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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1890-09-27

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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1890-09-27
ANgrs CAMPBELL

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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

AN extraordinary advance In the use O:
cocoa seems to have taken place of late
years in England. In the House of Com.
mons, this last session, the Right Hon. G. J
Goschen, the Chancellor of the Excheauer.
called attention to 1t as cause for much OF
the falling off of the use Of coffee He at
trIbuted it in q measure, to the position q
preparation of cocoa known as aGratefu:
and Comforting" had taken. In accord With
this suggestion, tmay be interesting to fol-
low the course cocoa has taken In England
since 1892. when the duty, which had been
standing at Cd. per pound, with an importa-
ton of under half million pounds, was
reduced to Cd. per pound, and not long
after we find the homeopathic doctrine
of medicine introduced into the kingdom,
aud that the use of cocoa was specially ad-
yocated by physicians adopting that mode
of practice. Soon after we find the first
homeopathic chemists established In En-
gland (the firm Of James Epps & Col pro-
duced a special preparation which only
needed boiling water or milk to be at once
ready for the table, and the superior char
acter of this production has. no doubt, done
much, as the Chancellor or the Excheuuer
said, to bring about (backed as it was by
further reduction OF the duty to Id. DER
pound) the advance made.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

ting leagues between them and the
French vessels and the six of their own
men whom they had left behind.
After this the Cirque Ports had vary
ing fortunes, until she again dropped
anchor at Juan Fernandez. September,
1704, to find that four of the men whom
they had left behind six months before
had been captured by the French, and
the other two had spent six months in
the wild pleasures of seal and goat hunt
ing, fishing and Incidence, living on the
abundant fruits of the island.
While these men had been enjoying
innocent ease and life devoid of care,
as their account of their sojourn pic
tured, Selkirk had been beset by wars
without and Within" and when not in
the midst of scenes of bloodshed, he had
been engaged in bitter feud with his
brutal commander, and surrounded by
the strifes and discussions of the crew.
In a moment of blind and desperate
longing to escape from all this strife,
Selkirk asked to be left behind, with his
scanty effects, upon the island
But no sooner had his request been
granted, and the ship about to hoist an
Choir, than full sense of his folly and
the maddening realization of his desola-
ton and peril came over him, and he
cried and entreated with outstretched
hands to be taken aboard. One nara
tive says that he even rushed into the
sea as far as he could go, and stood gaz-
ing out after the retreating ship until
the darkness began to settle down about
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

him; and that as the vessel set sail, the
reyengeful Stradling stood on deck and
laughed at poor Selkirk's calamity.
For many days the half-crazed man
staid by his sea chest and bundles on the
beach, hoping against hope that the yes
sell might return, tormented by all the
superstitiOns concerning spirits and spec
ters, with which the sailors are familiar.
Not until his forces We're well nigh ex-
hansted would he quit the beach and take
food other than sea lion flesh and CLAIMS,
which he could get on the shore.
The exhaustion which followed this
feaful strain seemed to tame and quiet
his wild spirit and bring into his whole
after-life q gentleness which had been
entirely wanting before.
An invoice of his possessions shows
him to have taken from the ship sbed-
ding, clothing, q frelock, pound OF
Gunpowder, bullets, flint and steel, sew
eral pounds of tobacco, Ratchet, a
knife, q kettle, a flip can, q Bible, some
books on devotion and one or two books
on navigation, and some mathematical
instruments.
He built himself two huts Of pimento
wood, and one narrative, not authentic.
however, gives description of his cave.
which IS not mentioned In the most trust
worthy account Isl
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13
ntay Neyer Ascend the Throne.

1t is question whether the Prince Of
Wales ever succeeds to the throne. His
health is not robust; there are ugly ru-
mors to the effect that Bright's disease
has a hold upon him. But the prince
cares little about being king. He does
not court the anxieties and the onerous
duties which his rise to that exalted sta
tion would necessarily involve; he is not
an ambitious man; he loves and seeks
the society of those he likes, and, true
democrat that he is, he shudders when
he thinks that there may come time
when he will be compelled to associate
with men who cannot possibly have HUI
man sympathy in common with himself.
His eldest son, the Duke of Clarence and
Avondale, is hulking, shiftless, good
natured lubber, looking like his mother,
but having neither his mothers tact or
dignity nor his fathers graciousness or
strength of character. 1t seems to be a
foregone conclusion that in the due
course of time the duke will marry his
pretty cousin, the sweet and pretty
daughter of the Princess of Teck.-
EltgRne Field
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13
Edison's MaryeIous Fxperi,nent

At Ogden, N. j., there is O mass of
iron ore mile long standing perpen-
dicular and extending into the bowels
of the earth to great but unknown
depths, said to contain several hundred
million tons of magnetic material. As
the violent storms and uprushes in the
sun produce disturbances of the earth's
magnetism, which are recorded at yari-
GUS observatories, it has occurred to
Mr.. Edison that the strength of the
solar disturbance, as exerted on our
planet, could be increased enormously
by using vein of magnetic iron ore,
and running around the body of ore
several miles of wire. forming an induc-
tive circuit, into which powerful cleo
trio currents would be thrown by any
disturbance of the eafth's magnetism
"By the use of instruments every
change" he says, "could be recorded,
and by the use of the telephone all
sounds produced on the sun would be
heard on our planet" He is. accord
ingly, erecting telegraph poles on each
side of the Ogden ore hill, on which he
is coiling an insulated wire many times
around the whole area where the
earth's magnetic lines leave the iron
mountain and extend into space. The
two ends of the long wire will be taken
into his observation station and con-
nected with the receiving telephone.
From every point of view poetic.
spiritual and scientific this promises
to be one of the most thrilling expert
ments ever made. It's successful con-
ductor will be able to listen to the
awe-inspiring rush and roar of the
suns mountainous pillows of fire as
they splutter forth in inconceiyable
fury from his cyclopean furnaces.
What sermon viii be preached into
the receiving instrument A voice
from the central orb of our planetary
system type answering to anti-type
laundering forth the eternal power and
God-head Of Him whom the Christian
pulpit, often too feebly for our dull
ears, proclaims 3the Light OF this
world = From a scientific point of
view the value Of this, experiment. may
be immense.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13
the solitude of his peaceful isle.

the solitude of his peaceful isle.
Not all of his rambles, however, were
entirely solitary. He occasionally fell in
with lass who was tending her moth
er's cow, and finally fell in love with her,
and persuaded her to go with him,
secretly, to London, where it is supposed
they lived together until her death. In
1724 Frances Candis, fashionable
woman, came to Largo to prove her
right to Selkirk's property, under
will, dated Dec. IL, 1920. She also
proved her marriage with Selkirk, and
his death, in 1923, on board the Wey-
mouth, of which he was Lieutenant. If
any reader of this sketch should chance
to be in Edinburgh, he may, by going to
the "Museum of the Society of Antigua
ries," see the chest which contained Al
exander Selkirk's sole possessions when
he was set on his island, and also the
cocoanut shell which there served as his
drinking cup. The island has since been
peopled with Spanish colonists, deyas-
tated by an earthquake, used by Chilli as
convict colony, and is now deserted,
but as beautiful as the most charming
scenes described in the ideal "Robinson
Crusoe." FORREST CRIssEY.
GENEVA, Ill,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

a signal service
to weak womankind is the finding
of lost health the building-up Of
a run down system. Nothing
does it SO surely as DR.. Pierce's
Fayorite Prescription. 1t cures all
the arrangements, Irregularities and
weaknesses peculiar to the sex. It's
the most perfect Of strength-givers,
imparting tone and yigor to the
whole system. For overworked, de.
bilitated teachers, milliners, seam
stresses, /" shop girls nursing
mothers, and feeble women gen.
orally, it is the greatest earthly
boon, being unequaled as an appe.
thing cordial and restorative tonic.
Favorite Prescription . gives
satisfaction in every case, or money
paid for it is promptly refunded.
That's the way it's sold that's the
way its makers prove their faith
in it. Contains no alcohol to inc.
briate no syrup or sugar to de-
range digestion !; legitimate 1aeds-
cine, not a beverage. Purely vege-
table and perfectly harmless in any
condition of the system. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association,
Propr's, 663 Main ST., Buffalo, NY.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

wasAn November, 1701; and the next
year found him In England, booked for
sea under the standard Of Dampier, one
of the most celebrated characters in all
the annals Of buccaneering,
France and Spain were then at war
with England and other northern
countries, and Dampier secured permits
sion from the crown to prey upon
French and Spanish merchantmen and
colonies. Wealthy London gentlemen
furnished him with two twenty-six gun
vessels, Fame and st. George. Dampier
had associated with him a man named
Pulling, who was to command the former
vessel.
Just as they were ready to set
out upon their plundering expedition,
Pulling and Dampier quarreled, and
the former sailed away, to unknown
shores, with the Fame, and left Dampier
TO secure another vessel. This he did.
She was called the Cirque Ports, and
was Oficered as follows: Charles Pick
.ering, Captain; Thomas Stradling, Lieu
tenant; Alexander Selkirk, Sailing
Master. y
The treachery of Pulling, and the de-
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

kirk dreamed that tile voyage was to be
Inflated, and in those days dreams
counted for much more than they do now.
After some three months of bootless
and storm-tossed sailing, the Cirque
Ports put into bay of the island of
Juan Fernandez to wood and repair
The discomfort among the crews ran
high, and would probably have resulted
in outright mutiny while on the island,
had not French vessel hove in sight
In the haste and confusion of giving her
chase, five or six of the sailors who had
strayed into the interior of the island
were left. behind, but Selkirk was not
one of them.
After a severe engagement, the French
merchantmen managed to escape. They
turned about and were going to put into
the bay at Juan Fernandez again, when
they discovered two immense French
vessels, heavily gunned, at anchor there.
The pirate crafts lost no time in put
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

ScllSirk found an abundance OF trOp~
ieai fruits on his island. and also nufner-
ous rats, cats, and goats but no say
ages.
For nearly two years SsIkiris kept
quite closely to the beach and watched
for d friendly sail: but gradually Tic be-
came more and moro content with his
solitary lot. and found d joy In the quiet
round Of the days, which he spent Id
chasing the wild goats aud demonstrating
thcm, tanning eats, adding to his conn
forts. reading his Bible, and praying
aloud
Although he several times caught
sight OF sail upon the distant horizon,
only two ships ever dropped anchor iii
his harbor previous to his deliyerance,
which occurred at 2 o'clock on the after
noon of january 81, 1909. These ships
were both Spanish vessels, and would
have carried him into fearful slavery
had he been indiscreet enough to have
made known his presence before satisfy
ing himself of their nationality.
But despite his caution, he was, on
one of these occasions, discovered and
chased, and would probably have been
taken had it not been for his superior
swiftness Of foot.
On the 31st of January, 17o9, after
Selkirk had been on the island four
years and about three months, he
watched the ships, the Duke and the
Duchess, ride into his little harbor and
send boats ashore. He knew the men to
be Englishmen, and fastened to welcome
them. At first they were shocked by
his strange appearance, but soon learned
I, his story and took him aboard the
Duke, on which Dampier, whose great
expedition had turned out disas.
trously, was acting as pilot. On
Dampier's recommendation Selkirk
| was appointed mate and gained fortune
from the Spanish vessels which they
captured in the next four years.
In 1712 he returned secretly to Largo
and was sitting in the old church when
discovered by his aged and devoted
| mother, whose affection was too strong
to be suppressed, even in the gaze of the
whole kirkful of neighbors.
Here, in his native town, Selkirk lived
for some three years, spending most OF
his time in solitary. rambles about the
widest Scottish glens in his country, Oh
| in sailing alone along the rugged shore,
stunning human society and signing 70,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13
The Best Man in the World.

Well, il not positively the best, one OF the
wisest is he who checks disease at the start in
his own system. In preserving or restoring the
heaven granted gift OF health, he deserves pro-
found consideration. His example is worthy to
be initiated. The complaints which afiict us
are largely attributable to a want of tone In the
stomach, either inherent or inflicted by our
selves upon that much abused repository OF the
food that should nourish us. What is its re-
guiremsnt in adversely? wholesome tonic
None SO good. ii we rely upon experience and
Unmedieated stimulants won't do. Regulation,
as we'll as IMMIGRATION OF the digestive siscera
is not TO be effected by these Through the
agency OF the stomachie named, strength of the
entire system is acknowledgements and
biliousness overcome. Malarial kidney blad-
der, and rheumatic complaints are eradfcated
by this aRlutarY reforn1er of I'LL. health.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13
THE lost sifEEP .
DE inassa Oh de sheep-fOl'


be flassa Oh dc sheep-fOI
Dat quad dc sheep fol bin,
Look ont in de gioomeriT meadow,
When de long night rain begin.
An he say to de hfghlan' Siepasd
MY sheep, is dey All bTt1ng In:
s0h.'' den say de highlan shepa'd,
Da's some dat's black an thin,
An some, dey's po' oil weddahs,
But de res u all brung in.
Da' 3 some dey amt no count noway,
But de res done all brung in"
Den de 1nassa OBJ de sheep-fol',
Dat qua q de sheep-fol bin,
Go down I'm de glocmerin meadow,
VIVA de long night rain begin;
An he le' down de bahS Oh de Sheep-fOls
Calm sof: Come in! Come in r.
Den up fru de gloomelin meadow,
VIVA de long night rain begin,
An up I'M de splashin' pit-pat,
An up fri de pieacfcfn' win,
De POI los sheep OBJ de sheep-for
Dey all come gandahin' in
To de las POI sheep OBJ de sheep-foi',s
Bleatin', dey all come in
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13
lfNCOIN,s MELANCHOLY.
His Byampathetic NMfurs and his Ear

Il -
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n Dose VINO saw NUN \. @ J. V.anam hihtVln
during tne faseT yeafs ol ms iiIe we're
greatly lmpresseu Win me expression ~
profound melancholy ms lace always wore
~ repose.
ME- Lincoln was @ z pecullariy sym
paihetlc ana kinuly natuIe' these stfonB
IcnaFacterlstlcs lnhhencea, very happily,
as IL proved, bis entlfe pollticaI career
sfney would not SEEM ~ nrsI glance, 70 De
efncient alds 70 poiaticaI success; Dut ID Ine
pecuiiar emergency Wntc Z, Liiacoih, "a She
providence q TOD. was called upon 20 meeV,
no vessel OF common Gay soula possibly
nave become tne 1cnosen o. ! e Lorn.
Inose acqualntea Win MIN rom DoyhOou
knew t1at early sgrlels tlnged ms Whole ilIe
with sadness HIS partner IN Lne grocery
business AZ salem was !. OheieV Billy ureeh.
" lailuia, LII, VINO useu r ~, n'sh Wneh Ihe
customers were lew, " hoiu inc grammar
Whlie Lincoln reciteta ms lessons.
~ was 70 nus sympaeile.ic ear Lincoln soio
the story OF ms rove Ief swec. Ann kupllage;
anu ne IN return, OHei6u WHAT comlorb no
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

among records which relate to Alexander
Selkirk, whose solitary sojourn
upon the island Of Juan Fernandez
furnished the nucleus for the most
famous tale of adventure which the
world has ever read, and can but think
that many who have asked themselves
the question, how much of Robinson
Crusoe is true? will find interest and
pleasure In brief statementof the facts
of the strange career OF the Scottish
sailor who served as Daniel Defoe's
@original" Robinson Crusoe.
Selkirk's birthplace was In the little
seaport town, Largo, county OF Fife,
Scotland, and the year OF his birth 1876,
and here he spent the first thirteen years
of his life.
According to an ancient Scottish SUI
perstition, a seventh son, born without
an intervening daughter, was bound to
be favorite of fate, and would become
great man. AS the circumstances OF
Alexander's birth met all the require
ments of the tradition, it is not strange
that Mrs. Selkirk secretly nursed large
hopes for her seventh lad, notwithstand-
ing the fact that her husband John, a
hard, practical, and high-tempered old
shoemaker, held such dreams to be nom
sense, and determined that Alexander
should settle down to the shoemaker's
bench, and learn q quiet, honest trade.
Thus Alexander and his future became
bone of contention between the hard,
unloving, and sometimes cruel, old
Scotchman and his gentle, shrinking
wife, whose heart was full of dreams for
her pet son.
This unfortunate state OF family feel
ing could have but one result: it made
Alexander disobedient, headstrOng, and
discontinued with life and all it's whole
some restraints and occupations and
made him determined to break away and
enter upon the great career before him.
BY the time Alexander reached the
age Of nineteen, he had acquired fai!
knowledge of reading, writing, arithme-
tic, and considerable information con-
corning navigation, together with we'll
merited reputation for being a wild boy.
In England and Scotland the records
of the churches were carefully kept and
preserved, and i'm the Presbyterian
Church, in which John Selkirk was an
"elder," is the following entry:
august 20, 1906. Alexander Sell
craig, son of John Selcraig, Elder, cited
to appear before the session for indie
dent conduct in church"
This "indecent conduct" seems to have
been laughing aloud. Two days later
another entry was made:
august 27th. Alexander Selcraig
called out; did not appear, having gone
to sea. Continued until his return"
The citation appears to have been
thoroughly outlawed, for, according to
an old Scottish narrative, Alexander
spent the next six years securing the
southern seas with buccaneers, who were
sort of semi-legallzed pirates.
But when he did return Alexander
made up in misconduct for all time lost
during his absence. He quarreled with
half-witted brother and pounded him
with stick. For this he was sentenced
by the sessions of the church to stand up
and face the whole Sabbath congrega-
ton Of the church-as humiliating a
punishment as the church dignitaries
knew how to infict upon young man
of spirit.
But young Selkirk took this bitter
medicine with brazen stoicism. Thi:
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13
A widows, Union.

Did you ever hear of syndicate of
widows? asks London Times. One is be-
ing formed to move the government to
help Lneien Wyse to wiring a renewal of
the Panama concession from the gov
eminent of Columbia. ] dare say this
widows union will be, numerically, a
great one, 10000 free and independent
ladies having gone into the Panama
affair. lie Grande Franchise has gone
to his Chateau de Sorel. He was. quite
deaf before he went there, but was still
louuacious"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13
@IT is not intellectual work that in

"IT is not intellectual work that in
jures the brain" says the London Hos
pital, "but emotional excitement.
Most men can stand the severest
thought and study of which their
brains are capable, and be none the
worse for it; for neither thought MOI
study interferes with the recuperative
influence of sleep. 1t is ambition,
anxiety and disappointment, the hopes
and fears, the loves and hates of our
lives, that wear out our nervous sys-
tenn and endanger the balance of the
brain. DR.. Foote's Health Monthly.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

Good churchmen in England can nc
longer ignore the Salvation army, since
an English bishop has spoken well of it
mo christian church," says the bishop
of Chichester, s'can afford to disregard
or deprecate such an agency in oul
midst Can we refuse to acknowledge
these Salvationists as fellow-workers in
the cause of Christ, although not in ou1
own way? Let us beware of looking al
them with indifference, or contempt. OF
dislike, less haply we be found to be
fighting against Cod
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

all the thousands
of boys who ha We
read the enehant-
ing pages Of .Robin-
son Crusoe, 2 there
Ii probably not one
who has not asked:
Is it true? And it
lis also probable
that not one out of
ten thousand who
asked that question
.received an approx
intelligent
answer.
To crafty m y
own curiosity, ]
have made consid-
cradle research
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13
0Slsjflpn dal,1A.

AL claims not consistent with the high
character Of syrup d Figs ate purposaly
avoided By the Cal Fig syrup Company I'll
sets gently on the kidneys. liver and bow
els, cleansing the system effectualiy. but.
sions that every Lottle will not sIbstan-
tiate.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

The only reliable or safe remedy for Liver
and Kidney troubles is California Kidney
Tea. Since its first introduction no case Of
dissatisfaction has been reported. Danie
Whitson. of Miles Station. in ordering says:
A neighbor gave us some of your Cali
fornia Kidney Tea, which my mother used
and it did her much good California Kid
ney Tea is sold by druggists at Soc for large
package. Postpaid by the CALIFORNIA KID
NEY TEA Co., Fairfield, Ia.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

1T is said that the health of operatives
improves where electric lights are used.
Their appetites and their ability to sleep
increase. This result is quite marked
in some cases in London. The light is
also said to be better for the eyesight.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-13

In Germany the telephone subscribers
are estimated to number 51,525; in
France, 9,4S7; In Great Britain, 20, 1926;
in Russia, 1856; in Italy, 9,1s3; in Aus
tro- Hungary, 1900; in Spain, 2,21s; in
Portugal, 800; in Switzerland, $3.50; in
Belgium, 4,674; in the Netherlands, 2,s72;
in Denmark, 1887; in Sweden, II, 1868; in
Norway, $500. The Berlin Boerson
Courier estimates the number of sub
scribers in America at 1000, 900, and in
all the world at 1900, 900.