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The Meeker herald., 1902-05-03

a stranger slept in the town jai
Wednesday night. The guest SAID tina,
Meeker WAS - of u town when they
would shut man up for getting II
little full and having good time.
The Meeker herald., 1902-05-03

The travelling public aud those of our
citizens who enjoy II ride behind pair
of good horses will please note the
livery adj nf Messrs. Lowe & Walden
in this issue of TIE HERALD. These
gentlemen will treat you right.
The Meeker herald., 1902-05-03

f. McKimpson OF Sweetwater county.
Wyoming. came in IL few DAYS ago aud
will take up his permanent residence
with his son, Clarence. of Powell Park.
We are sorry To announce that Mrs
j. W. &. Shepherd, who has been stop
ping at the Miller house for some time,
is quite i'll.
Ed Dalton is now in the new butcher
shop. lie left the uugns store last
Thursday and began to cut meat.
DR. Frencl, reported baby girl at
the home of Mr.. aud Mrs. Harley
Wyman Tuesday morning.
Miss Bessie Watson has been very
sick during the past week but is re-
covering rapidly.
The Methodist ladies' gave most en-
joyable supper in tile Odd Fellows hall
Friday evening.
The New Century Reading club met
with Mrs. G. g. Owens Friday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. l.. Pattison of
Bnford, were Meeker visitors .Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". w. Clevenger re-
turned from California Monday even
ing.
James Henry has pneumonia and is
very sick. Er Bell has been attending
Henry Wolcott left Tuesday morning
for Thornburg.
Dell Burili has sold his water route to
Ed Redpath.
Six Rooms For Rent.
Newly papered and painted through
oat Apply I" Mrs. NJ T.. Harp.
The Meeker herald., 1902-05-03

Y. +. Welch has been improving hi.
hoine on Park avenue. The house h;i.
been raised and Il new foundation pul
under. 1t also has Il nice new coat OF
paint. Il new porch in front and another
room OF: the rear. -
The Meeker herald., 1902-05-03

y school election will be held Monday
in the Hay Il Walbridge office next
door to The HERALD building. A. G.
Moult"n has resigned his position on
the Mnird and w. 4. Simpsons term
expires.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Great Egg Yield from Cow Peas


During the past week, says South
ern Planter, subscriber called on us
and in the course of conversation said:
Il had wonderful egg yield from my
hens last winter, and 1 want to tell the
farmers how I secured it. [ had an
acre or two OF cow-peas sowed near
the buildings. In consequence of
scarceness OF labor, l was unable TO
get all the peas gathered--in fact, a
large part of them remained de-
clded to let vines and peas die down on
the land and. lie there all winter The
mems soon found the peas and they lit
orally lived on the patch until spring.
and gave us eggs in quantity all the
time. This report as to the value of
coWpeas as winter feed is con-
trned by report from gentleman
IN Maryland who followed the same
plan. His hens harvested the peas
from plot of land last winter, with
the result that he had eggs when none
OF his neighbors had any. We have
before advised the feeding of cowpeas
to hens as their richness in protein
indicates that they should make eggs.
Ii you have no cowpeas, and even if
you have the peas, we would advise
the feeding along with them of. wheat,
oats, buchwheat and corn mixed for
one feed per day, with a hot mash in
the morning during the cold weather.
Inc cowpeas may largely take the
place Of cut bone if you have them.
Cut bone and meat scraps should,
however, be fed twice week. With
such feeding good, dry, warm houses
and young, healthy flocks. eggs should
be plentiful all through the winter
that is. assuming that you are keeping
good laying variety, such as Leg
horns. Plymouth Rocks or Wyandottes.
We have found that cross bred hens
the product, for instance. of a pure
bred Leshorn rooster on Plymouth
ROCK hens-are better layers than the
pure breed.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Reversion to Old Typos.

Darwin, in his observations upon the
variations of swine under domestica-
ton, has the following touching the
tendency OF domesticated animals to
revert to their feral (wild) type:
The common belief that all domesti-
Gated animals, when they run wild,
revert completely to the character OF
their parent stock, is chiefly founded,
as far as l can discover, on feral pigs.
But even in this case the belief is not
grounded on sufficient evidence; for
the two main types of S. scrofa and S.
indicus have never been distinguished
in feral state. The young re-acquire
their longitudinal stripes and the
boars invariably re-assume their tusks
They revert also in the general shape
OF their bodies, and in the length of
their legs and muzzles. to the state of
the wild animals as might have been
expected from the amount of exercise
they are compelled to take in search
or food. In Jamaica the feral pigs
do not acquire the full size of the
European wild boar, never attaining a
greater height than twenty inches at
the shoulder.
In various countries they reassume
their original bristly covering, but in
different degrees, dependent on the eli
mate; thus, according to Roulin, the
semi-feral pigs in the hot valleys Of
New Granada are very scantily clothed,
whereas, on the Paramos. at a height
Of from 1000 to 5000 feet; they ac-
quire thick covering of wool lying
under the bristles, like that on the
truly wild pigs of France. These pigs
on the Paramos are small and stunted.
The wild boar of India is said to
have the bristles at the end of its tail
arranged like the plumes of an arrow,
whilst the European boar has simple
tuft; and it is a curious fact that many,
but not all, of the feral pigs in ia
maica, derived from a Spanish stock.
has plumed tail With respect to
color, feral pigs generally revert to
that Of the wild boar; but, in certain
parts of South America, some of the
semi-feral pigs have curious white
band across their stomachs; and in
certain other hot places the pigs are
red, and this color has likewise occa-
sionally been observed in the feral
pigs of Jamaica. From these several
facts we see that with pigs. when feral,
there is strong tendency to revert
to the wild type: but that this tenden-
cy is largely governed by the nature
OF the climate, amount of exercise, and
other causes Of change to which they
have been subjected
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

| in her hand and uses specially made
pair of scissors to remove the young
mollusk from the collector. The mol
lusk's next station in life il what ID
known as an ambulance. which ID an
apparatus designed to protect It from
its various enemies. The ambulance
is long. shallow box, with wire net
ting at the top and bottom, through
which the water can pass freely, but
which keeps fish, crabs, etc, on the
outside. The boxes contain as many
as 5000 oysters and are firmly staked
down to the bottom of the water.
The oysters remain in these boxes
three months, during which time they
are well looked after and given fre-
quent washings. At the end of this
time they are from two to two and
half inches in diameter They are
then large enough to be sold, but there
is not much profit in oysters OF that
size, so that they are thrown down in
the water, now being large enough to
take care of themselves, and allowed
to remain for two or three years. After
they reach the age Of three years they
do not grow any more, so that there
is no object in keeping them any long
er, and they are accordingly sold.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Suvy4afi10R.

Rub the skin with pure white vase
line, cold cream Or oil, before using
any powder or liquid rouge, as it pro-
tects the skin.
Red wells which reject certain rays
of the sun will protect the face from
freckles and red parasol is said to
effect the same result.
1t is said that if lump of sugar il
dropped into a metal teapot when it
is put away after being used, the dis
agreeable odors and lavors that such
a pot is apt to impart to tea will be
obviated. The best way to avoid them,
however, is to use an earthen teapot.
For the relief of hay fever a contrib
utor to the Lancet recommends the in
haIatlon OF the vapor Of camphor and
steam, the vapor being made to come
in contact with the surface of the face
surrounding the nose by means of J.
paper cone placed with the narrow end
downward in basin containing hot
water and a dram of coursely DOW
dered camphor. The treatment should
be continued for ten to twenty minutes
and repeated three or four times in as
many hours.
The following recipe has been given
for bath that will make plaster fig
ures look like marble: Put two gener-
Gus quarts of water into an agate ket-
tie with an ounce OF pure curd soap
and an ounce Of white bees-waX cut
into small pieces; let this dissolve over
a slow fire. and when all the ingredi-
ents are thoroughly mixed tie fine
iY,tD
the liquid; take the figure out and hold
it in the air for five minutes, and then
again dip it into the liquid; let the
figure dry for few days, and then rub
it with soft flannel.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

pint Of rich milk thickened with a
Of -four. Pour over the
water in which the asparagus was
boiled, add the tips, q gill of cream and
season with salt and pepper. Boil all
together for moment and serve with
toast or crackers
Haricot Beans.-A variety Of dishes
may be made of beans which have
been soaked over night, boiled until
tender, and then strained through
sieve and seasoned with salt and pep
per. They may be made into a plain
loaf, sprinkled with bread crumbs, dot
ted with butter, and baked, or mixed
with a cream sauce and similarly
treated, or made into plain cro-
quette. dipped in batter and fried.
Beet Pudding.-The following recipe
is credited to Juliet Carson: Boil the
beets until tender, peel and cut into
dice. To pint of beets add a pint of
milk, two or three eggs we'll beaten,
seasoning of salt and pepper and pos
sibly trace of nutmeg. Place in an
earthen dish and bake until the Gus
tard is set
Hinged Potato.-Peel large potatoes
cut them round and round as one one
would pare an apple, fry in very hot
lard until brown, drain on sieve,
sprinkle with salt and serve.
Breakfast Veal.-Thoroughly butter
an oval baking dish, and fill with cold
stewed bits of veal seasoned with
pepper salt and little nutmeg and
alternated with layers of bread
crumbs; moisten with gravy, put bits
OF butter over the top and bake for
20 to 80 minutes. Turn onto a hot
platter and serve. If not too moist it
will keep it's form when placed on the
platter.
Cocoanut Jumbles.-One scant cup
Of butter i " cups Of pulverized sugar,
eggs, l cup of flour, l pound of
grated cocoanut, drop on tins with ia
blespoon.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Keeping summer Boarders,

Remember that the boarders ara
with you in the country for their own
pleasure, and not for yours, and try
and adapt yourself to them, rather
than demand that they should adapt
themselves to you,'' writes Caroline
Benedict Burrell on keeping Summer
Boarders with Success" in the May
Ladies' Home Journal. "One of the
simplest ways of making them COM
Portable is to give them their meals by
themselves and at their own hours. AS
your family is accustomed to early ris-
ing you can have an early breakfast.
and have it all over before the guests
will wish to rise. So with the dinner
and supper. This may seem to entail
great deal of trouble on the farmers
wife; yet trial will convince her that
1t is the most satisfactory arrangement
all around, the extra trouble not worth
considering. AS to the food, city peo-
pie expect certain things on farm,
rome of them too difficult to provide
good drinking water, plenty of milk
and cream. fresh eggs and butter, vege-
cables in abundance and fruit in
season. If these are all that they
should be it will be found that allow
ances will be made if the meat is not
of the quality to be had in city mar
kets, and if there are few fancy dishes
of any Sort
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Items Of Interest,

Ii Hung Chang's wife, the March
F.. ioness Lii, is reckoned a great beauty
in China and is also one OF the clev-
crest women in that country. Though
close tor perhaps over-60 years
old, she does not look a day over 35.
Her wardrobe is something tremend-
Gus, including between 5000 and 1000
garments, of which 500 are of the fin-
est fur.
One of the unexpected uses OF the
refrlgerating machine is found in min
ing. AT great depths or at compare
lively shallow depths in some mines
work On valuable veins Of metal or
coal has been abandoned because Of
the heat. But engineers declare that
With the use Of modern refrigeratinS 5
apparatus to cool the air it will be
possible to go several thousand feet
lower in case rich vein of precious
metal or even coal warranted the ad-
ditional expense.
The beautiful forest known as the
Wild park, the property OF the kaiser
at Potsdam, will probably be closed
to the public in a short time forever.
For this the rowdy Berliners have
only themselves to thank. Against the
regulations the woods are made hide
GUS with paper in which provisions
have been wrapped and the deer are
continually being frightened by lne
catcalls OF the holiday crowds. The
respectable few who love the forest
for its rare beauty will have to suffer
for the rough dolngs OF the mass.
South Carolina cotton mills which
nave heretofore been devoted almost
exclusively to the manufacture OF
coarse goods are now preparing To
turn out finer grades because the war
In China has curtailed the demand for
the coarser goods. This may prove
10 pe a fortunate clrcums ,ance, Civ
ing the southern mills an opportunity
TO demonstrate their capa abllites in
the matter OF competing with other
mills IN the manufacture Of the finer
grades OF cotton goods.
A queer action at law has been BE-
gun IN Jasper county, Missouri A
woman has sued her divorced husband
for $1,000, which she alleged she has
expended in providing food, lodging,
clothing and schooling for his four
children since he abandoned her and
left the children to her care. TIE
petition sets forth that they were mar
ried Feb. "a, 1850, and had four chill
dren; that he abandoned her in 1889,
and that she secured a divorce in 1898;
that he has done nothing in support
OF the children since he left her.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Curiositics in Studying the Dictionary.


There are two words in the whole
range of the English language, says
Tit-Bits, that contain all the vowels in
their regular order. They are abstemi
Gus and facetious. The following words
each have them in irregular order:
Authoritative, disadvantageous, en-
couraging, etlicacious, instantaneous,
importunate, mendacious, nefarious,
precarlous, pertinacious, sacrilegiOus,
simultaneous, tenacious, unintentional,
unobjectionable, unequivocal, undis-
coveraDle and VeXatiouS. 1t is usually
said that there are but seven nine-let-
tered monosyllable words in English
viz: Scratched, stretched, scrunched,
scranched, screeched, squelched and
staunched.
Here are some of the shortest SEN
tences into which the alphabet can be
compressed: -. Gray. pack with my
box five dozen Quills," 33 letters
"Quack, glad zephyr watt my javelin-
box" 81 letters. 'Phiz, styX, wrong j.,
buck flame, quib," 27 letters. "Jove,
quartz pyX, who fling muck-beds," 20
letters. "Fitz j. quick! land! hew
gypsum box," 27 letters. "Dumpty j.
quiz! whirl back fogs next" 2S letters
Export my J. fund. Quiz black
whigs," q letters. -. get nymph, quiz
and brow, fix luck" q letters. In more
sober English, the last one would be,
Marry, be cheerful, watch your busi-
ness"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
THE SENSITIVE KETTLE.

g! don't feel WELL. the kettle sighed.
The pot responded, "Eh?
Then doubtless that's the reason, ma rTn
You do not sing to-day
But what's amiss?" the kettle sobbed,
Why, sir, you're surely blind, .
Or you'd have noticed that the cook
Is shockingly unkind.
Il watched her make a cake just now
If Id pair Of legs
I'd run away!-oh. dear. oh, dear,
How she did beat the eggs!
Nor was that all---remember. please,
'Tis truth 1 tell to you
For with my own two eyes / saw
Her stone the raisins. too!
And afterwards dreadful sight,
felt inclined to scream!-
The cruel creature took fork
And soundly whipped the cream!
Now can you wonder that my nerves
Have rather given way?
Although I'm at the boiling point,
! cannot sing to-day"
Felix Leigh in Family Herald
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
The Cultivation OF Oysters in the Neither
lands.

One of the most novel and pictur-
esque way of raising the bivalves is
that Of the people of the Netherlands.
The center of this industry in Hol-
land is the little town of Goes, on the
island Of South BeveIand, in the prov
ince Of Zealand. Nearly every one in
the town gets his or her living from
the fisheries, and the greatest feature
Of them all is the oyster industry.
Whole families are engaged in it al.
the year round, and if the pecuniary
results are not very large a comfort
able livelihood is the result, says the
Baltimore American.
The most important part of the work
begins in April, when the collectors
are placed in position. These are
rounded tiles. about foot long, which
are covered with mortar. On these
the white spat, or ova, OF the oysters
find lodgment and from 500 to 400 lar
vac Will become attached to a single
collector. The larvae are about one
one hundred and fiftieth of an inch
long and float on the surface of the
water until they stick to the collect
about eight feet long and two feet
wide, and are so arranged as to admit
of a free circulation of sea water. BY
August the collectors have generally
become pretty well covered, and they
are then taken ashore to be cleaned.
This job is attended to by the women.
who wear a picturesque and service
able costume consisting of tightly fit
ting red flannel knickerbockers. black
stockings, shirt waist with the
sleeves rolled up to the elbows. and
an odd-loolling sun bonnet.
Their duty is to cleanse the young
oysters from all kinds of impurities,
as well as to remove the small shells.
which might interfere with the oys-
ter's growth. After this separation
the tiles are replaced in the boxes,
where they remain until the autumn.
At this season they are taken out
again, and the oysters have grown to
the size Of silver quarter and are
old and strong enough to take care of
themselves without anything to cling
to, and they are consequently re-
moved.
Most of this work is also done by
the women, who seem to be more ex-
pert than the men. 1t is not an easy
job. for too hasty an attempt to effect
a separation may result in an injury
to the thin shell of the mollusk. In
spite of all the care taken there is a
loss of from 20 to 25 per cent Of the
oysters. A woman holds the collector
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
LIGHTHOUSE AND THE BlRbs..
Beneath the tall, white lighthouse

ssN' s'~OOS ~HNO - 0SUOos
Beneath the tall, white lighthouse
In the May morning sweet;
About out the 70. steep and rough gray rocks
thNX With rfnasted hssitstlnx feet.
For scattered far and wide the birds
r,.. Quiet. ss and ana cold; and dead, -
The fierce light overhead,
And as the frail moths in the summer
Fly e the candles blaze.
Rushed wildly at the splendor, finding
Death in those binding rays.
And here were bobolink. and wren. and
And purple fnch. and rosy srossbeak.
And king-birds quaint and dron:
Gay soldier blackbirds, wearing on their
Red. gold-edged epaulets.
And many homely. brown. red-breasted
Whose voice no child forgets.
And yellow birds-what shapes of per-
feet beauty!
And mingled with them unfamiliar warb-
That to far woods belong.
Hoy many an old and sun-steeped barn.
VIII miss about its caves
The twitter and the gleam of these swift
swallows!
And. swinging mid the leaves,
Ine orioles nest, all empty in the elm
tree,
win cold and silent be.
And never more these robins make the
meadows
Ring with their ecstasy
VIII not the gay swamp-border miss the
blackbirds
Whistling so loud and clear?
1{nl- 1nl{o
Lose something of it's cheer?
ing
Seem like a blotted page.
Celia Thaxter.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Production of Tea In the United States.

Production of Tea In the United States.
Secretary Wilson, in his forthcoming
report, will say: In my last report
attention was called to the efforts be-
ing made by the department in the
production of tea. For several wears
DIR. Charles U. Shepard, public -spir-
tied citizen of Summerville, S. c., has
been experimenting with a view to OBJ
tanning information as to the prac-
tlcability of producing American tea,
and his efforts promised so much OF
value that it seemed proper for the
department to render assistance in
certain directions. To this end ar
rangements were made with DR.. Shep-
ard whereby certain machinery, etc,
We're to be furnished in order to settle
some questions pertaining to the COM
mercial production OF tea Through
out the work the question of labor has
been an important one; but through
DR.. Shepards efforts there has been
adopted a method for utilizing the
labor of colored children. What DR..
Shepard has accomplished in this mat
ter in his region could undoubtedly
be brought about III other sections Of
the South, where much idle labor is
awaiting proper utilization Dr. Shep-
ard has established schools on his
place, and in these the children are
received and educated, and at the same
time are taught 20 pluck tea and per-
form other work IN connection with
the production Of the crop. For such
work fair wages are paid and in this
way interest is maintained. The ex-
periments so far conducted have
shown that tea may be produced in
the United States in two ways: "a
BY families in their gardens, as was
demonstrated years ago to be entirely
feasible; and, (2) on a commercial
scale, after the manner followed by
the British East Indian tea establish
ments and the beet-sugar industry.
The work at Summerville was started
with view of ascertaining whether
under favorable conditions tea plan
tations could be made to yield as
much as the average oriental produc-
ton, ard whether the crop could be
marketed at fair profit. The results
obtained have been affirmative, the
crop of 1900, although not so large as
expected early in the season, exceed
ing that of any previous year by at
least IL per cent, and the entire prod
uct being sold before it was all gath
cred to prominent Northern distri-
buting house at a price that gave
talr profit.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

Dispatches from Rapid City, So
OAK, state that much complaint is be-
ing made with reference to the atti-
tude of the Interior department toward
settlers in the Black Hills forest res
ervation After the forest reserve Was
established by Presidential prcclama-
ton Congress passed an act for the
protecllon of settlers within the boun-
darieS OF the reserve, comforting upon
them the right to file homesteads on
the lands settled upon and improved
by them. A great number of settlers
have taken advantage of this act, and
made their homestead entries 1t
seems that many of them did not make
entry until after the expiration of
ninety days from the date of filing the
plat OF the township in. which their
lands were located, and the Commis-
sioner of the General Land office is
now calling on them to show cause
why their entries should not be can
celed, because not made within ninety
days after the date of fling the plats.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

A convict in Sing Sing prison who
was in the bird business in New York
and has made the tanning of birds
study has. while temporarily engaged
at work outside the north prison wall.
caught and tanned a young robin,
which comes to him when he whistles
to it and fearlessly perches itself upon
his finger. Sometimes it goes with
him to his cell at night and perches
on his bookshelf. 1t is entirely at
home in the prison. 1t goes out with
him in the morning and stays near
while he is at work.