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The Meeker herald., 1896-01-04
EZRA FLEMMING.

Cattle BRANDED. US above on LETT side or hip.
All my cattle are steers. One lot brandeo -
on left side and double-dewlapped; and aIso
one lot t.sanded STv on loft side 4n addition
to cross-L. Also own II; and 10. Also
JC on left side. Horse brand. same cut
on left hip. Range. Flag creek aud Govern.
mcnt road. PGstoiice address, Meeker. Colo
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-04

Among the passengers on the incom-
ing stage Saturday night was w. IL.
Welch, who has been doing the Grip.
pie Creek country for some weeks past.
Mr.. Welch says there is great excite
ment at Cripple Creek and much gam
bling in mining stocks at present, but
after making due deductions for over
estimation, the camp is great one, and
further development work will, in his
opinion, but emphasize this fact. AS
soon as the weather moderates Mr.. W.
intends returning to the Cripple Creek
region with the intention OF both in.
yesting and prospecting.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-04

On account of mischievous rumors to
the effect that the school building was
unsafe the school board took advantage
Of the holiday recess last week to make
an examination of the building and
ascertain whether there were any
grounds for the rumors in circulation
or not. The board called to its assist
ance competent authority and after a
thorough examination pronounced the
building absolutely safe; but in order to
still further calm the fears of the un-
duly timid no more dancing will be al
lowed in the school house hall.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13
scR,JBsING MACHINES.
A New Device Which Saves Lots OF Haro
and Disagrceable Work.

A New Device Which Saves Lots OF nara
and Disagrceable Work.
Judging by the rate at which invent
ors are busying themselves in deyis'
ing appliances for saving domestic
labor, there will soon be little lett tol
the housemaid to do. "Housemalds
knee" Mt all events, is thing OF tht
past, and the foor scrubbing of tht
future is to be done by machinery. III
the course of time the scrubber will
undoubtedly be connected up to the
electric motor, which does the rest OF
the household work, but In houses un
provided with the electric plant the ma
chine will in the meastime be operated
bv hand. 1t is something like a lawr
mower. and runs on four wheels. Above
the two front wheels is a tank which
contains clear water, that may, oi
course. be heated, If necessary. The
water is supplied to rotary brushes al
the bottom Of the machine, and these
revolving in an opposite direction 70
the motion of the machine itself, scrub
the floor. The dirt and water are car
ried into another tank over the two
back wheels. The wipng apparatus
consists of an endless band of absorbent
material, made specially for the pur'
poses. This band is pressed on the iloor
by rotary brushes, so that the cloth
accommodates itself to the inequalities
of the floor. The cloth IS rinsed and
squeezed out automatically as it leaves
the floor and passes through the tank al
the back. II is not necessary to sweep
the floor before scrubbing.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13
FED ON A FROZEN MAMMOTH.
An Arctie Missionary Saved from starva'
tion by Meat of the Pieistobene Age.

tion by Meat OF the Pieistobeno Age.
A priyate letter received from ms-
sion station Mt the mouth OF the Mac
kebaie river, within the Arctic circle,
gives an account of the narrow escape
of missionary and party OF Eskimos
from death by starvation. The letter
says that the missionary, with half a
dozen Eskimo attendants, started for
distant villnge OF Eskimos to hold
services. Mackenzie bay being open,
they went by boat. To keep clear of
drift ice, they followed the shore line
MS closely as possible.
On the third day out heavy wind
sprang up, and they were compelled to
land. The next morning they found
themselves prisoners, pack ice having
been driven ashore by wind and cur
rents. A hard frost occurred, and was
followed by intermittent gales and
snowstorms, continuing for fortnight,
during which time the party was un-
able to travel and the provisions ran out.
For three days they were without food.
and they were fate to face with starva-
ton. Then the missionary urged the
Eskimos to go out and see if they could
not find stray ptarmigan or sea fowl.
About two miles from the camp one
Of the Eskimos discovered two long
bones protruding from the frozen earth.
He called companion, and the latter
recognized the bones at once as ivory
tusks, and decided to secure them. The
and chopped away the ground, and,
much to their amazement, soon began
cutting out frozen flesh, perfectly pre-
served, They secured quantity OF
this and fastened back 10 camp, where
they told their story and displayed their
find. The missionary, who was some
Thing Of an archaeologist, concluded
that the animal from which the flesh
came was prehistoric mammoth, and
he knew, too, from his reading, that the
flesh was good TO eat, and the whole
party that afternoon rejoiced their FAM
ished stomachs and lived on the flesh
for three weeks, when they were able
TO proceed on their journey. The mis-
sionary secured the tusks, which meas
ured eight feet in length. He made an
examination of the place where the car
cass is embedded, and thinks that the
body of the animal is not complete. II
Is lying on its back, and the hind por-
ton and legs seem to have been broken
Off. He intends to make further inves-
legations during the summer. The
ground In the region is pcrpetually
frozen. The missionary considers that
the discovery Of the mammoth was a
miraculous act of Providence TO save
himself and the members of his party
from starvation. They had sufficient oil
with them to thaw the flesh and make
1t palatable.
Bones of mammoths have before been
found in the region east of the noun
tains, but this is the first time on record
that n carcass with flesh on it has been
discovered. In point OF time the NAM
Inoth belongs exclusively to the post
tertiary, or pleistocene, epoch of geolo'
gists.-N. Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13
Why some Animals Lap.

The reason that certain animals lap
instead of drink seems to be an arrange
mcnt of nature to prevent carnivorous
animals, whose stomachs arc compar-
ntively small, from Notwithstanding
themselves with water. Most OF the
animals that suck when drinking are
berbivorous and have large stomachs,
or more than one, with paunch or re-
ceptacle for unchcwed food, and with
them digestion is slow process and
there is little, II any, danger of over
distension, although such thing is not
unknown with some domestic herbivor-
Gus animals. Digestion is much more
rapid process with the carnivora, and 1t
is important that it should not be de-
layed by the ingestion of large quanti-
ties of cold water. by tapping the
mouth and throat are thoroughly moist
pned, while the water is supplied to the
stomach in small quantities, properly
warmed and mixed with saliva. Itmay
be fairly assumed that the carnivora are
of more recent creation, for the herbi.
yorous animals are their food, and that
therefore tapping may be considered
more highly developed way of drinking
than sucking. Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13
PiTh AND POINT.

Tired Tntters-"Yes, sir, pard, Y
pays ter be honest" Weary Wraggles
--"I know now why yer so durn poor"
louisville Truth.
--Fother-"Did You notice how tho
lieutenant enjoyed our lunchY lie
took ;ittlc of everything" "Yes, but
none of our daughters" - Fliegendo
Blaetter.
--"De reason some men doan' git long
better" said Uncle Eben, "is dat dey
spen's too much time huntin' roun' foh
er politician dat kin legislate de mort
cages ofr'n deir fahins,"-Washington
Star.
Casey at Leisure.--Burke-"l heerd
yez are on n shtroikc, Casey?" Cesey
Ut ain. shttuck fer shorter hours"
Burke-"An' did yez git them7" Casey
~ did. Shure I'm not wur-rkin' at
all now."-Kansas City Journal.
An Englishman was once in train
which was "hcld up" by Carlists in
Spain, and overheard a Spanish gen.
tleman, who was overcome with fright,
ihtirtnurihg to himself ITO die SO
young, to leave my wife and babes;
oh, it is sad. and / haven't even had
my breakfast."-Tit Bits.
He Forgot to Mention lt'-Greene
Say! That shotgun ! bought oi
YOU blew into 10000 pieces the first
time ] fired 1t or. | don't see how !
ever got Off diive.'' Gunsel-"O, vest
forgot to tell you. You have heard OF
those new disappearing guns the gov
ernment is getting? Well, that wa'
one OF acknowledgements Journal.
The highway man had followed hei
from town. lie had observed tho
pocketbools which she held in her hand
1t was fat, even as plump partridge
SHE was returning from the city, and
he bided his opportunity. 1t was dusk
A lonely part of the road was reached
He sprang forward, snatchcd the pocs'
etbook from her hand and disap'
peared. He wended his way back to
town. Gleefully he sought his attie
room. "I shall dine well tonight" he
said. And he opened the purse Ind
5wooned. 1t was fat with samples!-'
Harper's Bazaar.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13


or twice, rolled over and over down to
the junction of roof and wall, and there
lay corpse! The next moment down
waddled Alonzo also, eyed his dead rival
triumphantly, and literally kicked him
into the garden, as he had kicked his
lady-wife a short time before. There
that gentleman lay till l picked him
up, buried him in the same grave with
Imogene, and placed another seed tab
let over his remains. The spot began
to assume the gloomy appearance of a
miniature chnrchyard,
You would naturally think that the
amiable Amelia would have shown some
faint symptom of grief and mental de'
preston at the painful loss she had sus'
tanned. Not bit of it. felt annoyed
to find that she was perfectly recon-
ciled to the tender bereavement-nay,
that she positively (oh, the weakness Of
the sexl) received the advances Of
Alonzo with glance of high approval
and gfutiflction. / would have seized
my gun from the corner and shot the
villain, as l saw him sidle up with n
complacent smirk, and make her sn
offer of his heart and hand; Dut con-
quered my Indignation and disgust
and went on with the composition OF
next Sundays sermon.
| There is little doubt that nature has
endowed every kind of bird-and, in
deed, all animals and living creatures
with a much higher degree of intelli-
gence than we are apt to give them the
credit of possessing. To go no further
now than this fantail. lie loses his
mate, mopes for week or so, recovers
himself little and argues thus:
$50 she is gone, poor thing! and am
left lonely widower. Must l remain
such all my life? A hard lot! Just
look at that conceited fellow Celadon,
strutting about and feathering himself
so complacently. By-the-bye, what a
neat and pretty little wife he hasl
Happy dog! Is there no chance, Iwon-
der, of his dropping off one of these
days, and my stepping into his shoes
they would fit me nicely. No; he has
very fair health and may live for years.
Humph! Couldn't I-no, no; Of course
not; and yet-eh? No. / certainly
comes before No. Q; there is such a
thing as being too scrupuIous. Let me
see; sly rap on the head some fine
evening when Amelia is not looking,
and the thing is done. She would never
suspect mc--her old friend; she would
think it was a stroke of apoplexy."
Now, here was envy, covetousness,
malice prepense, murder and--matri.
mony; in fact, great deal of caucula.
tion, cunning and arrangement worthy
of better cause, showing something
more than mere instinct, and If not a
reasoning power like our own, at all
events very fair substitute for it, and
answering the purpose equally as well,
| --Argosy.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13
CYCLE RIDING.
Bnees-Up- to-Chln Position Not Pretty
One for Girls.

Knees-U Up to- Chin Position Not a Pretty
One for Girls.
One of the most serious difficulties
encountered by the learner of cycling,
especially of the softer sex, is the de-
sire of makers and teachers to drill her
into what we may, for want of better
phrase, dub the monkey-on-the-stick
attitude, so much affected AMONG the
park riders. The familiar toy of child
hood, when in repose. has its knees up
to it's chin and its hands at about the
same level, and for some good and sufli-
cient reason that is considered the right
attitude by many. Now, says an au-
thority on cycling, we are far from adj
vocating the "scorcher" attitude, with
the saddle far back, the handles well
down, and the rider pulled absurdly
forward; but there is something be-
tween the two poses which is much more
correct from all points of yiew-that is,
an easy upright attitude, fairly over the
pedals, with the handle bar just high
enough to cause the arms to be slightly
bent when the rider sits upright.
Another of the learners most serious
difficulties is TO overcome the tendency
to hurry matters. The balancing of a
cycle, and the more deliberately, with
in reason, of course, the attempt is made
the sooner will success attend the cf-
fort. Many of the difficulties Of the bal
ance are accentuated by the machines
upon which the essay is made; they are
out of true, the wheels do not track, and
so on, but they are good enough for the
work they are used for, and the learners
sensations utter relinquishing The
learning machine and mounting trim
and new bicycle are those of astonsh.
ment and pleasure at the comparative
ease with which the previously difficult
tasks are accomplished.
Another point often sadly worries The
learner--the question of mounting. In
deed, the fact that the novice ''cannot
mount" is often quite n serious worry
which makes the learner despondent.
The prcsen. writer, with % years ex'
perience of continuous cycling on al
sorts OF cycles, has probably not uset
the step to mount with 25 times in The
last 12 months. 1t is so much more sim
pie to mount from the curb, or the grass
bank at the roadside, and the exper
does so as often as not.-St. James
Budget.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13
THE NEWLY RICH.
some ot tho Demonstrations Of Suddenly
Acquired wealth.

sope St the Demonstrations Of Suddenly
Acquired wealth;
The sudden elevation from poverty
10 riches is generally accompanied by
sometimes startling and always anus.
ing manifestations. Nine men out OF
ten, when they find the gaunt wolf OF
hunger and inconvenience forever BAN
ished from their door first think OF the
style in which they should lite in order
to conform to the muniflcence OF their
suddenly-acquired fortune, and they
invest forthwith In as costly q house
md grounds as they can afford. Some
take extreme delight in parading tho
fruits of their new wealth before those
ef their neighbors whose opulence is OF
more mature age, and wh6 liaVe there
fore offered many (fancieD snub.
A case in point is that OF lawyers
young assistant, living in neighboring
state, who short time ago was for
tunate enough TO come into property OF
the value Of nearly quarter OF mil
lion dollars, which enabled him to EN-
bark on a policy Of revenge which he
had long cherished in his mind, but
which he had not the slightest hope of
ever being able to carry out. His en-
ployer, n man of obscure origin and
most offensive manners, had been in the
habit Of treating him with the utmost
disdain, and, not unnattrally, the clerk
thirsted for an opportunity of paying
him back in his own coin.
The opportunity came with the adj
vent Of his great riches, and he took the
fullest advantage of every occasion to
excite the envy of his quondam en-
ployer and to belttle him in the eyes
Of his friends. lie made practice OF
driving in state past the lawyers office
two or three times day, his turnout"
In the morning being d smart and dash
ing tandem, and in the afternoon an
elegant carriage and pair. If the at
torney attended the theater or any pub
lie meeting his once-despised clerk was
there occupying better position than
himself.
Happening to hear of n debt of $1,000
or $4,000 owing by the Inter- he bought
1t at premium, sued for and recovered
1t, and administered the coup de grace
10 his enemy by making him a bank
rupt.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13
WOMAN AND HOME.
DAINTY BEDROOMS.
Quaint, Cool Apartments Furnished In
Hlue and White.

Quaint, Cool Apartments Furnished In
Blue and white.
white enamel bedroom sets are as
fashionable as ever for the bedrooms
of country houses. The surface is
either Of plain enamel with brass Trim
mings, or with decorations of Delft
blue in the form of little landscapes,
showing where pretty blue bridges
stretch over equally pretty blue streams
where there are boats ON the water and
windmills by the shore, or bachelor
buttons are painted in clusters or seat
tered singly over each piece. The blue
decorations may be conventional in de-
sign and take the form of empire
wreaths of leaves or flowers, or of
scrolls.
Often a few decorated pieces, d toilet
table and a chair or two, or perhaps d
cheval glass, may be the only decorated
pieces used with plain white set.
Again, the blue may only appear. in the
wall paper or hangings, or in the mantel
ornaments and clock and lamp shades,
which fnay be of Delft blue and white.
The light through the Slobe'shades Of
Delft blue and white is particularly
pleasing when 1t lights up really good
little view of land and water These
shades are, however, high priced. On
the low-priced shades the drawing is
tery poor, and the bonts ride In the
sky. and the windmills occur in most
impossible places and positions. These
blue and white shades look their best on
lamps of wrought iron. When blue and
white is not chosen for bedroom,
green and white, old pink and white,
or violet and white are cool-looking
colors to put together. Often young
woman who can paint flowers well
Hecorates a window seat, rocking
chair ana a writing desk for herself
Such room Is charming when the
decorations are violet aha the white
wall paper is also scattered with The
same flowers, with many OF them in
festooned freize where there are many
kreen lenves. This extreme daintiness
of coloring should, however, only bc
chosen for room where the maids who
care for the house or the maiden who
occupies it has leisure to keep it i'm
maculate. When light coloring is de
sired, and white is not liked, curly bircf
and bird's.esc maple are both used fol
bedroom furniture. White furnishings
have most opposite effects on diffefeil
persons. One woman who has Whit
room finds its glare tiresome, another
thinks II restful.-St. Louis Republic.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13

decent burial, placing seed-stick like
a tombstone over her beloved remains.
Alonzo was very sad. He moped. lie
sat by himself for hours together, with
out stirring. He would not eat; he
would not drink. He would not feather
himself. lie would not survey his
charms in the bit OF looking-glass that
had been stuck for his toilet accommo-
dation upon the platform of the pigeon
house. Alonzo cared for nothing.
Alonzo wished himself dead, and lying,
beak to beak, and claw to claw, in the
same grave with his lamented Imogene.
fearcd at one time he contemplated
suicide. 1t may have been in his
thoughts, but he did not yield to The
temptation.
A week passed mournfully away, and
still he moped and sat.by himself on the
further corner of the roof, refusing all
comfort; his eyes closed; his head sunk
in his neck-feathers; and only the ZIP
Of bis poor beak Visible, Thea On idea
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL HOUSE.
Built by Chinese Fisherman in CaIifor
mia Many Years Ago.


Odd habitations are to be found oil
over California. Sometimes there is .
good reason for them being odd, but
often it is the result Of some crank idea
On the beach near Cypress Point, in
Monterey county, there is one that can
not come under the first head and hard.
ly under the last.
The residence belongs TO a Chinese
fisherman and is part natural and part
the work of his own hands. The natural
portion of the house is small cave
in one Of the many rocks that stick
up all over the beach. The other part
is O sort of wooden shed which has been
built in front Of this opening. The
lumber used is of the toughest kind,
but the esthetic Chinaman overcame
this objection by covering the whole
outside with abalone shells, the hollow
side being turned out.
The Chinaman evidently did that
many years ago, when the shells were
plentiful and had scarcely any marked
value. Every shell nsed has been de.
stroyed, as one or more nails have been
driven through them according to their
size. Some Of the shells are mag
nifcent in color and enormous in size.
There is one at least Is inches in di.
ameter, and a duplicate in good condi.
tion could not be bought in San Fran.
cisco for any price. Most of the larger
shells, if they were not punctured with
nailholes, would readily sell for from
three to five dollars apiece. But that
size cannot be had in the market now
and would be difficult to find on the
rocks of any part of the coast.
The general effect of the house, when
the sun strikes it at the proper angle
is dazzling. The polished, pearly sur
faces sparkle with astounding bril-
liancy and flash with all the colors oi
the rainbow. 1t is a pleasing and sur
prising sight, and the only pity is that
so many beautiful shells were destroyed
to produce it.-San Francisco Call.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-08-13

struck him, and he began to walk about
---hot with his two friends, but u and
fro by himself. Then hc Eat still again
for bit; next srrihgsng suddenly to his
legs, he gave his bill sharp rap upon
g tile, which apprehended to mean;
VII do It'll" His plan was formed, his
decision taken, his spirits revived from
that moment Alonzo was himself
again!
l had my auspieiohs (beilg Ct a
wicked and depsaved turn myself and
narrowly watched my feathered friend.
! observed that he eyed Celadon and
Amelia furtively, and shifted his glhht6
quickly when they regarded him in a
repronchful WAY FOR his continual mis-
anthrory and gloom Yes, he eyed
them furtively; this was bad sign,
and guessed what was passing in his
mind. was confirmed in this opinion
when found him fraternizing ngain,
on sudden, most cordially with Celia
don, and approach Amelia with an air
of gnllahtry.
Celadon readily received his over
lures of renewed friendship, and the
next day all three walked again In single
file as usual. Alonzo had apparently
become recohciled to his widowed lot.
and was determined to make the best
| Of It.
But why has he changed the order of
the procession? He used to bring up
the rear, now he takes the second place,
marching in front of Amelia and just
behind Ccladon. | had sick person
whom wished to visit, but deferred
this duty till the afternoon, being in
tereste1 in the movements of Alonzo.
Five or six turns he made in this new
mode Of progression, and then-I knew
it-1 felt sure of it all along watching
his opportunity, he came slyly behind
Celadon, and struck him three rapid
blows with his beak on the top Of tht
head, just where he knew the Uranium
TO be the softcst. The latter reeled once