verb. do
you say IT'S lightninging' Or do you
say ITS iightnin' Or do you
avoid the verb altogether by talking
about flashes OF lightning? The verb
is really Tighten" and the other parts
OF II are Tightening" and frightened
The noun form seems TO be u contrac-
ton OF the present participle. Add.
son wrote, 1T lightens.r Nowadays
We should say 1T is tightening" just
as We say 1T is raining or 1T is
showing"
LAUNDER-This word. too, con.
fuses many good people. Your clothes
are not ''laundried." no matter what
the laundryman may say. Clothes az
"laundered," by laundering" pro
cess.
INVITE-An associate editor OF the
Standard Dictionary says that the use
OF Invite" for Invitation" Is AN init
crate collokuialism. bordering on vul-
garity." Now we do not believe that
you will want to use II any longer.
LOAN-We criticised this word once
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21

before. but We are forced to repeat our
criticism, because we still hear people
using IL as a verb. We must insist
that loan" is a noun, and that the
verb form is lend" When you want
loan" some kind friend lends
you the money. He does not loan"
II. To loan thing Is almost as bad
as TO ask for q lend
LOTS--We ind II difiicult, however
TO grow indignant about this word. We
use II lot and We know lots Of other
people who use II. But critics say
that we should say much" or many
or "a great many" and they're prob
ably right.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21
WEAK AND DISEASED HEARTS
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Treatment for heart disease, short
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every afflicted person. a $3.50 treat
ment. The worst cases usually soon
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| 20 years extensive research and re-
markable success In treating various
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of his treatment that no offers all sick
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Certainly nothing could be moro
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selves of this liberal offer. as they
may never have such an opportunity
again. Delays are dangerous. No
death comes more suddenly than that
from heart disease.
Mr.. w. J. Critics. Ludington, Mich.
cured after 4 physicians failed Mr. Geo.
Lee, Maxwell. Ia. Mr.. Il. w. Runyan.
Spencer Iowa. and Mrs. Emma Scheier.
Maize. Kan each cured after physi-
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Mrs j. r. Baldwin, Mulberry Grove.
Ills, cured after failed. Cures from
your state sent on request. Many cured
after 8 to 20 physicians had pronounced
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Send to DR.. Franklin Miles, Dept.
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21
BOOKS

Fighting With Fremont" by Ever
EFT Mcneil. This story tells how Cal
ifornia was won for the union and OF
the part played in the winning by
John C. Fremont and other heroes OF
'46. These historic events are inter
woven around the adventures Of a
young boy, Thure Conroyal, who &C
companies Fremont and his hardy
band OF trappers and hunters into the
wilderness OF the north, and who wit
nesses the dramatic meeting Of Capt.
Fremont and Capt. Gillespie near the
shores of Lake Klamath. Thure Is
nearly killed IN the night attack by
the Klamath Indians that followed
this meeting; he takes part In the
big fight at the Indian village and
shares In all the dangers and hard
ships Of the perilous return through
= hostile Indian country back to Cali
fornta; he is then present at the cap
ture OF Arce's horses, the raising or
he Bear flag at Sonoma, and other
historic events in the California con-
quest. Thure is finally captured by q
Mexican desperate, and rescued by
the famous Kit Carson in time TO en-
ter Monterrey with Fremont, who
1nds that town in possession of the
United States marines. with the stars
and Stripes floating in the air and four
American warships anchored In the
harbor. The reading of this book will
give anyone a better knowledge Of
some of the men and many OF the
events that halted to build this ma
lions present greatness.
(E. p. Dutton & Co., New York:
Macauley's and Sheehan's, Detroit)
"The Other Sylvia" In The Other
Sylvia Nina Rhodes tells a delight
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21
Importers OFFER To Settle.

WASHINGTON, Oct. GA large
number OF importers in New York
city. panic-stricken at the federal gov.
ernment's prosecution OF the Duveens
and the general etiiEv4ity Of the customs
authorities, have gone TO Collector
Loeb with admissions that they have
profited through undervaluations and
have offered 10 make restitution pro.
vided their names are withheld and
no criminal proceedings instituted
The treasury officials are reticent in
regard TO these new cases, but &C.
knowledge that the total amount In.
volved Is large.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21

8. ID. Williams, Democratic candi
date for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will
open his campaign In Detroit Friday
night. The details OF the meeting
have not been arranged. While he
declines to give out details. It Ia
known that he will take up the lead
ing state issues of taxation and ex
travagance.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21
loice of the above four pieces $l4.25

NO. DRESSER, Is genuine mahogany.
golden oak or birds eye maple This piece is
the same size quality and finish as the NO
/. but has pattern French plate mirror IN
stead OF the oval. Actually worth SzeeV.
Sale price. sf4.25.
No. CHIFFONIER. This piece can be
furnished in golden quarter sawed OAK, gen,
matches exactly the No Dresser. The tot
let top IL fitted with "A pattern French plate
mirror, The finish and construction Is the
same as above mentioned pieces. Sale price,
SIa.2S
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21

sets in motion a most surprising chain
OF circumstances that bring an i'm
mense amount Of Joy to herself and
many others. II Is the ninth volume
of the Brick House Books" and one
OF the very best of the lot.
tLothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.. Bos-
ton; Macauley's and Sheehan's. De-
troit.)
Max" Katherine Cecil Thurstone
essays another adventure in liter
AZURE In the form Of the novel under
this name. II has many OF the char
acteristfcs to be expected from the au-
thor OF The MasqueraderN and THE
Gambler" The scene of the story
shifts about Europe from west 10
east, and the heroine herself Is of
imagination very largely compact.
though the plot itself In the larger
sense. centers around two men Of re-
marKbafy striking resemblance to each
other, so that they are difficult to be
told apart. and circumstances force
them to change roles In and out, and
altogether furnish the writer with a
new version OF two Dromios and other
stories OF mistaken identity. but. usu-
ally, in view OF the countries through
which the story runs. leaves little
place for the comic. Max" is inter-
esting and written with a great deal
of power.
(Harper's. New York; Macauley's
and Sheehan's. Detroit)
The Steering Wheel" Is new
book by Robert Alexander Watson,
with illustrations by Paul ]. Meylan
1t is an English story, that Is. with
an English setting and possesses the
usual uncle and nephew at outs with
each other. with lordly property In
the background. Dick, the nephew. is
a breezy sort OF hero. who has a great
love for his dog. Mulligan. who might
very properly be called the real hero
Of the story. Mulligan is bulldog
that. during the absence Of Dick. has
been sadly neglected. along with the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21

balance OF the property. The coming
OF Dick is signal for a general
awakening. A briskly original love
story makes the chief interest OF the
book. 1t is we'll worth reading.
(Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis:
Sheehan's and Macauley's. Detroit)
My Brothers Keeper Charles
Tenny Jackson, author Of The Day
of Souls" continues his work In this
new volume, not on the lines of the
former one, but quite out of the or
binary story. for the man who domin-
ates II Is regarded by others at times
as criminal. as an actor, as a mad
man and an impossible creature. He
outrages what they hold sacred. and
yet he has the power or force to
awaken in the immediate circle of his
friendship such a sense of the beauty
OF the world as to perform after all
the excellent service OF waking them
up IN spfrft. He is spoken ofas a
sort OF epitome Of America, as a cru
chile OF nations, and at the same time
the hope of the world. The idea OF
the author is very comprehensive, the
working out OF that idea displays much
ability, and Is of interest TO those
whose tastes run to the unusual In the
line of novel writing.
(Bobbs- Merrill Co.. Indianapolis:
Macauley's and Sheehan's, Detroit.)
Harmon Polls" by Maarten Mar
tens. The novel depicts a brief crisis
in the life OF a young Dutch peasant.
The man in question. after an unevent-
full boyhood, suddenly finds his whole
future imperilled by legitimate claim
upon his fathers farm. In his reso-
lutte efforts to rescue the property he
encounters SO much long-hidden in
iquity that he loses his belief in his
father, In HIS mother and his God.
He successfully RECEIVERS faith. and,
arrested on the brink OF an abyss into
which he seemed innocently falling,
he achieves. accidentally, as II were
the two qualities which alone make
life worth living. the qualities OF pity
and love.
The picture OF Jennie Polls and her
son. Harmon. shows the wonderful
power OF human characterization
which has made the authors reputa-
ton. The book gives the very spirit
of Holland, and should be read by all
lovers of good fiction.
John Lane Co., New York: Macau-
ley's and Sheehan's. Detroit.)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21

"The Other Sylvia" In The Other
Sylvia" Nina Rhodes tells delight
ful story Of eight-year-old Sylvia. who
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21

NO. DRESSER in quartered golden oak, gen
uine man ogany birds eye maple. All are
hand poll shed and rubbed. The top measures
21x42 inches IL Is fitted with French beveled
plate mirror c2x2s inches style IL high grade
In every respect and actually worth SIS. Sale
price, e1A25.
NO. CHIFFONIER. This chinonier can De
furnished in the choice OF woods as above
dresser. The top measures 20x32 inches IL Is
fitted with French Plate mirror. The finish
and work manshp absolutely the best Ac-
tually worth t26 Sale price eI4.25.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21

who VIII send s2.S0 Worth of Special
Treatment and New Book Free.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
THE BOY PROBLEM.
Paper Read by Rev. q. N. Hyde at
Methodist Ministerial Conference
Held at Milbank, Dec. Z and 3.

o0OeS -
"The boy problem" or how to reach
and hold the boy from 10 to 20 in
Sunday school work. There is but
one greater problem, and that is how to
reach men, solve the one, and you will
in q great measure, have solved the
other. The question is q comparative
~ new one, and there are few statis-
tics to draw from as to the progress
made in former years. Boys are not
al bad nor all gOod-tOday; and
there are those who maintain that the
hoy of today will compare favora-
bly, with the boy of the past.
/ do not claim to have solved the
problem. l am somewhat like the
Sunday school superintendent who
was asked, what are you going 10 do
with the boy who has . million nerves
to make him wiggle?" The gentleman
promptly replied: Fourteen years
ago l knew; now | don't-I have thir-
teen-year old boy OF my own" l
have q small boy of my own, and do
not know how many times | have
looked into his bright eyes and asked,
twill he ever be bad?. Will he ever
disgrace me or break his mothers
heart! Will he ever be a worthless,
drunken. gambling proiigate?'' What
questions: and yet every bad man
was once an innocent baby boy. Ev-
cry worthless character has helped TO
break somebody's heart, and will
sooner or later bring somebody's gray
hairs in sorrow to the grave.
The boy is at Onc the most abused
and the most misunderstood creature
in the world. Nearly everyone thinks
he understands girls, even though
they may say mo" when they mean
Eyes" and eyes" when they mean
mo-" but no one processes to under
stand the boy. The school teacher
seldom understands him.; the old maid
never; the old bachelor has forgotten
that he yer was a boy himself, it be-
ing SO long since: and father is Of
ten inclined to want to put old heads
on young shoulders: only mother un-
derstands him, and that after she has
spoiled one or two boys in expert
mentinQ.
Perhaps we may be able to get near
er our problem, If we ask the question
"Are boys worth saving?'' "Mother,
what is your boy worth to you?'' so,
says mother, Tho is the dearest bow
in the world; l could not think of
giving him up" 1 say to q fatherly
looking man, lis q million dollars
too much for q boy?" and he says
mo, not If he were my boy" / q
to the Savior, "How much is a boy
worth up yonder,' and he say through
the poet, II gave my life for thee, my
precious blood I shed, that thou
mightst rsnsomed be, and Quickened
from the dead" / turn to the reform
Or and ask him if boys are worth saw
ing, and he points me to one exam
pie: Two hundred and fifty-fve years
ago, John ChOate, an orphan lad,
came to Massachusetts, Bay colony.
and shortly afterwards settled on Hog
Island, near Essex. He soon owned
the whole island and some territory
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
Average Duration Of Human 70.

Average Duration Of Human life.
The average duration Of human life
u about thirty-three years. One-ouar.
ter OF the people Of the earth die b.
tore the age of six, one-half before
the age OF sixteen. and only about
one person out Of each 100 born liyea
70 IN age Of sixty-ive.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
False Hopes.

After Dave Darlington lost hi0
voice he used to rap on the trough Of
his pig pen at feeding time. Then q
woodpecker went to live in the pig
pen. and the hogs went crazy.-Tha
Ramrodders.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
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srlASA
Mankind and Dogs

If you pick up a starving dog and
make him prosperous, he will not bite
you. This is the principal difference
between q dog ana q man.-Pudd'n,
head Wilson's Calendar.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16

trusted friend Of the Sanity sa d it might be a
gaod thing to do. and perhaps bring him TO his
senses. On Christmas day, as they were oil
gathered at the fathers home. the question was
brought up again with the same result. The IA
ther seemed inclined to follow their ad>ice and
cast the boy on: but instead Of doing this he
went to the boy. put his arms about his neck.
and with the tsars streaming from his eyes said,
"Robert, yonr eister says cast you of; your elder
brother aud your friend says the same; but, Rob.
ert, cannot thrust you ont, and ~ long a. your
poor old father has , crust to eat and and . roof
over his head. he will never cast You or" Thu
boys heart was reached At last; he soon left of
his evil ways. gave hts heart to God, and be-
an honored minister Of the gospel.
II that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed
for sowisR, shall doubtless CON again with Joy,
bringing HE sheaves with him !"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-24
Third Rate Pitcher
Discovers Spitball

Everybody has heard about tthe
spit ball, but ten chances to One
you don't know who invented it.
Walsh, Comiskey's star twirfer?
oh, no, not at all. Walsh made
it famous, that's true, but the
chap who really gave the spit~ball
to the great American sport has
quietly slipped into the darkness
of base ball obscurity.
His name was Elmer Stricklett,
and he never ranked much above
second or third class, but just the
same a little niche has got to be
saved in base balls hall of fame
for him.
1t was down in Marlin Springs,
Tex, in 1904, when the White Sox
were training there. Stricklett was
on the pitching staff. One day CAL
lahan called him aside and asked
Haven't you got a good slow
ball?"
I've got something better than
that said Stricklett, and then he
gave the first public exhibition of
the spit ball. He had stumbled
onto it accidentally and had work
ed it out to a certain degree of
perfection.
Walsh was standing not very
far away and discovered how to
throw the spit ball. He went to
work on it, and earned his title of
the spit ball king"
The spit ball is one that goes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-24
TIGERS COULDN'T BREAK
BEAVERS COMBINATION 1
NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE.
Standing of the Teams.

Tacoma fans had an exemplifi-
cation of The rescon the Tigers
lost seven out of eight at Spokane
last week In che little meeting of
the Beavers and Tigers yesterday.
These six errors en- the score
ICON up hfg and when sandwich
ed In between hits by the enemy
they are a mighty potent factor in
the result CT a ball game.
But aside from the errors Ia
coma carfd not have won the
game yeciterday for she could not
hit. A ti1.t.ng rally was started
in the fifth by Blankenship and
three singles came in row but
the team then ram into a weak
hitter and runner in Byrnes and
the side was doubled out amid nev-
er had another chance.
Luck was against the Tigers,
the pitci.ers were eff. the batters
could not hit, and the enemy was
full of ginger and determination
ard the combination was too
mach. Scare: r III E
VaCioouver ........... 3 IL
Tacclnn ............ G
Batteries: Erickson and Sug-
den; McCcmment, Kane st21
Blankenship.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-24
SPOKANE WINS


(By United Press eLased Wire
SPOKANE, Aug. 24.-iSpokane
was given a scare by the Turks
yesterday butt managed with their
usual luck to pull out ahead at
the finish i'm to 1 contest. Joss
pitched fine ball for Seattle.
Score: r. III E
Spokane ............. 2 6 /
Seattle 49,. 1 3 2
Batteries: Killilay and Shea;
joss and Lebland.