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The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
wARu1NG TO AMERICANS.
Issues Circular Showing the van-
Ity of Quests After Estates.

The United States consulate in Lon.
don has issued circular warning
Americans who seek English fortunes
and landed estates thdt mos: OF such
claims are spurious. The drsamars are
of three classes in general, the OBJ, ect
of their quests being handed estates,
money supposed to be lodged in the
Bank OF England and unclaimed
chanccry funds. The circular sayz:
'As to lasd, no action 20 recover real
estate in Great Britain can b. brought
after II years from the time nc right
accrued. or, in case of disabilities or
infancy. after so years. 1t is q pro-
digious error to think that tAere is IN
claimed property deposited in the
Rank of England and earning fabulous
interest. The bank keeps record of
unclaimed stock and dividends and
nothing else. Anyone who thinks him
self entitled to these must furnish pre-
else detals respecting the name of the
stakeholder, the amount of the hold
ing and the date OF issue.
The total amount of unclaimed
chancery funds is only about G1oo,ooo.
Not more than half that sum exceeds
ESQ per account, and not more than
one-seventeenth of these exceed
s,.oC0"
Consul General Osborne snid recent
ly: Eve consider that we have dull
week when less than eight or ten of our
fellow countrymen apply for million-
dollar fortunes. Ninety-ninc per cent.
of the cases submitted are entirely
visionary. Advertisements for alleged
heirs or mex. of kin nre the source of
many of these great expectations. A
thriving business is done by some al
legged agents who thus traffic in Yankee
trustfulness."
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
THE SHIPS COW BooED.
II Heard the Foxhorn and Mistook It
for = Relative-The Mys-
terry Explained.

The captain of an English steamer
spun a yarn the other day of the
mysterious "Boo-o-o" which answered
his foghorn. He was stenming down
the channel, when the thick fog came
on. At such times he never leaves
the bridge, and sounds the foghorn
himself On this OCCASION, after
sounding the signal, he heard fog
horn in reply right ahead. He turned
the ships head a point to avoid coli
lision, and then sounded again.
Again the reply came 100000" right
ahead as before.
The vessels head was put back to
the same position Is Mt first, and once
more the foghorn was sounded. Still
the reply came. ~ before, right
ahead, "Boo-o-o."
at was very strange; could not
make It out" said the captain, tell
ing the yarn. II tried again; still
the sans sDoo-o-o' right ahead. A
feeling Of superstition began ia creep
over me. and ] was giving myself a
mental shake to pull myself together,
when the lookout man forward called
out: It's the old COO. sir And so
in truth it wss-thc milk COW kept on
the forecastle for the use of,the ..i,:'..
She, no doubt, took the 'boo-o-o-ing'
of the signal for the cry of corr
panion in distress. and gave sympa-
thetic response"
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
DEVICE TO SCARE WOLVES.
Automatic Gun Recently I.ventedt
Thai Win Protect sheep from
Natural Encn.ics.

Examiners in the patent Office have
learned by experience that it is
mistake TO jump at conclusions re-
gard:ny TIE usefulness of INVENTIONS.
A contiivarce a, which they were in
clined TO poke q good deal OF fun, de
signed to friehten wolves on western
prairies, was patented less than three
months ago, ard already it has come
into considerable use in the sheep
growing districts III that part of the
country, says the Presbyterian Ian
ner.
The device is an automatic gun
which goes off at regular intervals,
soaring tho wolves away FROM the
flocks. 1. consists of sort OF box
which contains clockvork attach
mcnt, with a small steel barrel pro-
jecting from one end. A magazine.
also with the box, is loaded with
blank cartridges. which are .ired by
the clockworl, once in ten minutes or
SO. By the help Of simple Irachan-
ical attachment the Intervals be-
tween the discharges are made as
long or as short rs may be desired.
Wolves do not attack sheep in the
daytime, and the gun needs to be in
operation onif from sunset to sun
rise. 1t is the period of luubing that
the flocks are in danger, the fierce
wolves raiding them and carrying of
the lambkins, and hence the epparat-
us described is intended to be en-
ployed exclusively during that sea-
son. 1t may be that the wolf, which
is decidedly intelligent animal, may
learn the deception after awhile and
realize that the automatic gun has
not man behind 1T. In Russia it has
been found that wolves are afraid OF
the humming of telegraph wires.
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
zULUs OF THE RAILROADS.
81 Dlooded sfoex-ARs Not Ma
tives Of Africa.

"Do you know what Zulu Tsp"
said an old railroad man, according
to the Chicago Inter Ocean. The trav-
cling mar @ho was waiting for his
train smiled in way that was meant
to indicate he knew all the species of
Zrllus tina. ever existed, and told the
railroad man about the Africans,
called Z;i!us. who maintained that
continents reputation for fighting be-
fore the Beers stepped in.
Little was doing in the railroad
mans line Just then. so he listened.
swell, they may be Zulus all right
enough he remarked, "but they arc
not the sort of Zulus that travel On
railroads. There is the kind that runs
into these yards" and he pointed
down the track, where a box car
stood.
A stove pipe protruded through a
hole in the door. The pipe was at an
angle of about IS degrees. A cloud
of smoke was coming from it. Four
h!ooded horses and man were the
occupants of that. The man was the
X..lu. Taking cn-e of valuable stock
en- route from one market to an
other WIS his business. He was
type of class that railroad men on
every line have named the Zulus.
They fit up the center of the cars
for n sort of living-room, and there
in the midst Of their animals live
as happily as the roads president
who passes them in his private car.
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29

"1 have an aunt, a dear old soul,
who does the most remarkable things
in the name of charity" said Phil
adelphinn. "She always has s..ne
starving family to attend to. she
would be quite at loss without q
starring family. Sometimes I know
she is dreadsully imposed upon, but
you couldn't convince her of that.
Ose day last week she came to me
md said: Nephew, have you an old
pair of trousers you don't want?'
What do you want n pair Of trousers
forT I asked. TO give to poor
nan who hasn't any legs she re-
Piled. 1t was all could do 70 keep
from laughing in her fnce, hut I con-
trolled myself and said: why, yes;
I can let you have nm old pair of
trousers. and an old pair of shoes.
tool Even then the nbsurdity of 1t
didn't strike her. oh. you are SO
good' she exclaimed. And she went
away with the trousers and shoes for
the poor man who didn't have any
legs. Record.
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
osTRAc1sED FOR HUMANITY.
the "Blae Letter" for Being
Too Gentle.

As a penalty for being too humane
Prince Alphonse, the nephew of the
regent of Bavaria, has been given
the "Blne Letter" In American slang
vernacular this might be interpreted
to mean that he will hereafter re-
ceive the marble heart" in select
official circles. The "Blue Letter"
means official degradation. He is. it
seems, too humane for his uncle and
the military commanders, and he has
been called upon to suffer for his hui
manity.
He was asked to resign from the
Bavarian army for no other reason
than that he was too gentle and easy
going with those under his command.
He is not severe enough to please
the military, and the mistake he made
was to manifest too much considera-
ton for the horses under his charge.
1t was during the last maneuvers.
On reaching steep and stony de-
scent, Prince Alphonse ordered the
men to dismount, SO thnt the horses
might be spared. 1t is said that the
order completely upset the plan Of
action. Popular feeling is intense
against the authorities who have
brought about the princes dismissal,
for he has always been popular with
the subjects of his uncle. 1t is be-
lieved to be the first time Bavarian
prince has received the "Blue Letter."
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
LIVING ON HIS w1FE's GRAVE.
a~eer Abode That Col. Elijah De
hoard, Georgia Man, Has
Recently Built.

Col. Elijah De Board, of Gilmer coun-
ty, Ca, is probably the only man in the
United States whose home is over n
grave. This unusual habitation is not
due to cccsn.-;ci,y or for the purpose
of attracting notoriety, but il simply
. case of loyal devotion shown in a
visible way to the memory of his wife.
The recent loss of his.partner in life
affected him deeply, since which time
he has become recluse. His devotion
has been carried to an extreme, 1t is
thought by his ncighbors. ns he has
given up living in his large home, and
has just built house on the spot
where his beloved wife rests, on the
beautiful mountain side near his home.
The structure il small hut substan-
tial octagon of stone. and on the iron
opening into the single room is the fol-
lowing inscriptions: '.Ons in life and
one in dcnth.r
In the right-h corner il the grave
Of his wife, while secondary space
near by he has reserved for himself,
where. ct the end. he can find repose.
Around the windows flowers have heen
planted. a-d the venerable patriarch
spenGs he days In heautifyinc the sur
rountiinrs .; his strange h; me.
On .',e anniversary OF her death,
with the srs'stancs of . loea! pastor,
the funeral ceremony is repeated. The
colonel Inns turned deaf ear to
numerous entreaties OF his friends to
give np mis- solitary abode. as he has
expressed the desire to spend the re-
mainaer of his days in this tomblike
structure,
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
HAMLET's CASTLE.
sssething Abs.t the Home Of the
Famous Dane at Elsinore,
Il DenAark.

Jacob A. Riis, the New York pow
erty expert, lived as q child in the
neighborhood of the castle of kron-
borg, Elsinore, Denmark. He has re-
visited the place in recent years, and
his carly and later "reminiscences are
embodied in an article called Ham
let's Castle" which appeared in tho
Century.
In 1873, - q first step toward max
ing it At for n king to live in, Fred
erik II. swept 1t clean of all hurt
full people and animals, meaning, by
the latter, vagrant swine and dogs.
How his broom worked on the "peo-
pie" 10 instanced by the treatment
of outcast women under the edict.
They were to be whipped and brand
ed by the headsman, and turned out
If they came back, both their ears
were to be cut of. If after that they
wera again found within the gates of
the city, the order was to stuff them
into sacks and throw them into the
sound. Four years Of this sort of
thing was supposed to have cleared
the ground, and the erection was be-
gun of Kronborg-the Grown castle"
That was the name, said the king,
and for miscalling It "Flounder" or
''Hdek" any man was to pay him the
valde Of one fat steer. Long before
its tray walls had risen to half their
height the new name stuck, and when
IT was finished. In 1855, the steer rev.
enus had ceased to be of account.
OF the revelries that attended the
opening of the castle it may well be
that the echoes ring yet in Hamlet's
description Of 'this heavy-headed
revea," which to his mind is more
honour'd in the breach than the OBJ
servance." For in that year there
played At Elsinore troupe of stroll
ing English actors, which for oil We
know with certainty to the contrary,
may have included young William
Shakespeare himself, come fresh from
peaehing upon Sir Thomas Lucy's pre-
serves to seek his fortune among
the playhouses in London. The old
town records contain two references
to them. One Is @ mere entry of the
expenditure of four SHILLING "for the
repair Of the board fence between
tie house Of Lauritz, town clerk, the
te~n hall and yard. which the people
broke down the time the English
played In the yard" That was in 1885,
and may have been on the occasion
Of the opening festivities. The
tfoupe came back later and stayed
scue time. Little did the clerk who
ertdred into the municipal accounts
the cost Of its play and keep dream
that ~ was making notable con-
trbutiSn to the history Of the great
ct Of ell tragedies.
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
WHY IT Is THE WHITE HOUSE.


The question is often asked why the
presidents mansion at Washington is
called the white house. 1t has been SO
called for years and years, and now no
one thinks of using any other name, al
though executive mansion is the Off
cial term. The term white house is a
reminder of the second war with Eng
land. August -, 1914, the British
army captured Washington and
burned the public buildings. the prcsi-
dents mansion being among those TO
suffer. 1t was damaged to some ex-
tent. and to hide the fire stains was
painted white, and white it has been
painted every year or two since. The
home of Washington's mother was
called white house. and this may have
suggested the name. but the fact that
the mansion was assiduously painted
white after the war of 1919 doubtless
brought the term into popular use.
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
Cat. ondne.. for . Rabbit.

The tiniest OF rabbits wandered into
the yard of n Denver woman recently.
and when the family cat, a notable
fighter, bore down upon the little
bunch Of fur the. onlookers expected
to see it torn to pieces. Not so, now
over. Thomcs looked it over, s:neiled
It over, licked II over, and then led 1t
TO snug retrent behind the Kitchen
stove. According to the eats nistFess,
he taught the little creature to drink
milk and even eat meat. and the two
became inseparable. But bunnie was
evidently killed by kindness, for he
sickened and died. since which time
Thomas has been Respondent and has
shown little interest in his food.
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29

by one of Lordon's West end clubs to
discover certain p:lferer who had
caused much annoyance to the mem
hers by helping binself to cigars and
other articles from their overcont
packets. The disciple of Sherlock
Eolris smeared number of cigars
with ariline dyes, placed them in the
pockets of several ovcrcoats and next
morning carefully scrutirized the
mouths of the club servants, with the
result .r,at the cuiprit was found and
perxulSed to confess.
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
aIN BUYING rH1MBLEs NOW.
Fsstinony Of the salessiri a. to the
stats Of the Bachelor In
New York.

"One phase Of the notions depart
ment business that would strike .
easual observer as peculiar" said the
girl behind the counter,.eccording to
the New York Sun, lis the number of
men who buy thinbles. The first time
sob thimble to n man WIS almost
CONFUSED with curiosity and he was
in the same condition with bashfulness.
He tried to make ME think Mt first that
he was buying it for his sister, but he
worried so over the size that / sus-
pected there was something back Of
his anxiety, and at last l said:
"'Can't you give me some idea Of the
size OF your sisters finger? Is it as
large us mine. for example?, and I
held up the middle finger of my right
hand FOR inspection.
"'oh, yes said he, 1T is larger than
that-much larger. Its almost as
large as mine
sand then I laughed and presently.
he laughed and told me all about it.
The fact is he said, i have no sister.
I'm roughing 1t in bachelor quarters
here in New York, and l have to do so
much mending and sewing on buttons
and the like that find thimble Is in
dispensable.. I suppose my ability In
that line is nothing to be ashamed of,
but somehow I rather shrank from
letting on that was buying thimble
for myself. 1 thought it would make
me seem effeminate.'
"But that was two or three years
ago" added the girl. "They are not
50. sqneamish nowadays. They march
right up and buy thimbles and thread
and even darning cotton without .
tremor. just as women buy their own
rifles and rowboats and ether sport
ing goods, all of which goes to prove
that the sexes are reversing their old
fashioned occupations with 9 ven
geance. Most of the men who buy
thimbles have the incest tapering
fingers imaginable. suppose most OF
them work in offices or stores and
don't do anything to spoil their hands.
They are very particular about the
fit of their thimbles. They always
want them as tight as beeswax. A
woman likes thimble loose enough
10 permit of circulation. but the men
say they can't do anything with the
thimble slipping off all the time.
Men buy good thimb.es, too; much
better than the average woman. II
is no unusual thing for them to ask
for gold one. Then have to send
them to the jewelry department. This
year ! gave several young men nice
thimbles for Christmas presents.
They all said I couldn't have given
them anything that would have been
50 useful and acceptable. It's a Won
der to me why more girls don't give
their men friends tnimbles instead
of fancy handkerchief cases and neck
tie boxes. I'm sure they would ap-
etssaate them Mors. BY smother year,
fancy, they will get onto the idea,
Tor the social conditions in New York
make thimbles and even complete
sewing companions . necessary adj
juict to every young mans bachelor
ouffit."
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
Protecting the CAME.

4 largely attended meeting Of citizens
Of Mesa county was held at Grand
Junction last Friday evening, at which
a County Game Protective association
was organized.
The citizens of this county should do
likewise. We believe the large major
ity of our citizens are in favor of pro-
tec.ing what remains OF our deer and
elk. AMI the way to do 1t Is through
united effort.
AT the Grand Junction meeting,
NJ. L. Allison. chief warden for that
district reported he lad just returned
from trip through Garfield. Rio
Blauro and liout. counties. and said:
"The great difficulty encountered is
the belief of the settlers In the northern
counties that the people down here
slaughter game all winter, and to get
even they believe they have the right to
slaughter all summer. This makes 1t
hard on the game; but the suggestion
has been made by Mr.. Allison that local
game protective associations be formed
all over the western slope into which
snail he admitted as members genuine
sportsmen and the best class of citizens
who have really at heart the protection
OF our wild game. Mr.. Allison is going
to take up this question at once and
proceed to organize some OF these assO-
Citations"
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
ne caiss.. worker. story.

~It'sclose quarters in those little cais-
sons. you See" went on the old Sand
Hog. ~It's . wonder I'm alive. came
very close to 1t once, though.
"You might say you're never safe in
. eaisson. What's coming you never
can tell. We don't think of 1t when We
90 down, but the dangers there, and
when It's on you. you haven't time to
pray. even. This happened in tunnel,
an ! came near to being in the gang
that went down that afternoon.
There were eight In the caisson, I
think. Anyhow, the air-pipe broke.
That means that your air 10 shut
right on. II you were . diver you'd
hsve chance 70 get up; II you were in
. mine Jon could live . while on what
you already had. But in = caisson It's
djherent.LCromwell Chiide, In Frank
fssliss Popular Monthly.
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29

Matchmaking. one OF the most per-
ilous of handicrafts. has become per-
fectly safe through the discovery Of
amorphcus phosphorus:
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29

Maris,rate-"what is your occupa-
tiongn
Sandy McDermott- "Sailor."
Magistrate-"Yom don't look 1t.
don't believe you were ever on ship In
your life :.
Sandy 'Ifnot. mon. Do We tink l
KEN from Scotland IN n hack
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29

The erection of The Nile dam by the
British government will form lake
with capacity of over billion tons OF
water. When the sluice gates are open,
while the Mile is at high water, some
thing like five million tons Of water will
rush through every hour.
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29

FhvOrs Government Irrigation.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock,
who has developed a strong interest in
irrigation, is stated To be preparing
report to the president, endorsing .
system of irrigation dams for the arid
lands of the West and recommending
legislation by congress along this line.
The western trip made by the presi-
Dental party graphically demonstrated
to the members the great need Of irri-
cation dams, and showed the benefits
derived from the work already accom-
plished. 1t has been further intimated
at Washington tina. in his forthcoming
message to congress the president will
recommend an appropriation for the
construction OF storage reservoirs in the
nrid west.
Secretary Hitchcock is now preparing
a lengthy brief on the subject of irri-
CATION legislation, and will. 1t is stated.
recommend an appropriation for the
ella river dam in Arizona. He is bas-
ing his report on the surveys and recon-
mendatons Of the geological survey Of
his department.
The Meeker herald., 1901-06-29
TATTooED WOMEN.
Aies, Snakes, Etc, Etched
On the Arm.

The craze for Japanese things has
so far affected some women with
much leisure time upon their hands
that :hsy arc having odd little de-
signs worked upon their arms and
shoulders il. fain; delicate tints. An
Ensiiah dnncer began this fashion
with n butterfly on her upper nrm,
and il ecnrnc rage in London to
haze some design of the sort done on
the flesh.
People who go to Japan have their
tattooiag done by the native artists;
bat 1t ia done with equally good re-
sui,s in New York by an lrishmaa
who has q small shop on the Bowery
and las worked up fashionable
trade in this odd pursuit that has
made him rich, says the Sun.
Old-fashioncd tattooing was Gone
crudely with IL needle, which often in
famed and irrita.cd the skin. Now.
a1nys 1t is done with an electrical con
tivance which ctches design finely
and rsin!essly. Colorcd inks IRE used,
and their use is u secret which the
Japanese artists have mastered to
perfection. There are books of won
dcrtul colorcd designs for tattooing
which one can choose from; birds,
beasts and reptiles. The snake is u
fnvoI'iie with the tattoocd, some OF
whom have one represented as being
wound nbout the arm from the wrist
to the shoulder.
Women who go in for this fad
choose as n rule some small, dainty
ard less terrifying pattern, butter
flies being the popular fashion Mt
present. New Works tattooer visits
the houses OF his fashionable patrons.
At hardly my hour of the day is he
disenearod, as steady stream of less
fashionable customers throng his
shop for the purpose of having va
rious designs OF trade, religious sym
bols. portraits, landscapes and name,
sketched upon their arms in colored
inks. tt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-29
BUILDING COMMITTEE
of the Board of Trade Building Conn
pnny Met Yesterday-Other Mat

of the Board of Trade Building Conn
pnny Met Yesterday-Other Mat
ters.
The committee on building of The
Beard of Trade Building Company held
a meeting at the Board rooms yester-
day afternoon at four o'clock. The
committee consists of Joseph Speidel,
Harry w. Mcclure, Geo E. Stifel. Jacob
Snyder and IChas. ". Paxton. It was
expected that some definite plan for
the proposed new building would be
recommended, but after the meeting
members stated that nothing important
had been done and that the situation
had simply been discussed. 1t is I'M
derstood that the committee has ac-
cumulated considerable data ,includ-
ing letters from a number of theatre
owners and managers. 1t is very like
ly that representative of the company
will visit several theatres before a
final decision is made.
The Office of Secretary S. A. Thomp-
son, of the Board of Trade, has been
handsomely fitted up, and was occu-
pied for the first time yesterday.