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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
En.ets Of night-Eyedness.

The majority of men and wom-
en-, according to DIR. George NJ.
Gould. ara not only right handed,
but right-eyed; that is, tie right
eye sees better than the left.
From this flow some curious re-
suits. Fer instance, rigIit-cycd-
ness explains why, in the develop
ment of violin-playing, the difficult
and rapid lingering was allotted
TO the less expert left hand, while
the easy bowling fell to the dex-
trous right hand. The reason, as
DIR. Gould thinks, is because the
ordinary position of the violin is
such that the right eye most read
lily gees the motions and positions
of the fingers on the strings. In
a similar way the right eye com
pels the more awkward left hand
to direct the gun barrel. Willie the
right has simply = hold the trig-
ger. In chopping, the weaker left
arm has to direct and enforce the
blow, while the stronger right
plays n subordinate part for the
convenience of the right eye.-Sci-
pncp
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In Korean Society.

Good society in Korea has many
curious customs. One Of these is
that widows must not remarry.
No widow in the really "smart set
would ever dream Of reinarrying.
however young she may be or how
ever soon the death of her hus-
band may have followed her we'd
ding. Married life in Korea is by
no means an unmixed blessing to
the woman, so perhaps perpetual
widowl.ood might not be Objec-
tionable II it were not for the ne
cessitx,.. of perpetuaily wearing
mourning for the departed This
means that during the whole OF
her life abe is limited to blue, black
and green as colors for her cos.
tunes.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06
BOSTON BEANS IN LONDON.
A Recipe That Would Give Any Gen.
uine New Highlander Paralysis
to Try to Follow.

One might persuade an Italian that a
digger Indian could learn to cook
spaghetti. and one might convince q
Chinaman that it does not need al ORR
entail chef to prepare chop suey. but no
one Will ever make q Yankee believe
that beans can be properly baked outside
OF New England. or at least by anybody
but New Highlander That conviction
will probably strengthen when EASTERN
ers review recent pitiable attempt to
impart the secret OF Boston beans" to
the people OF the mother country.
The recipe for the dclectable dish 10
found In the housewives column Of Pear
sons Weekly, London publication.
Soak half pint OF small haricourt
beans over night" 1t directs; drain nc xt
morning. Cover with boiling water.
and cook slowly for about two hours. To
test II they are done. take lip one or two
on spoon. blow on them, and if they are
done the skins crack.
Drain the beans when cooked" the
recipe goes on blithely. turn into deep
buttered dish. add u tablespoonful of
finely chopped onion as well as salt, pep
per. and half pint Of tomato pulp.
Cover closely and bake in slow oven
for four hours.
About quarter of an hour before
serving. remove the lid and put in all
ounce OF butter. Serve in the pot in
which the beans were cooked"
Haricot beans. soaked and parboiled
to the vanishing point, but baked only
four hours and without pork. at that,
This is bad enough. but the loyal New
Highlander will most bitterly resent the
insinuation that half pint would suf-
nee II Boston beans" were really in
question, Paul Bourget did not probe
very deeply into the domestic insti,u-
TONS OF this country, but even he learned
better than that
AT Marblehead." Bourget wrote in
series OF random jotting printed In a
Paris newspaper. "a curious earthen
vessel called bean.-pot. 1t and similar
being used. I am informed, to prepare
the Sunday breakfast of families: ca.
pacity OF the beans-pot. about two gall
Ions"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06

Some of the prominent men OF
Japan are Christians. To THIS
creed belong one member. Of tis.
imperial cabinet, two judges Of the,
supreme court, ;two Presidents :of
the lover Eouse of parliament
three vice ministers Of state. ll
TIE present parliament the presiii
dent and 13 members in a total
membership of 800 are Christians.
In the array there are 1l5 Chris,
tian officers, or about three per
cent. of all, and the two largest
ba;tlcships are commanded by
Christians. In Toxic three of the
daily papers have Christian ed
itOrs.--Argonaut.
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Safe way to stor. 7urs.

+ "Pawnbrokers are gradually be.
coming our business rivals in one
way" said the manager Of a stor-
age warehouse. "Women with
furs or silverware they want to
put away for the summer are get
ting into the habit of going to thu,
pawnbroker with them, instead Of
coming to US. In that way they
save the cost of storage, except
for the interest on the loan, and
have the use Of the money at the
same time. 1t is not necessary for
them to go to the pawnshops. Out
side men are employed in that
business who will call at their
home in response to a postal card.
AS rule these women never ask
for large amounts. Nor will they
admit that their furs are in pawn.
They call it storing. But they get
precisely the same sort of pawn.
tickets as the man who passes his
watch over the counter when he ia
hard JPN. Y. Sun.
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ABOUT THE lNcAs OF PERU.
Wine and Just Civic Administrators
Discouraged Crime Among
the People

When the Spanish first invaded
Peru the government of the Incaa
was in a fiourishing condition
there. 1t is said to have been the
most enlightened despotism that
ever existed and about tie near
est approach to Utopia that has
yet been reached by any people.
There wasa!lotted tocachman free
of Charge a dwelling site and cx-
tended area of land for him to cul-
| tivate for the maintenance OF his
family. The surplus Of products
from this tract, left Owe; from the
immediate needs Of the owner,
was given as tribute TO the Inca
government and used for re-
lipious, charitable and other pur-
poses at the sovereign city OF
Cuzco. Under the wise and just
civic administration ciire and
public corruption and theft wcrc
not known. In CuZco a resident
with 100 bars of silver and gold
piled up in his house left it wide
open, only placing small stick
across as q sign that the master
was ont-and nobody went in.
All tie tribe was divided into
numerous clans. The powers of
administration were conferred in
the elective dignitaries, Il military
leader and the head of the re-
ligious system. There was also a
council of chiefs. None of these
Offices was hereditary and they
could not be occupied by sons I'M
less they were specially chosen for
the position. Tie succession of
the chief Inca did not fall upon the
shoulders of his child. This was
due to the elan organization,
which governed the affairs Of
state. Inheritance was by mother
right. a man could not marry
woman Of his own elan, but lad to
select one from another. This was
the main unit for holding the tribe
together.
| Woman had no voice in the pub
lie affairs of the tribe, but ruled
supreme in the home. She was ad-
mitted to csotcric societies, OF
which there were many. Women
also practiced healing and became
priestesses.
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WILD LIFE OBSERVATION.
Few Persons Can Describe Accurately
What They Bee in the
Creatures.

Good Observer are probably about as
rare ~ good poets, says John Burroughs.
in ''On HumanIzirg the Animals" In
Century. Accurate seeirg-an eye that
takes In the whe.e truth. AID nothing
but the truth-Low rare indeed 1t is.
30 few persons know or car tell exactly
what they see; soiew per.oEs can draw
right Inference from an observed fact;
20 few psrsors car keep from reading
their own thoughts and prcoo-cepticn
Into what they see; only 4 person with
the scieL4iac habit Of mind can be trust
ID to report thihgs as they ere. Most Of
NJ 10 obse rving the wild life about Us.
eee more or see les o; the truth. We
see lees when our MINDS are Gui!, or
prsoccupied. or blunted by want Of IT,
tsfest. This is true of most country poo
pie. We see more when VIC read the lives
OF the wild creatures about Us IN the
light Of our human experience. and i'm
pute tp, the birds ard beasts human mo-
tivtS and methods This Is too often
true a The ehEer city man or woman who
solliss out Into the country TO study ma
tuts. 80
TIE tendency to sentimentalize nature
has In cur time. largely taken the place
a the old tendency to demonize and
sDtritise it. 1t is .anthropom orphism in
a1o<her form. less frausht with evil to
n. but equally in the. way Of clear
u11erstandfng OF the life about VI.
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Picking Tea BIZ Hand.

Although Ceylon is the greatest
tea-grOwing country in the world.
up to this time the entire product
has been packed by hand. One
man who has large tea interests
in Ceylon has just perfected ma
chine for packing the tea in small
packages. 1t is stated that tea
put up in this way, especially if en-
cased in tinfoil, will retain its fla
xor much longer than when put up
in large quantities. The machine
and one man will pack 80 packages
In minute, and the tea is SO
handled that the tea is not broken
n when packed by the hand
method. Several of these ma
chimes are now being installed on
the tea property of this planter
Warrington Star.
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NEW KIND OF SICKNESS.
Nalady Which Attacks workmen In
Compressed Air Chambers
Underground.

The successful plea of work
man at the West Ham police court
that his intoxication was due to
the absorption Of compressed air,
and not to alcohol, was regarded
by the uninitiated AZ more ingen-
ious tnan truthful. But the YER
ac:ty Of the workman was unin-
peachable, says the London Daily
Mail of q recent date.
Tic construction Of "tube" rail
ways in London has introduced to
the men who make thema disease
of which they knew nothing be-
fore. 1t is called "caisson sick
ness" and is brought about by
compressed air which is driven
into the tunnels to enable the men
to breathe.
In some aspects the outward
symptom are not unlike those of
alcoholic intoxication. The pain
suffered is acute. The pressure Of
the unnatural air, which is fire.
quentiy three times as dense AZ
the ordinary atmosphere, or up
proximately 45 pounds to the
square inch, occasionally breaks
the drums of the workinen's cars.
Paralysis, according TO an author
ity, suIervenes in severe cases,
and several deaths have occurred.
Maddning earache and tooth
ache afilict the majority Of the
workmcn, but the sickness almost
invariably announces itself in the
knee joints. So severe is the pain
that strong men cry and groan.
One sufferer has likcned it to the,
sensation Of "having the joints
twisted Off"
While the recently completed
Baker street and Waterloo rail
way tunnel was being made under
the Thames AZ cases of "caisson
sickness occurred among 100 men
In six months, and that despite the
nnremitting care of a well-known
physician who was in regular at
tendance.
The doctor allowed no one to en-
ter the tunnel whose heart was
not thoroughly sound or who was
addicted to the immode-ate use of
alcohol. At the end of each shift"
the men had to be carefully and
gradually "locked out'-madc &C.
customed to the outside air. But
in this undertaking the necessary
pressure was so exceptional that
when the imprisoned air escaped
upward the river for some dis.
lance bubb!cd like a mighty cal.
drOn, and barges could with diff.
6culty navigate it.
While compressed air is respon.
sible for many ills underground,
1t is used as a curative agency in
the sickroom, notably for asthma.
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THE RED CROSS in JAPAN.
Military Hospitals and Trained NURSE
Service L. Thorough and
Extensive.

The recent offer from America OF .
corps OF trained nurses who served In
American hospitals during the war with
Spain to come over and nurse sick and
wounded Japanese soldiers in the event
Of war with Russia is highly appreciated
by the Japanese people as an evidence
OF American sympathy. 1t would not be
possible. however, writes Eliza II. s.
Scidmore, In Chicago American, for for
eign nurses to be put to any use II they
were On the spot, as, aside from their
certain ignorance Of the japanese lan-
guaee, Japan has the mcde! field and
military hospital service of ell modern
armies. proved Its efficiency and prac-
teal superiority when worl ing SIDE by
side with the same service arms CT the
American. English. French, Russian.
German, Austrian and Italian forces Mt
ToIts.n and Picking in 1900. English
and American official reports ASSIGNED
the Japanl Sc tho palm for thorough sya-
TEN and smooth worl ing. perfection of
appointment and intelligent Geta!l.
Their hospital and medical service was
as smoath worsin2 and efficient in the
campaign OF iSs+'95. 1t I'D not break
down during the rapid mnrches up the
Corean peninsula and across Manchuria
to Port Arthur and NewchWang.
There are schools for trained nurses In
every large city in Japan, and in Toxic
the empress. as especial patroness Of the
Red Cross hospital and school! always
prcsides at the annual meeting and gives
the diplomas to the white-capped gradu-
ates. One of the imperial princesses has
taken the full course OF training. ard
other court ladies' are rs accomplished.
When the American minister suffered
stroi.c Of nlnplexy and died at hunt
ing party a year ago, there vas no ned
zeal nae within ten miles. but Baroness
Sannom!a, wife OF the grand master OF
cerem onics. had had training at the Rcd
Cross classes and was able to take entire
and intelligent charge until a profess
sional arrived.
In the north China campaign OF 1909
the Red Cross society WAS as active and
efficient. and every year some flood.
earthGual or disaster calls for the Red
Cross prompt relief.
There are branch societies In each
province Geach year the annual meet
ing Ia held at Toxic where 10000 MEM
bers often gather at the great outdoor
session in Uyeno park. One secs tho rib
bon ard insignia Of the order woln every
where these days. from Pr.ncessts Aris-
ugana and Fushuri. who actively pre-
side. down to the elderly matrons and
widows OF the provinces. TO whom the
function is an event comparable to the
great February sessions of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution at WASH
ington.
II II a pleasure to see some Of these
e'dAri, omen In their rich but severely
tinted crepe fimonos and heavy brocade
obs as they go about the capital sight
seeing. Dazzling as the street scenes
may be to them. they observe good form
and ride with the tinrikisha cover up
not out. In summer heat. autumn sun
shine. as in rain, the Japanese lady al
ways has tho jinrikisha hood drawn to
shelter her from common gaze.
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NO WONDER he COLLAPSED
npmstAing HIS wife Wanted Him "a
Do for Her That Knocked
Him Out

The merchant uttered . sharp sx-
clamatiou and sank back In his chair. A
telegram fell from his shaking hand.
His eyes were dilated, his face white.
and beads Of Precipitation stood on his
brow. The men In the outer ONCE whis-
pered among themselves, relates an ex-
change.
Touch Of heart disease!" asked one.
"No; the old man can't take up q note. !"
said another. i've heard rumors OF
that kind. We fellows will have to be
looking for another place"
"Get to work-he's coming to again. +"
The merchant wiped his brow. fetched
Q despairing sigh, picked up the paper
from the floor. frowned and stamped
his foot. a. II to summon all his resolu-
ton. placed the telegram on his desk.
and forced himself to read the bitter
message. This was II:
Dearest James: Please send Nthe
waist for my grosgrain suit At once.
You will remember the one. a. II has
revers on the front and chain-stitehed
biases on the back. II IL in the lower
trunk In the cupboard beside the back
room, under your winter overcoat. II
mot there. It must be In the sealed box
ON the third shelf In the front room
cupboard. II you don't hnd 1t there. 1t
must be somewhere slss. The trunk
keys are in the second wardrobe drawer.
unless they were put In the chiRonnier;
and think the keys are In vase on one
Of the mantels. Pack the waist 10 ~ mot
to wrinkle It: and. oh! James, please do
not swear! Your loving wife!"
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A bakers oven heated by electricity il
a novelty at acntaubaa. France. The
heating eiemen.s--nunberir a0-are
placed at the Size OF the iut.f.cr. and
hsat Is c,ici ly applied and cut o.f at
once. with : cons!ce:at.esa' ing il tine.
No heat is lost w. tie chimney. as the
OILY opening Is tie door through which
the bread is passed.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-08-06

Fishermen along the German ocean
used to look on deep sea research as 4
mere scientific fad. They changed their
mind when, in conseqrs nee OF these re-
searches. 100000 cod were caught in .
few days on new grounda
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Only One Dimeulty.

6cholar-Professor. your mnemonic
system Is wonderful. and am sure that
anyone. after mastering the rules, can
leara to remember anything. But an
handicapped BY one dimculty.
Profensor-What 10 TT
II can't renember the rules,"-ToWn
Aad Covntsy.
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Patience-Nhat reason had she
lor marrying him?
Patrice-Why, he had money.
THAT is not a reason; that 10 an
excuse. "-Yonkers Statesman.
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Flogging in England.

Flogging is still allowed in English
prisons as punishment for mutiny or
violence. but recently published statis-
tics make it doubtful whether even In
these extreme cases corporal punishment
serves the purpose for which i; Is Intend
ed. II is SHOWN that since the number
OF prison offenses for which Gofsirg WAS
allowed was reduced IN 1883 the number
of offenses against prison discipline has
decreased from 147 to 1871 per coo pris-
oners, while there has been an increase
in the number Of those offenses for
which the cat" Is still the penalty.
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CHASED THE WRONG MAN.
The Nan Who Was Running Was Just
Doing It for His APP
petite.

Tom Owens. the Gloucester iceman.
invited Philadelphia friend over for
days shooting in South Jersey. where
a cunning license is necessary nova
days, says the Philadelphia Press. Tom
has a license. and explained to his
friend, as he handed over gun, that
II game warden should happen along
he was to say nothing but saw wood.
They got SPORT. and in the course OF
the forenoon knocked over q dozen rab-
bits and started for home. When
about halfway there, a tall man
climbed over fence and came rapidly
toward the gunners. whereupon Owens
put his gun and rabbits in the hands OF
his friend and said: Follow this road
till you get home and walt there till
come"
Then he turned and ran like a deer.
with the tall man following. 1t was
the Woodbury. pike. and the race was
a close one. but Tom was finally over
hauled and brought up before JUS
tice of the peace.
What's the charger" asked the
squire.
Same old thing" said the game
warden, cunning without license"
You are fined $780," said the JUS
tice.
but I've got license" said Tom.
producing the document.
The squire grinned and the crowd
roarcd.
What in thunder did you run for!"
said the game warden.
IN apnRtffa - sail
Tom.
You chased the wrong man." said
the squire to the game warden.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1904-11-15
SANTOS VENTURA.

En- Ponce faIIeCi6 este obrero, an
CianO que tOdo eI mundo apreCiaba
alIf. Apesar de sus muchos afIos. 90
jovial c8F6cter no cambi6 nunca.
Era uno de esOG h0mbres. que fren-
te 81 dolor rfen siempre. como 81 to-
niendO de 10 vida amargas experien-
cias 10 envolvieran todo en- 81 despre.
clio de su burla.
Siempre SO le vefa alegre. una rara
algeria de hombre muy vividO. I asf.
buen puertorriQuefio como 10 son t0doG
sus familiaree, dij6rase que fue STEM
pre- noble empefio de 81 aconsejar sus
amigos j6venes con una leRltad = una
sinceridad Yerdade-smente francas.
LIE vimOs por Gltima vez cuando Ce-
lebr6se en- Ponce Ia Raamblea de puer-
torriquefios con que SO. solemnizabR ell
inGreso de los republican0s purOs-
pRrtidO vigor0so- Ia union puerto
rTiQuefa. Y. enfermo. conservaba
siempre aquella jovialidad expansive
Y aquella buVlesca Pisa que dij6rRse
que de ga garganta fuiAnerviosamente.
Fu6 un hombre lRbOrioso. actiVo Y
popularisimo. fOdo ell mundo Ie que
rfa.
LIE tuvimos profundo afecto y Ie re-
cordkbGmOs Cariflosamente. 7, al mo-
rir, rendimoa & su rnemoria este tribu-
to de nuestra alma 81 buen compatrio-
ta y al venerable amigo.
j. BRASCHI.
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CI ICL,
unionistas sin yotar.

unionistas sin VOtaF.
Fu6 felicitsdo ell Lcdo. Guzman por
ga triunfO, que C0nsideFaron como IN
gran golpe 81 adVeFsariO.
El senior Sanchez Morales C0nsigui6
que envisran al teniente J6dice & Cia-
les.
Les republicanos de Guaysma auxi-
iados por ell sefIor Mac C0rmick con-
siguieron ell nombFamiento de Mr..
Jabeuex. Inspector de Rentas internss,
amigo fntimo de los sefIores Riefkohl
y Mac Cormick, para que dirijiera las
eIecciones de PatilIas. Sin duda Cre1An
que este les favoracerfa.
El esc6nd0Io de Nsguaoo favOreCi6
& mis- cOrreligion&rios. consiguiendO ell
traslado del cabo Castro. debido al In
forme de un funcionario de justicis.
81 sef1or Manuel Egozcue saba 10
ocurridO en- Toa Alta. y con este digo
mas de 10 sufisieAte, para que t0dos
cOmprendan ls gran actiYidad de mis-
correIigion8riOs.
Los sedores Guzman y Hernandez
Lopez obtnvieron Sc revocara Ia orden
del director de elecciones de Ponce en-
viandO once americanos & BSrrOs, para
que eI senior Pedro Arroyo estuviera &
Gu gusto.
Todos los telegramas que Sc reCibfan
de Ia isla, era consi0na Contestsrlos sa-
tisfsctoriamente, para Rnimar de ese
m0do & los republicanos, q quienes SO
les decfa que se tenfa IN gran g0Ipe &
Ultima hOra, para veneer & los uni0nis-
tas. Y que el GobiernO los ayuda ba.
El seflor Hernandez Lopez era ell
que siempre contestaba los teleRramas,
docun entos hist6ricos que aIg6n dfa
&cRso sean c0nocidos.
No puedO permapecer mas tempo
en- silencio, al YER Is forma ridicula. en-
que comentan mis- correligionsrios eli
legftimo triunfo obtenido por Ia Union.
No pnede caber una iBjusticia mayor
que los insultos 8 impfoperios IanEados
pOr Il preusa de mi partido al Gobier-
no, especiaImente al Honorable Gober-
nador Winthrop. y 81 Secretario de
Puerto Rico Post.
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TrtfleO IntsrrumpIdO.

Por Ia rotura de un dinamo hubo de
interrumpirse Ell domingo por Ia noche
el tr6fico de los Carros eI6ctricos, te-
niendo que tomar c0Ches para ir & sus
residencias los veCinos de Santurce,
Puerta de TERRA y Rio Piedras que Sc
encontFaban en- Ia ciudad, en- su ma
yorfa ID concurrencia del teatro.
Hnbo muchos ciudadanos que no en-
contrands : vehiculos se decidieron & ha
Ger el recorridO en- el de los pies, 10
que ser6 may socorrido para la COM
pAf1fa & Ia que tendr6n sin Cuidado esOs
contFatiempos pero no los que con-
fian en la eficacia del aludido servicio
que asf results muy eficsz para los CO.
cheros = dueHos de empresas
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Las sefloras encargadas de recaudar
fOndos para los solemnes cultos que
con motive del quincusg6simo aniVer-
sario de 10 defnici6n dogmatica de Ha
Santfsima Vfrgen Maria se han venido
Celebrando todos los meses del presen-
to afIo en- la Igleaia Parroquial de San
Francisco de Asfs. nos suplican dar
en- sunOmbre las mas expresivas gra-
cias & todos los fieIes que han contri-
bufdO con su 6bolo para Ia celebration
de dichos CuItos.
Asf mismo dan las gracias al Parro-
co Lcdo, don EuIogio Garcia de Case.
al Pbro. DR.. don Caste Paradis & Ia
se6oritR Encarnaci6n Gomez que cant6
la misa y & las sefloritss PaoIi y Aqua
70 que ayudaron tambi6n en- el cantO
On union de los sefi0res Gorbea y Es-
pier.
Para todos cOnservsn eterna grati-
tud.