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The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1916-02-19
Uncle Sans Diplomatic Codes No Longer Secret

said ruhuy
secret diplomatic
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1916-02-19
This Woman Knew Country Dog When She Saw One

One morning the tagging from the Mills
with their
crowd Men
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1916-02-19
Louis Ludlow Really Didn't Need an Automobile

has to do with Louis Ludlow Hooer
ron of the profession Wahngton He
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
WOMAN'S WORK IN THE WORLD
Activities Of the "Weaken Sex" Promi-
mont Along Practically All Lines
Of EndeaVor.

More women are employed In the
manufacture Of clothing than any 9TH
ar industry in Pennsylvania.
The duchess Of Norfolk has a col.
lection Of parasols Of all countries,
said to be worth $4,000.
Two thousand women will serve as
judges and clerks of election in Chi
cago this year, for which they will re-
ceive 81 per day.
Thousands Of women have been
thrown out of work in Massachusetts
since the operation of the minimum
wage law went into effect.
The first savings bank was insti-
tuted by woman, Priscilla Wakefield,
who inaugurated a bank scheme for
the encouragement of thrift among
children of Tottenham toward the end
Of the eighteenth century.
A remarkable transaction of Mich
olas Stratham's "Abridgement of Law"
an old English book, which has baf-
fed translators for years, has just
been completed by Mrs. Margaret G.
Klingensmith, member of the Penn
sylvania bar. 1t took Mrs. Klingen-
smith fifteen years to complete the
translation, which will be published
In the near future.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
MADE OWN ROAD TO SUCCESS
Woman Proved She Was Capable Of
Making Her Way, Despite All
Forms of Competition.

Forced by the illness of her hus-
band five years ago to take up the
burden Of supporting the family, Mrs.
Jennie Watkins in that time has be-
come one Of the foremost woman in
surance agents in the country and has
written more than one million dollars
worth of insurance policies.
Mrs. Watkins lives at No. $50 Fort
Washington avenue, where she main
tains her Office. She is the only wom-
an member of the 100000 club, an
organization of expert insurance
agents whose annual writings of poll
eies reach that amount every year.
She declares, and her associates,
who are men, agree with her, that she
gained her success through competi-
ton on equal grounds with her male
opponents, and she has vanquished
them in contests entirely by superior
arguments, and not by falling back on
the handicap which her sex might give
her.-New York Times.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
PROTECT THE SHADE TREES
Time Now to Begin Fight on cankef
Worm Pest, Says an Agricultural
College Expert.

War has been declared! No it is not
with shot and shell that the fight is
to be waged, but with sticky bands
and spraying solutions. The common
enemy is the canker worm.
TO assure success in the combat
too much emphasis cannot be laid
upon the necessity of beginning early"
says George A. Dean, professor of en-
tomology in the Kansas State. Agri-
cultural college.
In the case of shade trees or of a
Few fruit trees, a simple method, and
one that gives excellent satisfaction,
consists in banding the trunk of the
tree with sticky substance to pre-
vent the ascent of the wingless fe-
males. The best method is to smear
the sticky substance on bands of
heavy paper, such as building or tarred
paper, bound to the trunk of the tree
The paper bands should be put on
In the first warm days of February or
early spring, and the sticky substance
renewed whenever the material hard
ems. In order to close all crevices be-
tween tree and band, strip of cotton
batting - chapest grade = about 2
inches wide should be placed around
the tree, and covered with the band
OF tarred paper. The paper should be
drawn snugly enough to press the
thick band of cotton into the crevices
"The band can be easily fastened at
the end with three sharp-pointed
lacks about three-fourths of an inch
long. If the paper band is much
wider than the narrow cotton one 1t
will completely cover it, and thus
avoid the unsightly appearance of cot
ton either above or below the edges
of the paper"
A number of substances of a sticky
nature are suggested by this author
ity. Among them are pine tar, coal
tar, printers ink, and dendrolene. The
best substance, and one that remains
sticky for the entire season, however,
is tree tanglefoot."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
Pnttinn Pana Wise

Papa" said the hopeful youth, "can
you tell me what is natural philoso-
ply"
'Of course can" said papa, proud
and relieved to find that there was at
least something he could tell his Off
spring. Natural philosophy is the
science of cause and reason. Now,
for instance, you see the steam COM
ing out Of the spout Of the kettle, but
you don't know why or for what rea-
son 1t does so, and"
"Oh, but l do, papa" chirped the
hope of the household. 1.-THE reason
the steam comes out Of the kettle is
so that mamma may open your letters
without your knowing It,"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
AILINC WOMEN
NEED THIS FAMOUS
DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION

Thousands Of women who are now
blessed with robust health cannot un-
derstand why thousands of other won.
en- continue to worry and suffer from
ailments peculiar to women when they
can obtain for trifing sum DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription which
will surely and quickly Danish all
pain, distress and misery and restore
the womanly functions to health.
This prescription of DR.. Pierce's ex.
tracted from roots and herbs is TEN.
perance remedy.
To get rid of Irregularities, or ca
tarrhal condition, to avoid pain at Ger.
tain times, to overcome irritability
and weakness, waste no time, but get
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription in
liquid or tablet form this very day.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
On the Watch.

There is a species of sentry groups
employed near the trenches. They are
called listening patrols" and their du:
ties are to be always on the alert and
give timely warning'of any attempted
attack. One night an officer on his
rounds inspecting listening patrol
stationed on an empty farm asked:
who are your"
The reply was: "Listenin' patrol.
SIR"
what are your duties?"
eve listen for the hen cacklin', and
then we pinches the egg, Sir"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
"ANURIC!"
NEWEST IN CHEMISTRY

This is a recent discovery Of Doctor
Pierce, head Of the Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo. N. Y. Experiments for sew
eral years proved that there is no
other eliminator of uric acid compa-
rable. For those easily recognized
symptoms Of inflammation-as back.
ache, scalding urine and frequent uri-
nation, as well as sediment in the
urine, or II uric acid in the blood has
caused rheumatism, "Anuric" acts
quickly. In rheumatism of the joints,
in gravel and govt, invariably the
pains and stiffness which so frequently
and persistently accompany the dis
ease rapidly disappear.
Send DR.. Pierce 10c for large trial
package. Full treatment soc. All
druggists.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
WILD DUCKS ARE DYING FAST
State Game Warden Estimates that
100000 are Dead on Western
Kansas Plains.

Excessive alkali in the water is one
of the probable causes of the epidemic
which is killing thousands of wild
ducks in Kansas, in the opinion of w.
c. Tegmeler, state fish and game war
den. Mr.. Tegmeier brought specimens
to the University of Kansas to be ex-
amined by chemists and bacteriolo-
gists, in an effort to determine the
cause Of the epidemic.
Tegmeier estimates that million
ducks are dead on the plains; they are
piled up two and three deep in some
places.
"The ducks drop dead from no ap-
parent cause" he says. "They first
appear sick and put their heads under
their wings and die standing UP, froz-
en- stiff. They are not hungry, be-
cause when proper food is given them
it only serves to hasten their DEATH"
AS an experiment some of the ducks
which were affected by the epidemic
were placed in tank of water free
from alkali. They Immediately be-
came better and finally recovered.
X X X
Singing Started a Riot-The singing
of man in lodge hall at West Skid
more, Cherokee county, the other night
was displeasing to three or four Rose
dale men who entered the hall. Yer
bal criticism wasn't satisfying and the
men drew revolvers and began shoot
ing. Four men were wounded. One
of them, Frank Sierra, died in hospi-
tai the next afternoon.
X X X
To Have Pavino,-The first steps
were taken for paving In Minneapolis
when petition signed by property
owners was filed with the city clerk.
The district to be improved includes
six blocks.
Crushed in Zinc Plant.-Charles Nc
Mahill, AZ years old, an employe at the
Edgar Zinc Company's plant at Cher
ryvale, was crushed to death while at
work at the factory recently.
A Shotfierer kiIled-Andrew Nc
Chez, a shotfirer, was killed recently
in mine No. Is OF the Western Coal
and Mining Company at Franklin.
X X X
A War Horse Census.-The War De-
partment is asking for statistics on
horses and mules available for mill
tary service. A letter received at
junction City asks that all farmers
and others list their horses and mules,
tanned by the government on short
notice.
Funds for Farm 6ureau.-The Lyon
County Board of Commissioners has
appropriated $1,000 to the use of the
Lyon County Farm Bureau for 1916.
The request for the appropriation was
made by delegation r, farmers repre-
senting the 2G0 members. Under the
state law, the bureau will receive a
like amount from the state agriculr
tural college.
\ X X
Oil in Ottawa county.-The oil boom
has reached Ottawa county and sew
eral leases have been taken on land
south of Minneapolis. Drilling will
start by March Is II the required
amount of land nine sections, can be
secured by that time.
High School Burned.-The Cherokee
County High School, the lai gest build
ing in Columbus, was destroyed the
other day by fire that broke out short.
ly before meeting was to be held
in the auditorium. A defective heat
ing plant may have been the cause.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
HWoman'5
1obLem
How to Feel Well During Middle
Life Told by Three Women Who
Learned from Experience.

The Change of Life is most critical period of
womans existence and neglect Of health this time invites
disease and pain. Women everywhere should remember
successfully carry through this trying period as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from
native roots and herbs. Read these letters:-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

Philadelphia, Pa.-'T started the Change Of Life
five years ago. always had headache and back
ache with bearing down pains and would have
heat flashes very bad at times with dizzy spells and
nervous feelings. After taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
am in better health and no more troubled with
the aches and pains had before / took your won
derful remedy recommend it to my friends for
cannot praise it enough" Mrs. MARGARET GRASS
MAN, 75o N. Ringgold St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
Beverly, Mass.-"I took Lydia E. Pinkham's
nnnd for nervousness and dvsnansin when 1una
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

IMITATION 10 sINcEREsT FLATTERv
but like counterfeit money the imitap
ton has not the worth Of the original.
Insist on ia Creole" Hair Dressing
it's the original. Darkens your hair IN
the natural way. but contains no dye.
Price 31.00.-AdV.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

Getting He Fortune Told.
"The future holds q great deal for
you"
when will It begin to loosen upT'
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands of Men and Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect 1t.

Nature warns you when the track Of
health 10 not clear. Kidney and bladder
troubles cause many annoying symptoms
and great inconvenience both day and
night.
Unhealthy kidneys may cause lumbago,
rheumatism, catarrh Of the bladder, pain
or dull ache In the back, Joints or mus
cleS, at times have headache or indiges-
tion, % time passes you may have Q sal
low complexion, puffy or dark circles
under the eyes, sometimes feel a. though
you had heart trouble, may have plenty
h ambition but no strength, get weak
and lose hesh.
II such conditions are permitted to
eontinue, serious results may be expect
Cd; Kidney Trouble in IL very worst
form may steal upon you.
Prevalsney Of Kidney Disease. :.
Most people do not realize the alarm
SPECIAL NoTE-You may obtain "a
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20 prove the remarkable merit Of this me
valuable information, containing many Of
from men and women who say they found
In kidney, liver and bladder troubles. IT
well known that our readers are advised u
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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

cuttinE Winds and Dust. Il RestoreS
RefreGhes and Promotes Eye Health.
Good for all Eyes that Need Care
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Sends Eye Book ON request
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
GentIer.

mercy, Harold! Where did you
get that black eyer"
playing Skinny, mother"
"How often must l tell you not to
play those rough games? Why can't
you play hockey, like the Jones boys,
next door,"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

Every woman's pride, beautiful, clear
white clothes. Use Red Gross Ball Blue
All grocers. Adv.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02
Some Weloht.

Redd-How much does his automo-
bile weight
Greene-You mean with the mort,
eager
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

Paper matches are built into new
paper cigarette box.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

You may do things as we'll as others
If you try.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

going through the Change Of Life. found It yer
have always spoken of it to other women who suf
have had them try it and they also have received
good results from it"-Mrs. GEORGE A. DUNBAR,
II Roundy St., Beverly, Mass
Erie, Pa. -"I was in poor health when the
Change of Life started with me and took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, or 1 think /
should not have got over it as easy as did Even
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and it restores me in short time. I will praise
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Gath St., Erie, Pa
No other medicine has been so successful in rel
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Women may receive freean helpful advice by w
II Pinkham Medicine In LYNN Mass Such left
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

ing increase and remarkable prevaleney
Of kidney disease. While kidney dis
orders are among the most common die
eases that prevail, they are almost the
last recognized by patients, IOh0 usually
content fhemssfDes sVith doetoyfng ths
e0eets, while the original disease may
constantly undermine the system.
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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

It IL easier to thwart q villain On
the stage than in real life.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

The worlds richest tin mine il one
In Tasmania.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

To Prevent The Grip
Odds Cause Ghp-1Axative Bromo ouinino re-
lpoyeg the cause, There y only one Bromo
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

Vegetable C0mPound for nervousness and dsps when
going through the Change of Life found it very helpful
have ALWAYS spoken of it to other who suffer did
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-02

eoys Shot 1o-Pound EaSle-Golden
and Willie Hollar, farm boys who live
ten miles southwest Of Emporia, shot
1O-pound eagle recently which meas
lred seven feet from tip to tip The
Eagle had been stealing chickens from
the Hoilar farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-26
INDUSTRY MOVES
 AT BRISK PACE
Bradstreet Says Producing Units of Country Are
 Choking With Orders

New York, February 25.-Bradstreets tomorrow will say:
 Trading as well as industry still moves at a brisk pace, prices continue to advance, deliveries of raw and fn- ished materials are complained of as slow, railway traffic is congested, sup plies of money are plethoric, collections are good. and buyers of some lines. fearing insufficient supplies or still higher prices. have put out orders for fall delivery. In brief. most producing units Of the country are choked with orders, and instead of seeking business for faroff shipment, the tendency is to move more slowly in this respect. There is, however, a disposition in parts of the country to proceed with caution, to ask if prices are not soaring too rap idly and to question the ability of pur- veyors to obtain normal profits on final selling prices. But this recurring n0ta of doubtfulness must be considered In conjunction with the fact that con- sumption continues at an insatiabls rate, that incomes from profit sharing investments keep on rising, that wages as well as employment are good and that the consuming power of the public has been greatly increased. Weekly bank clearings, s3956,241,0O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-26
WEEKLY REVIEW
 OF COTTON MARKET
Reports That England Had Released Ocean Steamers
 Aids Export Trade

New York. February 25.-The cotton market has been extremely nervous and unsettled during the past week. with prices making new low ground for the movement under continued liquidation. Nervousness over international affairs arising from the submarine controversies. have doubtless contributed to the uneasi- ness of the long interest, but the mar ket is believed by local brokers to have been chiefly influenced by apprehensions of spot liquidation in the south, or by the fear of increased acreage next spring. The scattering long int rest in March contracts appeared to have been pretty well evened up before the first notice day, as offerings of that position had been readily absorbed at a discount of about 25 points under May, and comparatively few notices were issued yesterday. but this fact failed to inspire any material demand and the lowest level of the week was reached during today's trading when May contracts sold at n.26c, or about sS per bale under the high level of last month. Liquidation by western long interests. and the appearance of southern selling orders here, which some believed to be for the purchase of hedging against spot hogs, served to check rallies, and sentiment was still very much unsettled at the close tonight.
 Exports have been running larger since the end of last month, and rather more optimistic view of the ocean freight sit uation has developed, owing to reports that the British admiralty has released three of the largest ocean steamers from the naval service and that they will re- turn to the trade between New York and Liverpool. No easing of freight rates has been reported, however, and scatter ing reports that the prospects were against any increase in acreage in east ern sections of the belt owing to the spread of the boil weevil and scarcity of fertilizer have apparently attracted little attention. Southern spot markets have worked lower in sympathy with decline in futures, but the talk around the ring here has reflected some uncertainty as to whether the declines have reflected any general weakness, and there is some buying for a reaction toward the close of the week, on the ground that the break
 in futures had been over-rapid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-26
Fountain Pens

Strickland Gillian, in Judge.
 A great many very funny folks have written disparaging things about foun- tain pens. Many of these things were humorous as all get out In the olden days when fountain pens and automo- piles could not be depended upon to get you there and back, perhaps there was much more truth in the stories than there is nthe same sort of story if told today of the present 1916 model, self-starting, streamline foun- tain pen.
 I am the proud possessor of a foun- tain pen (name of make supplied for a self-addressed, stamped envelope) that has seen yeoman service for years I have used in it everything thinner than cold asphalt, and it still write when ever 1t is possessed of the slightest particle of discolored moisture.
 have even filled the poor thing from the open inkstands on hotel writing tables, postoffice shelves, telegraph of flee desks and hotel counters. Yet even with this sort of lava in it's bunkers It produces the stuff that is as nearly legible as my non-Spencerian hand writing will permit
 No, the fountain pen must no longer be condemned. It has evo1uted from the joke column, along with the mother in-law, the hard cracked automobile, the putting up of stove pipes and the winter-chilled hornets nest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-26
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York, February 25-( Special. ] Cables this morning were better than due and during the early trading our market was steady with a fair amount of buying in evidence for foreign ac- count. Later, heavy selling appeared through houses with western connec- tions and it was assumed by the trade that this represented the liquidation of a speculative long position. As usual the market found buyers on the decline. both for Liverpool (which is rapidly reducing it's outstanding arbitrage in terest at the wider difference), and for the domestic trade which is very willing to buy it's supplies on the decline on consequence of the excellent business moving in both yarn and cloths.
 There appeared to be less southern liquidation today than heretofore al though there was pretty steady selling from the south, particularly en the ad vances. The market held most of the rally from the low point to the close. which was some 10 points above the lowest prices reached. Sentiment is somewhat less bearish on the ground that the speculative position in the con tract markets has been fairly we'll liqui- dated and that there will be less pres ure from the south temporarily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-26
Produce Market

New York February 25-Butter. strong. Receipts, 6694; creamery extras, 92 score. 36GS61sc; creamery, higher scoring. S7@ S714c f1rsts, S3@351kc. Eggs, unsettled; re- ceipts, 13.555; fresh gathered extras 26@ 26c; extra firsts, 251ac; firsts, 24d25c; sec onds 221a@231sc. Cheese. steady; receipts, 499; state whole milk flats, held colored specials, 1S01S14c; state whole milk white. 1Sc; state whole milk, colored average fancy, 171s@17szc; average white, 171aQ 17%c, flats, current make specials, TO 1714c average run, 16%c. Live poultry, steady; sales reported as follows: Chick ems, 151a91s1sc; fowls, 161ac; dressed weak; prices unchanged.
 Chicago. February 2S.-Butter, higher; creamery. 241sQS3c. Eggs. higher; receipts, 4260 cases; f1rsts. 221sc; ordinary tirsts, N1zc; at mark, cases included, 20G221ac. Potatoes. receipts, 20 cars, unchanged Alive poultry unchanged.
 Kansas City, February 25.-Creamery butter, 32c; frsts. 31c; seconds, 2Sc; pack ing, 1sc. Eggs, firsts. Pic; seconds, 21c. Poultry, hens, 131sc; turkeys, 2Oc; springs, 16c.
 St. Louis, February 25.-Butter and poultry unchanged. Eggs, 2O1sc.