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The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
|SLX SHIPS BURNED At BARCELONA.
CAUSED BY PETROLEUM.
Vessels Unable to Escape from the OIL,
which Floats to them on the Water.

|
| In the harbor at Barcelona. Spain, on the
| 9th. sailor on lighter which was trans
| porting petroleum from an American vessel
| to the docks dropped Il lighted match on one
| Of the barrels The barrel took fire and in a
moment was in u blaze. The fire leaped from
stem to stern and the crew OF the lighter
jumped for their lives and swan ashore or TIC
other boats. The lighter drfted around in
the harbOr, a mass of flames and the burning
oil ran on the water. Six vessels at anchor
near the lighter took fire and tried to get
away, but the rap!dIty with which the burning
oil was blown toward them left them no
time.
The corvette Thiera caught fret, and those
Of the crew on board had to get away on the
other side in small boats or swim until picked
up. The corvette's decks were on fire within
few minutes, and the vessel was burned TO
the waters edge and sank within an hour.
The four steamers, Cassila, Altoona, Waller
and Pr caught shortly after the 1hiera was
abandoned. Their crews had already got
away. Attempts were made to tow them away
from the other shipping and to bring streams
of water TO bear on them, but the oil in the
harbor rendered these attempts so unsafe that
no volunteers could be kept At WORK.
The warship Lepanto was started from her
moorlngs, but before she could be got under
way one Of the burning steamers fouled her
and her rigging caught fire. Before this
could be extnguished burning brands were
blown on the decks by the rising winds and
the commander was unable to keep the few
men not absent on leave Mt work fighting the
flames. They lowered the boats and with the
aid Of launch which had come to them es
capped unhurt. The Lepanto sank.
The launch Caiman also was burned and
sunk. Not n life was lost, although several
men were injured while trying to back the
flames from the Lepanto. The widest panic
prevailed among the ships in the harbor dur
ing the fire, and many that were at a distance
from the lighter when 1t took fire saved them
selves only by starting seward Immediately.
The spectacle Of the six burning ships was
watched by thousands on the docks.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
a MEXICAN KILLED.
Shot While EIopins with a Young Girl

A tragic affair occurred in Hidalgo county,
Texas, on the Goth, which is touching in the
extreme Two state rangers, with r S. Coy
OF that county rs guide, were in the locality
mentioned on the outlook for horse thieves.
Suddenly they came on two Meyicans riding
the same horse and called to them TO stop as
they were officers and wanted information.
"l'll die before you shall take me-" said the
Mexican riding in front and drawing hi, six
shooter fired at the rangers: but without cf
feet Coy Immediately returned the shot and
brought him to the earth. The ball passed
through his body and produced almost instant
death. The MegLsln riding behind sprang
from the horse, and kneeling beside the pros
tra,e form OF the dying man, began sob
blng and begging him not 10 die, The rangers
came up and discovered that the uninjured
Mexican was slxteen-ycar-old girl dressed In
mems attire, and that the dying man was her
lover They had elopcd for the purpose Of
getting married
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
Farm Notes.
DcBeque wants a -four mill.

The Fort Morgan people are organizing a
cooperative creamery and the stock Ia now
nearly all subscribed.
Professor Blount says that he has planted
900 OF conairgrc roots on the mesa at the
college farm at Las Cruces. New Mexico.
Careful analysis OF the plants will be made
and much valuable Information regarding 1t
obtained.
John Baker, OF Amherst, Phillips County.
had In twenty acres of wheat that thrcshed
out 26S bushels, and eleven acres of barley
that threshed out 90 bushels last year. He
has purchased another team and will put out
a big crop this season.
j. b. Foxworthy has constructed dam for
the formation Of a lake near La Junta. Water
will be taken from the Otero canal and con
Quoted to the lake. A park is to be con-
structcd round the lake and the water not
used for the park will be carried out upon adj
Joining lands for irrigation purposes. The
dam required the work OF several weeks and
has been built in a substantial manner.
The Elk Mountain Land and Irrigation
Company with headquarters at Saratogs.
Wyoming, has q great scheme for retaining
about $50, 600 acres Of desert land. In addi-
ton to using the canals along the Medicine
Bow river and Brush creek they will convert
tho Incorporated waters from Medicine
Bow river 70 lands in Carbon county. A. j.
Boutwell, 10 At the head Of the company and
has procured An option Of n, 0Q0 acres Of ans
lands IN The Platte valley,
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
FLUCTUATIONS OF SOCIETY.
1.-THE Sole-Leather of To-Day. the
Plumed Hat of To-Morrow."

1.-THE Solicitation of To-Day. the
Plumed Hat of Tomorrow"
There is always a class OF persons
here which is called distinctly society,
but it is not class OF noble families
OF hereditary ascendency. 1t is con-
stantly changing. and the sole-leather
OF to-day is the plumed hat OF to-
row. 1t is initiative and puts on pref
ty airs OF grandeur and an amusing
smirk OF superiority, but it is neither
grand nor superior.
Yet, again, it is all harmless. An
old Directory tells the secret, and, as
the fine society itself would say, gives
this pretty grandeur away. The Di-
rectory is a ruthless herald's Office.
You start from my Lady Disdain in
the opera-box, flashing with diamonds
and shining with cloth OF gold, a little
too loud in voice, a little too splendid
in her dress, the amiable dupe OF nov
els and ignorance, and you soon ar
rive, in the ineXorable Directory OF
other years, at the source OF this mag
nificence-the prosperous butcher and
baker and andlestick-maker thetail-
or of his day, the fashionable shoe
maker.
These are the idle rich for whom Mr..
Gladstone asks whether Nature has
provided place. Plainly she has.
Here it is in this opera-box, in yonder
carriage, in this little palace of the
bonbon architecture. But day after
day the good people in the gallery will
come down and sit in the boxes. The
gods will descend, and they will
drive home to the bonbon palace in
stead of walking home to the modest
fiat as they do now. It is grandeur OF
wealth. and, happily, OF a wealth
which is not enta1ed, and is therefore
always flying away always distribut-
ed, and giving US fresh sense of no.
bility every year, ta9ting, as it were,
OF the soil. -HarnGs MAGAZINE.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
AUSTRALIANS PEST.
A Pair Of Rabbits VIII Increase &c
100000 In Years.

The plague of rabbits in Australia
cannot be described without seeming
cxageration to those who have not
had experience of it. Origin
ally introduced in colony OF
about score of individuals by
a squatter near Melbourne, who
thought their familiar presence on his
station would remind him OF home, +"
they have kept the recollection of
England SO fresh in the minds of past
oralists as to tempt them to very
treasonable language concerning her
Whenever rabbits are mentioned.
The fecundity ci the rabbit is amaz-
ing, and his invasion of remote dis
tricts swift and mysterious. Careful
estimates show that under favorable
conditions, pair of Australian rab-
bits will produce six filters n year,
averaging FIVE individuals each. As
the offspring themselves begin
breeding at the age OF six months,
it is shone that, at this rate
the original pair might be re-
sponsible In five years for pro-
eeny of over 10000, OOOl That the
original score which were brought to
the country have propasated after
some such ratio, no one can doubt
who has seen the enormous hordes
that now devastate the land in GER
tain districts. In all but the remotet
sections, however, the rabbits are
now fairly under control, one rabbiter
with n pack of dogs supervises sta
tions where 100 were employed 10
years ago, and with ordinary vigil
lance the squatters have little TO fear.
Millions OF the animals have been
killed by fencing in the water-holes
and dams during n dry season,
whereby they died OF thirst, and lie in
enormous piles against the obstruc-
tions they had frantically and vain
ly striven TO climb, and poisoned
grain and fruits have killed myriads
more. A fortune OF f25, 900, offered by
the New South Wales government,
still awaits the man who can invent
some means OF general destruction,
and the knowledge of this fact has
brought to the notice OF the various
colonial governments'some very origi-
nal devices.-Scribner's Magazine.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

THE point Of difference between
Emperor William and Caprivi is the
education bill now before the Prussian
parliament. This bill is distinctively
a concession to the Catholics, per.
uniting them to have an important
share in the work of teaching children.
Caprivi has warmly supported the bill,
but the opposition Of the Lutherans
and others is so strong that the En-
pcror deems it advisable to modify O.,
withdraw it.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

WHEN the steamer Indiana reached
the port of Libeau, Russia, the Other
day with its cargo of wheat for the
starving Russians, it was welcomed
with great deal of ceremony by the
officials 1t was loaded upon cars at
once and the last eight sacks were car
ried upon the shoulders Of Russian
and American officials, who immedi.
atcly took drink and toasted the
Gar and the President.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
TIE people of Ell Paso. Texas, a,

THE people of Ell Paso, Texas, are
intoxicated with delight caused by the
friendly attitude of Jay Gould. He is
making a protracted visit there, and
stands around the streets talking just
like the other Texans. He not only
has promised to build bridge across
the Rio Grande for his railroad line,
but also praises the climate Of FL Paso
to the skies. The people suspect him
Of an intention to build winter resi-
dence there and becoming citizen.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

An explosion Of hot metal IN the converting
department Of Carnegle's Homestead mill ut
Plttsburg on the 2Gth. dangerously burned
nine men. -Four were fatally injured. The
victims are:
Henry MeQurk, Andrew Scodeld, Peter
Woods, Thomas Harding. Joseph Shields.
James Baird, Frank Abel, John Wynn, Albert
Williams.
The accident was caused by the breaking of
the pressure pipe. The falling metal covered
nine worl,men, frightfully burning four of
them and painfully injuring the Others.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

The Denver capitalists who are in.
tcrested in the proposed Trinidad and
FL Paso railroad were thrown into q
great panic few days since by the
news that the indiscrect people of FL
Paso had suggested to Jay Gould
when he was there that he take an in.
terest in it also. When the genial Jay
takes an interest in anything there
isn't much left for anyone else to take
except the leavings.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
TuE net number Of students now

TIE net number Of students now
registered at the University of Yichi-
gan is 1881, the largest number ever
attending any American institution Of
learning and leading Harvard by
twenty-eight. This total does not
quito approach the total number Of
names which will appear in the calen-
dar, as it Is known that there are sew
erAl whose names are not yet on the
aecsstazy's books. The number will
rot b iss fron this, however, and viii
- : littls undsr 3, 100.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
Miss ELIzABErn HAnRIsoN, I

Miss ELIzABETH HARRISON, the
well-known Chicago kindergarten, OBJ.
jects to having her pupils exhibited a,
the Worlds Fair. 1t has been pro,
posed that Il model kindergarten be
operated at the Fair for the editication
and instruction of the public, but Mis-.
Harrison says that the little tots
would get pulled up with pride if they
were stared at SO much. -r---e-
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
A Lyncher VIII Hang.

For the first time in the history of Georgia
the leader of lynching party has been CON
victed OF murder. Barney White was tried at
Camilla, charged with lynching nm Old man
named Larkin last fall, and on the 18th the
jury, after forty-fvc minutes dclibera;ion,
brouh hi in verdict of guilty OF murder. The
other members Of the lynching party have
been Appreciated, and will be tried.
William Davis, one of the states witnesses.
has been fatally shot near his home by I'M
known parties.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
EXODUS OF NEGROES.
Hundreds are Leaving Memphis Bound
for Oklahoma.

Sixteen hundred negroes left Memphis last
week bound for Oklahoma. They VIII make
the journey In wagons and on foot
The exodus Is not directly due to the late
lynchng. The matter had been talked of be-
fore, but the lynching and the action OF the
colorcd mass meeting, advising all who could
leave to do 80, preclpi,a,ed 1t and caused
many to make up their minds to go who
perhaps would not otherwise have done 90.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

: AN ingenious French savant sug-
gests that the planet Mars is trying to
strike up conversation with the
earth. Mars is too gay. Never hay
ing had an introduction, the earth will
at once draw thick cloud over her
face and ignore this planetary firt that
ogles her at night,
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

The newspapers in few years will
have entirely done away with the neces,
sity for detectives The papers of Chi
cago have been chiefly instrumental in
securing evidence against the boodling
aldermen, and it is doubtful, if with
out them the rascals ever would have
been brought to justice.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

THE naturalization of foreigners who
cannot speak English is not surprising.
Few newly made voters are SO ignorant
that they do not understand the deep,
Ciceronian eloquencc Of pint of beer,
pale and frothy. Beer is the volapuk
Of politics.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

A CHICAGO man who went home in
bad temper the other day sought to
relieve his feelings by kicking his dog
when he reached the house. Now
tIis particular dog happened to be 0
bull dog, and the result of the kick
was that the dog got mad too and
nearly killed his master. Moral: b.
careful what kind of dos Tor man
Won kick.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

ALL Europe, and America, as well,
is intently watching the progress OF
events in Germany. The rumored res
ignation of Chancellor Caprivi brings
to mind the fact that Emperor William
is a young man who likes to have his
way, and it can hardly be expected
that he can patiently listen to any ad
wiser very long.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

IT is we'll that the population of
Chicago receives constant accessions,
as it might otherwise not be able to
meet the constant demands of the pen
itentiary upon it, especially upon its
officials.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

THE other republics of South Amer
ca should get together and hold little
Venezuela down while she has her
,pring attack of commissions.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
Terrible Slaughter Among Chimes. Rebels.

According to advices just received from
Shanghai the bloody engagements recently be-
tween imperial troops and rebels in Northern
China resulted In the slaughter of several
thousand rebels. The imperial army lost only
five killed and forty-five wounded. Over s,O0O
rebels were put to death with the sword, and
500 actually burned alive. A number Of en-
gagements are reported.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

Walt Whitman, the well known poet, died
in Philadelphia on the 26th at the age OF 70
years. He had recently had built under bis
own supervision tomb In the cemetery ii
Camds-
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22

KELLEY, the bi-chloride of gold
man, can cure almost any bad habit,
but he says there isn't much hope for
cigarette user.
The Meeker herald., 1892-10-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

The campaign lie with nail-holes all
over it is coming back from its vaca-
lion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-21

Plumes, big and little, dark and light.
falling and standing up, are in very gen.
eral favor on the large hats. especially
on those that are bent in some odd or
picturesque way. The favorite mode of
arranging them is in the stiff fashion
known rs the prince Of Wales. When
there are two punches Of feathers on
the hat or bonnet, whatever it may be,
those in front being somewhat smaller
than those at the back, they are tied to-
geter with a narrow ribbon which, in
addition to their being wired, give them
the air belonging absolutely to the
plumes Of his royal highness the future
king of England On large hats, plumes
arranged in this way are very high and
are really very trying to the face. as
they stand up positively in an agrees
sive manner and give none Of their
pretty softening effect to the skin.
Really, though, it must be confessed
that they have a rather smart air which
is most attractive. Home Jour.
nal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-21
New England Eirenlaces.

In really quaint, oldfashioned houses
it is very much in keeping to have sug-
gestive phrases over the freplaces In
one such house in New England is in
scribed over the library andirons, odd
wood to burn, old books to read, old
friends to talk and in the dining
room the cheer of the family altar is
sung in Scotch phrase: East, west,
names the best" That these inscrip-
tions are not common is evidenced by a
story concerning the latter. A lady
entering the dining-room at once no.
ticed the lettering. All" she said.
reading, what's this? East, west,
hams the best That's so-ham is
good; quite agree with YOU" she fin
ished, turning with a smile to her
amused listener.-Cbicago News
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-21
MANNER OF LAYING SOD WALL.

eight years before needing renewal,
and will cost about $40 for this size
barn, a saving of some $3.50 over shing
ling. After the thatch has settled for
one year. the danger from FIRE is quite
as small as if rooted with shingles, and
Insurance companies viii very readily
assume risks at just the same rates for
matched as for the shingled buildings.
For sodding. cut the sods to uniform
size of 9x2s inches, and laying the first
layer crosswise, place the next above it
lengthwise, and continue the entire
wall in this manner. This binds the
wall firmly together. In building,
have Plenty of fine dirt at hand, say a
couple of loads. to I'll in the loose
spaces between the sods The method
of placing the sods will be plainly IN
derstood from the accompanying en-
craving, which represents section of
the sod wall in course of construction.
Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-21

The puritan sets of linen are very
pretty to look at and exceedingly pic
turesque upon women of certain style,
but they are exceedingly trying to those
not blessed with a complexion of milk
ambrose tints. The plain dead white
cuffs reach nearly to the elbows The
collars are either straight bands or
otherwise wide turn-overs They are
much more becoming when the edges
are finished with fine linen or Valen-
ciennes lace. Upon some of the sets
the stitching, or tied work. is done
rather far from the edge, giving the ap-
pearance of 4 vide hem. Pretty sleeve
links or studs are essential to fasten the
cuffs. Some of the cuffs are deep and
straight, others shaped to the arm, but
haring slightly at the top.-Chicago
Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-21
FRESH AIR IN WINTER.
1t Is Just NecessarE in Cold Weather As
n Warm.

in Warm
Why is fresh air, the very breath OF
our nostrils, treated by nine-tenths of
us an an enemy throughout the winter?
1t Is as essential to health and life IN
one season as in another, and yet from
November until May seven-eighths of
Us do our best to barricade our dwell
ings against 1t 1t is impossible to pre-
vent such a close bcsieger from gaining
the advantage now and then, but we
do what we can to make our castles inn
pregnable to the outer air. We fortify
our door and windows with contrivances
of all kinds to exclude 1t, and. when
through some oversight 1t gains adj
mission, we exhaust the intruder
with overheated stoves and fur
naces. II we can not altogether
keep 1t ont, we can at least poison it
when it gets in. A few hundred of us
congregated in an unventilated room.
can soon deprive the air it contains of
its vital principle, and, were it not
that this sleepless enemy outside occa-
sionally makes plunge into the apart
ment when newcomer steps in to as
sist in the poisoning operations, the
coroners would never have q moment
they could call thei- own. AS it is, the
opponents of fresh air keep them pref
ty busy. The occupants of tenem ent
houses, by dint of stopping up crevices
with rags and shutting down the
hampers of their cracked stoves so as to
prevent the egress of the coal gas from
their dormitories. provide the malig-
nant typhus with 'all the comforts Of
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amount of fees into the pockets of the
coroners during the Indictment months
Self sufocation is quite an ''institu-
ton" in this community.
If we can not have pure milk. pure
-four. pure coffee, or pure wine, we can
at least have pure air. The Giver of
all good gifts provides US with that
blessing. without money and without
price. But we fall in with the fashions
of the times and adulterate it We poi
son it and sicken by feeding on its IN
wholesome corpses- Thirty or forty OF
us stow ourselves in a horse-car with
all its sashes closed, and, having asked
the conductor to close both doors, there
we sit engendering mutual infection.
Diphtheria, catarrh, lungfever, and
consumption are often attributed to a
drought of cold air, but they are more
frequently caused by stagnant hot air
deprived of its oxygen. If we take
cold in consequence of stepping ont
of a room heated to tropical tempera-
ture into an atmosphere below the
freezing point. the primary cause of the
difficulty is the overheated. sealed-up
rooms not the zhealthful open air. If
we We're more in the habit of warming
our blood in winter with brisk exercise
under the canopy" and less inclined to
coddle ourselves in all but Theoretically
sealed rooms warmed with hot air
furnaces we should be a healthier peo-
pie than we are. The winds of Heaven
are hygiene. They should be permitted
to circulate freely through every dwell
ing at least once day. Warm carbonic-
acic gas is not good for the lungs, but
cool oxygen is Let us ventilate.-N
Y. Ledger.