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Meade County news., 1917-06-21
To Drive Out Malaria
And RuiId' I'm The Cvstesm

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula b
printed on every label. showing il 10
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form The
Quiniue drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system 50 centa
Meade County news., 1917-06-21
covETrD nv MI

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head of hair. II yours is streaked with
gray, or Is harsh and stiff, you can re-
store 1t to Its former benuty and lus-
ter by using, ia, Creole" Hair Dress.
Ing. Price '$t.O0.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21
New to somconel

The daughter of an eccentric old
man found that her father retired one
afternoon at four O'Clock. Fearing that
he Nnght be III, she hastened to ask
after his health. Assuring her that
he was all right the father added:
81 had to 20 TO bed some time.
lust thought I'd go now and have 1t
over with."-Indianapo News.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21
Peculiar to Themselves.

How can 1 get to Flubdub's dsh
marketY'
Follow your nose"
Follow my nose7 Now that seems
indefinite advice to give a man."
1t Is all right when hunting for q
fsh market"
Meade County news., 1917-06-21
Trials of. the Farmer.

Farming has many dlsappointments
for the amateur"
"IIuh?"
"rve had TO revise my Ideas that q
goat will eat anything"
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Every absurdlty has a champion to
defend 1t.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

When pleasure comes before duty
II is safe bet that duty will lose out
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

After woman reaches the age Of
forty II is impossible to convince her
that the good all die young.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Smile, smile, beautiful clear white
clothes. Red Cross Bah Blue, American
made, therefore best. An grocers. Adv.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger it you
darken your ugly, grizzly, gray hairs by
using La Creole" Hair Dressing
Meade County news., 1917-06-21
PAlN7 NOT A BIrI
LIFT YOUR C0RMs
OR CkLLUSES OFF
No humbug! Apply few drops
then Just lift them away
with flnoera

This new drug is an ether compound
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Suicide as Sons Registered.-Wor-
ried over the registering of his two
sons who were needed to help on the
farm, Henry F. Roehrman, German
farmer, living near Hope, killed him
self Tuesday. He leaves a wife and
five children.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Registered, Then He knocked.-Al-
onzo Carpenter, after he registered at
Caldwell, spent the remainder Of the
afternoon cursing President Wilson
and condemning the draft plan. He
was arrested and taken to Wellington
to be held for federal officers.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Wind Destroys church.-A store, a
church and two residences at Clinton,
twelve miles west of Lawrence, were
destroyed by storm recently. Wires
are down and communication with
Clinton and surrounding territory is
cut off.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Won In-eret7te TaIk.-Kenneth Cas-
sidy, representing Ottawa University.
won the interstate collegiate prohibit
ton oratorical contest at Wichita.
Charles H. Klippef of Morningside Col
le%c. Sioux CITY, Ia. took second place
and Beeler Blevins Of Park College.
Parkville. Mo-, was third.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

College cIaas Buys Bends.-The Sc
nior class of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural College has appropriated $500
for Liberty Loan bonds. This action
was taken at recent meeting Of the
class. When the bonds are sold the
principal and interest win be used to
purchase a class memorial.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Newspaper Man Dead.-Thomas c.
Richardson, GO years old, a veteran
newspaper man of Wellington, Win
field and Caldwell, is dead in Portland,
Ore, where he was the towns adver-
tising agent twelve years.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Exploded in Miners Hand.-James
Dowdy, 60 yelrs old, coal miner, lost
one eye and was otherwise severely
injured wien stick of dynamite ex-
ploded in his hand near Pittsburg.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Early Settler Dead.-Mrs. Mary VIII
der, rs years. old, one of the earliest
settlers Of Lawrence, died there re-
Gently. She came to Lawrence in
1856 She was the widow of A. NJ.
WiIdar
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

by Cincinnati chemist. It
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Into Red crocs WorlI-Henderson
Martin, former vice-governor Of the
Philippines, has volunteered to man
age the Fed Cross campaign in Doug
las county. lie has an extensive plan
outlined
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Memei had growing Industry-Iron
Ioundries, shipbuildIng yards, and fac
fories for the output of chemIcals, ma.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

Kansas Boy Dies in Navy.--Word
has been received in Wellington of the
death, from pneumonia, at the naval
hospital at Portsmouth. N. H., Of Yer
non Brown, son Of Mr. and Mrs. r. 2.
Brown of oxford. He recently was a
student at the Sumner county high
school.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

To Raise College Fund.--A cam.
paign to raise 2 million dollars for
Fairmount College has been opened
in Wichita. There are several larg
pledges recorded already, II the de-
sired amount can be obtained.
Meade County news., 1917-06-21

New Oil Pool Discovered.-A new
oil poor is reported discovered in But.
Ter county by the drilling in of the
Weaver well about eight miles east Of
Augusta and fully that many miles
from any production. =
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
eabxlonlan EmpIre.

The Babylonian empire ended with
the conquest Of the city by Cyrus, B.
@. 538. The city itself was partly de,
stroyed by Darius Hystaspis, B. G. 500.
the walls and gates being thrown
down. Later Xerxes plundered and
demolished the temples. Thereafter
the city was neglected and unpopu-
lated, and in time became vast over
grown ruin. Jerome, in the year 400
A. D., writes of it as having been
made hunting park for the Persian
kings. The ruins Of Babylon were
used as building material in the con-
struction of ut least six other cities
that have sprung up since its decay.
So thorough has been the destruction
of the once great city that not only
are the traces Of its principal build.
ing lost. but also the very site Itself
is in dispute. The reference in Peter
v. IL to Babylon is explained by the
fact that Babylon was the center from
which the Asiatic Dispersion (ad-
dressed by Peter) was derived. 10.
sephus, the Jewish historian, states in
his Antiquities" that Babylon con-
tanned some 5000 Jews in the apps.
tolic age, the Parthians then being
master of that part Of Mes0potamia.
Christian Herald.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
VACUUM CLEANER FOR STREET
st. Louis 10 the First City In the
World to Try the Successful
Experiment.

st. Louis comes forward with q
claim to being the first city in the
world to use vacuum street cleaners.
Startling as the idea may at first be
from the novelty of it. why not? The
vacuum cleaner has displaced the an
Gent broom in big buildings and in
many homes. If it has not been tried
on streets before this 1t has been be.
cause it was not thought of. New
York is now said to ne awaiting the
results of the st. Louis experiment.
OF course, there are drawbacks, re-
marks the Pittsburgh Dispatch. The
vacuum street cleaner cannot be used
In rainy weather. but as dust remov.
er 1t is pronounced success by Di.
rector c. NJ. Talbert. the st. Louis ex-
perimenter. During an experimental
run of sixty days there were but six
nights when the weather conditions
prevented the vacuum being operated.
Among the advantages are claimed to
be less cost. the removal of debris
which under the ordinary method is
swept into the sewer inlets and catch
basins, blocking sewers, and the prac-
teal solution of the dust problem.
Sprinkling is no longer necessary. thus
avoiding the likelihood of accidents
through skidding. and sprinkling at
best merely laying, not removing, the
dust.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
Make.ee,ieve Of Flowers.

Cyclamcn like to pretend they are
cross little animals With their ears laid
back; or else that they are little flu.
gitive maidens fleeing very fast across
the meadows, With their hair blown
back from their lovely faces. Their
Whimsical trick OF play-acting like this
is all Il part of their quaint lhirth.
They have, of course, other attributes
as well-hr'uiE, and spirituality, and
love. Love feel With flowers particu-
larlN. ! seem to get hold of that ex-
GuisIc sense of the whole worlds be-
ing wrapped in the essence of Gods
love more often through flowers than
through anything else. They are to me
indescrlably dear merry little COM
panons. My affection goes out to
them constantly in IL deep, happy rev.
errncc. The reverence is not only for
the lovely little things themselves, but
also for the wonder that is back of
ihcni-an ecstasy Of worship.-Atlan.
tic.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
To Get in Tune Anain

Arthur Nikisch. who is touring Switz.
erland with his symphony orchestra
looks to the influence of the universal
sympathy In musical art as one of the
impulses making for a comfortable
peace when the murderous contes,
shall abate. Il am convinced" he saws
that 1t is In the field Of art that the
first rapprochement among the fight.
ing nations will again take place."
1t Is nothing to the contrary tina,
Wagner has been IoycOtted in France
the same sentimental folly was enact.
ed years ago. when the two nations
were ut war. by contrast today, Ger.
man audiences crowd the halls 10
which the program is devoted to the
works Of Tschaikowsky and Berlioz
these are received with approval and
applause.
The larger theaters announcing such
productions of alien composers arc
crowded. always sold out" says Nj
kisch; in Berlin -four times AS many
seats as the great Philharmonic hal
will hold"
Does not this point to the practica
btlity Of getting ''in tune" again afte,
the war on the basis of artistic q,
well as political sentiment ?-Bostor
Post.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
Reparation.

We should make more Haste to
Right our Neigilbor than we do to
wrong him, and instead of being Vim.
dictive we should leave him to be
Judge of his own satisfaction. True
Honor will pay treble damages rather
than justice one wrong by another. In
such controversies. it is but too com.
mon to say. Both are to blame, to
excuse their own UncOncernelness,
which is base Neutrality. Others
will cry, They are both alike; thereby
involving the Injured with the Guilty.
to mincc the Matter for the Faulty, or
cover their own injustice to the
wronged Party. Fear and gain are
great Perverters of Mankind, and
where either prevail, the judgment Ia
viOlated.-William Penn.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
What Was Her RepIy7

Gilbert Stuart, the first great por.
trait painter Of America. had the ar.
lists foible of uneasy personal vanity.
He loved especially to dwell upon his
social triumphs abroad and at home.
When painting the portrait Of Isaac
Hull. Boston philanthropist. he en-.
tertained his sitter with anecdotes of
his friends among the aristocracy. IN
fortunately, in the midst of his brag.
gadOciO, Mrs. Stuart, who did not
know that there was sitter, came in
from the kitchen, her apron on, and
her head tied up with a handkerchief,
and cried out: do you mean to have
that leg Of mutton boiled or roasted7:;
ASK your Mistress" was Stuart'i
felicitous reply.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
The Corporate Watch.

A corporal in the Life Guards Of
Frederick the Great, courageous but
full of vanity, was too poor to pur.
chase a watch; so he hung bullet on
the end of chain. The king. knowing
his fOible and inclined to rally him,
one day said:
Corporal, it is six o'clock by my
watch; what time is it by yours?"
''Sire," said the man. drawing the
bullet from his fob. ''my watch marks
neither five nor six o'clock; but tells
me every moment that it is my duty to
lie for your majesty"
The king was much affected. "Here,
my man," said he. "take this watch Of
mine. that you may be able to tell the
hour Also"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
The Empty
Room
xessm
By HAROLD CARTER
N'sIS 'IV'ssS' ~
copyright. 1916. by w. g. chapman.)


copyright. 1916. by w. @. chapman.)
1t was not that Hubert Lee was IN.
able to afford the rental of the cot.
fage,. for he had sold several pictures
the year before, and was beginning to
make name for himself in the art
world. But it happened to be the one
cottage that he felt he must occupy
II he was to paint the great picture
that summer: and 1t was not for rent.
Nobody in the district knew anything
about 1t. 1t was surmised that the
family had moved West and simply
abandoned it.
And such a cottage as It was! There
was little flower garden, filled with
hollyhocks of immense size, and pam
sizes, and ZinniaS, all run wild and
iiourishing. There were roses climb
ing up the walls, and lilac trees, in
full bloom, when Hubert moved in.
The cottage itself was much larger
than he had guessed on looking ut it.
1t Was partly furnished, and it con-
tanned dozen rooms. 1t was just the
place in which to paint. And Hubert
resolved to feel 10 qua!ms about TAX
ing up his residence there. For il
ever the owners came upon the scene
he would give them what they wanted,
and if they dill not come he would use
the money.
There were two rooms on the top
foor that none of his keys would fit,
and when he managed to turn the
wards Of the locks he found that they
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
II ls up to You.

Luck is of your own making. Luck
means rising ut six in the morning,
living on 81 day if, you make So,
Winding your own business :,,nl not
meddliEs with other peoples. Luck
means the harlSllips and privatitAs
which you have not hesitn.rd to en-,
dure; the lon:, nights you have dc.
voted to work. Luck mems the an.
pointmcnts you have never failed to
Keep; til" trains you have never fail.
cd to catch. Luck means trusting in
God and your o"u r"~,rrcrs-.l relig.
Ion whose mos" t.: "lIclp yourself,
ana heaven Will ~ you" Luck
comes TO them who help themselves
and know how 10 M;.it.-MaX O'Rell.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
Excess
Baggage
xA1A
By ALICE E. IVES


Copyright. 1916. by w. @. Chapman.)
When Joe Fendrick took young eros
set with him up to northwest Canad,
on mine prospecting tour he did
under protest. Crosset wasn't the MAJ
for that sort Of expedition. 1t needed
strength Of limb, hardened muscle ant
capacity for endurance. A man mus
tramp many miles day through for
ests, up mountains, through the wild
est country, and sleep rolled up in
blanket OH the ground in all kinds o.
weather. Fendrick, who was seasoned
to this kind of thing, drew the picture
In no alluring colors to the young man
but he was set on going. Fendricl
would have refused point blank, bu'
Lyman Crosset was Jennie CrosSet'.
younger brother. aud Fen,lrick hat
cherished the beautiful hope for uvel
two years of making Jennie his wife
when he found the tlie To stay within
the hounds of civilization long enough
for such an Important event in his life
lie was now some Years over forty
and Jennie would never again sct
thr,y-iive. jus, before he started OF
on his expedition he had sai,! to her:
II haven't amy right to think of get
ting married I'm such Il rover maybe
I'll never be able to settle down de
Gently like Il married man ought to
though I've always thought would"
II guess Joe ! can wait. I've never
been in amy hurry to &c, married. anj
I'm not going to begin nAw--rSppciallN
as don't see anyon" else that would
exactly take your place"
SHE said il all in such a quiet way
with Il humorous twinkle lurking II
her eye, that Joe Eendrck would have
been less of the biz wholc-Sullled fcl.
tow that he was if he had not then anG
there resolved to hold fast to the dear
genuine little woman he loved. Sc
when she begged him to take her
rather troublesome, useless brother
with him, since lie was SO bent on go
ing. what else was there for him to dol
Eyes, know he hasn't been used tc
such life" she had said In answer tc
his protests. "but it will be good for
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
GATHERED QUIPs

Ants preach frugality b. deeds and
not By word.
New friends and old enemies aro
not above suspicion.
Candidates who "also ran" acquire
q lot of experience.
It's better to have q poor opinion
than to have none at all.
Where there's will there's q lot Of
disappointed relations.
The charitable man never has to
wait long for a chance to get busy.
A guilty conscience needs no &C.
cuser. but it nearly always has one.
When man talks to himself he's
apt to be more eloquent than inter.
esting.
But you can't always tell by mans
actions whether he's fool or genius.
With the man who always knows
what others should do, there is but lit.
tie doing.
The world is slow to recognize q
genius because 1t has been gold bricked
so often in that line.
Money makes the mare go, bar.
gain advertisement makes the woman
20. and green picked muskmeGn
makes the mango.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18

were bOlted on the inside. Hubert
was curious about these rooms, but
some delicacy restrained him from
breaking them open.
He had a curious experience on the
day he moved in. 1t was nearly dark,
and he thought for n moment that he
saw girls face looking at him from
an upper window-just such face as
he wanted for his picture and had
never succeeding in obtaining. But
when he entered the house nobody
was there, and there came no answer.
ing sound from behind the two closed
doors.
So he began to paint. And the pic.
ture succeeded more admirably than
he had dared to hope. He sat all day
in the little garden with the holly.
hooks, while the thoughts of his brain
took shape upon his canvas.
He slept at night in the little bed
room over the porch, and surely the
influence of the old house was delight,
full, for he found inspiration in the
moonbeams that struggled in through
the blinds. and each day was like q
magnificat.
A month had passed before he saw
the face at the window again. 1t was
clear moonlight night, and he had
been walking in the garden. He looked
up and saw the beautiful girls face,
as distinctly as he had ever seen any.
thing.
And there was no installing: the
face was ut the window of one of the
two locked rooms.
Hubert ran into the house and up
the stairs. He called outside the
rooms. There was no answer. He
set his shoulder to the door of the one
nearest and heaved with all his force.
The lock broke and he entered. -.
The room was entirely deserted: no
body had lived in it for long time
and the floor was white with dust.
Yet it was from the window in this
room that the face had looked out.
An eerie sensation came over the
young man. He was not superstitious,
and yet any man of strong nerves
would have been affected by the in.
cident.
He went down. but now he felt an
unrest, for the first time since he had
taken up his abode in the old cottage
II it was haunted. it was haunted by
the woman of his dreams.
He fell asleep that night puzzled sore.
ly over the affair. When he awoke
next morning the sun was shining
brightly, and he came to more prosaic
conclusion. The house was not hapns.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
Clearing of the Dishes with Neatness
and Dispatch.

and Dispatch.
him to get hardened. He hasn't made
good In the Office or at his profession.
and don't know what he can do"
The discouraged tone and the pa
thetic appeal in her face decided Fen
drick to consent.
II know can trust him with you,
and you will take care of him." she
said with grateful smile.
Fendrick promised, but he did not
regard the prospect of such RESPONSE
bility with any lively degree Of pleas
ure.
His misgivings were more than real
lied after they had left the railways.
and plunged into the wild country.
Crosset became fOotsore and exhaust
ed before they had gone more than a
third Of the days tramp. They were
forced to stop and care for him. Be-
sides Fendrick and CrOsset the party
consisted of Perkins and Blake, miners.
and Wessner, the cook. The men be-
ban to grumble at the delay. and final
ly were for turning back. leaving the
"excess baggage" as they called Cros-
set. ut the nearest town and making
q fresh start. Fendrick was in q
dilemma; but the young man begged
so to go on that he persuaded the men
to give him another chance. He really
did do much better and they finally
reached the place where Fendrick de-
cided to go into camp as good point
from which to take short exploring
trips.
Crosset came back from the first trip
80 tagged that he decided to remain
the next day in camp with the cook.
The other men Nailed the news With
satisfaction and started off on their
hike. Shortly after they left Crosset
put knife in his belt. shouldered q
rifle and looked In at the door Of the
rude cooking shed. where Wessner was
washing the pots and pans.
swell. you don't say you're going
oomewhere!" cried Wessner derisively.
"Just going to look around q bit"
casually observed Crosset.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
Handy Artificial Iimhs-

The up.tn-date artificial hand IA
quite a miracle of mechanism. In fact,
1t can do almost anything that an arm
OF flesh and bone can do. With 1t a
man can carry n stick. an umbrella or
hold book. etc. He can use knife
and fork quite as dcxterously. write
with legible hand. hold cricket-bat
or billiard-cue. hammer or an AZ.
and pick up pint
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
One Best Bet.

'POp!"
Eyes. my son."
"They get coal out of the earth, DOM
they?"
"Yes. my boy"
"And they get gold out Of the earth
too. don't they. pop7"
"Sure thing"
swell. from the present outlook 1,
would appear that we've got to get tn
gold out first. WHAT"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
His Favorite.

"Have you a favorite waiter In this
restaurants"
perhaps. Let me look around Q
Bit"
"What do you mean by that?"
EN-, just trying to locate my favor.
tie waiter. He's the only one here I
haven't tried yet"-Birmingham Age.
Horald.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18

It's an Ill wind that doesn't blow
dust in the eyes Of man who deIib-
erately beats his faithful but tired
horse.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18

Colds sometimes get we'll in spite Of
the excessive use of alcoholic bever-
ages?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18

Careless sneezing, coughing, splitting
spread colds?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18

Overheated, alright rooms bege
colds?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18

Some people do not believe in the
efficacy of prayer because they get
what they deserve instead Of what
they ask for.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18

Neglected colds often forerun pneu
monia?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18
DO you KNOW THAT

A little cough often ends in q large
coffin9
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18

Persistent, often-repeated colds indi'
cate bodily weakness?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-18

The man who has an exalted opin.
ion Of himself nearly always has a
poor opinion of human nature.