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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20
PLAN NEW CITY FOR CHINA
Hankow, Destroyed in Revolution, May
Be Rebuilt in the Form OF
Triangular Island.
(TO BE CONTINUED

The recent agitation regarding the
proposed rebuilding Of that part OF
Hankow, China, destroyed during the
revolution. has developed into plans
which may make the city triangular
island, and for this an English COM
pany offered lin July, 1910 TO furnish
$50, 100000 at the close of the war
then pending.
Commissioner Van Tu has drawn up
comprehensive plan of improve
ment One preliminary survey and one
minute survey have been made, and all
preparations for laying out the sites.
digging the new canal and construct
ing the river bridges are being active
ly pushed on.
The best part Of the city is now
strip of land along the river fangtze'
and this has been turned into conces-
sions, so that nothing can be done IN
regard to it.
Next in importance is the land be-
tween the river and the old market
place, which is the only area on when
developments IAN be made. AS the
lower end of the market place is con
nected with the concessions. no extern
sion can be made on that side.
At the rear is a shallow lake. and
without great effort it cannot be
| turned into market.
A comprehensive review of the stu
alton which recently appeared in the
Chinese National Gazette has met
with widespread approval. 1t says;
The strip of land behind the conces-
sions and the site of the lake are all
distant from the river, hence trans
portation is difficult. Chinese com
merce should extend and expand, and
other undertakings must be effected
Those in charge of the project
now intend to open a canal. beginning
at the upper part Of the Han river
extending along the rear OF the con
cessions and joining the Yangtze river,
Thus Hankow will be a triangular
island.
"On every side OF 1t vessels will
be able to cast anchor, and the de-
velopment OF industries and COM
MERGE will go forward by leaps and
bounds"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20

ones for the young owner of the Dill
lingworth. He did not zee that he had
taken the silent little girl of the hills
and that the dominant, clever woman
of the world had taken him. Yet such
were the facts in the vague, halt
formed shape that affairs had as
sumed.
With a splendid tact Miss Ordway
kept away from him, presenting at
such times as they CHANGED to meet
serene poise that was as charming
as her abandon had been that nigh,
by the rollway. On the other hand
Siletz watched him with troubled eyes
There was that in features and voice
that frightened her as a loving woman
is ever frightened when trouble rides
the shoulder of the beloved
Therefore one night soon after San
drys talk with Miss Ordway, Slet7
followed him as ne went TO the office
after supper II was a black night
and Sandry was not aware OF ner pres
ence until touch fell on his shout
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20

"Yes " famed the younger man. Isl
washes-but | have five million fee'
of logs at the mouth of my slough
I'll float my contract on time. MIR
Hampden-and then III look into the
little matter of my East Belt"
That day he got his first letter from
Poppy Ordway. 1t was heavy and
satiny and 1t breathed an insidious
perfume.
Also II was brilliant with excitement
and limited at great things.
Pm certain Hampden's crooked"
she wrote: I've found man Who
knows him-and he's in the commits
sioners office. He's young and ha ?
susceptible and he thinks I'm one OF
the ring!' oh. but it's exciting. I
passed him q lip-isn't that the way
you men would say it?-that ! had
snap In view. but that already had
homestead in AriZOna-and the
thing progresses. The mention or
Hampden and snap did for him-and
I'm all but over the brink of traudu'
lent entry even now! He's offered
in my case, specially--to come down
on the price OF my patent two hun
bred dollars-of course clandestinely;
I'm to say nothing about II to the
'ringl' Ye gods! I'm wild with the
luck. More later"
February was passing. The days OF
titful sunlight were becoming more
frequent The camp was humming
with business. Silent. bent on the
thing in hand, the Indians worked
without need of encouragement.
The slough was bank-full and ita
surface was covered from dawn t0
dark with a floor of logs slowly drift
ing on every tide downward to the
backwater.
AT the slough's mouth huge cradle
was slowly forming in its braces
Here the little loading donkey pulled
and footed. graphing many.ton tim
bers with its two draghoOks, placing
them here and there. The mass OF
chains covered the bottom of the
cradle a few feet apart.
Twelve men worked continually at
the great marine monster, packing the
logs inside the cradle. carrying the
giant chains up and over as the snug
floor reached the top. lacing the whole
together and at last lifting the center
gently thus giving to the thing its
likeness to vast cigar
A timber.scaler sent down by the
Portland firm, was constantly in at
tendance.
A shack had been thrown up at the
head of the raft and watch was kept
by day and night.
I'VE can't trust Hampden minute
john" said Sandry; I'm learning sus
picion" Indeed he was learning many
things. Only John Daily in the sanity
of his Just nature watched this Johnny
Eastern take his rough knocks and
come up with his teeth set
These two were growing together In
q slow affection. The big room had
In a sense. become home to Sandrv
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20
CHAPTER XIV.

There Is No Law for Genius"
March came in like lamb with
delicate weather. crystal clear and
opal bright, and with it came Miss
Ordway. Sandry was glad to see her
but the critical point was at hand and
he scarce took time to eat or sleep
from the great work OF the contract
The mammoth raft was ready the
largest. according to Daily, that the
camp had ever sent out in all its life
and a special boat from the Portland
Mills company would Law OFF iaquins
to receive it on the sixteenth
On the night of the second, Daily
caught a gimmcr OF white on the lin
tel. II was "a paper, stuck in with d
thumbtaLk
Watch your raft" it said. for pow
der"
That was all and it was unsigned
Daily told Sandry of the incident and
showed the warning
So for the remaining nights the
great raft was lighted from end 10
end and four of the Indians patrolleC
it in shifts. armed with rifles and un
der orders to shoot al the first sign Of
trouble.
The work went forward rapidly. The
Siwashes born and raised in the tim
Der country. knew all the work OF the
camp and they needed no driving
They were godsend TO Sandry IL
the pressing days and he came to look
upoL them with q wide tolerance
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20
ALARMIST SEES RACE DECAY
Doctor SchIapp Cites Motor Cars and
Movies, Among Other Things,
as Proof.

The latest alarming bulletin con-
corning the decadence of the human
race comes from DR.. Max G.. Schlapp,
who finds that alcohol, industrialism
and the stress of modern life are
tending to break the race down" and
that the improvement in Industrial
ism has been a boomerang" we have
too many consumers and not enough
producers; for example:
Take the motor car.
"How many thousands of people are
interested in the manufacture and sale
of motor cars?
Take the movies-how many thou
sands of people are engaged in their
production?
Are these people of any particular
, value to the human race?"
The motor car and the motion pic
lures have much to answer for. Henry
Ford and Charles Chaplin spring to
mind. But they are comparatively
young. They have not been operative
as agents of racial deterioration for
more than half a generation. The
men who are now directing and fight
ing the war in Europe were not vic
tins of their pernicious influence until
late in life Moreover, Greece and
Rome knew no devil wagons or film
productions, and yet they fell Per-
haps. Doctor Schlapp. even the aboli-
ton of gas engines and picture projec-
tors would not save the human fam
ily.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20

der, almost as light and soft as that
of the mist upon his face.
"Sandry," said Silet2.
He turned swiftly and all the vex-
atious ache of his heart seemed to cul'
inmate suddenly in a desire to take
her in his arms.
"Yes?" he said, yielding to the in
fluence OF the misty darkness and the
nearness of this girl who typitied the
wild so alluringly the Night Wind
breathes upon my heart. Why Is It..
Little Sletz?"
CTO BE CONTINIIED)
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20
PHILOSOPHICAL Poodle,

Said the portly, paunchy poodle,
with the pie bald, cone-shaped noodle.
Quite likely you detest my style and
breed But to envy I'm stranger. I'm
no dog in the manger. To let others
do their pleasure is my creed. I'm
aware that I'm no beauty. Still, don't
think it my duty to worry Ger the
errors of the world. prefer calm cogi'
tation to poster and vexation, and 10
lounge here with my caudle tightly
furled. kansas City Star.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20
CHAPTER xlII.-continued.

Even as he spoke she lost her footing
and went headlong down the cliff roll
ing over and over in the sliding sand.
TO bring up fifteen feet below where
the path turned sidewise on little
shelf. Without heed she gathered her.
self, threw back her braids and rushed
on. leaping downward like deer.
When Sandry reached her she was
her starved nature in her eyes, that
yet shOne with martial fire Then,
suddenly. through some rent in the
sodden sky, a beam OF light shot
through the mist. TRANSPORTING II
Sandry saw the look OF intoxication
creep into her eyes. the drunkenness
Of emotion that dulled them drowsily
Lines drew In her oval cheeks and
slowly her face broke into a look OF
anguish She put up an arm and GOV
cred II, turning toward the beach
Sandry caught her in his arms and
held her, weeping hard, against ais
breast.
81 cannot bear IT," cried Siletz from
this shelter, 'oh, | hurt! | hurt"
"Sh! S'h!" whispered Sandry husk.
lily, III is too great-too great-for
the Night Wind TO behold"
The ride home was silent with San
dry in the lead, his spirit still stirred
and shaken by what he had behed.
They did not speak again until the
camp lay before them at the big bend
"Sletz," said Sandry then. BLACK
Bolt is yours. None other shall ever
ride him again"
She said nothing but her fingers
frightened in the gallant crest tossing
before her
When they rode up across the small
bridge that spanned the slough below
the footlog the foreman was standing
beside the hammer.block He reached
up huge, bare arms and swung the
girl lightly down, sending a glance
across her shoulder that arrested the
owners attention instantly
Mr. Sandry," he said simpIy.
"Hamrdens got US. There haint a
jack in the camp hut Collins He's
bought the mill at Toledo an offered
a twodollar-a-day raise to every tim
berjack an riverhog In the county.
Even Harris" DaSys big voice deep
ened with bitterness. that we was
payin seven dollars day-an' he was
worth IT, tor there hain't a tiler like
him this side O. 'Frisco-has gone
for nine! Hampden come to the very
gate up there on the road an gath
cred EN- out fer n talk-an they com,
back an packed like sheep Damn
their hides! He had cnntracks Ter
two years at them wages-an they
signed like tools-scrambled fer the
chance! An some of ems ben fight
in him couple o years! He had
wagons waitin in a string at the bend
O. the road-ready to move EN- that
had cabins! BursOn an Click an
McMasters--they all loaded then
dufTle an liked An' DO 4 know ol
another bunca o loggers this side o
Portland"
Sandry. his face gone white as sand
under his hat brim, stared at the blank
windows of the cabins.
Eat SON" said Ma Daily firmly
when he entered the long room. "eat
first an think after empty stom
mick's poor boiler for workin
steam
And SaDdry, looking into her kindly
old face, saw the sanity of her ad
vice. He took her fat hand-and {
spoon and the end of dish towe
also-holding it tight in his own for s
moment.
Right you are, ma" he answered
and Eat him down.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20


There is at least one Bnglishman
for whom Grrek affection has never
wavered-Lord Byron. Not only is
he concentrated in Greece by stat
ues and street names, but his portrait
is to be found everywhere, even in the
most unlikely places, W, Miller, in
his Greek Life in Town and COun-
try" tells how he came upon por-
trait of the poet in a provincial res
taurant. The moment he took notice
of 1t the proprietor, a stout, pro.aic
looking man, whom no one woul1 lave
suspected of sentiment, steI Jed to-
ward the picture, clasped iIis hands
in pathetic gesture, and with far
away look in his eyes, stood for time
in rapt admiration Of the great Phil
helene"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20

and the evenings when Ma sat in her
little rocker and Siet2 braided her
mats with Coosnah beside her flied
his tOiIworn soul with peace.
The Preacher had slipped away as
silently and mysteriously as he had
come, with a blessing upon all and
promise to when you shall
need me, my children"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20
CHAPTER XIV.
The Call of the Wind.

The night lay thick over the Siletz
country. High above, the pine tops
sang with a roar. soft-voiced but far
reaching as thund's. Mystery and
loneliness pressed opLn the wilder
ness lac finger It Quivered the
Bharp-ears of. BlaGl prieked' TOR
ward, listening, 1t padded the feet OF
GooRnah running ahead In the trail.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20
Its Class.

What did you say when the author
asked you what you thought Of that
lotten open-fireplaCe episode in his
play?'
"Told him no lie-said / thought It
was q crate scene"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-01-20
Sarcasm.

She-"Whats his penchant?" He
Antiques" She tglaring througi
lorgnetteJ -"ls that one o. them witt
him ?"-Judge.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06
BUILD UP YOUR BLOOD

II Is hopeless task 20 try 20 re-
tore your health while your blood Is
Efficient In quantity or quality.
The blood circulates throughout
very portion of the body except the
air and nails. II takes the nourlsh
nent from the food and distributes
go the various muscles and organs ,
{ takes also any medication that Is
administered through the mouth. The
Hood Is the only means by which
nedicine can reach the nerves. II
he blood Ia thin its carrying capacity
lessened because Il Ia the red cor.
uscles in the blood that carry oTy-
zen and other needed constituents
o the various parts OF the body.
Or Williams Pink pills for Pale
People increase the red corpuscles In
ne blood. They enable n 20 absorb
more oxygen. 10 carry more life and
jtrength 10 the weakened organs. In
my disease in which the patient be
zones thin and pale Or. Williams
Pink Pills can be used successfully
o combat the anemia and build up
he health and strength.
Building Up the Blood" Ia n book
81. full 81 good information Every
mother and every growing girl should
ave one. II Is sent free on request
~ the Dr. Williams Medicine Co,
schenectady, y. Y. Your own drug
,ist sells Or Williams Pink Pills.
Price 50 cents ADV.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06

PINEDALE. Wyo., Oct. 6.-Harry
II. Fleming reports having seen re-
Gently a big moose pursued by a
bear
While fishing with a companion in
Faycttc lake. large bull moose
suddenly emerged from the timber
ran down 10 the beach and into the
water
Racing after the moose was "A
large black boar The bear seeing
the men fed banl, into the timber.
The moose left the water. shook
himself, blew the water from his
uostrlis and stood for a short time
only few wards from the fisher.
men inspecting them. He had an
unusually large body and "a magnif
cent set OF horns He walked a
mile along the shore, then vanished
in The woods
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06
Candidate SO Years. Wins.

JEFFERSON CITL Mo, oct e.
After 80 years Of being candidate
FOR one ONCE. WOrten Keys was
nominated for sheriff by the Demo
Gratis OF Saline county in tho pri-
mary here by plurality OF 26f
votes He has been candidate
Tor sheriff al each election since
1850. and failed to win until this
year
Keys told the voters he intended
10 run as long as ne lived n he
failed TO win. and that when ne died
he would leave a codicil 20 his Will
requiring one 81 his sons TO stand
for the once until he won
Il want 10 have one member Of
my family hll tho sheriff ONCE is
his explanation KEYS is farmer
and stock raiser He IS virtually
certain OF election. As Saline county
Is strongly Democratic
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06
Bass Jumned into Roats

WAUKESHA. oct 6.-While boat
ing up the Fox river a five and a
halfpound black bass jumped into
the rowboat Of Lloyd and lone
Thomas, aged 10 and ! Q. respective
Iy. children OF Mr.. and Mrs H. Z.
Thomas, and because of the confu-
sion that followed q serious aecl
dent was narrowly ayertcd.
Other fishermen went To the res
che OF the children. II has been r..
ported that on an least six different
occasions this summer FISH have
Jumped into boats on the FOX river
They become frightened. IT is
said, when struck ~ the motor
boats which they are unable 10 soc
al a distance because OF tbe dirty
water.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06

state and church are both served
when the Ordinary, average back
ward members Of any group OF
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

Have the courage 10 appear poor,
and you disarm poverty OF It's sharp
est sting Mrs. jameson.
Man will be soul n long time
after he has ceased 10 have a body;
and It takes a soul 10 lifI a boy
james Vance.
limo Is
Too slow for those who walt.
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who Erieve,
Too short for those who rejoice;
But for those who love
Time IL not
Henry Van Dyke.
God never mocks the soul with an
impossible ideal. neither should the
soul ever mock God with sn ignoble
onc.-F Watson Hannan
There are many kinds Of love. az
many kinds OF light,
And every kind 81 love makes a
glory In the night.
There Is love that stirs the heart,
and love that gives Il rest;
But the love that lends NE upward
rs the nohlest and the best
Henry Van Dyke.
Not so shall II be among YOU; but
whosoever would become great
among YOU shall he your minister;
and whoscever would be first among
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06
BY WILLIAM 7. ELLIS.

Old Athens was In the newest
mode. The people spent their time
IN nothing else than either 90 hear
or 10 see some new thing Novelty
is the keynote OF mOSrrn life. We
change our fashions OF dress several
times a year Myriads are in per
petual search for some untried ploGs-
ure Whoever can give the world a
new sensation is sure of a fortune
Something different f. called for
In every department OF life, religion
not excepted The latest Fad in
faiths is sure Of a following Frank
~, all this Is perilous and most OF f.
is bad. Progress and change We
must have, bur not at the eVpens"
OF the things which should abide
The old paths have been tested and
we know where they lead, let as not
be too quick 10 desert them for uH-
tried ways into the wilderness. BE
fore a young peoples society gct7
excited over new work Let Is con-
slider whether a. is efficient in tho
old, old Nays OF testimony. PRAYER,
Bible study and practical endcayor.
The danger of tho old is that h.
may Doe mechanically or perfInctor-
ut done tho danger Of 90, new Is
that n may rot b. worth doing
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06

young people are developed into
leaders. An old-new work for every
society is the bringing 10 he fore
Of the young people who lack initia,
tive and who need TO learn how TO
do public service.
The society that has the courage
10 undertake a serious study course
this winter will find itself stronger
in all other phas es OF work.
The oldest work OF Christian En-
deavor is still the newest and the
notwithstanding young men and
women TO Jesus Christ.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06

Tetse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topics OF the
Young Peoples Soeieties-Chrls-
tian Endeavor, etc.-for Oct. 8.
What New Work Should Our So
eiety Undertake 2"-Exodus ~:
8-t5.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06
FIND TARANTULA
13 INCHES LONG

PHILADELPHIA, oct. "a tar.
antula ~ inches long was discoy.
cred among the cargo Of logwood
DISCHARGED ut Jcffcrson-st, Camden,
from the schooner Rachel W. Stew.
eus Tho -ucclmaE vas sucn a nne
one that experts were summoned to
inspect f. II was Chloroformed, and
when dead was placed in a jar Of
alcohol 20 be- sent 10 one Of the edu-
cational institutions in Philadelphia
The trantula came from Fort
Iiharte, Hayti. where the cargo Of
logwood was taken on board De.
spite the fact that the cargo was
handled two or three times in be-
ing transported from whore the log
wood was cut 10 the vessel, II man
aged Ia hide In p hole OF a big piece
or logVood until dumped ont on the
wharf i'm Camden.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06

Prfnting-tbe plain neat kind--tbRt
~ richt--Time- Job Dept.-Nain 452O.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06
Sues For $50 Owed For Washing

CHESAPEAKE. o. oct 6 Mrs
Joseph Snyder, ri Getaway has su"o
Dade Waldcck. a merchant for $3.50
for the family washing Mrs Sny
der SAYS she has been doing the
WalIock family washing since 1907
and that the btll has grown 'O such
proportions tha' she wants hey pay
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06

work that he may indicate Funda-
mentally the society Is for the
church, and IL should be also in the
church and under the church and
OF the church.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06

The annual convention of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
of PENNSYLVANIA is 10 meet A. Wilkes
BARRE today for a session Of four
davs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-06
In the Religious World
BETTER WORK ON OLD LINES.

work that he may indicate. Funda-
mentally the society Is for tho
church, and il should be also in the
church and under the church and
Of the church.
In the early days of Christian En-
deavor there was provision for a
sick committee" but after the plar-
form punsters had pointed out that
too many committees are sick, the
name WAS changed 10 the visiting
| committee" This is branch OF
work capable Of great extension.
There are inValids and lonely souls
and poor who need nothing more
greatly than the visits Of bright.
hearted youth. Then there are prls-
ons and hospitals and asylums 70 be
visited, with music and messages OF
cheer This Is the sort OF ministry
that merits the "Iuasmuch" OF the
Saviour.
The leaders Of Christian Endeavor
have proposed that the next year be
one for the stressing OF fellowship
While their underlying thought is OF
international felloWships that are 30
sorely broken and tried and OF Chris
tian EndeavOr's part in ro-making
world wide Christian unity. tho
greater Includes tho Lesser. II should
be fellowship year among Chris
uan Erdeayor societies. with a great
er emphasis On iuterdenominational
relationship n should be a fellow
ship year within the local church.
showing The relationship between the
young people and all other church
departments n should be a fellow
ship year between Christian Endeav-
or and all the other agencies in the
community that make for the com
mon welfare
In this acute international hour
tho national idea, in It's noblest sig
uifcaucc should be cultivated In
every association OF young people,
This Is "a day for patriots The high
c-t type Of Christian loyalty TO our
own land Is needed II would he a
wise and practical Christian Endeav-
or for all societies TO give attention
IN every meeting 10 the present
meaning and obligation and oppor-
,uuity Of patriotism