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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

1t is undoubtedly true that the sense Of
parental responsibility is diminishing rather
than increasing. Numerous conditions are
combining to encourage this spirit, and
these conditions may be detected in some
of the institutions Of which America is SO
proud, notably in the public schools. do
not believe that any teacher can take the
place of parent, or that any school can be
a good substitute for the home.
kindergarten instruction in the public
schools has produced its benefits, but the
principle has been extended SO that it
sometimes has included, unintentionally, no
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
HOne'IS
Only
Natural
Place for
the Child
By ANNIE G. MURRAY

doubt practically the entire through the day Of children who are
hardly than infants. 10
The authority affection Of the home
seeded by those of the school, and it is well known that parents tempted
take advantage the kindergarten system sk parental response
bilty.
children Of tender the home influence embraces what
called home should be the controlling factor nsng family
love and mselfshness
The odasoned child whom parental authority exercised
much effectively quite bright and good the newashoned
child for whom discipline has been universally relaxed
1t is hopeless plan to attempt to improve the mind the moral
nature years placing them what prac
tcaly prisons
The home is the only natural for the child and efforts
ought to be directed to making it in 1. d M
all cases the fttest place. G/T4~S'S~ ~ "|"'V''<- 4
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

Children should never be allowed to
pluck flowers, even in the field and hedges,
merely to throw them aside; they should be
early taught reverence for this floral beauty
which is around them and never be permit
ted wantonly to break down boughss and
branches, or fill their laps with buttercups
and daisies only to leave them withered in
the sun, discarded and forgotten.
The young should cherish their flowers
as wisely as, and more tenderly than, they
cherish their gold or silver pieces in their
money boxes. The exquisite beauty OF
even the humblest blossom can only be APP
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

succeeded them and trespassg constantly the community with
their tongues.
The usybody remarkable for his health He live anything;
usually carries with him bag of regulations made cold hash
that he doesn't have stop for meals He has long and go
thousand miles at jump while he has great genius for smelling His
popularity acuness of for he hear much through keyhoe
from door wide open
When Commodore Vanderbilt asked how he made much
said he made half Of by Winding his business and the other
half by not mnding other peoples business.
The why succeed who mind their business because
there little competition There people busy mindng
other peoples business that wouldn't be bit surprised the
ton of these everlasting snoop getting out of the wrong
graves.
Without any intention perhaps of doing injury to neighbour
careless may be seized by babbe and SNOWFALL grows by
rolling it. does story by telling through the babbng tribe
growing larger larger darker and darker and by the time has
through Babown has assumed the magnitude and acness OF
base SANDER
Philip de visited by who accused herself SLAM
He babe her to the market buy chicken just killed and still
feathers and walk certain distance puckng the bird
The did she directed and returned anxious to
lnou4 bo If tho niuno
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
Teach
Children
Beauty
of the
Flowers
BY William F. Curtis. Jr.

by eyes which gaze with attention and affection If the
wild thyme the shepherds purse the cukoo eye of the
tiny blossoms of the swad and hdgrw but app
are world would quarrel for them but has these
little broadcast with lavish hand and scarcely any grateful
The garden little pleasure of the SOUL by whose wicket the world
out from In the garden something of the golden age still
gers alleys where the bees hum about the lilies and the
stocks lime and the flowers oyou
as the west wind passes
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

"Retrace your steps," said Philip, "and gather
up one by one, all the feathers you have scattered"
81 cast the feathers careessy away" said the
woman, "and the wind carried them in all directions"
"Well, my child" said Philip, $50 it is with your
words of SANDER like the feathers which the wind
has scattered they have been waited in many drec-
tons. Call them back if you can. Go, sin no
more"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
MeddlinS
@ Men
Sure Way of
Success Is Mind
Own Business
By REV. MADISON c. PETERS

HE busybody selfapponed inspector of social warts,
sort of supervisor of other peoples domestic affairs for the
busybody generally begins by reporting domestic nfelicites
From the frequency with which the Bible speaks of these
people take it that they may be considered the worst foes
of society Women generally get the credit for all thu busy
bodying but the bad babs the Indeed,
many have become useful to the community that
they have retired from the gosspng business and babbng,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

efforts of all classes connected with the business
of public amusements, it would be devoted, WIN
out reservation, to any and all persons VINO nave
heen connected with said amusements; in any
capacity whatsoever
Benefit performances were given at the prn
cipal theaters in New York and Brooklyn on
certain day for the purpose of creating founda-
ton for the fund. The receipts from the sale OF
tickets and donations for these performances
were 39,335.8O. Among the largest donations
were: James Gordon Bennett, $4,000; John ia
cob Astor, $4,000; Edwin Booth, $1,000
The fund was incorporated according to the
laws of the state, June 8, 1882, and on July 18th
a permanent organization was effected with the
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
Saved Storage Charges.

Young men with meager salaries
evolve financial makeshifts abhorrent
to the moral and physical sensibilities
of their opulent elders. Said one
young sprig of boarding house gentll-
ity to another who expected to seek
new quarters upon his return from a
two months trip on the road:
what are you going to do with all
this personal truck that is cluttering
up your room? 1t will cost you any
how a dollar a month for storage.
"Not the way | am working things"
said the man who was going away.
81 have purposely refrained from pay
ing board for four weeks. and the land
lady will hold my stuff. Of course
shall square up when l come back
and get it again. and in the meantime
she will give it free storage
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
co.. sve.

Uncle Relre.2, The village white
waaher and man of all work, was a
frequent borrower of small sums from
his neighbor. Colonel Arkwright, and
as a rule he repaid these little debts
at the appointed time But on one &C.
casion when he had been accommo-
dated with loan of $3.50, which he
promised to return in a few days, he
allowed two or three weeks to pass
without making any mention of his in
debtedness and, in fact, seemed to
avoid his creditor But one morning
the colonel Unexpectedly encountered
him at the postOffice.
Hello, Uncle Rube! Didn't you bor-
row little money from me several
weeks ago?"
Oats right, cunnel." said the old
man. Il sholy did,
You told me you'd pay 1t back in
three or four days. Have you had bad
luck?'
mo, suh," responded Uncle Reuben.
"Tll tell you how it was. cunnel
lacked jes' two dollahs an a half O.
havin' ten dollahs to put in de savin's
bank. an / used it TO- dat. It's all
right, cunnel | won't fo'git it,
Youths Companion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
Old Time Trade Signs.

On nearly all street corners even IN
the largest metropolis of Europe may
be found relics of the middle ages and
of the earliest times Take. for in
stance. the wooden image of shoe,
which every cobbler hangs out above
his door. 1t goes back for its origin
to the Rome of the re-Christian era.
In the ruins OF the lava buried cities
of Herculaneum and pompeii many
shop signs of stone and terra Gotta
have been discovered. the forerunners
of those that for centuries adorned
the highways not only of Europe. but
of the new world. Among them was
the emblem Of the shoemaker's trade.
a Cupid carrying a dainty pair of wo-
mems shoes. But the Romans did not
stop there They used the image of
goat to indicate the dairies. that of
mule driving a mill to point out the
bakers shops and bush of evergreen
to direct the thirsty traveller to tav-
ern. This particular sign gave rise to
the English proverb, Good wine needs
no BUSH
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
SPORTING AFFAIRS

Carl Morris, the Oklahoma white
hope, with his wife and trainer, Con
Riley, has left Tulsa, Okla, for New
York to join his manager, F. B. Utter,
who is there completing arrangements
for Norris coming bout with JIM
Flynn. According to Morris statement,
the bout will take place in September.
His snarring partners will be joe Jean.
nette, Joe Cotton enG Al Kubiak.
When the Pirates return to Pitts,
burg from their eastern trip Sept. 2.
Hans Wagner will resume his place at
short, declared DR.. G. F. Berg, the
Pirates physician, after examining
Wagner's ankle, which was injured in
the game at Brooklyn. DR.. Berg re.
moved the adhesive plaster bound
about the ankle after ia was hurt and
no Inflammation oh swelling.
Matt Brock of Cleveland and Kid
Julius Of Syracuse, N Y, have been
matched to box ten rounds at Cleve-
land Sept. IL. They are featherweights
Picked Up and Carried Through
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25

CRIMES AND CASUAL TIES

At Kalamazoo, Mich, Saturday Mrs
Calvin lOvett lay down on SUCK e.
dynamite, hit it with a hammer and
was blown to pieces. Her head was
tom from her body and her chest and
limbs were torn into a thousand
pieces. The house was partly wreck
ed by the explosion and set on fire.
Mrs. Lovett was released f4Om the
asylum a few months ago. Che was
believed 10 have entirely recovered
and members of the family desired to
take her home and care for her. After
her release she made trip to Allegan,
her old home where she spent sew
eral days visiting relatives. She
purchased the dynamite while waiting
for train to return to Kalamazoo
A boiler in the engine room Of tho
Paragon paper plant at Eaton, Ind, ex
ploded Albert Henry, thirtyfiyd
years old, and Smith Pullen, seven.
teen years old, were instantly killed
Their bodies were cooked to a crisL
by the steam. Smith was fireman
and Pullen a coal passer at the plant
The boiler house was wrecked and
portions of the plant damaged The
Paragon mill is owned by the United
3oxboard company and is under lease
to A. B. and 8. A. Trentman and
Stephen B. Fleming.
At Saginaw, Mich, Friday, after eat
a hearty dinner, Walter Adams
twenty-eight years old, deck hand
on the barge Miami, went il swim
ming and was drowned at the foot OF
Monroe street He had crossed thu
river and was within a few feet OF
the vessel when he called for help
Four life preserverS were thrown to
him, but he was unable to aid him
self, sinking in sight of the crew.
A we'll, located ir east Grand Rap
ids, Mich, is alleged to have been the
cause of the death of four prominent
residents of this city. The last death
charged to the polluted water supply
is that of Christian Buckley, aged
fifty-four. who succumbed to portion
tits, following an attack of typhoid
fever An epidemic of the fever is
now raging in the prominent Wealthy
avenue residential district.
At Greenburg, Ind, Clarence
Wetz, aged twenty-five, Big Four
brakeman, died of lockjaw. Wetz was
injured in the yards at Lawrenceburg
about a week ago. losing foot a
few days later tetanus developed, re-
sulting in his death.
At La Sale, ILL.,, Tuesday, John ano
Lawrence Kowalski, brothers, aged
fourteen and eleven years, drowned in
the basin of the canal while swim
ming. John tried to save his brother,
but both were seized with cramps.
Jacob Swenzer, president of an au-
tomobile company is dead at his home
in Woodbridge, n. j., of rabies. A pet
dog, which licked his hand a month
ago, went mad a few days later
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
.Iumuinu Cocoons.

Many visitors to the southwestern
states and Mexico have amused them
selves by watching the queer motions
of jumping BEANS the seed vessels
of plant. each of which contain the
pupa of an insect whose spasmodic
movements cause the bean to hop and
roll about
More remarkable are the jumping
cocoons'' found in South Africa. The
cocoon is formed by the mother in
sect and is very hard. The pupa when
ready to emerge must cut it's way out.
The front of its head has sharp.
chisel-lika edge. and by driving this
against the inside of the shell it grad
ually makes q hole The violent mo-
tons of the pupa within cause the CO.
coon to leap so that one has been seen
to spring out of a small glass tumbler.
st. Louis Republic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
$1.OOO,OOO DAM READY
Built by Government to Insure Navica-
BILE Water in Ohio River.

At Cincinnati, Ohio the first of
six bottles of water from the great
lakes, Mississippi river, Atlantic
ocean, Panama canal, Pacific ocean
and gulf of Mexico, which will te bro
ken over the Fernbaniz dam at The for
NAL dedication during the celebration
of the week of Sept. 4, was received
by Superintendent w. G. Sulkins Of
the Chamber of Commerce. 1t was
Mississippi water, sent from Cairo
ILL., The breaking of the bottles will
symbolic the merging of the great
commercial waters with the Ohio
river, for transportation purposes.
The Fernbank dam, in the Ohio
river near this city, was built by the
government at an expense of over ST.
100000, with the object of bringing
about a permanent navigable stage Of
water. President Taft and Admiral
Dewey have both been invited and are
expected to attend the celebration.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
HANDICAPPED
That is the Case With Many Ed
gertOn People

Too many Edgerton citizens are han
dicapped with bad back. The unceas-
ing pain causes constant misery, max
ing work a burden and STOPPING or lift
ing an impossibility The pack aches as
night, preventing refreshing rest, and in
the morning is stiff and lame. Plasters
and liniments NAV give relief but can
not reach the cause. To eliminate the
pains and aches gu must cure the kid
neys. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick
kidneys and CURE hem permanently.
The following atement should ton-
vince every Edger on reader of their eff
ficiency.
r. Carpenter, Wisconsin ST., White
water. Wis, says about two months
ago l used Doan'- Kidney Pills and shall
never forget how greatly they benefited
me. For weeks | suffered from a lame
ness and sorene>- across the small of my
back. / could stoop or lift without
having sharp pal through my kidneys.
[ was advised to ~ Doan's Kidney Pills
and / did so. = icy proved 20 be just
the remedy needed, and did not use
them long before | was relieved. / have
since felt so muc' better in every way
that / feel justified in giving Doan's
Kidney Pills my Endorsement" 43
For sale by all d alers. Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo, New York
sole agents for ths United States.
Remember the name-Doan's = and
take no other:
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25

The u. S. Government in its pure
Food Law" does not endorse" or guar
antee" any preparation, as some manu-
facturers in their advertisements would
make it appear. In the case of medicine
the law provides that certain drugs
shall be mentioned on the labels, If they
are ingredients of the preparations. Ely's
Cream Balm, the we'll known family
medicine for cold in the head hay fever
and nasal catarrh, doesn't contain sim
gle injurious drug, so the makers have
simply to print the fact that it complies
fully with all the requirements of the
law. 10
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
The View From an AeropIane.

1t is a great surprise TO the unini-
tiated TO see how uniform the surface
of the earth appears when viewed
from d great altitude. Although indi-
vidual objects are hard TO identify.
such things as rivers, lakes and rail-
roads are easily recognized by their
contour. direction or some slight indi-
viduaIity or characteristic which can
readily be shown upon y map. espe-
rially if the maps are ElAde or correct
ed by men who fly above the earth
and get an accurate and literal birds
eye view of its surface. Objects
which seem to loom up with the great
est clearneSS 70 one standing on the
surface of the earth appear very diff
ferent and quite insignificant when
viewed from above. While patch OF
colored soil which would not be no.
ticed at all by person standing on
the ground is Il most valuable land
mark to the air sailor. = Columbian
MAGAZINE
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
COREY TO SUCCEED GATES
Steel Men Declare He Is to Head Re-
public Iron and Steel Co.

Prominent steel men at Pittsburg
declare that William Ellis Corey, for
mer head Of the United States Steel
corporation, will be the successor of
the late John W. Gates as president
of the Republic Iron and Steel COM
pany. 1t is pointed out that this move
on the part of the Republic Steel COM
pany marks the beginning of the much
talked of merger of the Republic, the
Bethlehem and the Lackawanna COM
pany.
Strength is added to the report by
the recent announcement of Mr.. Corey
that he would return actively TO the
steel business.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
Fighting Man.

II Is mans nature to fight It is his
merit to fight lor what he believes to
e right Courage and bravery are not
achieved by hiring lawyer A man
who is not willing to fig to the
ieath for the right or for his own is
rot as good or complete man as one
who is willing. But opinions about
Ibis are not so important as the fact
that it is mans nature to fight, and
that neither resolutions nor elegisla-
lion nor provision to get over all kinds
Of trouble in any other way IN by
lighting will avail.-Elwood Hendrick
ia the Atlantic
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
EIGHT KILLED IN
DAKOTA STORM
Cyclone Does Damage Estimat-
ed at 81 900, 900.
Ter Picked Up and Carried
Through the Air Hun
dreds of Feet.

Eight dead, 125 injured and $780,
900 property damage is the result Of
a tornado which caused devastation
northeast of the city of MinOt, n. D.
The heaviest losses were caused
at West Hope, Antler, Souris, Sher
wood and the vicinity of MOnall and
Lorraine
The damage wrought cannot be es-
tahlished at present. 1t may amour
to more than $1,000,O coo.
The dead were reported as follows:
AT Antler, 1; Sherwood. /; nCIta 4
Mohall, 4; McCluSky I.
More than 100 persons were in;ur i
at West Hope. Of this number a co.
en- may die.
At Antler a party Of pleasu sc eH-
ers who were holding a picnic we g
pic.:ed up, carried through the air a23
dropped hundreds of feet distant.
4 terrific windstCrm at 6 CICt.. 81
night along the international LCUnLaI..
line in North Dakota blew houses
down on the heads of theh inmates.
and whipped crops into shredS, acct C.
ing to reports received at MinnearClis.
Lorraine, Mohall and Souris.
It is reported that two tcrnadoes co..
lided head-on at Sherwood.
A destructive hailstoTm visited Per
due, Sask., and many farm buildings
were destroyed in the Elmore district
of the same province. One person was
seriously injured there Two fatalities
are reported at West Hope.
McClusky, n. D., Aug. 21.-Olaf Lee
is dead and his wife and baby are in
a critical condition as the result Of q
storm almost Of cyclonic proportions.
Lee was found 300 feet from his
wrecked home, with his skull frac-
tured. Mrs Lee and the baby were
caught in the wreckage of their resi-
dence
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25

ing Will be Made by Secretary
Charles Nagel of the Department.
of Commerce and Labor.
Milwaukee, Wis.-(SpeciaD Ar
fangements now practically complet-
ed for the Industrial Exposition to
be held in the Milwaukee Auditorium,
September PIP indicate that the af-
fair will be the largest of its kind
ever held in the United States. The
entertainment committee will work
in connection with the information
bureau in providing accommodation
for thousands of out of town guests,
not only from Wisconsin but from
the whole middle western section of
the country. One million 'stickers"
and $1,000 posters are heralding the
supremacy of Wisconsin made goods
in all parts of the country.
The Exposition will be formally
opened on the night of September z
by Charles Nagel, secretary of the
department of commerce and labor
at Washington Other addresses will
be made by Gov. Francis E. Meow
ern, Mayor Emil Seidel and Gen.
Otto Falk, president of the Merchants
and Manufacturers association, I'M
der whose auspices the show is be-
ing held Preceding the opening
ceremonies there will be military
and Industrial pageant through the
downtown streets, ending at the Audi
forum, where display of fireworks
and the discharge of cannon will an
nOunce the opening of the show.
The exhibits will occupy the en-
tire Auditorium, including main
arena and annex, and will represent
more than 1000 varied branches of
industry Many manufacturers will
present working" exhibits, showing
the various processes through which
their products go before completion.
The breweries will exhibit machines
for all the operations from mailing
to bottling that go into the making
of beer. Cigar factories will transfer
their men to the Auditorium during
the show and manufacture their
goods in plain sight of the visitors.
Ice cream will be made in the build
ing by the most modern ammonia
refrigeration methods. The trade
schools, home for the blind, and 9TH
or institutions will be represented.
The army and navy departments OF
the federal government have already
shipped exhibits that have been
shown only at large expositions here
and in foreign countries.
The decorative and amusement
features are the most elaborate ever
planned for an exposition in the
Auditorium. Hundreds of tall col
umns separating the booths will be
topped with Soft tinted cluster lights
and connected with floral arcades.
A fifty piece military band, an or
chestra and large pipe organ will
furnish musical entertainment
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
Loss of Time Means Loss of Pay

Kidney troubles and the ills it breeds
means lost time and lost pay to many a
working man. M. Balent, 1914 Little
Penna St Streator, ILL.,, was so bad
from kidney and bladder trouble that
he could not work, but he says: 81
took Foley Kidney Pills for only short
time and got entirely we'll and was soon
able to go back to work, and am feel
ing we'll and healthier than before. y
Foley Kidney Pills are tonic in action,
quick in results-a good friend to the
working man or woman who suffers
from kidney lls.-W. G.. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-25
PRINTERS FINISH BUSINESS
international Typographical Union
Meeting Closes al Frisco.

At San Francisco, Cal, Delegates
90 the International Typograph-
ical union convention completed their
labors, finding little to do at the last
session. All the important matters
were disposed of at the previous days
session, when the delegates gave en-
phatic evidence of their confidence in
the administration. insurgents" lost
on every attempt to obtain cOndemna-
ton of decisinons of President Lynch.
The Chicago American strike was de-
clared illegal.