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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

A Mississippi editor. when he put
on his winter suit found roll Of bills
amounting to $50. Wonder if any nf
them had been paid.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

"A St. Paul man became intoxicat-
ed on ST." The odor and appearance
Of some s. bills are enough to indi-
cate that they can do worse than
that.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Aeronauts are known in China as
the sons of Heaven" In the sense,
probably, that they may be angels be-
fore long
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

The finest fur coat in the world
worth $4,000, is owned by the wife
OF tobacco magnate" And per.
haps this isn't pipe dream, either.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Angels may fly but they cannot fly
unless their wings are Is feet longs
We have the word of a great aviator
for this
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

A Louisiana farmer killed a cow last
week and found darliing needle in
its stomach. Evidently, the COW found
the needle in the hay stack.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

A Brooklyn man Of eighty-two mar
ried again a week after being left
widower. Evidently figured he had no
time to lose
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Beef, evidently. is soaring in Eng
land. An aviator has been fined
there for running into a COW and kill,
ing it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Daily ThouahE,

A man should never be ashamed to
own he has been in the wrong,
which is but saying. in other worcs,
that he is wiser today than he was
yesterday.-Pope.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
A Ia Mode.

What was the chief food of the
woodchoppers in whose camp you
spent your vacation?" Pork and por
tasoes, served in the form of cho,l
and chips. -Christian Science MON
if0e =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Germany reports that the stork is
fast disappearing. Perhaps that &C.
counts for the reason why Berlin leads
In race suicide
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

A Chicago judge has decided that 81
day is not enough for ma: to give
to his wife. Probably 80 cents would
look better to her.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Physicians are aiding an anti-noise
crusade in Baltimore. And Balti7
more is the home of the oyster.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

A New York physician says there
are several varieties of death. Most
people are satisfied with one.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Another aviator killed shows that
the lure Of the air is as potent as
before its tragedies began.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

BE Bulgarian" said housewife.
as she sent her husband out in the
yard to beat a Turkish rug.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Rabbits experimental upon with
coffee died Now try oysters and
ham and eggs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

A German scientist has invented
one method of telegraphing bullets.
But suppose the wires get crossed?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Science has yet to devise a way to
close the railroad switch that ought
not to be left open.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

With irreproachable eggs selling at
six cents each in New York it might
be cheaper to buy the whole hen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

between
arisen in connection with
last in cotry February
Russia close
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

A Seattle boy of twelve has a crop
of whiskers. A precocious little shaver,
as it were.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Emperor William Of Germany has
a clock that speaks the time. Time
is money, and money talks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

The ancient Egyptians used para
soils. But that had nothing to do
with their compilations.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

We suspected long time ago that
those Turkish cigarettes would get
the Turks, sooner or later.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

The greatest happiness of all is
that which comes from making others
happy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

this is one of the finest football years
on record
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-26

he cared for supper, with a gesture
toward the table, and when he thank
ed her she took courage and told
him where to hang his cap and sabre.
There came a clatter of hoofs. 'My
orderly" he explained-"he may
sleep in the stable, may he not?"
"My own bedroom is all 1 have
here" she said.
"Not-not the one you gave mew
he asked.
She nodded. 'You may have til
often sleep in the parlor-I did when
my brother was home"
eff had had any idea," he burst
out. She stopped him with a gesture;
but he insisted and at last he had his
own way. eff may sleep In the par
lor will stay" he said, and she nod
ded and seated herself at the table.
He ate a great deal; much bread
and butter and many eggs; he spoke
about his orderly and the horses, and
presently asked for a lantern. She
brought him one; he lighted it.
When he had gone away with his
lantern, she rested her white face in
her hands and looked at his empty
chair. She thought Of her brother,
she thought Of the village people
who leeTed askance when she was
obliged to go to the store at Willow
Corners The mention of her fathers
name, Of her brothers name in the
village aroused sneers or laughter.
AS long as she could remember the
one great longing of her life had been
to be respected. She had seen her
father fall at night in the village
street, drunk as a hog; she had seen
her brother reel across the fields at
MONDAY. She carried her curse-and
her longing supposing that she was
a thing apart. In the orchard at mid
daV a man a VOUnp how a cOI5ioy.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-26

this that brought to her a peace as
gracious, as sweet, as the eyes that
had met her own in the orchard. g
He was coming back from the
stable now-she hear his spurs click
across the grass by the orchard. And
now he had entered, now he was
there, smiling vaguely across the
table. A rush of tears blinded her and
she looked out into the night where
the yellow moon stared and stared.
She found herself in the parlOr
after a while, silent, listening to his
voice; and all about her was peace,
born of the peace within her breast.
He told her of the war. She had
never before cared, but now she
cared. He spoke Of long marches, of
hunger and Of thirst, with a boyish
laugh, and she laughed, too, not
knowing how else to show her pity.
He spoke of the Land, and now, for
the first time, she loved It; she knew
it was also her Land. He spoke of
the flag and what it meant. In her
home she had no symbol of her cOun-
try, and she told him so. He drew a
penknife from his pocket, cut a but
ton from his collar, and handed it to
her. On the button was an eagle
and stars, and she pinned it over her
heart, looking at him with innocent
eyes.
She told him of her mother-she
could not tell much, but she told him
all she remembered. Then, inYolun-
tariIy, she told him more-aboUt her
life, her hopes long dead, her brotheE
bearing his fathers name and curse.
She had not meant to do this at
first; but as she spoke she had dim
idea that he ought to know who it
was that he treated with gentleness
and Difference. She knew it would
not change anything in him, that he
would be the same.
When she was silent, he began to
sneak. and she listened breathIesslv.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-09
HAPPY OLD AGE
Most Likely to Follow Proper Eating.

AS old age advances we require less
food to replace waste, and food that
will not overtax the digestive organs,
while supplying true nourishment.
Such an ideal food Is found in Grape
Nuts, made of whole wheat and barley
by long baking and action Of diastase
In the barley which changes the starch
into a most digestible sugar.
The phosphates also, placed up I'M
der the outer-coat of the wheat, are
included In Grape-Nuts, but are lack
ing in white -four because the outer
coat of the wheat darkens the -four
and is left out by the miller. These
natural phosphates are necessary to
the well-balanced building of muscle,
brain and nerve cells.
81 have used Grape-Nuts," writes an
Iowa man, for s years and feel as
good and am stronger than l was ten
years ago.
Among my customers l meet a man
every day who Is we'll along In years
and attributes his good health to
Grape-Nuts and Postum which he has
used for the last 5 years. He mixes
Grape-Nut with Postum and says
they go fine together.
For many years before began to
eat Grape-Nuts, l could not say that
enjoyed life or knew what 1t was to be
able to say I am WELL | suffered
greatly with constipation, but now my
habits are as regular as ever in my
life.
whenever l make extra effort !
depend on Grape-Nuts food and it just
fills the hill I can<fhink and write a
great deal easier"l
There's Reason" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
"The Road to MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A new
enc appears from time 20 time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of humaD
interest.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-09
PONDS FOR STOCK WATER AND IRRIGATION

The problem of building ponds and
storage reservoirs to conserve the
water in Kansas has been receiving
great deal of publicity recently on
account Of the long drouth and the
resulting shortage of water for do.
nestle purposes and for stock.
There is, of course, considerable
difference of opinion as to the bene-
fits to be derived from ponds, and
some radical critics go so far as to
predict that these proposed would
make swamp out Of Kansas and that
they would only be mosquito breeding
holes accompanied by malaria, fever
and ague and all sorts of diseases and
trouble.
1t is at least possible that an ex-
tensive system of ponds may exert
a beneficial influence on the temper
ature and atmospheric conditions, but
granting that it will not the water
stored in these ponds If they are
properly built will be worth all 1t
costs under average conditions for
stock water and irrigation purposes
and these ponds could be stocked with
fish from the State Fish Hatchery
and made source of revenue and Of
real pleasure as we'll as to the farm
er.
1t Is almost useless to build a pond
in the ordinary way to store only the
run-off water from a given area for
careful investigation shows that the
losses due to seepage alone would
amount to one inch or more of water
in each twenty-four hours in a well
built earth pond, and the surface
evaporation will amount to from for
ty to sixty inches per year and during
May, June, July and August the etap-
grafton may be as great as six to ten
inches per month. From this and
the genarl knowledge we have OF the
construction of such ponds in the
state 1t is evident that sky ponds
(those fed only from surface run
Off will be dry when they are most
needed
A reservoir, to be of any real prac-
tical value when 1t is needed badly
must first be properly located and
we'll built and must be fed by springs.
streams or wells constantly to re-
store the loss due to seepage, evapo-
ration and usage In parts of Kan
sas there are not many springs or
streams suitable for this purpose, but
a large area of the state has immense
flows of sheet water at depths rang
ing from ten to seventy-five feet
which can be lifted by windmills at a
very low cost
In most cases the pond could be To-
Gated so as to make it possible to ir-
rigate garden or an acre or two of
profitable even in Eastern Kansas
where the water might not be needed
more than once or twice in two or
three years. In fact, during the last
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-09
Had His Goat. Evidently.

A Springfield man, replying to his
wife's petition for divorce, says: DE
PENDANT states that the plaintiff is
much better qualified than the defend
ant to carry her part in nagging con-
tests; that she commands a better
and more extensive vocabulary than
the defendant, and simply overwhelm-
ed him with her complaints and re-
proaches, and she was SO master of
her feelings that she could readily
pass from storm to sunshine, from
abuse to tears, from harsh language
to tenderness, and from nagging plain
tiff could upon the appearance of a
third person so readily become all
smiles and suavity that her sudden
and complete changes Of moods com
pletely bewildered defendant" Kan
sas City Star.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-09

Wait until the corn is pretty well
fired. Let it mature as much as pos
sible before making silage of it, The
silo saves feed that usually is lost.
"And If you can't afford an above
ground type of silo, dig hole in the
ground-a pit silo. And dig it right
away. 1t. will cost only SIS to $25,
and silage keeps practically as we'll
in one of this kind as in the more ex-
pensive types. This kind of a silo is
especially recommended for Western
Kansas"
That farmers in western counties
believe in the pit also was shown by
the way they crowded around the
models Of this type exhibited on the
flat car. Two men were kept busy
explaining how to dig and fill one
properly, and how to get the silage
out. Clyde Mckee, farm demon
stration agent along the Rock Island
lines, received so many requests for
help as result Of the "silage spe-
cial" that he was compelled to leave
the train the third day to help farmers
who were eager to dig pit silos.
Forty of this kind were dug near one
town.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-09
PIT sILos FoRlwEsTERN KANSAS.

PIT sILos FoRiWEsTERN KANSAS.
Pit silos will not be successful east
OF the ninety-eighth meridian in Kan
sas. There is danger of seepage water
entering and spelling the silage, ex-
perts at the Kansas Agricultural Col
lege say. Except on high and we'll
drained spots this type of silo also
will be unsuccessful east of the nine
ty-ninth meridian. Information has
come to the college recently of a num-
Der OF farmers in the state who are
digging pit silos where they will be
failures. The college has sent WARN
ings to these farmers. One farmer in
Saline county was digging a silo near
the Smoky River. Another in Marion
county proposed to put corn in pit
silo without cementing the walls. An
other farmer had dug a silo near
creek bank. While the ground near
this silo was quite dry when it was
built, water will seep in from the
soil when the rainy season comes, and
spoil the silage. Pit silos can be used
only in sections where the sub-soil al
ways is so dry that there is no seep-
age water. This makes the pit type
western Kansas silo.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-09
HADN'T TOLD AMY UNTRUTH
Colored Witness Simply Stated Fact,
Though It Was Not the lnforma-
ton Desired.

In st. Louis stout colored woman,
apparently about forty years old, was
called as witness in an assault case
before police Judge. She said: 81
am eighty-four and live down near
the river, and this is what saw when
the fight took place"
She then gave her account of the
assault
On cross-examination the attorney
for the defense asked her when and
where she was born, and she replied:
Right here in ST. Louis, in July,
To-"
Then" cried the lawyer in a tri-
umphant tone, what do you mean
by saying that you are eighty-four7"
oh" replied the old darby, that
amt my age; that is my bust meas
urement."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-09

Harrison Parkman, state fire mar
shall, has proposed to Governor
Hodges plan to create an emergency
fund for use when a building at one
of the state institutions is destroyed.
The state carries no insurance and
within the last two years has lost
$125,O00 worth Of buildings. The state
owns about $S,OO0,0OO worth of build
ings. The losses by fire in the last
two years have been heavier than the
total losses to the state in the ten
yearA previous. Parkman proposed
that each institution be assessed a
slight insurance premium each year,
about one-tenth the regular fire in
surance premiums. This money would
come out of the funds of each insti-
tuition and be paid to the insurance
commissioner, who would invest it in
Kansas bonds, as the state school
fund is invested. The money would
be used for emergency purposes to
replace needed buildings. The bonds
could be sold as soon as the actual
cash was needed to replace a burned
building and the new building erected
at once without waiting for the legis-
lature to make an appropriation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-09
WHAT THE WORLDS DOING
HERE, THERE and EVERYWHERE
Interesting Items Gathered From All
Parts Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben.
eft of Our Readers.
Washington.

A subcommittee of the house inter
state commerce committee has an
nounced a series of hearings on a
contemplated measure, granting the
Interstate Commerce Commission
power to regulate the operation of in
terstate trains, limit their speed,
specify proper safety devices and re-
quire use of steel cars.
President Wilson takes the position
that the policy of moral suasion
adopted by the United States toward
Mexico had accomplished its two car
dinal purposes-to obtain assurances
that there would be a constitutional
election, and that Provisional Presi-
dent Huerta would not be a candidate
to succeed himself.
President Wilson has nominated w.
II. l.. Pepperell of Concordia, Kan.
to be collector of internal revenue
for the district of Kansas. Pepperell
has long been active in Democratic
politics in Kansas.
Republican leaders in Washington,
identified from the first with the de-
mand for Republican national con-
Nention to revise party rules and pro-
cedure, expressed strong approval of
the platform adopted by the New
York Republican state convention.
Although imports for August fell off
when compared with figures for the
same month last year, exports in
creased to such an extent that they
surpassed figures Of any other August
on record.
State department officials said that
the reported seizure of the American
mission School at Karltza, by Greeks
would raise an important diplomatic
question as the status of American
Institutions in Albania has not been
determined under the new territorial
delimitations growing out of the war
between the Balkan allies and Turkey
and the later conflict among the allies
themselves.
The senate has confirmed Joseph w.
Folk OF Missouri as solicitor general
Of the state department.
Secretary Garrison had before him
recently a Philippine slavery report
BY W. H. Phipps, auditor for the
islands, practically backing up the
startling charges of Dean Worcester.
1t cites details Of many cases of boys
and girls sold into slavery at prices
ranging from $50 to $500, and declares |
that heads Of savage families sell |
their daughters and regard the prac-
tice as their right.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-09

Topeka-A method by which, it is
said six to seven million dollars worth
of eggs will be saved to Kansas every
year has been worked out by the state
board of health and the University Of
Kansas. For years the Eastern egg
market has been closed to Kansas on
grade No. and summer eggs. No. 2
eggs are the small sized and soiled
eggs.
The big loss to the Kansas egg men
and to farmers has been a problem
for the board of health and the univer-
sity authorities as well as the egg
shippers for many years. Three years
ago the university food experts decid-
ed on test. They took large guam
tity of Kansas summer eggs and No.
2 eggs, broke them and put the eggs
into cans. The cans were put into
cold storage at once and kept at a
temperature of zero for three years.
DR.. S. ]. Crumbine, secretary OF
the board of health, and Prof. F. H.
Billings of the university have just
concluded feeding test to determine
whether or not the eggs thus kept
were Injurious.
1.-THE food squad was selected with
no other qualification than ability to
eat fresh eggs without physiological
disturbance" said DR.. Crumbine.
The following are sample meals:
Breakfast-Fruit, cereal, bacon (some-
times with egg, potatoes, cornbread
or mullins and cocoa. Dinner-Soup,
meat. potatoes, vegetables, bread and
butter, tea, dessert, apples. Supper
Egg (omelet or scrambled), hot
bread, syrup, potatoes, sauce, cake and
cocoa. The breakfasts provided egg as
egg, or in the hot bread; the dinners
provided it in the custards. Supper
supplied the egg as egg, in the hot
bread and in the cake.
1.-THE frozen egg used by the cook
for the squad was weighed out so that
the total amount consumed was deter
mined. On basis of fresh eggs the
average quantity of frozen egg con.
sumed by each man was the equiva-
lent of three and one-half eggs a day.
"The health of the members of the
squad was watched during the inves-
tigation by recording temperatures
and weight before each meal, with
any departure from usual health.
Blood counts and blood pressure were
taken at the beginning and at the
close. - Ns. fw.
AT the end of the seventeenth day
it was found that no temperature in
dictated fever in any member of the
squad. The weights showed that all
except one had gained in weight from
one and one-fourth to three and one
half pounds, the one who did not gain
weighed the same at the end as at
the beginning. 1t is noteworthy that
no one had any disorder of the diges-
tive tract, type of ailment that gen.
orally accompanies the ingestion of
decomposed or putrid food, or food
that has been acted upon by danger
GUS type Of bacteria
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-09

hungry for information as to how
they might avert possible feed
shortage next winter by the use OF
silos They listened eagerly to the
college experts, asked numberless
questions and then clambered aboard
the train to examine the various types
of silos represented there by models.
The "silage speciaP' consisted Of
four flat cars carrying various mod
els of silos and silage cutters, and
three coaches for the speakers. H.
M. Cottrell, agricultural commission
'er for the Rock Island lines, was in
charge Of the train. w. A. Cochel, D.
E. Reed, A. s. Meals, j. B. Fitch, and
Clyde Mckee were the represesta-
tives from the agricultural college,
The train started at KaEArado at the
western end of the state, came east
to Mcfarland, thence southwest to
Liberal.
Many farmers in Kansas, becoming
fearful of feed shortage because of
the dry season, were beginning to
ship their live stock to market at sac.
rifice prices just about the time the
"silage special" started through the
state. The experts on the train, hear
ing of the impending stampede to