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The Frisco track layers are at work
near Rudy.
The corn shelter has not been running
this week
The machinery for r. P. Allen ferry
boat has arrived.
A. j. Blsckstock left Thursday to
purchase new stock Of jewelry.
A. H. Harrison spent few hours
Tuesday mixing with Van Buren,
friends.
The question that will soon arise Is
ars we going to have regular ball team
this year,
A squad Of US. soldiers passed thro
here Thursday, bound for Fort Logan
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LOCAL and PERSONAL.


Strawberry plants ARE blooming quite
freely
q. p. Frazer returned Sunday from
Little Rock.
J,F, Matthews was reported seriously
III this week.
Quality and not quantity makes De
Witt Little Early Risers such valuable
little liver pills. II. g. JOHNSON.
A telephone system Is being installed
at Mulberry.
Harry Cory has position with ]. W.
Mckinney 81 Co,
This grip epidemic has kept our doc.
tors on the move.
The thermometer registered IS do.
green Thursday morning.
Such little pills ~ DeWitt's Little
Early Rlsers are easily taken, and they
are wonderfully effective In cleansing
she liver and bowels, Il. G. JOHNSON
Mrs, s. d. Cleveland arrived here
Monday on visit TO relatives.
The delegation Of st. Louis business
men will pass through here today.
Tho merited reputation for curing
piles, aores and skin diseases acquired
by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has led
70 the making Of worthless counterfeits.
Do sure to get only Dewitt . Salve.
H. q. JOHNSON.
Walker Laater made = brief visit to
Clarksville relatives first Of the week.
kr.and Mrs. Lewis Bryan were visit
Ing friends vt Little Rock this week,
The city papers should give their
cArtoonists u rest on Teddy Roose'
volt.
A cement floor has been put into the
Res.Allen ware house on South Seventh
street.
Ca - n q HE A..
a.n tn. H'@ Kind Vow Ma. .!..r Bought
'', = N1HAZIzx
Editor Anderson has rented the Funk
property In the southeastern part Of
town
1rs. Dsugherty, who has baen quite
I'll Nth pneumonia, IL reported about
ssoverod.
Assr1ss Of religious meetings has been
Eesaucted ut the Christian Church dur.
irx Tho past wssb.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
sBNrENcED TO BE SPANKED.
A new York mag issrase.s Qussr Meth.
- q Dealing with . Treubls.
so1s hey.

On the backyard fence Of the home
Of the Foote family at 653 Linwood
street, brooklyn, the other after
noon. says the New York Times.
were perchcd grinning and ex-
pectnnt group of urchins.. They were
the playmates of l.-year-old "Heney"
Fcote. md with chuckles of glec they
we're Waiting to hear him wall and
howl from within.
"slrre-,-hati been arraigned in the
mornios IN the Myrtle Avenue police
court lie vas charged with commit
ting 4 s!ight offense, and Magistrate
Nanaer Was puzzled us to just how
to p;iais,i him. Finally the court had
nm inspiration.
an sentence you 10 be soundly
spanked by your mother" decided
the maeistrnte. looking severely at
the small prisoner. .wiil you prom
Use to carry out this sentence. mn-
DAMP" turning to the lud's mother.
Mrs. Foote promised. and led
"Hcncy," who wore look Of utter
detection. out Of court.
Whether or not the sentence had
been executed could not be positively
learned. One of the urchins who had
been perched on the back fence OBJ
served, however, with finger laid
along his nose and deep wink of
his left eye. that there had been
"somethin' doin, all right"
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
AuTonoB1LE Wells.
AaA Some other Expensivs Novelties
fer Protecting the Complexion

Everything in dress seems to smack
of the automobile these days. and
now we have automobile yelling,
which is much heavier than q CHIFFON
yelling and finished with hem-stitched
edges. Besides looking very nice 1t
has the virtues of being durable and
of being great protection for the
complexion. One little shop on Fifth
avenue has brought out this novelty
together with many others Of the
more fancy sort. says the New York
Sun.
For the women who do not mind
spending hundreds of dollars for veil
ing in one senson, there is n chiffon
veil hemstitched all around by hand
in the daintiest manner. Many fancy
effects on white mesh yelling are
made by using large fat dot of
white chenille with the tiniest little
dots of black chenille half way
around It.
Again there are punches Of grapes
in white chenille dots with little
coil stem done in black silk thread.
The newest, thing In colnred chiffon
yelling has . medium large dot Of vel
vet matching the color on one ssds
and white on the other.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
DOG DIES FROM APPENDICITIS
Autopsy sAewsA That a. u..ist.k-
ably the Cause, Induced By
1D1intePed Donss,

And now the dog is subject to ap-
pendicitis. At least DR.. William Coop
er Eidenmuller. OF this city. claims to
have made u discovery to that effect
while performing an autopsy on the
remains of favorite pet, reports the
Sam Francisco Examiner.
'When the animal died." said the
physician. II was not satisfied with
TIE cafse of his taking off and made
a cerefai autopsy. l was assisted by
Q veterinary surgeon, and we had not
been long at our task when it became
evident TINT death had resulted from
ncute appendicitis.
THE animal had been i'll for a year,
and in reviewing his symptoms / can
see that they were identical with
those of humans who suffer from re-
current attacks of this disease. OF
course l did not at first think of a
dog suffering from anything of this
sort. There was no record of such
= disease among animals.
''Splintered bones caused my dogs
death. and while am not veteri-
nary I have come to the conclusion
that bones are not the best diet for
CANNES.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
WATER KEEPS MEN ALIv1.
IAss says That Healthy Psrssns Ca
Live fer Fifty Days without
Other Noarish1snt,

It IL no secret to medical men and
psychologists that there is great
deal of nonrishment In water. Even
that which is sterilized contains
enough Of solids to keep human be-
ing from death for a long time.
During prolonged fast the loss of
weight is unusually rapid at first and
decreases us time goes on. Death en-
sues when certain percentage of the
loss has been reached, and this per-
centage varies according to the orig
inal weight. Fat animals may lose half
their weight, thinner ones perhaps
two-fifths, n man or woman. of rather
spare build. weighing 143 pounds,
might. therefore. lose about IS pounds
before succumbing. Children die after
fast of from three to Ave days, dur
ing which they have lost quarter
Of their weight. Healthy adults. how
ever, have tasted so days when water
has been taken. A German physician
reports the case of a woman aged ~
years who fasted for AZ days, taking
water freely. She lost A. pounds out
of 143 pounds and died from exhaus-
ton.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
Great work Of Fi.se. Rays.

DIR. Neils Finsen has been inter
viewed In his laboratory in Copen-
hagen regarding his experiments in
the cure of various diseases by the
use of the so-callcd Finsen rays of
light. discovered and put to therapeu-
teal use by him. He is a shy and
slender young man, full of enthusi-
asm, and never visited London, where
his system has Just been PUT in opera
ton successfully. Queen Alexandria
md many English physicians have
visited his hospital in Denmark. He
thinks eventually the use of the rays
of sunlight will produce more bene-
fetal results than those of electric
light. In new hospital he is having
built both kinds will be used, with
new and powerful apparatus. Finsen
says the system Is beneficial to many
other diseases than liberation.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
A GREAT HOUND.
Runs . Ve1 to Cover After CsAtsss'
ems Chase of TAirty-siH
HoaPs.

The greatest fox chase OF which there
il any authentic record took place in the
peiehborhood of Long Branch. in
Meade county. lately. says the News OF
breckenridge, Ky. Ben Matthews. a
colored man living at Long Branch. has
a foxhound named Queen. One even
ing when the Dir was soft. Queen and
her companion. Don. together with Jim
Bickerstaff'x "OIe Maze" started for the
hills near by, and were not long absent
when they started vigorous old fox.
BY their vigorous mouthing 1t was
known that they had warm scent and
were on the trail Of o fox Of fine stay
ing qualities. For several hours during
the night the residents Of that vicinity
could hear all three hounds tonguing
together. and then the two male dogs
dropped out Of the run, leaving Queen
TO keep up the chase alone. All night
long she followed the trail, and long
toward morning was joined by come
fresh hounds, who stayed with hei for
few hours, fell out. rested up and
joined in the chase again at intervals
during the next 20 hours.
On the second day Of the chase VIII
LaGrard's "Tige," hound noted for
its staying qualities. Joined her and
remained until the close of the
run. Queen was on the run. with
out rest. the entire &c hours consumed
In the chase. She stopped only when
she had run reynnrd 10 cover. After
she had accomplished this she lay down
and guarded the burrow. ard when
found by her owner was so sti!f and sore
thut she could not move n limb and
had to be carried to the house. Mat
thews. her owner. thinks she is the
best foxhound on earth. and would not
trade her for the best horse in KEN
lucky,
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
ADVERTISED A HAIR WASH.
senator lee nailey Was Di.s.stsA
IT the Nstessety Ne Achieved
Thsough Advertisements.

Senator Joe bailey, of Texas. en-
Joys the prominence he has achieved
I'm the councils of the nation. but
does not banker after the sort of
fame some people seem disposed to
force upon him. He has protected
the constitution from the assaults of
the irreyerent and utilitarian politi-
cal degenerates who sometimes seem
to him to delight to trail 1t in the
dust. but he does not like to be used
to sustain the pretensionA OF medi-
cine makers or the pretensions of
hair promoters. "a short time ago."
said Senator Bailey. with feeling in
his voice, 1.-TWO lady friends In Chi
cago whom I esteem very highly sent
me newspaper in which. to my sur
prise and disgust. my portrait was
printed, along with those of 10
Cannon and some other equally re-
spectacle members OF the congress,
MS guarantors of the excellence of
some stuff used by the BARRIERS of
the house of representative. / just
sat down md wrote to the ndver-
tisers to drop my portrait and init
mnted that worse might follow. And.
do You know, I got a reply in which
the advertisers fshed for another
recommendation by suggesting that
l was really not acquainted with the
merits of their nostrum. They got
out Of II. however, by saying that our
barber told him he had tried the
stun on Cannon and me and that We
had not objected. never knew that
he had" |ri
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
ONCE A cHoR1srER.
Easiand's Lord Chief Justice Eor-
merly sanE in = Parish
Church Choir.

When Lord Alyersipn-. the recently
appoin.e'i lcrd chief Justice OF England.
was Sir lt:riiard Webster. atirruey gen
eral ami terry Ele,;ther for tie isle of
Wight, he used TO sing pretty REGULARLY
in the surpl!cstl choir of kcnsiprton
parish church. One of his constitute t.,
who did not know him by sight,
thought he would like to see his MEM
Der in this uncommon position for a
great lawyer. So. when next in Lon
don. he attended morning service one
Sunday and nsked u verger which of
the choir was Sir Richard Webster.
"Well." replied the official, that's the
vicar. those ARE the curates and I'm the
verger, and SO long us the choir gives
satisfaction it Is not my business to
inquire into the nniecedents Of any Of
them. man or boy"
In one occasion. at semipolitical
meeting Sir Richard. who IL reason
ably proud of his good tenor voice, Of
fered to sing to the audience at tho
conclusion of the evening. His solo
sacred one-was heard with even
more attention than his speech. When
he had finished a gaunt spina,er arose
from the audience and said: with
your face and your voice. Sir Richard.
you ought to be teaching gospel truth
to the poor heathens instead of telling
honest folks how to be polemical!"
She probably meant to say political.
But this weird Mrs. Malnprop, no the
story goes. enectual;y prevented the
great lawyer from accepting the en-
core which the rest of his audience de-
manded.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
40. Taylor whi.l!s. used BY critical juds..
ROOSTER TRANSFORMED.
Fighter, Kew u Lays 1xss
ta0sT RswaDaely.


There II IN Edgewater, the property
Of one John Marshall. . former city
policeman. rooster that II not roos-
terror. better. 4 roOster that was once
. rooster. Int Is now hen. regular
common everyday rgg-laying hen. re-
ports Chicago exchange. In its
younger days this bird was a prize
winning game cock. nn exhibition at
the Sfr ny iiei'l state fair. where II cap
turrd ;lr prize. Marshall WAS very
much struck with the qualities Of the
bir,l aud purchased II. He brought IL
10 Ch:ragu aud was soon the object of
all his nr:a. bors' wrath because the
fighting raGs;er killed nll the cocks in
the nriyhboi hood.
IT became necessary for him to lock
the bird M and after II had been cap
tive for several months Marshall no.
iiced thar The tail of his pet had dis
appeared. In a few weeks the rooster
lost his spurs and his comb. and later
his feathers began to change color.
Experts were called in and pronounced
The case mystery. r
Marshall thought he had q wonder
md locked the rooster in his basement
for safe keeping. One morning he was
astonished to find an egg in the cellar.
He could not believe that the rooster
had laid the egg, but thought some of
his friends had put it there for joke.
Determined to solve the case. he &C.
GREETED himself in the cellar one night
and watched the rooster lay an egg.
Now he declares that he owns one Of
the wonders of the world.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
s..x-e.. Ms. shaw.

The omnipresent microbe is mixing
rs disturbing influence felt III strnnge
md unexpected quarters. Boards and
n,ustaches nre placed under ban ms
being nesting-plncea Of errunt in
truiers. some OF them paihogenic. or.
in everyday parlance. having the
power 10 produce dixense. Because Of
this. the London Globe stnie.. on the
authority of n French scientific jour
nal. that on motion of the celebrated
DR.. Hubenck, of llreslnn. the lending
surgeons of Austrin und Germany nre
considering the adopting Of n rule re-
quiring surgeons 10 be ciean-shnveri
or to, at least. ns n preventive OF
danger, dlslnfect the hnir Of the face
before opcrnting. Nothing IS sail nj
to the hair OF the head. but 10 this,
too, Ii included In the intertlict, bald.
headed surgeons will enjoy . grntl'
flying advantage.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
A SINGULAR VILE


TIA viii Of the late Mrs. Pauline Less.
..y. The a.. Louis Post Dispa,eb. h, Al
intere.tine document. TIRE oommani
e,yen In The opening paragraph rela-
tive 40 The di.positiop Of ,he body Of
IN. ,..,.tr,xs after d.nth Il, ,.sfoi lnw. .
aImmedfs,eiy vpon my deatb notice
.harrof .hall he given 10 the president
Of Miriam lodge and Adolnh Eesen-
trnter. The inter .hn!l perform the fu-
nernl services antl be mid SIS therefor.
md he .hal, n,,o ,rIeora nh informn,;on
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
MEEKER HERALD.
Saeekcr. Cols,rn.lo.
KISSING BY TELEPHONE.
keves rsss.......s .. which ws.-
- seemed % FisA CsasiAer-
ahle Satisfaction.

When the woman At the soda winter
fountain turned round to pay her bill
she saw the fat clerk braced back
against the Perfumery stand. tanning
himself Imply. says the New York
Sun.
"Did you hear that?" he asked.
"Hear what?" said the woman.
"What?" he repeated. incrcdulous-
~. 'It doesn't seem possible that
anybody could become 30 absorbed in
= glass of ice cream soda us to miss
TINT. I nm talking Of the osculatory
performance Of the woman who just
went away from the phone.
Honestly, that custom is new
one on me. I've been working in
drug stores. one place and another.
good many years. and have heard
several millions Of women talk
through the phone, but this In the
first time ever heard one Of them
kiss over the wire.
-'Sure. didn't you heur It? Why.
tho smnck sounded like popgun,
I'll bet the fellow at the other end
Of the line caught it, all right. He
couldn't miss It. even II he was away
out in San Francisco.
~ wonder If this thing Of ending
telephone conversation ia some
thing new, or II II an old fad thnt
am Just catching on to because i am
no mortal green? I'm used to hcnr.
ing pct names slmng over the wire by
the dictionary full. but this Ia my
hrst kiss. hRurntively speaking. It's
funny. I.ong-distnnce kisses may bs
old style In other parts of the town
but tell YOU they're novelty here
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10

The king of England has ten maces.
which are kept in the Tower Of Lon
don. They are all of different de-
grees and will be used at the corona
tion. The lords have their own mace.
and will not allow the house Of COM
mons mace to enter their house. It
accompanies the commons to the door
of their lordships' house. but it is al
ways left outside.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
THEY HAVE HARD SERVICE.
Sioa Have Anything Bat a.
Easy Time.

The French foreign legion, which is
again the subject of Partisan political
gossip. offers about the hardest mill
itnry service in the world. and no one
who knows enters It until he has ex-
hausted all other means of support or
wishes to bury himself. says n London
paper. Men of all nations are in its
ranks. many of them hard characters,
criminals and jailbirds. and it is al
ways sent by France to do the dirty
work which that country naturally
does not choose to impose upon its own
children.
Thus II has held the frontiers of the
African colonies, where every now and
then post is cut to bits by n wild Arab
tribe. The fever-infested portions Of
Cainbn,liu and Indo-China. which Lodi
has described. have also been The scene
Of Its exploits. The discipline. too. is
most severe. FIogying liz II daily occur
renee and capital punishment is the
| result of the most trivial ofYenses.
Thus the eases Of insanity in the legion
are Of much larger number than IN
any other branch Of the French service.
A physician who has been studying the
insanity OF the lceiona rips xnys that a
majority Of the eases are well devel-
opcd when the men enlist, since few
sane men would ever accept the condi-
lions know to exist in this corps. He
adds that In his opinion many men shot
for breaches OF discipline were not
mentally responsible, and he says that
he same trouble mny cnuse the insub-
Ordination among the French troops
with the allies in China.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
a...,. Nay AIoli.h H.r MOBILITY.

At present the cars subjcsts are
divided into four general classes-the
nobility, the clergy, the Inhabitants
of the towns and those of the coun-
try. says . st. Petersburg corrc-
spondent. The nobility Is itself of
two kinds, hereditary and personal.
An officer acquires life nobility on
acquiring a certain rank in the army
or navy. Those who attain the rank
of colonel in the army and of captain
in the navy become hereditary no.
bles. 1t h most probable that when
the proposed reform of the Russian
system Of class organization takes
place the nobility will cease to exist
~ . separate class In the nation.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
no atuax SEQ Life.

The German Antarctic expedition
which will start for Kerguelen Is
land in q few months will give spe-
cial attention to the study Of sea life
and it's economic aspects. None Of
the useful varieties of fish il yet
known TO exist in Antarctic waters.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10

For many generations after the
hrst bale OF cotton raised In the Unit
ed States was sent to market most of
the cotton plantations Of the country
were east of the Mississippi. hut now
nearly one.haif Of the entire Ameri.
can crop of cotton comes from the
territory west Of the river.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10

Go i. alone. Don't uss your best
friend for crutch.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
Avon STRINGS. n. y, Feb. 1. 1901.

MEDICINE
M street. New York "stained .. ot Ashmalnr
After using hntt. her Asthma
Y0urs Respectfully. o. ID. PHELPS. ID.
Bros. MEDICINE Go Ri.
n
Of
hand
address, 235 Rvingt0n RAPHAEL.
st..
Trial Bottle Sent Absolutely Free
Do Write addressing MEDI-
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
Trial Bottle Ab*utely Free on Receipt If POST

addressing TAFT BROS' MEDI-
CINE CO. 10 East SOth st.. New York CITY,
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
Rev. DIR. Morris Wu.h.ler,

NdDU ~ INp ChNV. BIIAl ISrAtI.
New YORK. jar; 3. 1871.
DIS TAFT Bios. MEDICINE Co.
Gentlemen: Your AsthmaieIe is al,
excellent r. NEEDY for Asthma aud Hay
Fever. and it's composition ;lleviatps all
troubles which combine with Asthma.
Its snccess is astonishing and wonderful.
After having It carefully anal,z ID.
we can state tilAt Asthinaleiie contains
M opium. morphine. cI,inrOfnrm or
REV. DIR. MORRIS WECHSLER.
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10
ASTHMACUREFRE
Asthmalens Brings Instant Relief and Permanent
Cure IN All Gases.
SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE ON RECEIPT OF POSTAL.
WRITE NAME AND ADDRESS PLAINLY.

There is nothing like Asthmalehe.
It brings instant relief. even IN the
worst CASES. 1t cures when all else fails.
The Rev. q. +. WELLS, of Villa
Ridge. ILL.,. says: Your trial bottle of
Astfmaleilr received III good condition.
| cannUt tell yoi how thankful feel for
the go,d derived from it. was slave,
chained with putrid sore throat and
Asthma for ten years. despaired OF
ever being cured. saw Your adver-
tisement for the cure OF this dreadful
and tOrmentinx d'sease. Asthma. and
thought you had OverspOken yourselves
but resolved to give it ~ trial. 10 my
establishment. the trial acted like u
charm. Send me IL fiil-size bottle"
The Meeker herald., 1901-08-10

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