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The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15
THEIR sUPERsr,rloNs.

Some ODD Dsl1sions to which Noted
Folk Conssss.
The Psychical Research Society Is
invited to take connixance Of an in
Quiry-with stamp Enthusiastically
started concerning the little supersti-
tions Of great people. Among the lat
ter Gyp, from foreign standpoint. is
pre-eminent. She confesses that when
alone at dinner she is afraid of oys-
ters. But here loop perhaps is need
ed. In France an oyster is synony-
nous with an imbecile. Nine. Gyp
means that she has a dread Of being
one Of thirteen at table. The lady is
more modest than her writings had led
us to believe. Hall Caine has been
good enough to admit that curious
shivers run up and down his back
whenever he sits unaccompanied in
the dark. Assuming Mr.. Caine to be
4 great person. he should analyze
those shivers. Victor Hugo said that
In literature only shivers count. With
their aid Mr.. Caine might some day
some bright day-become a literary
man. Miss Marie Corelli has also a
few weaknesses. But how adorable
they are! She swoons at the sight of
a reporter. and since childhood has
had grewsome dread lest dark man
should cross her path and then pass
by. But these Instances, though in
structive, and indicative Of what the
vagaries Of genius may be, are trans
Atlantic. The inquiry might profita-
bly, be started here. Personally we
have no claim to eminence of any
kind. yet II we had, and were we hon.
ored by the asking, we should say that
we are always uneasy when a new
year begins on Friday and that Fri
day happens to be the 18th of the
month. says writer in Golfers. In
such circumstances. until fresh cal
endar opens, we feel neither safe nor
sound. But that superstition is one
OF which researches in psychics dem
onstrate the existence as far back as
Psyche herself 1t was she, probably,
who invented 1t. In search of fresher
fears we see no good and valid rea-
son, therefore, why-with stamp in
closed-our own notables should not
be approached, except indeed, that
they might keep the stamps.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15
AsroN,sHEs THE NATIVES.
The American Girl Causes = Sensation at
Santiago.


The Americans are naturally the Won
der and amazement of the Santiago ma
tives. The entire nervous system of the
city is daily being shocked by the new new
took possession. The people here are ace
accustomed to very formal way OF
era aao stnded and hs ore as
ened talk with the utmost preciseness.
The free and easy-goinE way OF the vis-
can comes out with his hearty laugh, not
caring who is around, and the dainty
senorftas look at one another In wonder
ment.
An American girl is the most interest
ing Of all sights to them. They watch her
an n Hsw nn shs as turmed he
corner. They seem to think the American
woman the most wonderful of all earth
ter how hot the day always dress in black
at Af. Ia tarde % ior the ~ usual t evenins prom.
enade. The other evening an American
girl was there in blood-red costume,
made Of Some kind OF thin. flowing gauze
She ans tSa with
the sun at midnight would not have at
tracted more attention. But the thing
motion was the appearance OF a young
and wearing white costume with short
skirt. Such a thing as grit riding a
wheel was never before dreamed of In
Santiago. This fair American cyclist was
iittie fun and iel She es sueeeeded in astound
ing the natives with an event they would
talk about for a lifetime under usual con-
ditions.
No less amazed was Santiago society
when Chicago lady appeared at fash.
ionable reception in full evening dress; II
tiago women had seen such things in pic
lures, but they did not believe the illus
true to NE until ,bs the
emplar.
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pEwEY's LEVEL HEAD.
Says He Will Not He q Candidate for
President.

Says He Will Not Be = Candidate for
President.
New York April 9.-Admiral Dewey
has given to the Manila correspondent
of Leslie's Weekly, an interview re-
garding the suggestion that the admi-
raj be made Il candidate for the presi-
dency next year. The admiral said. as
to his politics.:
II am sailor. A sailor has no poll
tics. The administration is his party
Republican or Democrat, it makes no
difference. Then again, I come from
Vermont and you know what that
means. To be anything but Repub-
lican in Vermont is to be man with
out n party. My flag lieutenant comes
from Georgia. He tells me that to he
anything but Democrat In the South
is to be a nobody. II I lived south !
would probably be Democrat"
Have you ever voted?' the cores
pOndent asked.
Yes: years ago, but my vote was
usually Influenced by personal prefer.
ence of local conditions. am not n
politician, have never held political Of
flee and am totally ignorant of party
intricacies and affiliations"
Admiral Dewey said that neither by
vocation, disposition. education, nor
training was he capacitated to fill the
presidency. He said that he was too
well along in life to consider such a
possibility. His health would not adj
init Of 1t. All this life's work was In
different lines of effort, and that, while
the kindness and enthusiasm of his
friends were grateful to him and the
generous tributes of the American peo-
pie were dear to him. he could not and
would not be a candidate for the presi-
dency Of the United States under any
conditions.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15
AFLEx,eLE CURRENCY.
This Is the Demand of the Gold Stand ,r.;
Men.

. ms A. she demand OF the GOLD Sthhu tr'
Men.
New York. April S.-A declaration
Tor a nexible currency based on the
gold standard was adopted to-day by
the executive committee of the Indian
apolis Monetary convention at meet
Ing IN this city called by the chairman
IL. II. Hanna of Indiana, for the pur-
pose OF getting the advice of the COM
mittee upon the recommendations to
be presented to the Republican caucus
committee of the House of Represen-
tatives, which will meet at Atlantic
City April l7th.
Among those who attended were
Chairman Hanna, Henry @. Payne of
Wisconsin,: II. H. Kohlsaat, editor of
the Chicago Times-Herald: William X.
Grigg Of Richmond, Virginia; William
II. Dodge, George Foster. Peabody.
James Speyer and Morris ]. Jessup of
New York city; William G. Cornwell.
Buffalo; Hiram A. Fletcher. Grand
Rapids, Michigan; Rowland g. HaZ-
zard of Rhode Island and Eugene
Levering, Baltimore.
Two members of the Monetary COM
mittee, ex-Secretary Charles B. Fair
child of New York and William Is.
Deane of Minnesota, We're present by
invitation, and discussed some of the
changes proposed in the present none
tary system. Charles s. Hamlin of
Boston, recently assistant secretary of
the treasury. was elected II member OF
the executive committee.
A report was made by sub-commit-
tee and adopted, declaring the bill of
the monetary commission to be broad
and comprehensive in its scope and
containing such provisions as are nee
cssary to settle the financial problem,
but authorizing the chairman to sus-
gest such notifications as might be
necessary to secure legislation not in
consistent with the principles of the
bill. The following resolution was
adopted unanimously as the expression
of the committee:
Resolved, That the executive COM
mittce Of the indianapolis Monetary
convention continue to urge upon Con-
grcss the adoption Of a monetary sys-
TEN based on the gold standard. ade-
uunte in volume and sufficiently heXl-
hlc in character to afford the legiti-
mate means to our producers and man
ufacturcrs for meeting the rapidly eN.
pnnding volume of domestic trade ana
for competing on equal terms in the
worlds market with other nations,
thereby giving full employment ana
Just returns to American labor.
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WANTS TO SELL HIS MOUNTAIN
FAILING 10 ID, That, General Ochoa VIII
Improve Mount PnpOc AtepeM.

The correspondent Of the Chicago Rec
me owner of Mount Popocatapetl. Cen
erai Haspar Sanchez Ochoa. is negotiating
WIN 2 leading English sulphur firm,
throush Henry E. Taylor of London. for
me me sale of the mountain for G5O.GsJ.
Mehhwhile General Ochoa is planning u
scnehie; which, at cost of 500, 900 Mex
ican silver, will greatly simplify and
cneapen the extraction of sulphur The
plah embraces tunnel GOO feet long from
the summit to the top of the sulphur de-
posts; cable line from the tunnel to the
REDUCTION works at Tlamacas. half way
down the mountain. and a cog railway
thence to the tracks of the Interoceanic
raiiway The cable line itself will have TO
aerial line in the world. A rope of cru
cibie steel wire one inch In diameter and
enduring tensile strain Of 100000 pounds
to the square inch will be used. The
buckets are to weigh seventy pounds. with
capacity of 200 pounds. Thus 100 tons OF
sulphur ore will be deliverable daily.
The Mexican official figures made in 1857
estapiish the height of Mount Popocata-
peti as lLSl6 feet above sea level The
crater bed is $500 feet above the City of
Mexico. Cortez. in 1928. first extracted
sulphur from this mountain for use in
making powder. The sulphur is found
pure, without admixture of iron or ar;
senic Forty years ago Ochoa acquired
the mountain and began the extraction of
sulphur. At present he is not operating
his reduction works, but in one year he
extracted l.Wo000 pounds. The world :
consumption of sulphur last year was 10 :
100000 pounds. and the market price Is
now from $50 to $40 n ton.-E. c. Butler.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15
0laM Streets,

Broken glass. which has hither,u
been used to make ornamental tiles. IS
now being converted into blocks for
paving the roads, Factories have been
established in France and Switzerland
for the production of these glass
bricks. and some streets in Geneva
have been paved with them. The
glass is subjected to heat until 1t is
soft. then pressed into bricks; it loees
its transparency. but gains in resist
ing power. 1t affords good footing
for horses.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15
Ten Beau. for Every Girl In Idaho.

With the bachelors outnumbering tho
maids in every state in the Union 1t ought
10 De easy for the unmarried women to
secure 4 partner anywhere, but the region
where bachelors are most In excess is. OF
course, the most favorable to the spinster,
gives her a wider r;tnge of choice. From
matrimonial point Of view Idaho is the
best state of the Union. for there the
numoer oil the bachelors is to that of the
maids as l6.5I to ! i26, each unmarried
woman IN Idaho, therefore, having ten or
eleven bachelors, not exactly at her beck,
but available as n husband From most
points OF view the West is the Mecca of
the young unmarried woman. for not only
are there more unmarried men in the
western states. but living is more easily
made IN the West than in the East and
therefore the western men are more ad-
dlcted to ma atrimony.-Professor ID. II.
McAnany in the March Ladies' Home
Journal
What Is popular sonE?" ANY new
tllt Lid, LII
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Rarest Bird.

To find the rarest bird In existence
you must go to the mountains be-
tween Anam and Loas, where there is
a certain kind of pheasant For many
years its existence was known only by
the fact that its longest and most
splendid plume was in much request
by mandarins for their head gear A
single skin is worth $500, and the bird
living would be priceless. for 1t soon
dies in captivity.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15
LOST IN A FLOOD.
Ice Gorge Cause Death of Twelve P~rsoh~
In Montana.

In Montana.
Chicago. April "a Record special
from Glendive, Montana, says:
An ice gorge in the Yellowstone river
at this poipt caused the stream to over
flow last night, drowning twelve per-
S, rs. Three spans OF the steel bridge
are washed out. causing n loss Of $25,-
coo; the Northern Pacific tracks are in-
undated and possibly washed away FOR
some distance, and the loss to live
stock by drowning will involve n large
sum. The dead persons are:
Mrs. X. w. Snyder, wife Of rancher.
Miss Nellie Reagan, her neice.
Miss Rose Wybecht, visitor to the
Snyder ranch.
Eugene r. O'Conner.
James Sullivan, wife and six child
ren.
The Ice began moving at 7:30 O'Clock
in the evening and continued flowing
until $50 o'clock, when 1t formed n
gorge. The Snyder party, noticing the
backwater, started for the Northern
Pacific tracks. hoping thus to escape
drowning, but before they covered half
the distance the water was waist deep
and they took refuge in tree. O'Con-
ner was the first washed from the tree.
Mrs. Snyder the second and Miss Wy
becht third. A huge piece Of Ice struck
the tree and broke 1t In two. carrying
of Miss Reagan. The entire family of
james Sullivan, wife and six children
whose residence is 200 yards from the
nearest point Of the Yellowstone river
were caught in the overflow. When
Sheriff Aiken and Charles Parker cross
cd the river amid floating ice. they
found the Sullivan residence with
doors and windows open and the entire
family dead in the room.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15
STORY OF THE EPoPPINo STONE
Isited by Many Thousands During the
Summer Months

The Popping Stone" marks the spot
where Sir Walter Scott asked Miss
Carpenter to marry him. 1t is situated
In the beautiful valley of the Irthing,
at Gilsland. an inland watering plsce
near Carlisle. The Popping Stone" is
visited by many thousands during the
summer months. and. it is said, many
laggard lover has had his courage
screwed up to the popping point at this
romantic spot. In the immediate
neighborhood may also be seen "Mumps
Ha," which Scott immortalized in
Guy Mannering." while a little far
ther aheld the Roman Wall and Laner-
cost Priory prove attractions to visit
ORR to Gilsland.
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ment of your kind, rest assured that
yours will be the one.
Gratefully yours,
JAMES LEWIS"
Wherever the catarrh is. there is sure
to be a waste Of mucus. The mucus Is
as precious as blood. 1t is blood, in
fact. 1t is blood plasma-blood with
the corpuscles removed. To stop this
waste, you must stop this catarrh. A
course of treatment with Pe-ru-na
never fails to do this.
Send for free catarrh book. Address
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing
Co., Columbus. Ohio.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15
The Proper w.y of Breathing.

To learn to breathe properly initiate the
lungs and walk five PAGES. keeping the
mouth shut and breathing through the
nose increasing the five PAGES to ten and
then to fifteen or more. Follow this up
by taking several long breaths after get
ting up IN the morning and again before
retlring.-April Ladies' Home Journal.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15
AZ, 10, u.ips All.n., root-Ea...

1t Is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting, Burning. Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Samples sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen 8. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15

ANY kodak fends out your way yet
Mr.. Townlots?'' II should say so; had
my picture snapped five times before
left my earmufs on"
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Two View. of the Case,

Two Views of the Case.
mo. l do not think she will marry
asain. She vowed on the day he was
buried she would not" "Ah! Think
mg about 1t already. was she?"-Cin-
einlati Enquirer.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15

Yes, your honor. this Is the lady who
claims that the dog bit her" 'Wcll.
where is the dog who claims to have bit
ten the LADY,"
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THE WHOLE SYSTEM

1Hvsd by ChtAFfh-GeR.
sral Lswls' Case.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Co.. Columbus. o.:
Gsntlemen-I have used Pe-ru-na
Tor short time and can cheerfully rec
ommend 1t as being all you represent
and wish every man who is suffering
with catarrh could know OF its great
value. Should l at any future time
have occasion to recommend q treat-
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
Albright, Nifiinburg, Pa, Dec IL, 'o6.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15

How pensive that old man looked after
he put his nickel In that slot music box"
Ibid 1t play 'On the Banks of the Wa
bash p at didn't play at ALL"
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15

FITS Permanently Cured ohts or ervousness After
frst days use Of DR.. kliue's Great Nerve Restorer
send for FREE $500 trial bottle and Treatise
DR. R. H. KLINE. Ltd 93l Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15

I'VE are going to move" TOO crowd
ed?" Yes; our nat is SO full there isn't
room for a now coat of varnish on our
furniture"
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15

TEALTH and beauty the glories of perfect woman.
Il Women who suffer constantly with weakness peculiar
to their sex their beauty Preservation of
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15

pretty teatures ana tou11ueu 1olH Is
q duty women owe to themselves.
The mark of excessive monthly suf-
erine is familiar one in the faces of
young American women.
Don't wait. young women, until
your good looks are gone past recall.
Consult Mrs. Pinkham at the out
start. Write to her at Lynn Mass.
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15
HenI,h an.l B..utx

No beauty with pinply akin. dull eyes. bad breath
Clean your system and keep 1t clean with fsAgran
Cascarets Candy Caihartic All druggists. lOc 20
The Meeker herald., 1899-04-15

What is popular song" ANY new
song that cNcrvhndN hates"
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THE
MARKS OF
SUFFERING

MISS EDNA ELLIS Hggnsport Ohio, writes: DEAR MRS.
P1NKHA- school teacher and had suffered untold agony
during menstrual periods for My nervous sys
tenn was almost a suffered with pain side and
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case in every par
ticular and re-
ceived a prompt
reply. followed
the advice given
me and now l
suffer no more
. during IN enses.
If anyone cares
to know moro
The record-union., 1899-07-17

groom invite their friends to assist at
the nuptial mass of their son; on the
opposite page the parents Of the BRIDE
extend the same courtesy to their
friends on behalf OF their daughter.
Ordinarily, however, the cards are III
the conventional form. The hour
chosen is usually 5 o'clock in the after
noon. A musical chime rings the hour
as the bride reaches the cathedral.
The organ within breaks suddenly into
a wedding march. The old beadle'
wearing scarlet coat and cooked nat
precedes the bridal party up the aisle.
The groomsmen follow, and then the
bridesmaids. the maid of honor, ana
the tiny f1ower-girl; finally the orloe'
pale and lovely, on her fathers arm.
The great altar glows with candies.
The priest, in gorgeous vestments, at
tended by acolytes and choir poys'
steps forward with the bridegroom
the self same priest wha anointed the
brides forehead with baptismal OIL
and has blessed each onward step OF
her life He addresses the youthful
pair in homely paternal fashion, IN a
voice full of tender emotion recalling
their religious vows, enjoin1ng upon
them a faithful performance or their
home duties. Then in sonorous tones
he recftes the stately ritual of the
church and gives the nuptial benedlc-
ton. The voice of some singer thrills
the air, while chosen friends pass up
the chancel to sign the parish register.
An invitation to sign" for the bride
or groom is an honor conferred only
on intimate friends or distinguished
guests.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The record-union., 1899-07-17
SIR ARTHUR'S INVENTION.
A Safety Shaft to Release Runa'
way Horses.

Sir Arthur Sullivan, the well-known
composer may be described as man
of crochets, and as such he has been
recently addressing himself to the am
liable task of dispelling the quavers OF
those whose good or ill fortune it is to
sit behind horsefiesh.
For people do quaver with dread
lest the animals in front of them should
take it into their perverse heads to
bolt To sit behind boiling horses is
terrible experience, and when accidents
to passengers enSue they are, as rule,
very severe.
Sir Arthur, it is claimed, has invent
ed a lifesaving apparatus which, light
ly and ingeniously attached to car
riages, can be utilized at the moment Of
danger for releasing the horses Sir
Arthur has dubbed his invention the
Sullivan safety shaft.
A Morning Leader" representative
recently saw member of very we'll
known firm of London carriage build
ers on this invention. Il have my
doubts" said the gentleman in ques
ton, who prefers that his identity
should not be disclosed. For years
past the tribe of inventors has been at
w VI N OI ILLS SuDJCNl VI preventing az
cidents to carriages when the horses
bolt.
Now, of course. the whole idea is to
disconnect the carriage and the horses.
But then the carriage, if going at any
speed, might in the absence of the
necessary direction come to grief with
its occupants; and what about the
horses running amuck? I have little
belief in these inventions.
In the first place the coachman fra
ternity would never consent to free the
horses. / have talked this over with
a good many coachmen, and the uni
versal opinion is that it is a coach
mans manifest duty to stand by his
coach and his horses till the very last.
Life-saving is hardly an appropriate
term for this invention.
mo, l have had too many of these
ingenious inventions brought under
my notice to entertain any very great
hopes of something being produced de-
ffnitely efficient in that line And if
the gist of the invention resides in re-
leasing the pole and the traces, and,
so to speak, the whole bag of tricks
then l fear it will not achieve greater
success than the many so-called inven-
tons of the same kidney. Mind you,
however, 1 say 'if.''-London Leader
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Our Army in the Philippines.

Before concluding this article I want
to take advantage of this opportunity
to pay a deserved tribute to the splen-
did courage and perseverance shown by
the rank and file of our army, regular
and volunteer, during the entire cam
paign and through it's most trying con-
ditions To make a long story short,
officers and men could not have fought
more valiantly and earnestly. From
the start of the fighting until the pres
ent there has been a devotion to duty
which has even surprised the men
themselves. Considering that the war
has been carried on in the tropics TO-
600 miles away. it would have been
excusable if there had been considera-
bic complaint and ranking among a
large proportion of the men. Although
when not fighting they have argued
and discussed in all it's phases our oc-
cupation of the Philippines, the moment