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The Meeker herald., 1888-11-10
AFTER THE BATTLE.
Tho Result @! The Ballot In
meeaer---A Very Light
Vote Cast.
4 Very Good Hesominen nendation From
u,e Land ode. OniriaI---lhs
Cattle Market.

! The election last Tuesday passed oil
/ quietly rs far rs Mceker was concerned.
I or COURSE the usual amount Of election
eering WAS done byfrlends of the differ
ent candidates, but everything passe,! OF
hnrmoniouslY and very little ill-fecling
engendercd. Out oi II registry Of about
. 10 names only i5s votes were east, and
tho lishtnes, OF the yote was due u u,y
.-..,. .io.'i. hiaking II bnrdcnsome TASK
for those living IN remote sections OF
the precinct 10 20 to the polls. Jhe
Judges of Election decided on changing
the place of voting from ihe school
house 10 the east addition Of tile
MeekeE hotel, which made II much
more Convenient all around. Al !
o'clock n. m. the polls werG opeucd and
were kept open for twelve consecutive
hours. Upon closing the counting OF
the ballots wns proceeded with, aud II
WAS after midnight before the Judges
and clerks concluded their labUls. 1t
Was u matter OF much surprise how the
election turned ont, for two yelTs ngo
the Democratic majority nn the State
ticket averaged II votes, while tliiS
yeay the iirpubl!cnns cams out ahead
with majority uf neatly .: on the
National and state Ticket. The Lcgls-
ln,iyc aud County ticket. however give
dineEen, results. Following Is the all
vote OF tho
,iEEKEW rHEcScr;
Presidential Elcctors-Dcmocfatic q;
Republican ps. Prohibition ..
smnn-Thos. Macon s.; Hosea
Townsend %.
GoycruoT-l'hos. 81. Patterson %, Job
!. Cooper 70.
Lieutenant. i.Goyern1r-john \. ror-
Ter ~: William G.. Smith ~.
Secretary Of SiAtc-William II. Ear
hlrdt 81; Jam-1 Rec -.
state Treasurer Frederick RohrcrJi;
William II. Brisbane "a.
Auditor Of State >,cpacu ". kecnc
So: Louis u. sciwgnhcos ".
Attorney GrnoTal-JHlu II. Abbott
81; Samuel W. Jones ~.
Superintendent, ot Public Instruction
John l.. Howe -: Fred Dick 81.
iirgonia uf the University Charles
Ambruok 81; Frank A. Chavez -; sid
ncy Ginis "a; Charles Il. Dudley ~.
Judge of the Supreme CouT,-Mrl-
yiilc u. Gerry 3: Chntles y. .'iry, IS.
Jwdgc OF Tic Supreme rahIt. ~ MI
yacaucy-Amos j. Rising 81; Victor y.
Elliot; "a.
state Senator. i2,h dis'sici-wiliinm
". McMcchuu 80; William Gc!drr -.
Representative &. !iugu,r -; {.
4. Bartholomew "a.
District Judgr Thomas \. RnrGcE
-: james l.. Hedges =.
District At,prUoy-linhrIt l.. Viewer
-. Jordan 3, Rockwell 10.
County Commissioner - Walter i.
pcndy s.; Charles :. At;ls 81.
Justice ui the l'cacr-Ffci ". Greg
afy 81. e.. ". Stone n.
CUmiahle-J. ". Wood H.
Road Oycraroy-B. l.. Nichols ~.
Outside n ihr above returns TN;
HERALD could gee nothing definite 10
To how matters wcut-c:,hrr county
Legislative. State or National. We
hope. however. hy next weeks issue 10
give tile result. Indications point to-
ward Harrisun's election.
The Meeker herald., 1888-11-10

smith il = mighty wcT man. ! say"
exclaimed Hjenhips, watmiy. why,
what has Smith over dome p yon.'
asked Inson. surprised. Bet me SO |
couldn't hit barn.dunr with revolver
at i've PAGES" said ij,nkins. ausTily.
"rann,cd me into taking lin mp. Got
me to pu, M u,c money. Measured of
the FIVE PAGES III presence OF - lot of
witnesses. Gave me a revolver loaded
and-tben set the barn-donr mp edge
wise
The Meeker herald., 1888-11-10

Without doubt there will be consd-
cradle railroad building throughout Col.
orado during the coming year, says the
Denver Times. The question us to
what the next Legislature will do about
railroad legislation does not cut much
of figure. for all of the new districts
are in want Of railroads, and will oppose
The Meeker herald., 1888-11-10

:. 4. Kos,icii. u Wholesale druggist Of
i.caiyillc. has returned Ia that city
from iI!p through Garfield county.
mud he tells runu queer stories of how
the cuwboyn received him aud u friend.
lie Saya that whenever they were met
ON the rad by COWBOYS or others they
wcrr hailed With where are you fell
lows going to sYctiS tonight" Have
YOU anything to- drink In that cartt'
some world come up and examine
everything they had on board. thinking
they had cigars. or perhaps u bottle.
The people down in that country are
looking for politicians. and the first one
,ha; shows mp will have TO do the grand
,hing.-Dcnycr Times.
The Meeker herald., 1888-11-10

Miss DE s:mith-icnyy Won your lover,
Nellie. lie is M beau ideal of man.
/ suppose lie always anticipates your
slightest vishg Miss Travis-Wcll-
yes--in every respect but one. Miss De
Smith-whai Is that! Miss Travis
When lie sees me rucErriug mp my lips
and locking ruguieh he doesn't seem to
catch pu
The Meeker herald., 1888-11-10

Newspapers is a curse" said old
man Datch the other day, land can
prove IL. There WIS ms cousin sam.
as nice man rs ever lived. and he read
in newspaper that the way TO have a
bool, rebound was 20 throw il against
the wall. and he had nh old family
Bible. one OF the kind with pictures in
Il and family rcc1rd, ard it WAS most
worn out. and he threw IL against the
wall. and 1t didn't rebound as the news
payer said it would, hut fell to the iloor.
and the cover came off and the leaves
came out, aud his wife's aunt who was
near-aghicd glued it together again,
and next Christmas when Sam went to
see how old he was the record said 2l7
years, and lie saii to lis wife. The
Bible says I'm 2l1 wears Oil mud it must
I've about time FOR me TO die, and shc
said sam If it is in the Bible. it must
he 20. and lie laid right down on the
floor and died, and he was nice man.
so don't talk TO mc about newspapers" :"
The Meeker herald., 1888-11-10
cnisa.. cattle Market.

Trade 4, dull. Irregular and unsa,I,.
factory. lie prir,,, being i5c To &c
lower than "A week AGO on good range
,,t,I, Texans and medium natives.
VERY little stock Is offered thnt is good
,nongl 10 hiring eycn -. and nil elas,cs
Of lu,rrs continue TO give most of their
attention ,o rangers. Eastern markets
are mo-, In a condition calculated 10 In.
snlr, shippers with desire to pur.
chase. ami tho .Sport trad. In seriously
checked by the bad foreign markets AM,
by the decline In American berf abroad
Latest cable. report refrigerated lc-l
In uri,lsh markets .luil ai u scsnt .G,a
,ge nor pound, which /, a. low ~ Il hns
i,ccn at any time this year. while the
steamers engaged in tho mcat-ratrying
trade arc not making their usual rig.
ular time. some rcocn, shipments OF
The Meeker herald., 1888-11-10

iIy IN explosion of gas in tho Kettle
Creek Coal company's mine. at Loci;
liayen. Pennsylvania. last saturday.
seventeen miners met horrible death.
The explosion occurred in n new drift
in which twenty-one persons were at
work. and the force of it was so great
that the men were blown clear out of
the mouth OF the DRIFT. One man was
blown out through the air shaft iifiy
feet In the air.
The Meeker herald., 1888-11-10

conditions for the growth Of trees, and
while we have begun with the native
cottonwood, we will end with the ieas
vigorous but far more useful sorts
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
Effects Of Drainage.

All clay soils in a greater or less de-
gree need thing to let the excess of
water down through it so that its nat
ural or artificial fertility may be re-
tanned in it. The washing away of the
finer and better portions of our hill
lands to the valleys or ocean renders it
necessary that something be done to
prevent it. Thing will diminish this
surface washing in wet weather and in
crease the chances for moisture in dry
weather. Then fill this hard clay soil
with humus matter, the cheapest and
most available of which are clover
roots that bore innumerable holes to
let the water OF and the air in. Crops
in a garden mold are seldom injured
by drought. Droughts most injurious
to crops occur in the growing. season.
The higher the temperature the greater
the avidity Of the atmosphere to absorb
al surface moisture. But this porous
coil admits the passage Of air through.
thereby cooling it and leaving tho tx.
cess in the soil to moisten it for PLAN
rrowth.--0kie Farmer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
Captains Of Education.

We have captains of industry and
finance. Why have We not captains
of education = men of leisure and
culture, capable Of enthusiasm and
initiative. ready to throw themselves
into such q cause and give it their
earnest consideration. their gener-
Gus and active support! Among the
Greeks, Plato. Socrates and Epictetus
were the teachers. Where shall We
look for our great leaders, masters,
patrons, even, who will see education
in its true light, and force US to recoR-
nize teaching - one Of the grandest
Of the xrts-the art Of arts. for It goes
20 the building up Of the artist him
ssli, and Of ever nobler tyPe q In
0anityf-Cestagy.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
SOME QUEER PETS.

0A6olaF Creatures which Formed Part Of
- Army O0cef's Ho1seh0ld.
Talking Of pets, said Mrs. John S.
Loud. when we were stationed at
Fort Davis. in Texas. one of the Cap
taan's Mexicans came to the door one
DAY with something under his arm.
Madame, me got present0 por In
mendo.'
'sQual?' l asked him, for he has q
dark parcel in each arm. What is
it?'
HE placed soft bundle of fur in my
arms and ran away laughing. 1t was
q black bear cub a week old, and it
nestled up to me and purred like q kit
ten. l put it in the crib with Mabel,
my little daughter, and brought it up
on bottle. We called her Nellie,
and she became the pet of the regi-
ment. She would come and look up
into my face and whine until took her
up, when she would hug and kiss me
and show every mark of affection. We
had Nellie until she was eight months
old. Twas afraid to let her sleep in
the crib then, as she was fond Of rolling
over, and was very heavy. At the last
we dared not keep her in the house.
One day she wound herself up in the
clothes line around post, and became
furious. She would not let the men 60
near her, and the Captain ordered her
shot. We all felt sorry to lose her, but
were afraid of her.
''Our next pet was an antelope that
was nursed and reared by goat. This
was pretty, gentle thing, and We
kept it q long time, but it finally went
the way Of all pets. Then some of
the Mexicans captured a wildcat. 1t
was only kitten and we raised it, but
its nature soon showed itself. It would
get into a hammock under the roof and
hang there for hours, and no one would
dare to modest it. We had also a
family of gophers at one time. They
would make holes in the earth and bur-
row into them and we would drown
them out, but at last they disappeared.
Then We had California quail named
'Chula' (sweet) that was as tame as a
cat. When strangers came to the fort
she would come to me, and as soon as
l took her up she would hide her head
and be perfectly contented. She would
run in the chapparel all day, and at
night come into the house and sleep
under one of the beds.
but the prettiest thing had" said
Mrs. Loud with sigh of regret, ''was
a Chihuahua dog. which when full
grown could sleep in the palm of my
hand. 1t only lived year, and when
it died we laid it in a candy box, and
gave it a grave on the hillside. In
that country we pet every living thing
we can find, and amuse ourselves in
our lonely homes. Our last pet was
an armadillo. We used to watch him
rolling away after the curious manner
of his species, and that was the last
memory he left US, for one day he
rolled out of sight, and we never saw
him again. "-Detr0it Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
The Sugar-Barrei Trade.

1.-The great majority of the sugar
and molasses hOgsheads which are ex-
ported in this city," said well-known
importer. find their way back to the
West Indies again. The hogsheads
are bought from the dealers by some
enterprising firm. who take them
apart, clean the slaves and bind them
up into shocks or bundles. and export
them, together with their heads, to
Cuba. One firm have a yard in South
street in which they prepare 1000
hogsheads per week for export. The
export trade in new shocks to the West
Indies is also an important one. these
last selling at from 81 to $1.75. while
the secondhand shocks bring 80 to Is
cents. The stave trade of New York
is in the hands of few firms. and as
more than 81 SOC, 900 worth of cooper
age stock of this kind is exported. in
addition to what is used in the imme-
diate vicinity. the business is large
one. The slaves which are so largely
exported from New York to the Med
iterranean and to England are white
oak. They come from the West,
largely from Michigan. Slaves are
usually exported in the rough or un-
finished state, and range all the way
from $50 to $50 per thousand for
hogshead slaves and $50 to 500 for
for the finer grades, such as are used
for the higher-priced goods, and are
known to the trade as pipe slaves. ~
" Y. Mail and Express.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
A TARTAR BREAKFAST.

The Staple Food Of . Hardy and War
Loving Race.
Invent into one of the stone-built re-
cesses, where several of our Tartars
were crouching round a small grass
root fire, and was considerably edited
by watching them cooking and dis
patching their morning repast. Tc
begin with, very dirty copper vessel
was put on the fire and filled with some
green weed like nettles, barley flour
and water. While one of the n IN
stirred this pottage round and round
with a wooden ladle another produced
some raw meat-a bit of the dong ]
had shot This he proceeded to tear
up into small strips and throw them
on the fire, every now and then pop
ping a raw lump into his mouth and
masticating it with the greatest ap-
parent gusto. Even the bits on
the fire were quickly disposed OF
after being merely signed. As soon as
the pottage was considered ready it
was ladled out into little wooden cups,
like the whisky ''quaighs" of the
Highlands, minus the handles, which
each man produced from inside the
breast of his dirty wooden coat, and
gulped up from them with q prodigi-
Gus amount Of noise. After being re-
plenished again and again until the
pot was emptied, the cups were care
fully licked clean and redeposited from
whence they had been taken. Another
course of flesh was about to be par.
taken of after the manner of the first,
but q regard for my own appetite for
breakfast prevented my waiting to see
it discussed. These hardy Tartars are
quite independent Of any other dishes
beyond their little wooden bowls. In
these they mix their sattoo (meal made
from barley with = little water and
salt and make an expeditions repast Of
It whenever they feel hungry. Indeed.
this kind Of uncooked porridea seeme
to Be their staple food -BIscbueeds
Neoazise
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
A Common-Sense Remedy.

In the matter Of curatives what you want
Is something that will do its work while
you continue to do yours-a remedy that
will give you no inconvenience nor inter-
fere with your business. Such Q remedy
is ALLCoCK's Porous PLAsTERs. These
plasters are purely vegetable and absolute
" harmless. They require no change OF
diet, and are not affected by wet or cold
Their action does not interfere with labor
or business; you can toll and yet be cured
while hard at work. They are 50 pure
that the youngest, the oldest, the most
delicate person Of either sex can use them
with great benefit.
Beware of limitations, and do not be de-
ceived by Misrepresentation.
Ask for ALLCOCK's, and let no explain
ton or solicitation induce you to accept q
substitute.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
MEASLES IN PIGS.
Parasitical Disease Which Is Both Con.
tagious and Dangerous.

Parasitica1 Disease Which Is Both Con-
tagious and Dangerous.
The pig is not affected with measles,
except as it harbors the cisticercus
cellulos9, or larvae of the tenia
sOlium, which last is the tape-wOrm OF
man. The cisticercus appears in the
tissues of the pig as a minute. glisten-
ing point, and pork presenting the ap-
pearance which large numbers OF these
points cause, is said to be measled.
The symptoms of this disease, as it al
fects the pig, depend largely upon
what organ serves as place in which
the cisticercus perfects its develop
ment. Hence, there can hardly be
said to be any strictly characteristic
symptoms, the diagnosis of case de-
pending upon the demonstration of the
presence of the cisticercus. Indeed,
there may be-and more often than eth.
erwise there is-absence of any thing
like symptoms of illness, the pig get
ting on with whatever discomfort II
feels without showing symptoms OF
sickness of any kind. The disease is
transmissible from pig to pig, and il
the transmissibility stopped with that
animal. the disease would be of COM
paratively minor importance. But
such is not the case On the contrary,
one of the most annoying conditions
to which mankind are subject, has its
origin in this disease. If measled
pork be eaten-either raw or incOm-
pletely coOked-tape worm results.
Nor does the parasite content itself
with injuring the one who has been so
unfortunate as to give it a growing
place. Once the tape worm arrives
at maturity in the intestine OF its hui
man entertainer it sets about deposit
ings. which escaping from the body of
the host, are taken up by other ami.
mails there to pass the larval stage,
and if fortune favOrs, enter upon an
other round of tape-wOrm, and tape
worm generating existence, injecting
in this way both animal and man, the
extent of the infection being almost
without limit. knowledge of the
foregoing facts is important, inasmuch
as it indicates the precautions to be
AIKEN to prevent the disease. Such
precautions are few. and easily taken.
Pork should never be eaten unless il
has been thoroughly cooked. Nor
should it Or any other flesh be fed to
dogs or other animals unless it has
been so cooked. Dogs and other ami.
mails should not be allowed to enter
pig pens, or other places where the
larvae of the tape worm may have
been deposited. In event of a human
becoming the bearer of a tape-wOrm,
it should be understood that the evac-
nations, and matters thrown from the
stomach, may contain the tape-worm
egg, accordingly let such material be
destroyed or otherwise properly cared
for. 1t is because of more general
knowledge of the foregoing facts, and
careful following out of the indica-
tons which they present, that tape
worm in man and measles in the pig.
are becoming less common. If the
control of our markets could be in
trusted to competent inspectors, this
and like diseases would speedily disap-
pear.-Fdrna and Home.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
WELL.kEPI CLOSETS.



How to Have Them, and How to Avoid
.'Clutter Places"
Can we not slightly modify an old
and wise adage and find that woman
is known by the closet she keeps!
for a closet indicates, to a greater or
less extent. some traits in the average
woman's character.
Have we not seen all kinds? Look
into this one-we do not need to open
the door, It's never shut-nOt hook
is visible, each one being covered with
double or triple layer of garments.
skirts hung by theil bindings; waists
suspended by their collars-ruinous
to the fit-winter and summer clothes
promiscuously mingled; soiled aprons;
all go to make up part of the general
confusion. On the floor boots and
shoes: cast-off pairs; old, new. knock
ing about any way; the shelves, if
there are any. crowded with empty or
useless bottles, or piled high with
boxes or baskets. Perhaps our own
closets may contain one or more OF
these evils. How shall we remedy
them?
In the first place, keep the closet
door shut during the day, for an open
door is one thing that gives an air Of
untidiness to the whole room. On the
other hand. always leave the door open
at night. That is the proper time to
air the closet; It's then that the cham
Der is the coolest, and the daily-Or
rather nightly-change of air, prevents
any mustiness clinging to the gar
ments hung there. Do not hang your
winter and summer garments in the
same closet. In the fall put away the
summer dresses--the cotton ones
washed and rough dried-folded in an
empty trunk or box or hung in dis
used closet kept for the purpose. In
the spring do the same with the winter
garments. One will find it refreshing,
after putting-away of this kind, to be
able to catch sight of hook or two
that has nothing on it.
Hang up waists and skirts by loops
properly attached. It's not always
as convenient, but it repays in the end.
Keep soiled clothes from the closet,
unless in a laundry bag.
It is great deal more convenient to
take a pair of shoes. polished and
clean, cfrom a shoe-bag of linen or
ticking, hung on the inside of the
door, than it is to strain ones back
STOPPING over and picking among half
dozen dusty pairs-to find the mates
on the floor. If one has shoe bag
she will intuitively keep cast off shoes
out of it. Some of these bags are made
to cover nearly the whole door; then
the upper pockets, made any size con-
venient, are used for soiled collars,
cuffs and handkerchiefs; and the score
of little necessities. Keep only the
bottles and boxes needful on the
shelves. This prevents one of the dis
agreeable features of house cleaning,
overhauling the closets.
In house recently built, the linen
closet had three or four immense
drawers, each large enough to hold
two pairs of blankets or the same num-
Der of quilts, placed on rollers; so
there is not back-breaking strain in
opening the heaviest of them.
My mother told me she learned
when she was first married, never to
put any thing away without purpose;
for, by little thought and little
careful engineering at the proper time,
she was saved the horror of the annual
clearing out of ''clutter place.
Good Housekeeping.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26

AT . coin sale in New York the
other day cent Of 1898. known as the
Liberty Cap" and very rare, brought
$3.50, perfect specimen of the year
1904. $68. and one Of 1895, $50. A half
cent of 1896 went for t5l.