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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29

The beef consumed in the Panama
Canal Zone is to be from cattle slaugh-
tered there, instead of dressed beef
from the United States. 1t has been
ascertained that saving of from 10
to 20 per cent can thus be made.
The Canal supply department has
already begun killing local cattle, in
order to test the quality of meat OBJ
tainable, and it has further arranged
to purchase cattle in other parts of
Central America, and even South
America, and bring them to the
isthmus for final fattening and
slaughter.
A cattle buyer, assigned to visit
the neighboring countries, will have
his purchases brought to the Canal
and inspected by a veterinary sur
geon to prevent the introduction Of
diseased cattle. The latter official Is
already on his way to the isthmus.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29

One of the interesting places for Wis
itors, especially medical men, is the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search at Sixty-sixth street and Ave-
nue. A, New York. The Rockefeller
institute is similar in the scope of
its work to the Pasteur institute in
Paris. 1t Is under the direction Of
DR.. Simon Flexner, formerly of the
University Of Pennsylvania. He is an
authority in pathology and bacteriol-
ogy, and has published the results Of
his extensive researches into snake
venom, bubonic plague, cerebro-spinal
meningitis, bacillary dysentery, in
fantile paralysis and other diseases.
The establishment aims to be more eff
fective than general hospitals for the
successful demonstration OF new
forms of treatment. Here the staff
may apply and treat under careful
servation such new methods or dis
coveries as have proved worthy of a
thought trial on human beings afflict'
ed with diseases not yielding to pres
ent modes of treatment.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29

Of milk, yet considerations of health
forbid forcing and require that the COW
be given moderate exercise in the
open air.
Most of the criticisms that come
from feeding ensilage come from ig-
norance in handling 1t from the time
1t is planted until 1t is fed out.
A thin skin shows a weak, nervous
system and a dry skin indicates poor
digestive qualities.
Water has great influence upon
the composition of milk. Cows should
have as much water as they will drink
and not less frequently than twice a
day.
The milk glands are under direct
control of the nervous system and any
conditions which affect the nervous
system are sure to react upon the
milk-producing glands.
Loss, expense and risk hasten in the
wake of withered pastures unless sup
Elemental feeds are promptly sup
piled.
A, milk-flow once allowed to go down
by default cannot be fully regained un,
til the cow freshens again.
Don't abuse a nervous COW any
more than you would abuse a nervous
horse.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
CLING TO BLEAK LAND
NATIVES OF SHETLAND ISLAND
LOVE THEIR HOME.
Have Hard Work to Coax Living
From Almost Barren Rock, But
Leave 1t UnwiIlingIy-Spot
Has Figured in History.

Fair island. 25 miles south of all
the other Shetlands, has had a
strange enough pageantry passing
over it's rocky surface. For not only
was it the home of the Picts, and then
of the Morse; and for the Morse, the
signal beacon to give warning of the
coming of the hostile sail; besides
that it supplied chapter in the ro-
nance of the Spanish Armada.
For here was wrecked the ship Of
Don Gomez de Medina, and that noble
and his men were for a time most
generously entertained by the island
ers, writes Maude Radford Warren in
Harper's Magazine. But time passed,
the Spaniards stayed, the meal and the
mutton diminished. Then the island
ers, wrapped in by the wild storms,
unable to get to any other island,
fearful of famine hid their food. The
forced guests grew weak. many died
of starvation, and some, it is said,
were pushed over the tall cliffs into
the sea.
At last one Andrew Umphrey took
the Spaniards away in a ship, and
since that day the name Of Umphrey
has been powerful in the ShetlandS.
The Fair island people show plain
traces of Spanish blood, but they re-
sent the suspicion of it, saying that
the Spaniards were isolated when on
the island.
1t is hard to conceive how isolation
could we'll be possible on an island
two miles square; besides, the Fair
island people do not deny that the
strange patterns and the lichen dye
ing Of the stockings and caps and
shawls their women knit were taught
them by the Spaniards, and indeed the
same sort of handicraft Is found to this
day in country places of Spain.
The Fair islanders were great
smugglers in the old days, and they
are still good bargainers. They are
very intelligent, seeming to know in
stinctively how to read; and not so
very IOu6 dSO JhOy nOuiu AOhO" INV
mail steamers in their light canoe
shaped boats, which none but them
selves can manage, begging for news
papers and books.
One of their terrors is Of infec-
tious disease; another is Of the dog
tax man, against whose coming they
are said to hang and drown their
dogs; another is of emigration, for
they love Fair isle. Yet emigrate they
must; about forty-five years ago a
hundred of them went, unable longer
to coax living from their bare rock.
Their greatest joy is the occasional
visits Of the minister, more frequent
ly now than in the old days, when
he arrived but once in about two years
to marry and christen. He breaches
every day of his stay, and they pro-
long his visit on every possible pre-
text, using, when all else fails, the
solemn prophecy of storm.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
Medals wronulx Distributed.

1t was clear, warm Sunday, and
Cargo went off for a walk to think
things over. He rnet his old friend
Bill Jorkins, whom be had not seen
for months, and they proceeded to a
place where cool, foanijng mug was
to be had. And they had quite sat
isfactory number and became conf
Dental. "Ow're e gettin' on, nanny
way, Garge?" finally asked Bill Jor-
hns. "Gettin' on? Never 'ad such a
time. Workin' till 'alf-past nine every
night on war work, an we'en l gets
'ome mother goes cryin' hover the sup
per because Of the lawful 'ardships me
two young brothers is sufferin wallsin
up and down the prom at Morecambe
l tell we, Bill, the wrong chap'll get
the bloomin' medals in this war;
London Tit-Bits.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
HER FIRST PATIENT
American Girl Tells of Expert
enCe at the Front"
Compelled to Hold Stretcher-Bearers
to Work, Nurse Has Strenuous
Time Getting Wounded Man
to Surgeons.

An American girl who recently vol
unteered for service with a Red Cross
ambulance in Belgium sends the fol.
lowing account of her first case:
THE commandant doctor with
whom | was assigned to work had
taken me far up toward the front,
where Belgian battery was sta.
toned. While he attended to some
trifiing injuries, there came the sound
of cannonading, and news that the
Germans were attacking the very sec.
ton where we were working.
Suddenly, at what seemed the last
minute of safety, two Belgian stretch.
er-bearers, without stretcher, rushed
up to me. They said there was a
man badly wounded somewhere up
the road. found a stretcher and
went off with them to look for him.
we went on and on. 1t probably
wasn't more than 500 yards, but 1t
seemed like a very long way; II
seemed impossible to find the house.
Then some women came running and
pointed out the place. The stretcher.
bearers hurried off with their stretch.
er. followed.
THE man, horribly hurt, with a
wound like red pit below his shoul.
dor blades, was brought and laid on
the stretcher. He lay there quietly
on his side, in a posture of utter res,
ignation to anguish.
HE was Belgian peasant, slums
lily built; he had broad, rather ugly
face, narrowing suddenly as the fringe
of his whiskers became a little strag
Cling beard. But to me he was the
most beautiful man / had ever seen
l loved him. He was my first wound
ed man!
Il tried-I still try-to persuade
myself that II l hadn't bullied my
two bearers and repulsed an attempt
to get my stretcher away for some
other patient, he would have beer
left behind in that little house. We
got him out of the yard all right
and on the paved road. Then, tc
my horror, the bearers dumped hin
down on the paving stones. They
said he was much too heavy. They
couldn't possibly carry him Jules!
they rested.
II didn't think 1t was exactly tn,
moment for resting, and told then
so in several languages. The Ger
mans were likely to come around tn,
turn in the road at any time. Yol
never know!
But the bearers stood stolidly il
the middle Of the road and moppeC
their faces and pulled. The situation
began to be as absurd and terrible
as nightmare. So l grabbed on one
end Of the stretcher and said | would
carry 1t myself. said | wasn't very
strong, and perhaps couldn't do 1t, but
anyhow, would try.
They picked it up at once then
and started off at a good swinging
trot over the rough paving stones
joting my poor patient horribly.
suggested that they walk on the
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
Auto Makes Glover Fly.

Coming upon a farmer moving
clover, L. J. Russell, principal of the
Towanda schools, heard the man COM
plain how near tagged out we're his
horses. Professor Russell told him
to unhitch and he would finish the
moving with his automobile.
Fastening the mower to the profes-
sor's automobile, the machine was
sent speeding around and the big field
was moved within ten minutes. The
mower was run so fast that the clover
was thrown In the air in louds.-To-
wanda (Pa-) Dispatch to Philadelphia
Record.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
A ,lnnah.

There's storm coming up" said
the captain of the yacht, "and the
boat is too heavily loaded. Wen have
to tighten the ship somehow"
THAT will be all right, captain" re-
piled one of the gay party on board.
you have our permission to throw
the chaperon overheard"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
To Test Milk.

A simple but absolute test as to
whether milk is watered, is to dip
steel needle in a vessel of milk and
Immediately withdraw 1t in an upright
position. If the milk is pure. some of
the fluid will adhere to the needle; If
there is water in the milk, it will not
cling to the neeT,s at all.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29

do you think Mr.. Spooner's inten.
lions are serious?' asked the girls
mother
81 don't know yet, mamma" replied
the girl. "I'm going down to the jew
eler's this afternoon to have his ring
appraised"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
Saws YOUNG Men ONLY TAX.

Prof ]. l.. Henderson Of Harvard
university recently declared that the
college should free young men from
the tyranny Of styles in clothing, that
all should beware of modern fiction
and STUFF called literature" nowadays
and that "the trouble with our Ameri-
can young is that they cannot con-
verse; they can only talk"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
Sure Thing.

Hostess-Sh! that's my neighbours
dog. Be careful what you say about
that woman.
Fair Guest-Why that's silly. Dogs
can't understand.
Hostess-No, but they carry tails
Philadelphia Record.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
Revised.

"Is that futurist music you're play
ing?" inquired hubby as his wife
pumped the pianola.
mo, dear; it's Home, Sweet Home,
but / think Bobby has been using 1t
as target for his air rife"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
Broke,

Come on, Bill, Join us in little
game of poker"
Sorry, boys, but can't"
why not? Your wife Is in the
country"
yes, and 80 is my salary"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
The Reason.

The Reason.
81 say, why did you name that dog
OF yours Gossip"
Because he's such backbiter."
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-06
STERN DISCIPLINE

Sergeant Sharp was as regimental
as it is possible for a man to be.
"'Shun!" he cried to his squad.
Quick march! Left wheel! Halt!
Take Murphy's name for talking in
the ranks"
But he wasn't talking" protest
ed a corporal who was standing near.
Wasn't he?" roared Sergeant
Sharp. Don't matter, then. Cross
it. out and put him in the guardroom
for deceiving me-"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-06
MARYS SHADOW

'Now, Elsie" she said, MARY fol-
lowed Edward VI, didn't she?"
Eyes, ma'am, " replied the little girl.
"And now who followed Mary?"
asked the teacher, hopefully.
All was silent for a moment, then
Elsie raised her hand.
Eyes, Elsie,"' queried the teacher,
who followed Nary"
'GHer little lamb, teacher, said El-
sic, triumphantly.- Wrappers
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-06
SAFEST WAY

e'Gy tobacconist tells me that If
viii stick my cigars in my vest pocket
so that the small end is out instead
of the big end III lose fewer cigars.
tive a better plan than that. Stick
'em in your coat pocket so that they
don't show at AIN. Y, Times.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-06
100 BAD

Tramp-t is needless to ask the
question, madam. You know what
/ want.
Lady-Yes, know what you want
badly, but I've only one bar of soap
in the house and the servant is us
ing it. Come some other time.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-10

that the driver had just from ST. Louis He had no
traffic laws here. - WV
There of driver ignorant or careless of the
rights of Others but than that an owner either g
norant deliberately negecu of the feature
as well entirely careless of the rights lives of
or he would not have sent out hghpowered charge
abilities to drive that with safety to others he could
little or nothing.
In the awakening public sentiment that must come to
stop the killings which of almost daily employers
Of chaueurs must be brought to realize that they
duties to the public when they send their heavy
cars out into the streets in charge of employed drivers
It should be impossbty for chauffeur who has once
been in trouble to ever get another job driving
No manufacturing institution will give place a workman
who by his carelessness killed fellow workman
But the chauffeur who kills or maims gets to
drive impossible for the law punish
Commissioners Gillespie that the pedestrians will have
to learn to take better of themselves the streets the
number of accidents to be reduced In other words the
wants the pedestrians to sep yeer
to protect pedestrians said the commissioner:
study of the list of street accidents will show that
few occur in the downtown section where the traffic
officers stationed Most all the accidents outside the
Despite the congestion and the millions of pedes
ans who and the downtown streets the
ings are comparatively safe there.
ut the side streets where the automobile driver hits
up fast pace and children allowed to wild that
cidents most frequent The reckless automobile driver
d noo p" % s
look and listen when crossing street.
The commissioner declares the time is coming when the
traffic congestion the district will demand
way for vehcular traffic He does not think that AID Krm
mes plan for providing street crossings the
pedestrian would be a proper solution.
would have grass growing in tunnel for
ne Neither will they elevated sidewalk have
elevated in other cities but they never looked like
much of success"
President Lttleed ndorses AID krmmePs plan for
ing subways for pedestrians.
Deputy City Clerk Guy L. ingalls, believes that
walks the downtown streets with overhead street
ings, will solve the traffic problem.
Doubled sidewalks will not be any obnoxious
than the sidewalk shelters and signs that project from
the front Of nearly store in the downtown district
Mr. ngals he merchants and property would not
object to doubedeck sidewalks because would
vdng each building with two street entrances the FIRST
floor, and another at the second"
The Detroit times., 1915-11-10

SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa, Nov.
10.-That the loss caused by the
fire which destroyed NO. machine
shop OF the Bethlehem Steel Co.,
early this morning. will total a mil
lion dollars and probably more, was
believed this afternoon.
Officials OF the company would
not make any statement as to the
exact loss.
The building. in which 2.100 men
were employed, was used for the
manufacture of guns for this gov.
ernment and England.
The fire was caused by an explo-
sion following the short circuiting
of electric wires, spark from which
ignited q pile Of oiled waste.
The building was completely gut
ted.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-10
TRAFFIC OFFICERS PROTECT VEHICLES, BUT
PEDESTRIANS MUST DODGE OR GET BATTERED

Life and limb temporarily somewhat safer in De-
troit Tuesday.
Eight automobile accidents produced of but four
persons injured.
And for day the injuries all of minor character
there an occasional day the number of
injuries small the whole record would be terfy
awake necessity safety, only
safety first safety while that record
of all days be little boodsained that of Tuesday
AID Sherman Lttlefed president of the council
thinks that Police Commissioner Gillespie improve traffic
conditions the downtown streets by paying attention to
The anxious give the street
the the signal ahead that they forget
all about the fellow who doing his best to get the
81 think that the traffic officers would have system
whereby they could get the pedestrians safely across before
beckonng the traffic to the public would be better
81 will ordinance to prevent people from
in effect there would be such jam at
crossing like staes and Woodwardave that people
to do something regulate pedestrian traffic let him station
officers the crosswaks to hold the crowds until the
officer the street signals them to BY sending
pedestrians in patches they figure reaching the
other side before the oncomng vehicuar traffic is on top of
them"
There is no question keeps the average the
studying get safely the crowded crossings The
danger Of accident these crossings is not particularly ser
ous though except Of those drivers who insist
the though they belonged to them They
the hogn parlo kind that Gillespie talks
about.
These drivers fond of lining two three abreast
stopped by the traffic officers at crossing and
at the signal tearing loose to who can get into high
first.
These fellows great respecters of persons, either
ago Police Commissioner Gillespie and the
crossing WoOdward-ave North and south traffic
stopped Of these selfish drivers colored chauffeur had
refused to wait in his place which happened to be
the lire stopped by the traffic officers He had to pull
abreast of the next to the CROSSING and when the sig
nal releasing north and south traffic given the mayor and
police commissioner happened to be just in front of his
machine. ~
The colored driver started, just the same and Com
missioner Gillespie refused to conortonst act the machine
him. Even then the driver would not STOP but tried
push the commissioners out of the road with his machine
then the commissioner around to the step jumped
up and leaning choked the driver until ne let 20 OF
the Then he climbed in and drove the with its col
ored headquarters II found questioning
The Detroit times., 1915-11-10
RACES
PIMLICO

First race. maiden, furlongs--
Golden Gate. 100 tMetcaxlD. (held).
1890. 3i24o. $3.50 won Mollie o..
ona gs Frlar NOnSf nSia 56 5'O MtGSh.yi .sf
$40. third. Time ! Il as Tatiana.
vedado. White Eye. Moonstone. Mar
mar, Bryn Chant, Mary Blackwood.
Parachute, Sandlight. Jerry, Jr.. Al
gradi, Walloon. and Life. also ran.
Second race. steeplechase. ~
$40. s4.i0. ,40o, won; EXton. 155
Of. Williams), $500, and $40. see
ond; shannon River, $50 tAllenl,
$3.50, third Timc--5.oi LIS. New
Burgeois also ran.
Third race, seili~~. 6 furlongs--
Wanda Pitzer. IL lBuxou): s3.5o,
Cooper $3.50 and sq.4o second; Joe
Blair. 11s tShuttinger). s2.50. third.
Time--i;l3 4-5. Videt and our John
Fourth race. selling, is miles
cliffedge. $3.50. .s,4o and ss.1O, won;
Aftergiow,- SLIGO and $3.50. second;
Carlton O.; $500. third Tine Tine
Opay. Travato, Huda's Brother Baby
Sister. Louise Travers and Colonel
Ashmeade also ran.
Fifth race. selling, furlongs-
tMcCahey). s49o and, $3.50. second;
J. ". Harrell. 100 tTurner), 1890.
third Tune .l5 rs Vlrnola, Ken
worthy. Kopje. shahan.. King Caucus.
Hiler, Rest 18Th and Tucker, Wood
fyair. Kneelet. Flnalee. Cora o., and
Attaboy also ran.
Sixthn race. selling, 1h milcs-
Ambrose, los harrington), tt,.sO.
$3.50 ana SOLO. won. Stonchcnse.
ins Orurrer). S. 90 ana st.l1. SECOND
Black Broom. II Robinson). ~ 20,
third Time--1:5b t-6. king BoS.
Hedge. All Smiles Napier. Corsican,
The Detroit times., 1915-11-10
WOULD RUSH
TELEPHONE
HEARINGS
Commissioner Glasgow
Wants City to Be
Ready, Nov. 16
IMPOSSIBLE,
SAYS DINGEMAN
Must Have Reasonable
Time to Prepare to
Meet Company

Corporation Counsel Harry J.
DingemaI has received a communi-
cation from Cassius l.. Glasgow, OF
the state railroad commission, re-
questing that the city make AN ex-
traordinary effort" TO have the hear
ings on the application Of the Michi-
gan State Telephone for permission
TO install modified system Of
metered service in Detroit. start on
Nov. is. Commissioner Glasgow
calls attention to the fact that the
hearings have been postponed now
on several occasions at the request
Cf the city.
Edward p. Burch Is now engaged
with corps Of assistants making
an appraisal of the telephone com.
panys physical properties. An audit
CT the company's books is also be-
.jng made. Corporation Counsel
Dingemsn wants this information to
use I'm the hearings before the COM
mission. He declares that II will be
Impossible for the city to comply
with the commissions demand for
en- early hearing.
"Mr. Burch has completed only 65
per cent Of the appraisal work to
GATE, and he has informed me that
Il will take at least q month for him
TO finish up." said Counsel Dinge-
man. 1T took the telephone company
about year to prepare their ap-
praisal and application for metered
service. The city does noi wish TO
delay the hearing single day. but
we must have adequate time 10 pre-
pare our side. can understand why
the 1tate commission is anxious to
proceed AZ quickly as possible. but
| think We are doing our share Of
the work In reasonable time.
Mr.. Burch recently doubled his
corps OF assistants to rush @ work.
After the reports are finished. I
want time to go over them and
study the more important details.
Tho city will not be able TO proceed
on Nov. le, and we will fight any at.
tempt OF the state commission to
force Us with an order"
The Detroit times., 1915-11-10
MARKET IS
RECOVERING
Most Stocks Make Ad-
vances During Days
Trading
Copy right. iDtS, Wy she New torl
Eventax rost Comnavyb

Copy right. tOiS. w sse New York
Evens1s rost C"sssvy5
NEW YORK. Nov. l0.-The
break In the general market ap
peared to culminate today, and
series OF early. and. In some cases,
sharp declines was followed by an
extremely vigorous recovery before
the close. with most stocks closing
at substantial advances for the day.
Notwithstanding thefurther and vi.
olent break In a number OF war
munitions stocks" today--several OF
them fell to 10 points on top OF
tho previous spectacular collapse
there were signs, even in the early
trading. that the pace of the down.
ward movement IN the general mar
ket was overdone. The vigourous
recovery of the railway shares in
the last hour made this evident. At
the opening of the stock exchange
the situation which existed was
one In which q professional bear
party" was operating with energy
to make the most OF the advantage
It had gained already. II was able
10 press this advantage further. In
the war industrials." whose real
intrinsic value f. unknown except
TO a very few. This very lack Of
essential knowledge operates neces-
sarily TO exaggerate the decline on
stock exchange reaction, precise
iy as Il served 10 exaggerate the
advance when every speculator was
buying.