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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1902-03-22
PROFESSIONAL DOG wAs4ERs.
Queer Trade to ee Seen in Certain
Parts Of Paris.

Wide World Magazine: AS you walk
along certain parts of Paris your at
tenti0n IL sometimes attracted by the
barking OF a dog, and on such IN oc-
casion one of the Queerest Of the out
door trades of Paris is seen. Near the
waters edge, his black coat f1ecked
thickly with soap suds, stands the dog,
and over him, energetically shampoo
ing the soar into the long, hairy coat,
stands one OF the professional dog
washers WHO haunt the banks of the
Seine at stated spots from the POnt
d'Iena to the Pont Neuf. These men
lather and wash pet dogs, while their
owners look on from conveniently plac-
ed chairs. The fees range from sous
to franc. When the soaping opera
ton Is completed the dog Is dropped
into the river and encouraged to get rid
Of the dirt and soap by swim.
Sometimes the pet will swim straight
out. while the fair owner Is in ngonies
of fear lest some swiftly passing steam
er should strike it and end its bathing
and swimming days forever. On more
than one occasion the dog washer has
been driven 10 plunge In and rescue the
bewildered animal lest the Infatuated
owner should claim compensation for
his csrelessncss. With some Parislen-
mes this weekly pet washing is cere-
mony of Importance. The dainty lady.
alighting from her smart victoria, goes
down the steps to the washing place
chosen, preceded by her footman car
rying or leading the dog. as the case
may be, and then. seated under a sun
shade. she directs the toilet of Fiji or
Nero with tender solicitude. The toilet
des chiens ut the fashionable spots in
cludes warm, fieecy towels, peignOir
de balm while the dogs hair Is being
curled, combed, singed or cut, and a
length Of ribbon of Il selected color to
tie round its neck at the finish.
A fee of francs cannot be consider
ed excessive for toilet" including n
clipping, during which Fiji or Nero is
held firmly by the lady proprietress
Of the Establishment des Bains, while
her assistant uses the patent shears.
When all has been completed the VIC
tim. wagging his tail with conscious
pride, proceeds to the carriage with his
proud and happy mistress, and drives
away in state, yelping at dogs less
aristocratic than he.
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MISTAKES IN .uos,xo DISTANCE.


An Opsratio. That Is Net ~ Easy -
It Seems.
A familiar example OF the vaGueness
Of our mental ideas on the dimensions
of familiar objects Is the trick by
which q number Of people are induced
to measure OF upon the wall what
they consider to be the height of q
top hat. Success in this feat IL rare,
and the estimation in yards or miles
Of distances in the open air Ia no less
dlmcult. though often considerably
more useful.
Generally, Of course. 1t is the level
surface or one filed with monotonous
features many times repeated which Is
most underestimate, while diversif-.
cation seems to impress the mind with
greater emotion of extent.
Even SO, the usual tendency Is
greatly to underestimate distances of
more than a quarter of a mile, while
the differences between the guesswork
computations of various members of
the same party are often extraordi-
nary.
Ip our ordinary life we have rarely
need for ascertaining in actual yards
the distance of objects under observa-
ton, and our faculty of estimation Is
not developed much further when we
have once left the stage behind at
which all the objects in a room. for
instance, appear to the infant to be
equally within its grasp.
The difHculty of judging distance is
much increased over an undulatory or
hilly surface, whether 1t is desired to
find out the actual superficial measure
ments or the 'air line" as the Ger
mans term 1t, for rifle shooting In
sport or war. In this last application
the training of the faculty Is extreme
ly important. and in actual fact often
extremely imperfect.
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A THOUGHTFUL MAID.
senator Clark's Art Gem Was Not
Properly Appreciated.

senator ClAfk's Art Gem was NOT
Properly Appreciated.
Senator w. A. Clark is an enthusiasts
tic collector of paintings. especially of
the nude. Not very many months ago
he received a number of friends at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Culver, in
Fifty-eighth street. Especially for that
occasion the senator had bought what
he declared fine little piece of nude
art, daintily framed and set conspicu-
ously on mantel, so as to catch at
once the eye OF any person entering the
room.
The senator had personally picked
the spot where to place his new ac-
QUESTION and was not a little surprised
to find a short time afterward that a.
huge bouquet of roses had been care-
fully placed SO as to hide the picture.
The owner of the picture removed
the bouquet. but within 10 minutes, as
he passed the spot to cast loving
glance at his pet, there was the bou-
quet again.
Twice more the operation was re-
peated. Then the senator decided to-
lie In wait to catch the culprit. Before
long he discovered the miscreant in
the maid in waiting at the door.
please SIR" she exclaimed, blushing
pink. Il thought what 'ud the people
say If they saw a thing like that star
In them in the face as they came into
the room. an thought I'd like to
save the reputation of the house"
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Tn. British seh.olbo, o. A.,..,..

The british sehoolboy ON Animals.
A correspondent who offered prizes
In different schools for essays on kind
ness to animals sends US q few ex-
tracts from the papers received:
There are two kinds of animals. and
they are the quadruped and biped; the
quadruped is lions and tigers and such
like and the biped is BIRDS"
Some people kick the poor dog and
give 1t no food. Then the poor animal
bites the first person 1t comes to, and
this causes the person to have idipho-
berry, and the animal gets killed. This
is all through the people giving tho
animal nothing to eat"
Animals do not go to church nor
say any prayers. They never sit down
to get their meals. and we do"
when the animal dies 1t il NO more
good except for food, but when we die
we have resurrection westminste
Gazette.
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iearn that there is at least one dreaded discs e
that science has been able to cure In all its
stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure IL the only positive cure now known TO the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure In taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the SYSTEM thereby destroying tho
foundation Of the disease. and giving the patti emit
Nssistlng nature Ia doing Its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith In its curative
powers that they Offer Oae Hundred Dollars for
Address +. J. CHENEY I CO., Toledo, q
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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The hand and eye of the child can
be trained by means Of paper cutting.
This should be led up to by paper
tearing, until the little one is old
enough to hold pair of scissors 1t
is a good practice to take a picture
containing many objects, cut them
out and arrange them on colored pa
per. II the picture represents a farm
yard, for instance. all the animals
must be cut out and pasted on the
colored paper in positions similar to
their original ones. Minor details
can be copied on the background In
pen and ink. In this way children un-
consciously get an idea Of proportion
and prospective.
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hours to digest iresh e&R
soft boiled; three hours to digest boiled
apple dumping; three hours to digest
fresh roast beef. In fact, three hours is
about the time required to digest the
average twelve minute lunch. The OBJ
jcct Of the nasty lunch is to let the busy
man get back to his Office work. But
when the brain is active, the stomach is
inactive for lack Of necessary blood. The
natural consequence is indigestion. and
indigestion opeus tile door to many dis
cases.
i Indigestion is cured by the use Of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
which cures diseases Of the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition,
and enables tile perfect digestion and
assimilation of food.
ait is with heartfelt gratitude that send this
testimonial which wish you to publish with
my name and nddress.r writes MI. Willis Sea
had stomach trouble from childhood md suffered
with it more or less as grew up. At the age OF
| 70 was broken down with dyspePsia; Ny SUI
| ferinR was terrible. Could not eat without dis
| trcss. Could only cat a few certain things and
was not able to work half the time; Every thing
tried only gave nue. temporary Is,,e. ny M.e
took six bottles Of the Golden Medical Di.cov-
lets then felt 80 well that stopped taking
medicine. Several month"; have passed and
can do the hardest kind Of work can eat any
thing that Is set before me and enjoy it, am
II years old and this 10 the first time have ever
been we'll"
| Free. DR.. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser in paper covers is sent
| free on receipt of al one-cent stamps to
pay expense Of mailing only; or 81 stamps
for cloth-bound volume. Address DR.. r.
v. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y.
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The shirt worn by Charles l. to tn
scafrold has been auctiOned. on at 2
don correspondent OF the New York TT
bune.
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Tommy. my papa has bought two
fine spaniels and says that they are we'll
bred dogs. too what goods your we'll
bred dogs? I'd rather have gingerbread
dog any day"
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PUTNAM FADELEsS DYES are the
brightest, fastest aud easiest to usA
Sold by druggists, TO-. per package.

The duke of Marlborough IL believed
to be the possessor of the costliest paint
ing In the world. Raphaers Blenheima
Madonna" painted in 1907 and now val
ued at $3.50. 600.
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1t is claimed that $5.cOO0O0 worth of au
tomohiles have been sold by the dealer
who have their machines on exhibition
at the Chicago automobile show.
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EARLIEST RUSSIAN MILLET.
VIII you be short of hay, II So plant .
plenty OF this prodigaly prolific millst-
D to Tons of Rich Hay Per Acre.
Price 60 lbs. 81 90; 100 lbs. IS. Low freights.
John A. 6alzeT Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. w
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Edltor-How is that Beautiful Snow
poem? Assistant-It Is slush.
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Get bottle of Hamlin's Wizard Oil &c
day; 1t saves trips 10 the doctor! II cure
Headache and Toothache quickly.
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an. sure Piso's Cure for Consumption Avet
my life three years ago-Mrs THos. RoBBihs
Maple Street. Norwich. n. ". Feb. II. 1900
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stops tho Cough and
Works on the Cold
Laxative Bron,o Quinins Tablets. Price TX

Nothing Jars a man so much as the
discovery that he has married woman
who delights In coming down to his Of
fice and putting things In order.
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FITS Permanently Cured. Nonts Or nervousness afss
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barren titles Is the young earl OF Sea-
field. who at the age of twelve succeed
ed to an earldom, two viscounties and
two baronies. without SO much as a sin
gle acre OF land to maintain his digni-
ties,
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and found the Aa-
est remedy for .
cold that . @an
would want.
/" Sace fhea We
k2ve ased II for
colds. cskanh, In.
NUenEs aa6 Other
comp1AAnfs follow.
Ing Ia tho wake Of
incien1snt weather
and W. ~ feel wed
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People who laugh loudest don't always
enjoy themselves most.
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MICHAEL O.HALLRRAM

If you do not derive prompt and
satisfactory results from tho pse OF
Peruna write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement Of your case,
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
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JOHN e. PEAcEk.

drenched, . severe cold has followed
which II seemed impossible' to throw
Oft until ono Of them tried ReruDs.
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~
Minutes
for
Eun0h.

That is the average time
spent in a large city restau.
rant by three thousand
lunchers. 1t takes three
4.
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PefunA." a. g. SVVANSON.
Michael O'Halleran, Lieutenant Ser
geant of the Summerdale Station
Police Department, writes from 1898
W. Monroe street, Chicago. ILL.,:
Several Of the officers Of our sta-
ton have good reason to praise
Peruns. Several times when they
G0ewt h~1~~ - 49, -~s.. --,$ ---s -
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Officer A. @. Swanson writes from
GOT Harrison street, Council Bluffs,
Ia, Is follows:

s.As my duties
compelled me to be
Oesf In SH kinds OF
weafherIc0nfracted
Ssvere cold fro m
time to time. which
settled In the kid
neJA caHsing
D Sevee pains and
2 fr2abk In the pelvic
0sYaaA
nm now like q
new man, am In
ind 1iNe aN praise to
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-30

The Liverpool papers report an in
teresting lecture given in that city re-
Gently by Prof. Garner, the famous
student Of the monkey language. 1t
was his hrst public utterance since he
returned from his last sojourn in the
desert and the jungle. Behind him on
the stage was the rusty steel-wire cage
in which he is wont to take refuge
from the lion and the gorilla. He be-
gan the study IN 1884. Watching some
monkeys in the Chicago geological gar.
dens, it struck him that they were un.
mistakably conveying ideas to each
other by sounds. For three or four
years studied unsuccessfully, he
said. Then l placed a phonograph by
an unusually lOQuacious monkey in
Chicago, and succeeded in getting
some records. Then l took the cylin.
ders to New York monkey. Directly
l turned on the phonograph he showed
plainly that he understood. and he be.
gan to hunt for the other monkey in
the phonograph. Irecorded his replies
In another phonograph, and by the
frequency with which the reply was
made to the same remark it was clear
that the New York monkey could un.
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Il do not know the scientific reason
for the thing" said the travelling man,
who has recently made trip In the
mining regions of the west. but on
my last trip to some of the mining
towns in Oklahoma Territory particu.
larly. found that the miners are in
the habit of drinking tea almost ex-
clusively while toiling under the
earth. l asked the miners why it was,
and the only explanation they gave
was that water and coffee made them
sick at the stomach. Iced tea. they
said. was the best drink they had been
able to find, and the use Of this drink
left them without any sort of bad
effect. l made the trip down into one
Of the mines at South McAllister, an
experience by no means without inter-
est to a person not familiar with the
lives the subterranean toiler is forced
to lead. Incidentally I may remark
that found mule in the mine which
had not seen the light Of day for more
than six years. and the animal, be-
cause Of the operation of the principle
of disuse, was as blind as bat. So
far as l could judge he had CON-
pletely lost the sense of sight. But
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Iced Tea Beverage
of Inestimable Value
to Toilers in Mines

his hearing was good and the least
noise made by shift of his food bas
ket would cause him to prick up his
ears in fifty. His sense of hearing
was marvellous in many respects. and
l guess it was due to the fact that the
loss Of sight had strengthened all
the other senses of the animal. But
coming back to the subject of tea
while engaged in the mine was practi-
cally new thing, but had become
very extensive in a short space of
time.
ut has been a great boon to the
miners to find liquid which would
appease the throat without nauseat-
ing them. and Strengthening them at
the same time in no small degree.
Some of the more thoughtful miners
told nc thai TIA a-asa-at tea III the
mines had proven Of great benefit to
the men in many ways, for prior to Its
introduction there was much suffer
ing. If the men drank water it made
them sick. II they did not drink it
they would almost perish. Some
thing was needed badly and tea is the
best thing they have been able to
find"
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BIBLE IN BROAD SCOTCH.
Scriptures Translated Into Fearful and
Wonderful Language.

Scriptures Translated Into Fearful and
Wonderful Language.
The London Chronicle says that the
Bible rendered into braid Scots" Is
the latest crime in translation, far
surprising the horrors of even the
phonetic Bible" and the modern
English" version. The criminal in
this case is a Canadian minister with
the unsuspicious name of William
Wye Smith. In an Introduction he
makes his apology for thinking such
an offense desirable: And thar are
hantle O. folk-and l meet them a.
gate-wha dinna speak Scots their
sells, but are keen to hear it, and like
to read it. And thar is anither con-
sideration-the Scots tongue is no get
tin extendit, and some folk think it
may be tint a. the either or lang"
OF the translation itself the follow
ing passage from the twelfth chapter
of Revelations will give fair idea:
And the yirth helpit the wumman;
and the yirth open't her mou', and
swallowed up the spate that the ORA
ron belched forth frae his mooth.
And the Dragon was fu' o wrath
again the wumman, and he gaed ava
70 max war VI the lave of her BARNS
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SUMMER VACATIONS.

Are pleasant or otherwise - W
choose to make them. To begin right
see chat yosr ticket reads via such
lines - Will afford the most comfort
and rob your Journey Of every feature
OF ennui or fatigue. The southern
Pacihc-Sunset Route is perfectly
equipped. the track rock ballasted
and smooth. and 10 operated on the
most approved methods known to the
railway world. Round trip summer
excursion tickets are now on sale at
very reduced rates to points in Ala
bama. Arkansas. Coloraoo. Georgia,
Iowa. Kentucky. Maryland M.assa'
chusetts, Michigan. Minnesota, Mis-.
sissippt. New York. North Carolina,
Ohio. Pennsylvania. South Carolina.
Tennessee. Virginia. West Virginia
Wisconsin. Try . trip to New York
via New Orleans and Cromwell Line.
it's delightful. For literature and
rates write,
T. j. ANDERSON,
A. G. p. A.
M. L. ROBBINS,
G. Y. 4 T. A.
houston TAxaA
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ANCIENT AMERICAN MAPS
Records Mode by Indians Which Date Back
Many Centuries

The Oldest maps in America are to
be found in Arizona and Texas. How
old they are may not be said. but they
date back many centuries. The Indian
has left behind him many records. IN
his rude implements of peace and war.
fare-his knives, arrows, axes, spears,
vessels, mortars, Quoits, etc. we can
read to-day the history of prehistoric
races, their habits and customs, their
social life, their tribal relations, their
occupations and their pastimes. From
picture writings we gain additional in
sight into the ways OF these primi-
tive people. 1t now appears that some
of these early dwellers in the land
were map-makers of no mean ability.
The traditions of some Of the tribes OF
Arizona, Texas and Mexico held init
mate relations with each other, and
their inhabitants travelled back nd
forth from country to country for CEN
turies.
In Tenaja canyon, Tex, are unmis-.
taxable evidences of this. The lay Of
the land is such as to make this can
yon the natural pass for large area
of country north and south of that
point. The travel which has passed
through this canyon has worn the solid
rock of the trail to depth of not less
than three feet. Even though the re-
gion about were densely populated. it
must have taken three centuries to
wear through this adamantine path.
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The walls of the canyon, which are
perpendicular and smooth. are embel-
lished with lines carved in the rock,
and then traced over with paint of a
vermilion hue, so permanent as to
have lost but little of it's luster during
the centuries it has ornamented the
rock canvas.
The first discoveries Of those mark
ings were unable to decipher them or
guess their import. but subsequently
prospectors and plainsmen who visited
the canyon discovered in these lines
accurate maps of the country, with
the trails, mountain passes and water
holes indicated thereon. The makers
of these maps showed a thorough
knowledge of the country and accur-
acy as to relative distances and points
of the compass. 1t is now known
that some of these are maps OF Sec
tions of the country, with trails, vii
lagos, water wells, ETC., indicated upon
them. 1t is somewhat remarkable that
among the animals pictured on these
rocks are camels so lifelike as to ad-
NIT of no doubt as to their identity.
There can be no little question but
that the makers OF those pictures had
knowledge of Egypt or Arabia, or that
the camel was once Indigenous to this
country.
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Women Of the Antipodes,

The female voter, the female barris.
ter, the female auctioneer and the
female shareholder have already ar
rived at the Antipodes, and now the
lady juror and the lady magistrate
are promised. Asked whether he in
tended to introduce measure giving
women the right to act as jurors, the
premier of New South Wales replied:
81 see no reason why women should
not act as jurors
'They would take long time to
come to a decision" some member in
terjected.
THAT may be-" rejoined the pre-.
mier. II believe in women having the
same rights as men, and, so far as
l am concerned, l intend that the
women of New South Wales shall
have them."-London Chronicle.
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LANGUAGE OF MONKEYS A.
VIII Tssch . chmpanzss j
G<1G ><DG> 1G><10

derstand what the Chicagoan was say.
ing. I made several thousand expert
ments with the phonograph and Wis
tied every monkey In America. Then
determined to experiment on the
gorilla and chimpanzee. There were
none available in captivity; SO went
to their native Jungle, and in April.
1893, set up my cage on the south
side of Lake Nkami. For four months
l waited and watched for gorillas. but
only saw twenty-five, though it was In
the heart Of the gorilla country. They
were shy and pacific and would not
speak. During the four months we
were alone in the jungle differentiat'
ed and interpreted about ten of tho
sounds which Moses my chimpanzee.
made" The professor said that In
a few months he would return to A.
rica and work till his task was
achieved. He would not rest till he
could come on the platform leading
chimpanzee by the hand. which would
give unmistakable proof of its speak.
ing ability.