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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1890-05-31
A rr.,.c~sr,n, innovation.

Below will be found q copy OF an
agreement which speaks for itself.
This is most commendabe move, 4,
and one worthy of support, closing our
stores ut $ p. III. will give the clerks u
much needed opportunity for recrea-
ton, and still keep our stores open
amply long for the transaction of
business.
Customers, however. can help in this
matter still more by trying to do their
trading at seasonable hours and not
wait till eight o'clock approaches and
then crowd in to have their wants
attended to, a proceeding which would
keep the attendants at their posts till
after the hour of closing.
We believe this has only to be men
toned to evoke ready response from
the patrons of the stores.
Those who have taken this Initiative
are worthy of praise and we hope the
balance OF our tradesman will fall into
line at once.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1890-05-31

The busy season is fairly on. our
business men have u bands fun, our
hotels ARE pushed 10 1ds accommo,
dation. our mechsnIo( = laborers are
busy and decidedly althy Impetus
has been given to the tBth OF the town.
This fullills all our pd prophesying,
bu, there Is stiil ,noro5 be done il we
desire to push our tai ~ 10 the front.
The fundamental u Diplc OF success
Is Il capacity for pua --and Aieeker
must not be content st on her lau-
rels; the merchant WQ1S6esires To self
his goods let's the peo( Know what he
has. and the people q Dekcr must see
To IL that the outside I'D hears OF her
many advantages. ~
The Meeker B0ar ! Trade is the
lit and proper body taitend TO this,
and should receive . support OF all
who take pride in the ~ Ill OF Meeker,
for this purpose no oa should hesitate
to hand in his suhse Mo. nor should
hs fail To attend its an11iigs.
Rightly used. this 3.ynaisslion can
bs q powse ssvsU--A 49, suusI, Suu
deserves the assistance 0s all.
We cannot dcprecinte too strongly the
policy of those wlso Arc srliisliiy content
10 lc, others build up tho town and In
crcas. the value Of their property for
them; such men retard the prosiess OF
the whole--actine rs \ clog ~ the
wheels-but very little thought Will
show them that no matter II thsy only
own II twenty-five dollar lot, i,fy dol
lars spen, on 1t viii double It's yahc and
bc n good investment.
The whole matter Ia = nutshell simply
amounts 10 this, Mecker must Join the
ranks Of the live, progressive towns OF
tie State. OF liz left behind in the race
for supremacy. \ knowledge OF our
prospects Will put us tn the front, Wills;
II our streets wrr. pavesi with gold. and
We fail 10 lei the world hear II II. IL
would no, help Us any. ". hope our
citizens will cease to p.ocrastinat' and
Join hands Tot their mutual good veal.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1890-05-31

Advertise in TIVE HERALD.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1890-05-31

We, the undersigned, agree to close
our respective places Of business, COM
mencing Monday, June ID. at O'Clock
p. m. Saturdays excepted.
j. w. Huaus Il Co.
L. B. WATSON,
$. PoRGEs,
G. W. LAYTON.
l,n,.,ro l., 'rrr,. TIyp.
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J.w. Hu6us. J.CDAvls.
J. w. Hugus a. Co.,
BANKERS,
MEEkER, COLORADO.

Transact \ G-uerai banking business.
Highest p~,ee paid for County Warrants. In.
isr-st allowed oa Tim. Deposits. Drafts
in~n on Eastern Cities and HuroIe.
Correspondents, kosint1e hr,s., Ne~ York;
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-11
Why He Was Called Major.
From, the Toledo Blade.

Among all those lawyers who made that he
rolc advance upon Mas willie last spring to try
the famous natural gas bond injunction before
Judge Jackson none were more diStingue in
Their appearance than Mayor Hamilton and
Emery Potter They rather eclipSed the other
legal luminaries, in fact, and threw them into
the dense, dis eartening umbra of totality in
point of style. Down at the Tenness-e capital
they stopped at the best hotel were mentioned
Ia The local papers as prominent arrivals, had
ice water sent up to their rooms and re eed in
all those rare and costly luxuries which are
alone to be obtained at our best and most fash
lonaple hoStelries. In fact, the mayor and Mr.
Potter were in good form in every respect
But they never spoke in court, and we're silent
as London barrster To iutents and pur-
poses they were merely lending high tone to
the Toledo party and investing it with an air of
ecat.
The colored porter at their hotel, after fire.
yuent tips, evinced great fondness for Mr..
Potter.
Every morning he awoke the distinguished
Toledo attorney, and said
Good morale, majah, did you enjoy your
sleep las nighC?"
Mr.. Potter replied that he had
"Ho'll fin yo' Shoes maiah all shined up right
by yo' DO. Anything mo- l can do for you,
majah, dis mornin'?"
Mr.. Potter could notunderstand the "majah, -
but said nothing for several days. but it kept
getting worse, the negro insisted on APPLYING
lhe military title to him, and finally Mr.. Potter
said:
say, why do you call me major? I've been
called colonel, and general, and captain, and
judge, and everything else, but I was never
called major before. Now I'd like to know
what makes you call me major"
wen, you see, majah, i S like dis Du'in' de
wan we alus called dose gem'men maiah wha'
put on pow'ful lot o. style, an never he'd
nuthln' to do
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-11
Only Wanted to Inquire.
From the Mem YORK Tribun,

7 7
senator Vance of n nth Carolina, lost his hat
the her day. He came out of the Senate cloak
room oare-headed, with his overcoat on his arm
ana paraded the corridors asking every one he
met II be had seen tall hat straying about
anywhere. He was asking tn question of Capt
Nay, the doork eper at the lobby or. when a
page came up with the missing article in his
hand. Senator Vance was just saying:
OF course / do u think you have seen it, you
know, but was Just asking like the man who
came into my Office one. when | was governor
OF North Carolina. He was a trampish ooking
man, and his clothing was worn and seady. He
looked carefully around the room and enSaid:
Governor you amt sen nothing OF a pair
OF boots around here, have you? | lsft 'em in
that corner last night, and they amt there this
morning.
Il answered that had not seen the boots.
~ knew some d thief had stolen them,
said 9 unknown. of course | knowed it
wasn't you, but inst thought I'd ask >"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-11
PERSONAL.

THE PRINCE OF WALES, it is said, intends Civ
ing up the keeping OF race horses
SENATOR INGALLS, daily luncheon at the Sen
ate restaurant consists of nine oysters fresh
from the shells.
IT is RUMoaED in Washington that W. D. How
ellis would lie exceedingly well to be made
consul general at Paris.
MoUNET.SULLY has been made a Knight of the
Legion of Honor. and the result is sugges-
ton in England that Henry Irving should be
Knighted
LIEUT.. GAY and Mr.. Copeland of the Boston
Advertiser, found rod of money containing
nearly $50 on the spot where Mrs. Tracy fell
from the window
Gov. SCALES of North Carolina is man of
fine physique and imposing presence. He is one
Of the arrest men in his state, and weighs
nearly 800 pounds.
QUEEN VIoToRIA's New Years presents from
abroad included two large boxes richly orna-
mented, the one containing cryStalliZed violetS
and the ot4er crystaliized rose l-avss.
THE BEAUTIFUL DUCHESS OF LEINsrER is a
brunette, Will her haughty handsome sister,
Lady Helen Duncombe, has bright chestnut
hair, making a striking contrast when they
appear together.
LORD CHANCELLOR HALsBURY OF ENGLAND is
fond of nee lancS, and at his country place.
near Stanmore, he has small workshop on the
grounds, where every day h. taxes turn at his
lathe, in whic art he is quite an adept. He
lives IN plain, ma req DullllnS. partly over
grown with ivy, and very unpret in gen
eralappearance. He loves greatly to play the
villager and mis- habits are OF the simplest kind.
Mrs. SARAH HELEN WHITMAN, the last love of
Edgar A. Poe, was a woman of exquisite beauty
wh use face was poem. and whose life was
roman e. Sue mourned her poet lover for more
than thirty years after his early death, and de-
Tended him from first TO last, with all a womau's
dee p faith and unlying love- His friends were
her friends, his enemies her enemies He was
an idol, enshrinel in her heart of hearts, to be
wOrshiped there for evermore In her latter
years, she always dressed In white. with a veil
of the same color thrown over tine back of her
head, aud he sat in a room lighted by alaOaster
lamps, whose shades were lined with rose color
A REPORTER who saw Rutherford B. Hayes in
Chicago the other day says of him: He is
aging very ra idly. His once sandy AMI al
ways luxariant beard is quite snowy, and his
form is becoming trifie bent, but he dresses
in quite a youthful way. aud manners, al
ways engaginr, are genial and pleasant Since
tne deatn Of JlrS. Hayes the generals friends
say lie lakes much more active interest in
public affairs aud in the world about him. He
travel ABOUT more, he discusses political mat
terS, ne tax $ keen tereSt in current and con-
temporaneous events and discusses everything
with quite free tongue. He mas even gone so
far as to recommend somebody to President
Harrison for an otfice-the which, by the way,
has not been acted upon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-11
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS

MEETINGS. Oglethorpe Lodge No. /. l. o. o.
F.; Chatham Assembly No. 1876, R. S. G. F.;
Ancient Landmark Lodge No. %, F. and A. NJ. :;
Savannah Cadets; Workingmen's Union AsSo-
citation.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs.-As to Bills against British
Steamship Carlton; Notice to Superior Court
Jurors; Notice to the Merchants of Savannah;
Investment Bonds, c. P. Miller; Notice as to
Closing of Clothing Merchants.
AUCTION SALEs.-Executor's Sale, by ]. Nc
Laughlin & Son; Bedsteads, Bureaus. ETC., by
I. D. LaRoche & Son.
LEGAL NoTICEs.-Libel for Divorce.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE-Ocean Steamship
Company.
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE CoMPANY.-J.
S. Seabrook, Manager.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS Help
Wanted; E Employment Wanted; For Rent; Fer
Sale; Strayed; Lost; PERSONAL; Miscellaneous
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In letter from st. Petersburg, in Sun
days New York Tribune, there are some
statements that can hardly fail to interes.
c tt n planters Of tbs country. The letter
contains a great deal Of valuable inf1rma-
/ ii n about Russia's Asian railroad, which
con aects the Caspian sea with
! Samarcand, the ancient capital of
! Tamerlana This road was bILlt by
\ Russian engineers, Who overcans what
were c0nsids cred insurmountable dilTic llties.
| Although built for military purposes, it
4 brings an immense AMI very rich re giOn Of
country into closer business relations with
the rest of the world. Il has been open only
about two years, and it carried ne lrly twic
as mucl FIRE ght the secon d year as it did
tae first. Tais indicates that it viii be
financial success.
The chief interest in the railroad, so far
as tni' cou ntry is concerned, however, Is
| connected with the growing Of cotton in
| sections of country tributary to it. 1t has
hal wonderful influence il promoting tie
cul walton of cotton. Il is stated that
prior to last year Russia imported annu-
ally between 260, 10000 and 00,O0J O0J
pounds of co,ton. Ia 1887 she paid s4S. OJ0.-
600 for cotton for her mills. This cotton
was obtained from East Ilda, E ,ypt, and
this country, the most of it being furnished
by this country.
Russia, it seems, has got an idea that she
can 6 ow all the cotton she needs for her
mills 1t is asse ted that already this year
she has received over her Asian railroad,
from Central Asia, 6l,01O, 0O1 pounds, and
the statement is made that this spring, in the
province of Serghana alone, tract of 15o, OOl
acres of rich land is TO be given up to the
cultivation of cotton, and that it VIII be
planted with American seed only. In the
oasis Of Merry, and on the enormous estate
of Murghab, belonging to the car, i'm
mense tracts Of land are to be planted in
cotton.
The success with which the Russians are
meeting in the growing of cotton naturally
inspires them with the hope that at no very
distant time they will DO able 20 grow all
the cotton required by their rapidly iucreas-
lug mills. They are growing and thrifty peo-
pie, and they may realize much of this hope.
American cotton planters have no reason to
be uneasy, however. There will always be
demand for al! the cotton they can
grow, and the experience of the last
few years justifies the conclu ion
that the demand will be sufficiently
active to insure them good prices. Many
times there have been predictions tat
cotton would be grown in other countr es
in such quantities as to lessen the demand
for American cotton, but these predictions
have not yet been fulfilled, ami are not
likely to be. In no other part of the world
is there cotton grown that is so good "a that
of this country. The crop of this country
this year will be over 100000 bales, and if
it should be 100000 it would all be taken
quickly at remunerative prices.
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Funnr a. - gxoense o. rrnrn.


The Philadelphia Press, in its efforts 70
be fu ny. frequently misleais its lenders.
For instance. the other day it said: "F.em-
ing. the bogus governor Of West Virginia,
has besn fornally iaalguratei. W,st Nir-
GINA Is helpless in her shame, but the day
Of her redemption will come"
OF course, the Press does not believe that
NJ. Fleming is a bogus governor, but mo
of its readers will tlink fro the f)reg ii g
that it d les, and will labor under the i'm
preston That great political outrage has
been committed in West Virginia The
evidence that was collected by the legisla-
tive investigl ting com mites showed beyond
question that hundreds Of fraudulent
votes were cast for the republican
gu5arnatorlal candidae. Ia at least half
d re COUNTIES bllcks from y )rth Carolina
and V.r dlia who hal not been in West
Virginia long enough to become citizens
cast votes for the republican candidate.
Indeed, there is no doubt that these blacks
were brought into the state To- the express
purpose of voting the republican ticket.
They were provided with work on railroads,
and in mines, a day or two before the
election, by republican leaders, and whel
they had voted they we're discharged aud
returned to their homes.
These facts are of coursa known to the
Press, because they were published in the
report of the investigating comm ittee. Why
does the Press ignore them! The attempt
TO be funny at the expense of truth will
not excuse it for misleading its readers.
1t is greatly to be regretted that the re-
publican press has so little regard for facts
in political matters. Especially ia dealing
with southern affairs it tries to magnify
the most commonplace happenings into
political outragas if they are in the least
degree connected with politics, eve though
the connection is scarcely recognizable, and
the republican leaders do the sa ne thing
This is neither honest nor right
In the Aberdeen, Miss, affair,
for example, Senator ingalls, wanted the
country to believe that an outrage of lch a
gross character had been commi ted upon a
man named Franz, a citizen of Indiana,
that hundred thousand Indianians ought
to march to Mississippi and demand an
apology, and yet, according to Frauz's own
story. nothing occurred at Aberdeen worth
making fuss about.
If the republican press would deal with
southern matters IN a spirit of fairness the
northern people would seldom or never
hear of political outrages in the south. The
things which are circulated as outrages are
occurrences like those which are hlpp ming
in the northern states, but which, for pollti-
cal purposes, are magnified into outrages and
presented as such TO the public.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-11
AmendinR the CONSTITUTION.

The numerous failures of attempts to
amend the constitution don't seem to have
had discouraging effect upon those con-
gressmen who think that it ought to be
amended. Three amendments, if not more,
viii have to be considered by the present con-
gress. Mr.. Flower, of New York, announced
some time ago his intention to introduce one
providing for the election of postmasters
and some other officials by the people
Mr.. Carlton, of Georgia, wants inau gura-
ton dav changed, and a senator is trying
to secure the election of President and
Vice President by popular vote. 1t is very
doubtful if any of these amendments will
be adopted. They may have merit, but for
loag time the great majority of congress-
men have evidently thought that the peo-
pie were satisfied with the constitution as
it is.
Since the beginning of 1871 fifteen amend
ments have been adopted, twelve of them
| before and three since the civil war.
Eleven of them were adopted in 1871,
and then a rest was taken, the next one be-
ing adopted in 1904 Sixty-one years later
the thirteenth amendment was adopted.
l. AOuh lCol w 1000 nOWONSIy 90 W6I6
offered, many of them being very similar,
of course, but offered at different times.
Some provided for change in the method
of electing the President, and others related
to negro suffrage, the qualifications, term
and eligibility Of the President, the electoral
vote and qualifications of electors, the
election Of senators, female suffrage, appor-
tionment, taxation, the supreme court, and
the rights, duties and privileges of
the different states. Four attempts have
been made to change the me hod of amend
ing the constitution, the authors of such
bills presumably desiring to make it easier
to secure the adoption of amendments,
which have always required an affirmative
vote of two-thirds of both houses and ratifi-
cation by three-fourths of the states. Alex
ander Hamilton declared that the constitu-
ton was a rickety affair that would not
stand the test If time, but Hamilton has
been dead many years, and we are getting
along remarkably well under the constitu-
ton.
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Is Ike Worn Livine2

From The English Illustrated Magazine.
Is life worth livingf Yes. so long
AS there is wrong to right,
wall of the weak against the strong,
or ty amy to fight;
Long as there fingers gloom TO chase,
Or streaming tear to dry,
one kindred woe, one sorrowing face
That smiles as we draw nigh;
Long as at tale of anguish swells
The heart, and lids grow wet,
And at the sound of Christmas bells
We pardon and forget;
80 long as Faith with Freedom reigns,
And loyal Hope survives,
And gracious Charity remains
To leaven lowry lives;
While there is one untrodden tract
For Intellect or VIII.
And men are free to think and act,
Life is worth living still
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The Color Line in Washington.

1t must be annoying to the bloody shirt
senator's to have the color liue question
forced upon their attention by northern
workingmen and workingwomen who are
in the government service within a stones
throw almost of the capitol They will be
forced to admit, after awhile that the color
line question is not confined to the south,
and that it is a mistake to assume that it is,
or to try t. force upon one section of the
country a condition Of affairs for political
reasons that is not tolerated by other sec
tiols.
Senator Hiscocks colored girl is causing
a great deal of trouble in the bureau of
printing and engraving. There does not
seem to be any doubt that she is a very re-
spectacle sort of girl, and doubtless she is
qualified to discharge the duties of the place
to which she has been appointed, but the
white employees of that branca OF the public
service object to working side by side with
cOlorel people. Doubtle s the bloody shirt
senator's are angry, and will insist that there
shall be no color line in the public service,
but they will find that they cannot legislate
| a prejudice out of existence. The colored
girl OF course is not resp )nsIble for the fact
| that she is colored neither are the
white men and women who are employed
in the bureau of printing and engraving
| responsible for their prejudice against
/ colored people. Before the bloody shirt
| senators insist thai the employees of that
bureau shall lose their places if they con-
tinue TO refuse to permit the colored girl to
work with them it might be we'll for them
to ask themselves how many of them gave
| Bruce a cordial reception when he was a
member of the Senate from Mississippi. Did
they accord him the same privileges enjoyed
by white senatorsl Was Bruce and his wife
received into the homes of the bloody shirt
senatorss OF course not, and the reason he
was not was because he is q colored man.
He had no trouble in the Senate, however.
because he is a man Of tact and good iudg-
ment. He was very much respected, but he
nevertheless recognized that even among
the most extreme republican senators there
was prejudice against his race.
Senator Hlscock's colored girl may render
the country much greater services by in-
sisting upon having the place to which she
has been appointed, aud finally failing to get
it, than she would have rendered if no OBJ
lection to her color had been raised. In her
case the strength of the race prejudice
among white working people of the north
is being shown, and the fact that this
prejudice is 50 strong may inf lence legis-
lation which involves the race issue.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-11

Provincetown, Mass, is excited because
Miss Helen Ryder, of that town, was re-
fused diploma by the principal of the
Massachusetts, normal school at Bridge
water, on the ground that she was "simply
indiscreet." The most serious indiscre-
lions charged against the young lady We're
that she rode tricycle., accepted lsCx of
candy from Sundayschool superinteud-
ent, and went walking with nice young
man in the daytime. For these grave
otfenses her diploma was withheld, and she
was characterized as an unfit person t.
teach the youth of Massachusetts,. The
people of Provincetown declare that they
will take issue with the fastidious principal
even if they have to carry the matter into
the courts, with Ben Butler as counsel for
the fair plaintiff.
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A Wise Son.
From HdrDer's Voung People

from HdTpers Young People.
a little boy o. went with his motherto rake
call Tue lady Of the house, VINO was very
his mother to let her have him. Don't you
think that your mother would let me buy you:"
she asked.
enough
How much would it takef'' she asked.
Three hundred dollars" he answered
promptly; 'ani you havel't got that much
tninN | could manage it, +" she said. If
can, will you come to mes
NO, he said with decision, mamma
Wouldn sell me anyhow. There are five of us,
ana mamma wouldn't ike to br- ak the SET