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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-07-04

Francis Backe, of Meade, a
student of Bethany College at
Lindsborg, Kansas and talent
ed musician is here this week
making pi operations for organ
izing class in vocal and instru-
mental music. The people of
Beaver are greatly interested in
music and they are anxious to
have competent instructor To-
cate here and Mr.. Backe will un-
doubtedly have little difficulty in
securing a class of sufficient size
to make it worth his while to
.remain.-Beaver Democrat.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-07-04

The grand stand at the fair
grounds is completed. The new
structure affords excellent shade
and comfortable seats. The
seating capacity IS one thousand.
The next building to be erected
on the grounds will be Floral
Hall. Plans for this have not
vet been received, but it is un-
derstood that it will be of suf-
fcient size to easily immediate
the large exhibit at the Fair on
September 4, S, 6.
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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-07-04

Governor Woodrow Wilson, of
New Jersey was nominated on
the forty-sixty ballot to head the
Democratic ticket, with Thomas
r. Marshall, of Indiana, as Vice
President. The convention was
in session a week.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-07-04
No Tresspassing!

All persons are hereby forbid
den to tresspass on or leave any
gate d o>w n on the premises
known as ct be Maggie Chilcott
ranch.
PERCY WALDRoN,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-07-04

The regular ball nine played
against a pickup nine last Fri.
day, which resulted in a score of
I3 to Ain favor of the regular
nine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-07-04
Meade County Institute

Meade County Institute
Meade county Normal Insti-
tute commenced Monday, The
enrolment is not as large as It
had been hoped that it would be,
but a number of the teachers
will enroll later.
Much interest is being shown
and there is no question, we will
have a profitable institute.
Prof. w. A. Sterba is Con-
ductor. This is his fourth year
in our Meade county Institute
and the securing of his services
has always meant a successful
Institute.
VIM Poundstone is Instructor
and comes highly recommended
This is his first year here, but
the students feel that his work
will be satisfactory.
Since music has been made
one of the requirements for a
certificate, it becomes necessary
to have it taught in the Institute.
Mrs. Poundstone has the music
class in charge. Her past ex-
perience in this branch, make
her especially we'll fitted for the
place.
The folling have enrolled;
Mrs. Bodle Marie Aker
Julia Peed Eta LaRue
Mrs. E. G. Gillidette
Maude f. Rose Edith Steele
Mrs. Backe Lura Smith
Dona Trigg Flora Singley
Mrs. Matte Walton
Mrs. Blanche Love
o'oIuSi LIMA Oudleldl0
M. Erma Havens Flo Watt
Ethan Green Goldie Angell
Pearl Wood Smith
Esther Murph Frank Carlson
Francis Griffin Neva Sawyer
Callie Sawyer
NOTES
The twenty-seventh annual
session of The Meade County
Normal Institute opened Monday
morning at 7:30. The weather
is fine, the studednts and In
structors enthusiastic, hence we
see nothing in the way of "a very
interesting Normal.
The teachers are more than
glad to welcome Mr.. Sterba.
This is his fourth years work
IN Meade. From the very deep
interest shown in his classes we
perdict no decrease in his popu-
arity.
Some of the student greatly
feared that the Instructor, Mr..
Poundstone, would make them
work as hard as his name implies,
but he leads them very kindly in
the paths of knowledge, all of
which proves the truth of the old
saying, "a rose by any other
name" etc.
The music class with Mrs.
Poundstone as teacher is an in
and will fill a long felt
want as well as being made nec-
essary by the new school laws.
She is a splendid teacher and has
a very sweet, well trained So
prano voice.
Altogether the normal, though
the attendance is rather small, is
proving very interesting and if
you are teacher and not attend
ing you had better enroll at once.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-07-04
For Sale

$l2s.0O Ellis gasoline or coal-oil
engine for $85. Guaranteed for
enc year. JACOB R. FRIEsEN
Meade, Kansas
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-07-04

A hail storm in the vicinity of
Pratt Monday night, is reported
to have damaged thousands OF
acres of wheat.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-07-04
Meade County

The following is the correct
acreage OF wheat in each town
ship in Meade County.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
Silk Stockings and Sugar

Chairman Underwood has come 1T the course of just tariff revision tc problem of large dimensions and large difficulties. He desires to place sugar on the free list and this would keep $60,000,000 a year out of the treasury, and the treasury is not overfull. To make good the loss duties must be placed on other ar ticles, and Mr. Underwood's commit tee is having trouble to find enough articles to fill the void created to les sen the cost of the average breakfast table. A beginning has, however, been made. The wearers of silk stockings will be asked to come to the relief of the treasury, and if enough ar ticles of the silk stocking sort can be found all will be. well.
 However much the majority leader would like to put the tariff down, yet he is pledged to no reduction that will leave the treasury empty. The revenue must in other words be kept in sight as well as the cost of living. This plan will honestly readjust tar if taxation. It will abolish rates put on by and for manufacturers, and it will put a good share of tariff tax ation on those best able to bear it.
 Mr. Underwood is, in other words, constructing a just tariff in which graft will be noticeable by it's ab- sence. If the republicans of the Sen ate or MT. Taft get in the way of such tariff they should not complain when the will of the people is ex- pressed next November. Just at present MT. Taft seems to be invit- ing immense campaign subscriptions from tariff beneficiaries by threaten ing to veto all schedules that had not been investigated by his tariff board. Next November will set all things right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
Income Tax Questions

When three more state legislatures ratify the income tax amendment the needed number of ratifying states will have been secured. This number of states, and more, will ratify the amendment next winter. It's incor- poration into the organic federal law is assured.
 The threat of New York to rescind her ratification of the amendment will not be needed. This question was well settled when the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments were under consideration. Several of the states at first rejected the amendments and afterward ratified them. Ohio, New York and several other states at first ratified the amendments and after ward rejected them. When the votes were presented to Congress, Secre- tary of State Seward, who was per sonally opposed to the amendments, advised that negative action estab- fishes no. positive status, while affirm ative action does. He therefore recommended that the affirmative votes of the legislatures be counted for the amendments, regardless of later resembling votes. The re- publican Congress accepted this view of the case and the votes of the legislatures of New York, Ohio and other states that had ratified the amendments and then sought to re- yoke the ratification were counted for ratification.
 The action of Congress is final in this matter, and New York will dis cover if she attempts to rescind her vote of ratification that she cannot do it. A ratification by a state is final, although a rejection of an amendment is not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22

From the Washington Post
 What with sterilized milk, dramatically sealed preserves, purified food, germless water, and antiseptic bald heads, it might be thought that the world had reached the limit of safe existence, but the Thy gienic kiss" now appears as the latest contribution to a denatured race. The new kiss, absolutely guaranteed to be freed from germs and joy, is to be intro duced at the hygienic ball of the Ma tional Pharmaceutical society to be held in New York. As a souvenir and sample all the women present will receive sim pie but effective device for insuring the hygenic kiss.
 The new invention is a screened ring fastened to a sterling silver handle after the fashion of a lorgnette. The screen has aseptic properties, and to be effective must be placed between two persons when they kiss. The hygenic kiss, unlike the ordinary kiss, cannot be inflicted or be- slowed without the consent of party of the second part, because precision and care are necessary to the proper execu- ton of the act.
 w Hdt uiNliiy dolil ilCu6c o hioS' i1NSii science is now paying homage to this wondrous meeting of loving lips. It seems that all that was needed to make it still more wonderful and rare, espe- cially rare, was the sollcitude of the men of science. The hygienic kiss is what is known to the world of invention as "an improvement" It surrounds the kiss, quite wonderful in its natural state, with a de- licous aroma of laudanum and antisep- tics.
 The awed feeling that creeps over a person when entering the operating room in a hosptal will soon become associated closely with the kiss. The demure maiden in the darkened room will be heard to call; Mamma, get out the antiseptics, John is about to graft a kiss upon my lips"
 The kiss in it's natural state has un- doubtedly done as much harm as other germ carriers. In a mysterious way that has defied analysis, it has carried from one person to another a germ that in many instances has attacked the heart. But the attack is rarely fatal The new screen will be useful, however, for swat ting flies. and no doubt all true lovers will see that it's use is confined to that branch of hygiene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
Not Pleased With Titles

Tt is a matter of grave concern to me how indiscrminately the military titles are distributed in this district, which are not only faked, but which bring untold embarrassment to the recipients" said a local industrial man yesterday.
 For instance, I was never more sur prised in my life than the other afternoon to see the president of one of our largest companies referred to as 'Colonel,' That not only made the recipient of the title decidedly resentful. but was wholly un- necessary. The young man who con ferred the title said in passing that it was only a matter of courtesy. I am told that the industrial man resented the title very much There followed shortly thereafter title to another industrial man who was referred to as colonel because he had been mTde president of his company That distinguished gentleman, although brave, courageous and true did not want title and he was also very much em- barrassed on account of the unlocked for honor.
 The south is noted for that indiscrim- mate bestowal of titles and instead of our leading industrial men appreciating them they invariably resent such public representations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
UnderyyOOd's Popularity

q have always voted the republican ticket.' said John F. Pennington of Chi cago, and it is my hope that President Taft will head the ticket again this year. I meet many democrats, and it is hard to say who among their party candi- dates is in the lead for the nomination. It is plain that Underwood is much stronger as a presidential possibility than he was month ago. When I first heard him discussed he was regarded as d dark horse, but the other day l heard democrat of long voting experience and of some practical experience in party matt ters say that Underwood would be nom- mated on the second or third ballot. Wil- son and Harmon are still regarded as strong, but neither will have two-thirds of the delegates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
MOONS WEATHER IS VARIABLE

From the Chicago Examiner.
 With the temperature ranging from the boiling point to a frigidity of 200 de- grees below zero the same day, the cli- mate of the moon is too uncertain for any human being, no matter how many changes of clothing he has"
 This was the remark of Prof. F. R. Moulton, assistant instructor in astron- omy at the University of Chicago. in an address at the Chicago Hebrew institute.
 Nothing lives on the moon,' he said. Any animal would be frozen to death in one hour and scorched to death in an other. A day on the moon is 2S1a of our normal days.
 "It is believed by superstitious people that the moon has an effect upon the weather, the seasons and the crops. The earth is virtually independent of the moon The satellite furnishes light at night, but no heat worth mentioning, and has nothing to do with storms and changes of temperature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
Down, thou climbing sorrow, thy cle- ment's below. king Lear.
Chestnut Tree Blight

The San Jose scale has long been a deadly enemy of fruit trees, and a borer has been killing hickory trees, and now comes a pest that threatens to sweep away the chestnut trees of the country. Thus far the ravages of the chestnut tree have been chiefly confined to New York and Pennsyl- vania and other eastern states. Unless a remedy can be discovered the dis ease will spread throughout the coun- try, and the south would lose many valuable trees.
 The chestnut tree is in fact one of the most valuable in the country. It has beautiful grain and is easily worked. It has taken the place of oak in many pieces of furniture.
 A conference met on Tuesday in Harrisburg, Penn, made up of repre- sentatives of all the eastern states, to discuss the best methods of checking and curing the blight. The country is actually threatened with the loss of all of its chestnut trees, and the threatened disaster therefore involves millions of dollars. Pennsylvania ap- propriated last year large sum for experimentation and research, and it also appointed a commission to prose- cute the study of the blight. The fed eral government is also acting in this matter. At present very little is known about the disease, and the ar borculturists are wide apart in their views. Some are hopeful, but rather more are pessimistic. The Harrisburg conference may be productive of good results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
THE PROFIT ON A STEER

From Leslie's. s sa r
 A Texas cattleman not long ago was dissatisfied with the price he had re- ceived for 27s steers sold to Swift X Co., &D per hundred-in comparison with the prices paid by city people for roast beef and steaks. He expressed his seel- ing publicly. Swift & Co. examined the detailed account of this particular lot of cattle and found that it was sold in % different cities, ranging from Boston in the northeast to Fl Paso in the south- west, from New Orleans in the south to Buffalo in the north, and in variety of communities, from Greenville, Miss, with some 5000 population, to New York with its millions. The company paid for these 279 steers, total weight 332, 800 pounds, at $460 a hundred weight, the sum of S15,3OS.s0, and sold 1S7,765 pounds of the total as dressed beef at s6.5s3 per hundredweight, thus losing on this 1s7,- 765 pounds $2,9is62. a
 Swift & Go. paid cash for the animals, dressed them in Fort Worth abattoirs, kept the carcasses in coolers 4S hours, loaded them into refrigerator cars, trans ported them, charges prepaid, thousands of miles to various parts of the United States, sold them for the average price stated and sustained the loss set forth. But there was no loss on the complete transaction, for there were the by- products. Swift & Co.,, on the hides. hoofs, horns, etc, of these steers, reaI- ized simply profit of SIPS 4-5 on each animal, or less than one-fifth of a cent on each pound of meat! These facts, with others, are set forth by, this cor poration. Are the packers robbing the psople-the conslmers-and making too much money? If the facts are not as they state, will somebody challenge them?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
LORD BACON A BAD CITIZEN

court. Bacon believed that it would bs only 8 few months till everything wouda blow over. He even compared himself to Demosthenes, to Cicero, to Seneca and to Marcus Livius, who had been coii- demned for corrupt dealings as he had been and had all recovered favor and position. But Bacon was disappointed He never got back in the good graces of the crown, though he did return for a short time to court. He never paid his fine and spent only few days in jail.
 Even before and as well as after his conviction he wrote many philosophical treatises. At the best his scientific work amounts to little. He was a brilliant writer in so far as he was able to express perfectly all his thoughts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
NEWLY WEEDS IN WASHINGTON

Robert D. Heinl Tn Leslie s.
 They are fine Yes, sir, some of those fair little newly wed birdies are the pret
 tiest creatures the august senators and
 representatives see the year around If on any bright autumn or spring day.
 along the curved walk leading to the White House, or, better. under the dome of the Capitol, you do not meet at least | a dozen couples who positively prove themselves brides and bridegrooms, you have had rare experience in Washing ton. There are close to half a million visitors to the national capital each year. One-quarter are calculated to be school teachers and students. A large fifth, or something over 100000. may safely be put
 down as those who have not been long
 married. If you doubt the figures, ask your member of Congress next time you
 come to town He knows. because he sees
 most of them. Your senator, if he is in a frank frame of mind, will not only con- fide the fact that he is made aware of
 their presence, but probably ask you the question. "Is there anything more
 perplexing than to know what sort of
 hospitality to extend to a bride and bride
 groom?' The answer to that query is simple, especially in Washington. Let them entertain themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22

, ". Hill will win the nomination for con gressman at large There is hardly u shadow of a doubt but that Congressman Richardson and Congressman Dent will win over their opponents in the Eighth and Second districts.
 There seems to be desire on the part of some to make a mountain out of a mole hill as concerns the plan adopted by the state committee for the election Of delegates to the state convention. All we desired to accomplish was the certainty of delegation to the national conven- ton heartily and enthusiastically in favor of Underwood. This end will be realized, and we do not care whether the delegates are elected on slate or as individual candidates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
Foreign Spinners and Cheap Cotton

Cotton has been advanced about a cent pound. Nine cent cotton has disappeared to make room for 10 cent cotton, and the rise is wholly due to generous purchases of American cot ton across the sea. Up to the present time the foreign buying exceeds by nearly million bales the purchases to the corresponding period of any previous year. All told the foreign mills have taken 6,760,000 bales. Up to this date of last year they had taken but 5,540,000 bales.
 While Europe has been taking our cotton freely the American mills have bought sparingly. The northern mills have taken to this date 1,465,000 bales, as against 1,625,000 bales pur- chased in the corresponding time of last year.
 It is difficult to understand why the purchases of European mills should be very large and the purch- ases of American mills unusually light. It is not necessary to account for the discrepancy. It is sufficient to know that Europe has taken an ex- traordinary number of bales while the buying of the home mills has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
PEOPLE WHO PUSH

By William Malxepeace Trackeray.
 To push on in the crowd every male or female strugsler must use his or her shoulders. If better place than yours presents itself just beyond your neigh bor, elbow him and take 1t. Look how a steadily purposed man or woman at court at a ball or exhibition, wherever there is a competition or a squeeze, gets the best place; the nearest the sover- eign, if bent on kissing the royal hand; the closest to the grandstand, if minded to go to Ascot; the best view and hear ing of the Rev. Thumpington, when all the town is rushing to hear that exciting divine; the largest quantity of ice cham pagne and seltzer, cold pate, or other favorite fleshpot, if gluttonously mind ed, at a supper where hundreds of peo- ple come empty away A woman of the world will marry her daughter and have done with her, get her carriage and be at home and asleep in bed, while a timid mamma has still her girl in the nursery, or is beseeching the servants in the cloak room to look for her shawls, with which someone else has whisked away an hour ago. What man has to do in society is to assert himself. Is there a good place at table? Take 1t. At the treasury or home office? Ask for it. Do you want to go to a party to which you are not invited? Ask to be asked. Ask A, ask B, ask Mrs. C., ask everybody you know; you will be thought a bore, but you will have your way. What matters if you are considered obtrusive, provided that you obtrude? By pushing steadily, 999 people in 1000 will yield to you. Only con- mand persons, and you will be sure that a good number will obey. How well your money will have been laid out, O gentle reader, who purchase this, and, taking the maxim to heart, follow it through life. You may be sure of success. If your neighbours foot obstructs you, stamp on it, and do you suppose he won't take it away?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
HONE STRONGER THAN OAK

From the New York Evening Sun.
 The statement that human bone is stronger than solid oak may be ques- tioned by the average man, but it is a fact nevertheless. A very small bone, only one square mfllimeter (.O155 square lneh) in diameter. will hold 3s pounds in suspension without breaking, while a piece of the best oak of the same thick ness will hold up only 9 pounds. The bone is, therefore, half again as strong as the solid oak, thus showing that nar ture is economical in the weight given to bones, making them hollow, and at the same time making them stronger than if they were solid and much heavier. This principle has been recognized in mechan- ics. engineers using hollow steel tubes instead of solid to meet great strain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Dr uiIIis Tonirhf

''Yes, I am interested in the coming ol Dr. Hills in our local lecture series ane | congratulate the people on their chance to hear a thoughtful modern man on such 8 theme. I understand he is to speak or America, 2" said the Rev. pr. George Eaves. He was born and educated in the west and married a western lady There his early pastorates were, and he knows the life of the rural pastor as well as that of the city man.
 He preceded pr. Gunsaulus, the great est pulpit orator of America, in the Cen tral church, Chicago. For years he has worked on the lecture platform all over the country, knows the country and will give us a view of that unspeakably won derful entity, America, for which we shall be grateful.
 "Dr. Hillis is. of course, an enthusiastic admirer of his greatest predecessor at Plymouth church, Brooklyn, Henry Ward Beecher. But reckon his greatest book is that called, "A Mans Value to Society," It is worth any mans study"