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The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08

lIalscy Rhoaics. Of tho Denver
Herald. evidently loves some Of those
things they have in Denver. called
dudes. Listen 1t what lie says: "Of
nil persons on earth that We iruly feel
siEry for. those id dudes what eats
pie with a fork and tries to nrc an
Engllshman riding on horseback. We
saw one of these things ont on broad.
way the other afternoon astriir n
bpbiailcd "hoss" with hts saddle
s;.rrups about four or five inches too
short. and when the Horse tro,t.d he
seemed to he raising mp III the saddle
rs though something hurt him All OF u
sudden. rs 1t were. one foo, slipped and
down came dude. high collar. hat coat
aud cane. scr sp!as!, in the mud. It's
rather disgusting to any true American
10 see such sliolly In this country
The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08

China Jim NOW holds forth in III
M..kcr hotel kitchen ~ cuos.
The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08

For ehoic town and ranch prupctt
call on ArriN y HARP.
The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08

Ordinarily the minister, create III,
bcnciicis. hut nj the White House th'
licn.clic,s create the ministers.
The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08
Aastrrs 1lotsi.
Ladies' rarlor ana every eonyenIcnc

Tcaclcr-wha, made you make u
face AT m-f LII. jolnnlc-flraS.
ma am. didn't think tou were looking
The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08

An Upper White river laiy. Who hpf,
no, wish la have her name IN print.
gives uH the following as u hit " rNI-r-
icncr la bulics.makin.. Years ago We
hranl II u similar meii.DI. ~ u i, moth
ins new: bat We give It Ia our readers
-, u i, wrgc i.ccni discovery:
some tins ago she had occasion 10 b-
called from home for few DAYS. and
before .oin: slic poured her collection
u cream into thick cloth la: aud
placed II la the ground In cool place.
THROWN: a slioycliui 81 earth over II ~
tia, puSs could not get nj IL. She lri,
u there until she came home two iay =
later. When she TOOK III. b,g from the
ground she found the cream had turned
In u gTca, yellow lump of butter. and
tic only thins left for her 10 do was To
salt and mark IL. The buiirtmliI had
entirely disappeared. Ia, there ~as "a
Third innrs shal usual amount ~! but
s-s obtained by cbusntss. ssf,v Ina.
tried The experiment several time, sincc.
and always obtained better butter than
by chngning. Tie onIy exception was
Que time when tho rain soaked Into tile
ground nnd mildcwci the cream. She
1, perfectly wiiiin: 10 let the world have
the benefit Of the discovery. hoping 1,
may In some degree lessen the har!
work Of farmers wives Watcher II /.
The chemical action o. particular CON
dillon Of the soil on the cream. a: what
i So.
The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08

PeriumcIy at Iiouslons. Samples
free.
The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08

"who Is that Ii,iir monster = That's
my daughter. madam" ''Ah! nh the
sw.-l creature"
The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08

a. L., WILLIAMS,
Missionary IN Charge.
The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08

A terrible icte-th- afternoon tea.
Handmade harness, saddles, bits,
spurs, etc. ut llaTik-s
The Meeker herald., 1889-06-08

10 to liouston's Tor drugs aud patent
medicines.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19
GEORGE WENT HOME.

How Country Boy Was Cured OF a Pen.
chant for City Life.
In is wonderful what a facination
large city has for boys and young
men. l was visited by a bright young
fellow from Iowa this week. He had
been to the city before, but this time
he had leisure to walk the streets and
look about him. After the first day he
said: Il wish had employment here,
ana would not 60 home" He seemed
to be taken with the ease of Office work
and the light duties of store clerks. I
decided to take him inside and let him
look out. "Would you like to visit
one of the big banks?' I asked him
yesterday. Every much," he replied.
We went in. After looking around 1
approached the cashier and asked:
do you wish any additional help in
your task? My young friend here is
fairly good accountant, and would
like place." 1--WE have twenty
such cases a day. What possesses the
boys? Why, we put our boys at work
here at twenty-five dollars month,
and they have to grow with the bust
ness. They do well to get fifty dollars
at the end of three or four years, and
never get we'll paid till they get up
into the responsible positions. which
takes half q lifetime. The city is over
stocked with that kind Of labor" We
walked out. I made no comment, but
let the cashiers words do their work.
My young friend had studied drugs
some, and so stepped with him into
downtown open-all-night drug store.
A young man with sparse hair re-
ceived us. The proprietor was out.
WELL" thought l, tho clerk will do
as we'll" I told him that George
was prospecting, and asked if
they needed help. 1--WE need help,
but we will not get it. have been
here five years. I am on duty seven
days in the week, keep doors wide
open till eleven o'clock. with one even
ing in the week off, and am subject to
call on prescriptions at all hours Of the
night. am getting two dollars o. day.
for all this. Yes, we need help; Il
would like some one to help mo out OF
the business!" 1t was dinner~time, and
we went home. The next day George.
said: II believe I can do better in Iowa
than in Chicago" He was sensible. -
Chicago Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19
ELECTRICAL DENTISTRY,

Teeth Extracted with the Assistance of
the Wonderful Current.
Boston people nowadays have thcir
superfuous teeth drawn by electricity.
The process is very simple, scarce any
apparatus being required beyond an
ordinary two-cell battery with vibrator
attachment. This attachment is a
thin strip of metal fastened at the
ends, which is made to vibrate a thou
sand or more times second by the
electric current. At each vibration
the circuit is cut off and renewed
again, the effect being to give a per-
fectly steady flow of the mysterious
fluid.
In order to make sure that the flow
is quite satisfactory, the operator tunes
the machine-assisted by little reed
tuning pipe-until the strip of metal
sings "A.' Now, to the battery are
attached three wires. Two of them
have handles at ends, and the third is
hitched to forceps. The patient in
the chair is given handle to hold in
each hand, and the current is turned
on gradually until it becomes painful
Then he is told to grasp the handle as
strong as possible, the electricity
having been switched off for moment
is turned on again suddenly, and the
dental surgeon applies his forceps sim
ultaneously to the tooth.
The instant the molar is touched it,
as well as the parts surrounding, be-
comes electrified, and absolutely in.
sensible to pain. When it is with
drawn from the socket the subject oil
the operation feels not the slightest
disagreeable sensation. A jerk and
the tooth is out, the patient drops the
electric handles, and the painless affair
is over.-Indianap News.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19
BLIND BUT HAPPY.
Touching Story of Il Man and Wife Who
Never Saw Each Other.

Touching Story of Il Man and Wife Who
Never Saw Each Other.
Every pleasant evening, in that hour
just before twilight, which we all love
to idle away with inconsequentia
thoughts and observations, there
passes my window couple that great
~ interests me. The lady is but q
young girl. it seems, and sb has such
Il pretty face, so white anu peaceful,
with something of a sadness in it,
something Of Joy.
She has great eyes that stare strange
ly at you, and, at the sound of her
companions voice. their lids are
dropped, and the long, graceful eye
lashes fall upon her checks. The man
reminds me Of one Of the old Saxons.
He is big and strong, and has the
curly golden hair and tho big blonde
beard of that race of mon. His COM
panion hangs on his arm, and yet he
seems to depend upon hey as much
as she on him, for they cling very
closely indeed together, while he care
fully picks their way out with a light
cane.
Both are blind. I inquired about
them the other day. Neither ever saw
the light of day. Neither can ever
know how glorious the sunlight is how
prettily blend the beautiful hues of the
flowers, how grand all nature looks.
Neither ever saw the other! and vet
they are q bridal pair.
They only live in u world of dark
ness and in each other. They met long
ago, became devotedly attached to each
other and were married. And so now
every evening when the weather is
fine, they go out for a stroll, and as
they slowly, carefully walk past my
window l think-''it is a sad and vet
pretty sight-a blind bridal pair!'-
Toledo Blade.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19

confused and helpless, were huddled
the frightened occupants of one
canoe, ha!f-buried in tho foam
Of the waves, now dashed in
to resistless fury. Erect at
the wheel the tall form of Captain
Webster, as he peered through the
drift, seemed like soma aveneine
Nemesis. A dreadful yell was heard
even above the tempest; terror-striclsen
FORMS unable to withstand the shock.
anticipated death by leaping into the
foaming water. The great bow rose
-hinh-in- tha-air,- L1Ehoao-...~4.-~--.--
crash, a horrible grating sensation
along the keel of tho schooner, as.
bending gunwale under before the full
force of the squall, she swept triumph.
antly forward, q solitary figure hang
ing from her martingalo, only to drop
a moment later before the weapon OF
the Californian, while in her wake a
few struggling forms alone denoted
the spot where the would-be capturers
of the Golden Gate had met their awful
death.
When the squall lifted q few min.
utes later they were already far from
land.
The body of their dead comrade w.
ing at the foot of the main-mast, alone
remained a mute but awful witness to
the desperate character of the conflict
through which the crew of the Golden
Gate had so lately passed. For many
seasons Captain Webster piled between
the port of Victoria and San Francisco.
but never again was he disturbed bv
the Apponees, amongst whom, to the
present day, he bears the name of the
"White Avenger "-Austyn w. Gran
vile, in Chicago Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19
PITCAIRN ISLANDERS.
The Stalwart DESCENDANTS of Il Gang of
MutinOuS Sailors.

The stalwart Descendants of II Gang of
Mutinous Sailors.
When the clipper ship L. Schepp
was beating down in the trade winds
in the dreary waste of the South Pacific
ocean, on her way from San Francisco
to Philadelphia, Captain Gates was
much surprised to find, on coming on
deck one morning. a boat-load of stall
wart men approaching his vessel. An
island was seen q short distance off the
starboard bow, and on the boat getting
within mailing distance an aged and
decrepit man in the bow shouted: Il
am Thursday October Christian, Gov
ernor of Pitcairn Island"
He said that the population of Pit
cairn consisted Of 115 mon, women and
children. Captain Gates ordered the
yards abacl1, and in a few minutes
eighteen men were on the ships deck,
all of whom bore evidence of En-
glish ancestry. They were extremely
religious, and held exclusively the
teachings of the Seventh-day Advent
lists, the result of the work Of mis-
sionary who was wrecked there years
ago while bound from San Francisco
to China.
The Governor stated that he was the
grandson of one of the mutineers who,
in 1889, set adrift the officers of the
English war ship Bounty, and then
bore away for the island of Ota heite,
and had lived for years there before
being discovered. Tney were after
ward arrested and sent to England for
trial. The Governor said that the use
of tobacco and liquors was entirely UNI
known among the people of Pitcairn,
and that the little colony we're in need
of dress goods, particularly for the
womep, as nearly all of the latter we're
dressed in mems clothes, secured from
passing vessels A supply of clothing
was given, and an abundance of fruit
and provisions was sent on board the
ship in exchange.--Phfladelphia Let
ter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19

In nm interview the president of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
said: IF we can do any thing, either
legally or otherwise, to stop this per-
nicious practice, it shall be done. We
have gone to many of the small retail
candy dealers lately and requested
them to stop the sale of roclS-and-rve
candy. Many of them complied with
the request, but it is still manu-
featured and sold in large
quantities. Even small bottles of
rock and rye are also vended. We
certainly do object to this feature of
the candy business Why, all our
children will become premature drunk
ards if it shall be allowed to continue.
When once they get in the habit of
purchasing such articles at candy
stores, they will then take nip on the
sly in some secluded beor saloon.
"Only the other day q lady friend of
mine, who has q couple of children,
was terribly shocked by seeing them
come from school their eyes all atire,
checks inflamcd and cutting the most
curious FRANKS. In great alarm at
seeing them SO demonstrative and un-
steady she asked them the cause of
their exuberant feeling. They blub-
bcred out. laughingly: "We'se been
eating rock and rye There is great
amount of whisky in this rock-and-rye
candy, and it is of such an in
ferior quality that it easily af-
fects those who essay to eat it.
1t is a lamentable fact that even
candy can not be manufactured with
out placing some strong drink in it.
just look at those wine cordials that
are sold daily to the young by unscru-
pulous dealers. There is q; pretty little
port-winc drop to suit the palate of
one, there is the sherry drop to please
the taste of another, and so on I'D in
finitum. These cordials ought also to
be suppressed. The question to be de-
cided. however, is whether the sale of
such candies without a license can be
proved illegal. If it can we will fight
against it grimly."
mo one can estimate what evil those
pernicious drops really have on chill
dren,n said another member OF the
Temperance Union. u have seen them
after eating it behave very unsecmlv.
DO you think VIC can win if we take up
this fight? Well, perhaps We eau; but
still that remains to be seen. The law,
like men, is somewhat tickle, and ex-
tremely pliable."
The manufacturers of cordials and
rock-and-rye candy claim that such ac-
ton upon the part of the temperance
ladies is a species of fanaticism. "Why,
If child could eat ten pounds of rock
and-rye candy" said Il woll-known con-
fectioncr of this city yesterday, lit
would not make him or her intoxicat-
ed in the least. I admit that there is
some little of Intoxicating spirits in
such candy, but it is very small. I do
not suppose thcro is onc-quarter of Il
thimbleful of whisky in twenty five
rock-and-rye drops. These people can
not do any harm to us, and all their
talk is mere twaddle.'
1t is said that the members of tho
union intend to investigate just how
much spirituous liquor is contained in
tho different kind of drops, and will
begin a series of experiments as to the
effect that a pound of rock-and-rye
candy will have on person.
lelphia Record.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19
KIND WORDS.

Q. keer cot back kind words, pray,
From those who journey day by day
With us along LIES rugged way.
They come with help in time Of need,
And every one becomes a seed
That grows into u helpful deed.
You may not see, may not know,
The deeds TO which our kind words grow:
But they are never lost, know.
Sometime and somewhere we shn!l ind
All kind words gathered us men bind
The cheat, and leave no sheat behind.
AND from that storehouse OF good deeds
Grown from al kind Words, scattered sceda
we each shall draw to suit our needs.
They cost US little; grudge them not,
But scatter them in every spot,
And brighten with them ntany 4 lot.
-Ehen E. Rexford, in NJ Y. Ledger.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19
LIFE IN OKLAHOMA.
breezy Locals Appropriated from the Coz
umns of tho Territorial Shorter.

breezy Locals Appropriated from the Coz
umns of tho Territorial Shorter.
The Oklahoma Shorter. in it's last
issue, contained the following .e@eA,
locals:
Colonel Jim Highbee has securo2 tK.a
beautiful lot at the corner of Bull
whacker avenue and Kill'emquick
street, and has begun the erection of a
tent thereon. This lot formerly be.
longcd to Dick Skinner, but he gave il
up at the same time he gave up his
ille. colonel jim Is good shot,
We are glad to learn that our friend
Dan Bunker has at last come into pos.
session of choice lot. Dan killed the
former claimant with his first shot.
Dan is d rustler, and never does things
by halves.
The report that the ten men found
dead last night on Goosebristle creek
had been shot, proves fabrication
They were the victims of concestive
chilIs.
Wanted: Ten first-class grave-dig-
gers. Also, four or five more coffin.
makers. Must be willing to work
twelve hours day, but pay is large.
Cophin & Son.
Subscribers must pay for this paper
in advance. Life is too uncertain to
take any chances.
Major Burdock, one Of our gentle
manly undertakers. came up yesterday
to see us. The Major is smiling. and
says he never had more Aattcring bust.
ness prospects. He is running a large
corps of men day and night in order tt,
keep up with his orders. He says he
is prepared to make liberal terms with
those who contemplate taking claims,
if they wish to arrange in advance for
burial.
There was quite a lot of freight re-
ceived at the depot yesterday, consist
ing chiefly OF collins and guns.
Notice: We are prepared to hurry
boomers quicker and cheaper than any
other house in the city. Send in your
friends. We will take pleasure in
burying them. Plantum e. Co.
Real estate has changed hands rap
IDLY the last few days. The new own
crs usually show their liberality by
burying the former claimants.
Several Texans came in yesterday
to locate claims. Our undertakcrs are
watching the corners for good har-
vest
rood and ammunition are becoming
scarce. We learn. however, that a
carload of shot and powder is expected
to-day.
first-class meals at all hours at
fremont Hotel. Bean soup, fifty cents
dish. eggs ten cents each (whan we
have them). water five cents q glass.
Call in second tent above the Shorter
Office.
We learn that oar genial friend Dick
Tucker has given up his claim and re-
turned home. We are sorry to lose
Dick, as he was one OF the most cheer
full and whole-hearted men among US.
If he had known the claim was so
worthless it is doubtful if he would
have shot the man who held il down
before him.
Bill Swanson was in to-day and re-
ported that he had secured a fine claim
just east of town. OF course, he had
to remove the man who was on it, but
Bill did it neatly, and then paid the
funeral expenses. There is nothing
small about Bill Thomas P. Mont
fort, in Time.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19
A Smart Milkman,

'The milk that I got of you This
morning soured."
"You didn't get it of me, ma am. ;"
"Well, Bridget did. It's all the
same"
mo, it isn't ma'am. She's so ugly
that she'd make. any milk sour. Now
as you are very handsome, why, wher
you get the milk, ma'am--"
II didn't think of that. I'll get tn.
milk myself after this. Epoch.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19
CHILD DRUNkARDS.
"A Crusade Against Wicked Rock-and.
Rye DrODs.

''No moro rock-and-rye candy, or
drops Or wine cordial confectionery, "
ia the cry of the dihfercnt branches of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. The crusade has begun, and
1t will be a relentless warfare. 1t
started at West Chester, and a big
constable intends to seize all the rock
and-rye drops, and the dealers will be
prosecuted for selling liquor without a
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19

ouo COLupd1OH way, SEM Lnere Dy the
recoil of his musket. The native
on the rail staggered and fell
forward, gaping wound in his
breast telling plainly that the harm
less charge of powder with which the
boy had been intrusted had been sup
plemented by something of a more
deadly nature. This repulse afforded
both Ben and the captain a chance to
reload. AS he rose from the deck,
however, to pour in another volley,
Webster felt a puff of air on his cheek,
and, glancing aloft, perceived by the
bellying canvas that the schooner wac
again gathering steerage way. Turn
ing seaward, he swept the hori-
zon with an anxious glance, where a
wall of white water seemed to be rush
ing landward. In a few moments a
white squall, so common in those lati-
tudes, would be upon them. The ma.
tives saw it, also, and disheartened by
the resistance they had met with,
turned to fee. Webster's heart beat
high with feeling of uncomfortable
exultation, as, bending to the influence
of the freshening wind, the schooner
tore through the watep
'She's got steerage-way on her,
Ben," he shouted. Lower away the
peak a bit, and let the topsail down on
the cap. Well give those fellows
something they won't forget.
Rushing aft, he threw the wheel
hard over aud brought the schooner's
head to the wind. Right in her tr ack,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19

In 1860 the ladies of the country
wore $2,464, 600 worth of wire in their
hoop-skirts a4 Il.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19

"A novelty in stationery is the now
gray paper with address and monogram
in white.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-19
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.

Three Sailors Repulse Hundred
Desperate Savages.
Under PrcteSt of Friendship tho Blood
thirsty Demons Get Alongside a Help
less Schooner-Aid From an
Unexpected Quarter.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-18
LOST MOUNTAIN.

Old farmers say that the corn crop is
the most promising they ever saw.
The recent rains have put the farniers
behind, consequently laying by" is some
what delayed.
One of our young ladies says that the
peach crop is so abundant that all the
hickory bushes have peaches on them.
One or two manufacturing enterprises
are on foot to which the peach crop may
be carried in state Of Nature and brought
back in spiritual condition.
Protracted services will begin at the
Presbyterian church on Thursday night.
The pastor will be assisted by the evange
list, Rev. Mr.. Bremen.
Miss Lena McEachern, of Powder
Springs will assist in the school here this
summer. She is very accomplished
young lady and will be quite an addition
to the school.
You may put Mr.. Wesley Jackson down
as the best one-legged farmer in the coun.
ty.
Harvey Say has the finest upland corn
that has come under our observation.
Boz AKBAR.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-18
A WOman's Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by lady in this county.
Disease fastened its clutches upon her and
for seven years she withstood its severest
tests, but her vital organs were undermined
and death seemed imminent. For three
months she coughed necessarily and could
not sleep. She bought of us bottle Of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption and
was so much relieved on taking first dose
that she slept all night and with one bottle
has been miraculously cured. Her name
is Mrs. Luther Lutz. Thus writes W. G..
Hamrick & Co., of Shelby. N. C.-Get a
free trial bottle at J. D. Malone Drug Store.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-07-18
STORY.

The farmers are about finishing up their
crops
We had fine week for work up to the
18th, then fine rain.
The prospects for a good crop was
never better.
J. B. Moon is teaching singing school
at County Line.
Willie Poole is teaching literary
school at Sandy Flat,
A. 6. Dempsey preached fine sermon
at County Line, last Sabbath.
Much interest taken in the Sunday
school
William Brook has been looking over
some Of the boys crops in Paulding, anG
says they are in bad condition. We think
he had better clean out his own crop, OF
his cotton at least or where the cotton
ought to be-
Let every body send their children t.
school and come with them to Sunda,
school, is the motto of the writer.
Miss Debbe Haskins will preach tn
funeral of the wife of John D. Lewis, OF
the first Sunday in August
Farmers Boy.