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The Meeker herald., 1892-12-10
BIG MAP IN SECTIONS
Oso2raphers of Many Countries
May Contribute to the Hug,

0aozrapners of Many Countries
May Contribute to the Hugo
Work.
At the geographical congress in
Berne year ago Professor Penck
proposed the publication OF a map OF
the entire worll on uniform scale
OF one in l, 900, 900, or about sixteen
statute miles to the inch, the various
nations to take part in the produc-
ton OF the map. The proposition was
favorably entertained and commit
tee was appointed to take steps for
its realization. The geographers OF
various nations on the whole have re-
ceived the idea with favor, and, nc
cording to the New York sun, there
seems to be no doubt TINT the map
will be produced. Each sheet OF the
map up to 60 degrees north latitude
will embrace five degrees in each direc-
ton. The more northern sheets will
embrace ten degrees OF longitude The
representation OF the whole earth, in
GLIDING the sea, will require $50 OF
these sheets, while the land alone may
be shown on 100 sheets. 1t is pro
posed to give great attention 10 ply
steal and political features. DR.. Ra.
venstein, the English map maker SAYS
the rivers will be in blue and the hills
i'll brown. Contour lines vii be drawn
at elevations OF 100, 300, 500
and l POO meters, and the areas in
closed by them are to be tinted. 1t is
expected that sheets that deal with
countries already geographically
surveyed will be engraved on copper
The remaining sheets will probably he
Autographed. The Greenwich merid-
ian Will be accepted for the entire
map, and all attitudes are to he
marked in meters. The official spell.
ing OF all countries using the latin
alphabet is to be retained. Other
alphabets are to be translated in ac-
cordunce with system TO he agreed
upon, while names in unwrittcn
Languages will be spelled Theoretically.
1t is estimated that the cost OF an
edition OF / 900 copies OF this map,
showing only the land surface, will be
1857, 80, and as the sale OF the first
edition at 2 shillipas Il sheet would
produce only $1IS, 5e5, the deficit
would have to be made up by the
governments concerned or by liberal
private patrons.
Professor Ravenstcin says he sees
nothing ttopian in the scheme. Dit
liculties may arise rs to the spelling
OF the names and the Introduction OF
the essential thing, to his mind, is
the production OF q map on a uniform
scale.
The Meeker herald., 1892-12-10
CORSiCAN VENDETTA,
a Cross on an Offenders Door
Means Death.

A Cross on an Offenders Door
Means Death.
The cross is n threat of death, and
the Corsican who finds it drawn upon
his door knows that he must look for
no quarter. In DEGREES forbidding the
carrying OF arms in certain districts,
exceptions is officially made in the
case OF persons rotoriously en- elat
d'inimitie. The vendetta neither sleeps
nor knows where it may stop. 1t is
not confined to two persons. The
quarrels OF individuals are taken up
by ole families. Not even col
lateral branches are exempt, and
women must take their chances with
the men. Indeed, revenge is more
artistically complete when the blow
falls upon the beautiful and gifted. In
1856 one Joseph Antoine injured
girl named Sanfranchi. Thirty years
passed and the story was forgotten,
but on Aug. IA, 1856, the nephew
OF Saniranchi encountered Antoine on
perhaps the first occasion he had
ventured lar from his house. lie shot
the man down like dog.
Threatened persons remain shut up
Tor months or even years in their
houses, built, as all Corsican houses
are like fortress. II they wish to 20
out for a moment to breathe the fresh
air on the threshold, II scout goes
before and RECRUITERS. In the
district of Sartene bands OF armed
men are sometimes met within the
road. 1t is II man ell i'll mite travel
ing from one village to another. The
vendetta between the Rachini and the
Taian resulted in the death OF eleven
persons and the execution of one
OF the principal criminale. In this
extraordinary case two entire families
took to the magus and waged Il guer-
rilla war upon each other; each in
turn was assisted by gendarmerie,
who had made disgraceiul alliance
with bandits in order to effect their
arrests.
Contrary to the custom, some OF
these bandits became brigands. As u
rule persons outside their quarrel are
never molested by them. They are
merely outlaws. The Rocchini who
was guillotined in l S7S the first execu
ton for many years boosted that he
was only % and had killed seven per-
sons with his own hand. Confident
OF reprieve, he continued to regard
himself rs hero until the day OF his
execution. When all hope was gone
he sank into the most abject state OF
cowardice, which lasted until the end.
The Meeker herald., 1892-12-10

A desire for distinction is weak
ness common to humanity. In many
cases the desire is so excessive that,
ii fame is not to be had, notoriety is
welcome. A ludicious instance is
furnished by Captain j. C. Powell,
formerly in charge of the Florida Camp.
He had gone to certain town after
n batch OF prisoners, and went to the
courthouse to find the deputy sheriff
"He is on the street" said the
county clerk, land is sure to be some
where between such and such places
lou can't possibly miss him" =
"But don't know the gentleman"
said the captain. GLOW am l to
identify him?"
"Well, III tell you," replied the
clerk. "Just so ahead until you see
the ugliest man you ever laid your
eyes on. That's Eminger. There is
only one of him in the United States. Z"
Captain Powell walked down the
street and began scrutinizing the
passers-by. In u few minutes he saw
a man SO phenomenally ugly that he
was "petrilied with astonishment."
II hesitated no longer" he says,
"but approached the man and ad-
dressed him by name. He at once re-
piled, and asked in some surprise how
i knew him. Iexplained, and he burst
into hearty laugh.
- pride myself" he said, upon
being the ugliest man i'll the United
States, and am delighted to know
that you recognized me SO readily"
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To be sure he wasn't quite starved I

To be sure he wasn't quite starved
to death, but still-he thought OF the
pile of hali-cooked carrots that had
been one OF his side dishes. They fed
carrots to the cattle on the farm. And
words came to him that he had heard
howled by circuit rider on hot
Summer day morning in the little old
meeting. house ut Pleasant Grove:
"How many hired servants OF my
father have bread enough and to
spare" He could even hear old preach
Ell Wright auaver his voice as hequot-
ed, and the whinny of the horse tied
to the rack outside as they kicked at
the stinging flies or playfully bit at
each other. He laughed to think how
much the preachers voice sounded
like the horses.
Yet there was something extremely
unfunny in the situation. The like
ness between him and the prodigal
son was little too close. Surprising
he were to go back home-but then,
pshawl he didn't have the price OF n
railway ticket home. Think about
something else. Still-well, now, for
instance, supposins he did have the
money to 90 down home and Pap
didn't treasure up the hard woras
that had been said, and supposing he
were down there bright and early the
next day, what would it be like?
: Well, for one thing, there would be
all through the house Il subtle, aro-
matte, spicy warm smell of deep
dark brown pumpkin pies-not
the gingery, mud-colored poultices
that he had eaten at dairy lunch
counters, but the real thing. And
crullers, not doushnuts, you under
stand, but crullers, strips of dough
twisted and dropped into the hot
lard, thence to come forth brown and
puffy. John and his wife are going
to come over from Muchinippi and
fetch little Mary Madeline, and
John was to eat Thanksgiving dinner
at gran'pap's and depend upon it
grandma has fixed up cruller babies,
rolled the dough out thin and cut
out the shapes of men, put currants
in for eyes, and popped them into the
lard to be fished out bloated beyond
recognition, hut works OF nrt OF I'M
doubted merit to Mary Madeline and
little John Yves.
And there's apple-butter in tine
house, and that's somethingyou can't
get in your old Chicago-real apple
butter thickened with boiled cider
and aromatic with cinnamon and
allspice. And there arc ounce pre-.
serves and watermelon pickles, the
young mans mouth watered at the
thought. And o! the turkey! Don't
forget the turkey. Big, fat monarch
OF the bnrnysrd with pompous nlien,
he has terrprized little Johnny Yves
and sept him bowling back to grand
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CURIOUS FREAK OF NATURE
The Imprint OF Human Face Up
on Southern Baby's Hand.


on Southern Raby's Hand.
The little ham,at nj Rosahur, 6 q
. A.. -,
20 w 'ie io'e WIN euiios''s WHICH
Is ahead OF all others. Ihlsls young
baby whose rjeht hand bears the i'm.
mint Of n l,r,,,, fooa rrb;s foo. %.
'''1'' 'e'
cup'es heariy the "hoie PAIN ana Is
as clearly outlined as ii drawn on
porcelain. 1t is the countenance OF
n Ett,. oh;1d ,ho,t tbroo ,..o.s old
-: ~ -,
lying asieep with the eyeiashes drawn
IN fine dark lines on the full cheeks.
The mouth seems to be slightly part
ed and tba l;ns ,,.s de,icots,v +intea
,r,,ahat,, ,,t'aaa a,,s, -. 49,
NC o'"s "''ose p"''ii eoii'"itis .''s
singular portraiture is the child OF
Clarke Osborne, n thriving merchant
of Rosebnrr and Mrs Osborne do.
L.. 49,. .l,a a.. :: ~. 80,
'e' ''','' ''io i".' III .''e ii'i"h' .
PAIN Is mat OF n ilttlc sirl she lost
ABOUT three months ,'e'ore the oaby S
birth. Relatives ana intimate trends
The Meeker herald., 1892-12-10

BLOODTHlRSTY PIRATES. :
They Murder Merely for the Fun OF
Numbering,

They Murder Merely for the Fun OF
Numbering,
DR.. Livingston in the chronicle OF
his African travels describes n kaiiir
chieftain who seemed to be seized with
n senii-annual thirst for carnage,
which obliged him to extend his man
hunt to tribes who had been entirely
innocent OF any act that could be con-
structed into casus belli; so much so,
indeed, that some OF them were ignor-
ant OF the very name OF their invader.
The commander OF his swashbucklers
shared his passion, and justified it on
the ground that it was necessary to
keep their men in practice.
For similar purposes Malay pirates
often attack and butcher the crews OF
vessels carrying nothing but ballast,
or such Improbable cargoes as sea
moss and teak weed. One OF these
human sea monsters, hanged a few
years ago at Singapore, confessed to
having sunk or burned 50 Chinese
hunks, n circumstance which he merely
mentioned because his capture had
been effected by French man-of-war,
and the French were just then not on
the best terms with China. In the
thousand islands skirtine the coast OF
Sumatra the arrival OF n DOODLE
fre,ghted corsair will often stimulate
n general revival of piracy and induce
scores OF fishermen to sell their tackle
for firearms and go on IL hunt for
blood and treasure. ~
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gravy, and Johns wife, Johnny IVES
ma, has already bespol>en the sizzard.
AS for Johnny IVES, he gets the liver
and slice OF breast and he brealis the
wishbone with Mary Madeline The
old folks do think II heap OF those
young ones. Nothing tickles PapHiore
than to get the youngsters on his
knee after dinner. and, commencing
with an adagio pianissimo movement
to work up dramatic climax topres-
to fortissimo thus:
Walky, walIsy. walky, waiky.
Pace. pace race, pace.
TRorrY, TUorrY, TRorrY. TRorrY.
GAlIOPY, GALLOPY, GALLOPG, GAL
LoPYl
o, how the youngsters shrek with
laughter and how their eyes bulge out!
And how they clamor: Gin, gran
pappy, gin, Nonner time" And the
old man responds to the encores till
his legs ache and he tells them benr
stories and about n little dog called
Ponto that he once had, till present
" they fall asleep. The gray wlntery
afternoon duskens and conversation
lulls. Perhaps Pap is thinking OF his
boy away amongst strangers IN Chica-
90. Mother is, that's certain, as she
sits with her hands folded on her clean
white apron. The young man IN the
bedroom remembers long ago when
the baby died. and mother sat up all
night herself. refusing to let the boys
"be broke of their rest" and how Just
before the dawn she came into
the room where he and John
slept, awakened them, md said:
Your little brother is dead" Perhaps
shcis thinking OF that, too. 1t was n
long time before she got over it.
There is no mistake. Theyoungma
in the hall bedroom is homesick. ii he
The Meeker herald., 1892-12-10
SHlL0H'S
CON S u M p Ito N
CURE.

The success OF this Great Cough Cure 10
without parallel in the history Of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on q pos
tive guarantee, test that no other cure can
success. 49, stand. That it may become
known, tie Proprie.ors, at an enormous ex-
pcnse. .ce placing Sample Bottle Free Into
every homo in the United States and Canada.
II YOU have Cough, Sore Throat, or Bron-
ch.tIs. use 81, for il VIII cure you. III your
child has the Group, OF "hooping Cough, use
it prou,u.iv, and relisfis sure. If you dread
tina. insiiious disease Consumption, use II.
,sk ycur Druggist for SHILOH s CURE,
Price &c cts . so cts. and co. Ifyour Lungs
are sore or Back lame, use Shiloh's Porous
Plaster. Price - cts. For sale by all Drug
yists and Dealers.
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Badly Hurt.
st.T!

Mrs. Wade was in one respect tor
mentersome" woman to live with, as
her husband expressed it. She had
mo imagination" he said, and "wou
ask tho queerest questions.
At the supper-table Mr.. Wade men,
toned tragic circumstance that he
had read that day in the newspaper.
"A passenger on transatlantic steam
err had fallen overheard in mid ocean,
and had never been seen again.
"Was he drowned" asked Mrs.
Wade.
"Oh no; OF course not" said Mr..
Wade. But he sprained his ankle, l
believe" so.
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could only be with them tomorrow

could only be with them tomorrow
Come in.
"You didn't get your letter, did
you?" The landlady held it IN her
fingers. NO; he hadn't been expect
ing any.
1t wasn't much OF letter. 1t was
one of these 1--WE are all well and hope
you are the same as it leaves u.s. let
tiers, but it contained tie price OF n
railroad ticket and an invitation to
come and eat turkey with Pap and
mother.
He went that night. 81.
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$4,000 Collection of Cats.

DIR. Susan Janeway Cotton, OF Ger
mantown, Pa, owns q unique collec-
ton of cats, which she values at So
600 There are 90 OF her pets, and
among them are included Skye, Fan
zibar and fe:lther-taied Turkish cats,
tailess Manx pussies, white Maltese,
yellow Persian and English tiger cats.
All are remarkable either for beauty
or pedigree. She inherited her father's
fortune, in 1883. DR.. Coltman has not
practiced medicine.-Chicago Inter
Ocean
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struck the town with 81 in his pocket,
and he didn't get place for three
weeks. The day before he got posi-
ton he found dime on the street.
He ate that day. He was glad when
the man hired him at So IL week. He
thought he was on the high road to
fortune then. There are plenty OF
young fellows in Chicago to whom a
steady job at So week would be
bliss unknown.
Every Saturday night the landlndy
"a fat old landady who never looked
clean-used to lie in wait for him at
the corner OF the stairway that led up
from the coalhole that Was courteous
Nv called the dining-room. She wasn't
itch herself. People with uncounted
thousands don't keep mechanics
boarding-houses as pastime. Some
OF them drive coaches for fun, but
keeping a clearinghouse is not yet
aristocratic. So the landady was as
anxious to get money rs the young
man, for the grocer, who was also in
need OF it, was always dunning her,
and the butcher declared ii she didn't
pay something on her bill she should
not have any meat, and the coal-man
called three times in one week, and the
landlord, the most deserving OF all, for
he had come here when Chicago was
bog, had to have his rent. So, really,
tho youpp man could hardly blame
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ma, who has just give him a slice

ma, who has just give him slice
of bread and butter with
sugar on it, and Ibid the naughty
turkey take it away from little ohnny
Yves? Well, well chop the naughty
turkeys head r. ght off one OF these
days, so We will And now the de-
ferred vengeance had been wreaked
and the "gobbIe-s lbble," shamelessly
nude is even now hanging by the heels
despoiled ofhis head. which old Watch
is munching. And when he comes
next into ken lie is brown and shiny
and full Of savoy fuliing. Some OF
his former contents are floating IN
The Meeker herald., 1892-12-10
HIS Modern weapons.

"You have made this cupid with q
revolver" said the editor to his ar
fist. "Jsn't it customary to arm the
,od OF love with IL bow and arrows?"
Yes sir" replied the artist; "but
art must keep up with the times" xa
The Meeker herald., 1892-12-10
Vital Question.

An exchange prints the saying OF a
small boy who, without knowing it,
perhaps, has begun to apply one oil
the most important principles OF the
military art.
odd you see boy about my size
round the corner?" he inquired OF an
elderly gentleman who was passing.
ayes l believe did, said the man.
'Did he look ugly?" !;
al didn't notice"
"Did he look scared?'
81 don't know. Why?"
"Why. heard he was round there,
and don't know whether he wants
go lick me, or whether he's afraid I'm
toing to lick him. Wish ibid"
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A LETTER FROM THE FOLKS

Z didn't have the
price OF a railroad
ticket. If he had he
wouldn't have sta!d
in Chicago Thanks
giving-Day at that
dirty old West Side
boardins-house. To
tell tho plain, bare
footed truth, he was
down on his luck. He
The morning call., 1892-01-03
n of stocking its preserve with foreign

ter or STOCKING us preserve WIFI loIeish
game.
Among the specials offered at the Provi-
dence Kennel Clubs dog show was set
of teeth by prominent dentist to the best
pug in the show. Evidently the pugs pre-
ferred trusting themselves TO providence
rather than to the doctors tender merceS,
for ne'er pug put in an appearance.
The California Kennel Club will give a
bench show in June, and it is said that sew
eral Eastern dogs will be sent across the
continent to compete for prizes.
Snipe- shooting has been first class this
season in some localities Referring to these
much priced game birds sportsman writes:
Always hunt with the wind at your back
snlpe rise against the wind. III this Is done the
majority OF shots Will be easy quarTererS. The
most necessary adjunct for snipe-shoOting is q
we'll broken retriever. The scent OF snipe being
so light II hardly pays 10 use pointers or settlers.
On cold, raw days the birds are Wild and lie
badly, while II the day Is mild and warm, snipe-
shooting Is at its best. Carry as light gun as
possible; IL Will be heavy enough before night.
Three draIGs OF powder with one ounce OF No.
or SHOT makes very killing load.
The best times for firing at the birds are when
they first rise. or after they have steaded them
selves at about forty yards. Aim, as one OF the
best SnIpe shots in the Tee Country OF England
said when asked. at the spots you think the
birds are going Tor"
Be sure anG keep your eyes on the spot the
bird falls II shooting without a retriever other
wise you VIII lose the bird, no matter how well
you marked it down. Haye your rubber boots as
Hight as possible, and don't forget 10 wear them.
They are needed as much IN snlpe shooting as
when wading trout stream.
While shooting Snipe IS one OF the most firing
of the different kinds OF hunting there are mole
persons devoted TO them than any Other Kind of
game bid. Snipc are found ID every country in
the world, thereby giving their deVotees sport,
no matter where they are obliged 10 live.
Frank Forester ana other sporting writer's
always speak Of Snipe shooting as the best sport
10 he had
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and very mean characteristic Of this tiny
creature. 1t is full of mischief. NatuTalistS,
microscopes. psychologists and chemists
had suspected this for some time. But the
first proof Of the utterly abandoned nature
OF the am9hB was furnished. exactly three
years ago. by Greek physician in Egypt,
DR.. KartuliS. This man found the first in
dicatiOns of the fact that the ammbe is
responsible for the existence and the rapid
spread OF one of the worst curses medical
science is acquainted WITH dysentery.
Since them. e., within the past two
years-a brace of distinguished American
physicians, Councilman and Osler both of
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, have
furnished the actual proof of this. The
am9HFe now stands revealed in all its native
wickedness. 1t has been asceTtained that
dySentery. especially the variety so preva-
lent III hot climates and known as epidemic
dysentery, is due entirely to this organism.
When it gets into the human system it soon
reaches the intestiues and then ii causes alb
scess and breeds the whole horrible disease
This, let it De noticed is the first actual
proof OF the fact that the ammb8 is up to
the ears in the business of making mischief,
creating Geath and disaster. But suspicion
is rife That its round of activity is by no
means confined to dys EMERY Other scen-
lists are hot on its trail. pursuing this re-
lentless foe of the human racial the
worse because of its close relationship with
us-aad its deeds Of darkness will ere long
be brought to light in their entirety.
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necessary in the interests CT fairness, but in
general there's enough work IN the rounds
to give ground for a decision.
1t is fault of some to give too much i'm
pOrtance 10 a few seconds Of rapid fighting
where is smash. bang, give aud take.
This lively work is often allowed to drive
the rest of the round out OF ones mind. AS
for me, suppose one man leads three or four
times and hits his adversary without getting
a return, aud then there's a rally and tue
other fellow gets little the better of ii, l
am disposed to look favorably on No. !. lie
has shown himself good judge Of distance,
and has timed his adversary well, AMI
these are exceedingly important points.
In my opinion Harry Beurmeyer, as
everybody calls him, is the best referee we
have in these parts.
a good deal is said about foul fighting. l
believe in prompt disqualification for inten-
tional vicious fOuling. | don't take very
much stock in what is called shOulderng.
1t is hard to do any damage that way. Pat
Cahill was accused Of 1t IN his recent fight
with Jim Butler / didn't see the battle.
hut | know CahilPs style very well, and
am inclined to believe that his real inten-
ton was to get close 10 his man in order to
deliver his favOTite blow, which is a right
hand swing on the jaw given at close quar-
ters and with peculiar lift Of the body.
Butting is dangerous ractice, and
should disqualify any fighter who does 1t
trick. 1t is worked at the breaking OF
clnch, sometimes with a simple lab" OF
perhaps with The pivot. If ! saw man
hurt by this trick in a fight l would certain
ly give him the decision.
The pivot blow generally bears La
Blanche's name now, though it is really
Jimmy CAROLS. He claims that he hits
with the ''heel Of his hand" as the phrase
is, and Of course that is perfectly fair.
am not intimating that he does not But
there are fighters who use the elbow in
this way, and they should never be allowed
to win by il. 4 good referee can tell
whether punch with the elbow is acct
dental or net
Low hitting should always he watched
The Birmingham blow Is an ugly foul. Il
Is a swinging uppeTcut, OStenSibly for the
The referee, If he knows anything about
boxing, can readily detect this sort of work,
and he should stop it right away. There's
nothing in this sort of hitting, and if a man
who knows better uses it he is trying 10
foul a man who commits a deliberate foul
is a coward. He wants to quit. II | am
referee I.ll please him by letting him quit
for FL decide against him as soon as his in
tentOns are revealed.
In closing l wish to say q word about
professionalism In the amateur ranks. 1t
seems to me that the best way to get rid Of
the evil would be TO form an amateur box
ing league Of America. The A. a. L. is
handling too much, with its outdoor sports
and other varieties of athletics. Boxing
gives opportunities enough for an OrganiZa-
ton devoted To that alone. The entries in
contests should be limited TO representatives,
Of clubs with an unimpeachabie reputation
and standing, such as the New York Attn
letic Club. the Schuylki.l \ IVY, the
Chicago Board Of Trade Club, the De