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The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
varleu, Army Uniforms.

Noticing that the gray winter uni
forms of German troops and the blue
clothing of Chinese spectators could
not be distinguished from each other
at long distances. a German officer in
China experimental on the visibility
Of uniforms. A column was divided
into five sections. each with its special
clothing, and was placed in close for
nation behind bushes without foil
age. At about 1.40O yards the section
in gray and that In overcoats ap
peared like uniform dark posts. while
the section In khaki and that in can
vas were hardly visible. At 500 yards
tho gray began to look lighter than
the dark blue. The gray overcoats.
like long dark stripes. made very
good marks. but both khaki and can
vas were dimcult marks at all dis
tances.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
American Meat con.umptior.

According to an English authority.
we ca. more than any other people. 1t
takes 80 pence day per capita to
feed us. The Briton grows fat on %
pence. the German on 81 pence, a
Frenchman on 10 and an Italian on o.
The same authority tells us that we
work and produce in proportion to
our eating. Our annual exports are
about in the same proportion. But
we are not as sweetly inclined as our
British cousins. They eat seventy
pounds of sugar a year and we but
sixty-seven per capita
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16

In tie photographic museum of Rot
terdam muy nov 20 seen beautiful
carpet which the shan Of Persia re-
Gently presented tn Queen Wilhelmina
as souvenir OF Zig visit to Holland
some months aso. Woven into the
carpet Is the follow ing Inscription in
Persian: prosecuted by his majesty
Mo2zafrer ed Din. Shah. Emperor Of
Persia. to her majesty Wiltelmina.
Queen of Holland. In the year of the
Hedjira. 1920" The carpet measures
thirty-six square yards. and In each
square yard there are $50, 900 stitches.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
To s.,rllIxe DRINKING water.

Here is the latest recipe for steri-
LIKING drinking water and killing on
the typhoid germ: Put four drops
of tincture of iodin in half gallon of
water and permit 1t to stand at least
half an hour. BY the end of that time
1t will be as harmless as distilled
water. Many persons have not the
facilities for making distilled water
Boiling 1t also entails a certain amount
OF trouble. In either case the water
is fat and unpleasant to the taste.
The few drops Of iodin impart practi-
cally no taste to the amount of water
they sterilize, and at the same time
they answer every medicinal purpose.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
wAy YOUR COFFEE is BAD.
Perhaps It Is Spoiled by Adding the
"Other Quarter"

"Other Quarter"
Bridget is an excellent cook. but like
most women of her profession she is
opinionated and insists upon making
all he; dishes strictly according to her
own recipes. Her mistress gives heS
full swing. not only as to cooking. but
as to the purchase of supplies. The
other day her mistress said to her:
Bridget. the coffee you are giving
us Is very good. What kind is IT."
1T is no kind at all. num-" said
Bridget. ITS a mixer"
How do you mix it,"
Il shake it one-quarter Mocha and
ore-quarter Java and one-quarter Rio"
But that's only three-quarters.
What do you put in for the other quar-
teri"
u put in no other quarter at all.
mum. That's where so many spoil
the coffee. mum-by putin In another
quarter. New York Press.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
PROVED BY THE PROFESSOR.
His Argument Surely Learned and
Profound" One.

''e N'6euS"s S6fSiy @VobhSe NV
Profound" One.
They were both professors, learned
and profound, and they were arguing
the point in terms which made the cat
sneeze violently.
ut is nonsense for you to say. Prof.
Pragman. that the ancient Egyptians
were less advanced than the ancient
Assyrians. The very fact that wires
corresponding to our own telegraph
wires have been found in Egypt
proves that the ancient inhabitants
must have understood electricity"
That may be-" said Professor No.
2; "but you see, brother, the fact that
no wires have been found in Assyria
also convincingly proves that the an
cent Inhabitants of that country were
in the habit of using wireless telegra-
ply"
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
star Photography.

Star photography is one of the
most tedious operations known. In
some cases the exposure of the plate
must last for several hours. During
all this time both the plate and the
telescope must be moved SO that the
image of the star will be stationary
on the plate. The exposure for the
star of the sixteenth magnitude is two
hours. ana only the image OF one at a
time can be secured unless those ad-
loin'rg happen to be of the same size
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
The First Bayonst.

It ia not generally known that the
British bayonet is not an English in
vention, but comes from France. 1t
was one of those numerous instances
OF necessity being the mother of in
vention. In one of the French wars
the Basque soldiers ran out of ammu-
c:tion. The enemy were at hand, SO
their oficers babe them tie their long
knives to their muskets. They did SO,
and the weapon thus made was sue
cessfully used to put to rort a charge
Of cavalry. The battle thus fought was
near Bayonne. and SO we have the
name bayonet.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
Woman Own. 500 pItehei,.

Miss Ellen HAYES Of Orange, Mass,
has the most remarkable collection of
pitchers in the country. Beginning in
1899 she has succeeded in gathering
500 pitchers of various designs and
workmanship. No two pitchers are
alike, and the collection is composed
of the choicest cream pitchers of lat
est make to the old-fashioned cider
and helmet-shaped lowestofI. There
are pitchers portraying the skill and
tradition Of many foreign countries,
As we'll Is pitchers from all parts Of
the United States.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
Al cn.rax From the sun.

All the energy OF life is derived ulti-
mately from the sun. A little of this
comes indirectly through lightning.
which. in passing through the air.
forms ammonia and oxides Of nitrogen.
These. being carried by rain into the
ground, are the constant source Of
nitrogen for vegetable, and. indirect.
ly. for animal life. A much larger
quantity of energy is well known to
be taken direct from the sunshine by
plants and used in their anabolic proc
esses. This energy is appropriated
by animals in their food. and whether
in the vegetable or in the animals 1t
assists in many alterations OF the
system before 1t is completely dis
persed.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
How old /. a Young Mani

Some think eighteen and some think
fifty-hve. 1t depends on whom you
have In mind, rs some are old before
OF age, and some are young AFTER
reaching borrowed tims-three score
and ten. We want to be old in mind
but young in body, and little private
study every day, and few minutes
of simple general exercise before
breakfast will do much in helping us
\ live . century OF comfort and useful
ness.
This il an age Of better methods
everywhere, and people are living
longer and living better-common
people arc living better-than kings
lived . few years ago.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
The Fathers Care.

To wondering skies he Hts boar noun
tains-sages
Knowing of wonders far
And hangs above them. through slow
lapsing ages.
The faithful evening star.
In sun-kIssed fields his tender thought
has nodded
Tho lily's ch6!!ce rare;
He sees around her fragile splendor fold
ed
Soft dew and sun and air.
Though l. weak. human child, through
pain and blindness
His sure ends cannot see.i
know he holds. in that great heart of
kindness.
A loving care for me!
-Phebe Hartman Golden in Boston
Transcript.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16

A young man from the country.
while in large city. said he now I'M
derstood why city people had to move
lively-they had to or get left or get
killed. There are some corners. In
some cities, around or by which mere
people go each day than are in one Of
our smaller states.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
Keys to Brightness.

He was not sure whether the ad-
dress he had meant 51st street or 51st
avenue. some twenty miles away. But
forethought helped him notice that
the telephone number gave Austin AZ
the name of the exchange and Austin
meant avenue location.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
vnLuckv svR.sEAnlne ANIMALS
Their determination Certain a. Re,
suit Of Hunters Greed.

Their determination Certain a. Re-
suit Of Hunters Greed.
The fur-bearing animals are more
persistely hunted than any other.
since many people depend for a living
on their capture. When 1t is shown
that In one year there are brought to
the market the fur of 10000 pine
martens, 100000 stone martens, 600.-
900 pole-cats, 100000 ermines, 100000
mink, $4,000 offers. and from America
alone 100000 beavers and 100000
chinchillas, 1t will be seen that their
determination Is a question of short
time. The sea-otter is now to be
found Gully in the Northern Pacific, on
the northern coast of California, and
thence along the cost of America and
Of Asia. To-day fewer than 1000 sea
otter furs are sent to the market an
nualIy.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
DEcEIvINe THE YOUNG.

A public entertainer of third of Il
century ago, gave as one of his regrets
the memory of having taught little
girl how to swear.
A very profane man told how, when
small boy, men would hold him up
In their arms and teach him to swear
at his drunken father.
A woman gives this report of an
experience she had when girl and
left in charge of her home while her
parents took a days trip.
The parents had provided another
and older girl from q neighbors home
to do the housework. but told their
daughter not to leave the house except
to go to the near by postof1ice for
the mail.
The daughter was not told why to
remain at home. SO when she was
continually urged to go to the woods
for flowers she went as she had fire.
quently done before.
On her return she found younger
daughter from the neighbor's sitting
In her own rocking chair. and as this
little girl was schoolmate she was
pleased to see her and asked her to
go out to play.
To her surprise the little visitor
refused and insisted on remaining in
the chair.
When mail time cnme the little girls
were told by the temporary housekeep-
er that they could go-one to her
home and the other for mail.
Then the girl noticed that as she
went out with the big girls sister that
the little visitors skirts were sticking
out and she could hear the rattle of
paper.
When older she understood the plot
Of being sent to the woods for flow
ers and the peculiar actions of the
younger sister as visitor.
When parents and older brothers
and sisters use the little ones as medi-
ums for international error, where is
there a chance for the little one to re-
cover their spirit Of purity of pur-
pose? st
Does there come a time in every
life, no matter how far from the light
Of wisdom 1t has been led or wan
dered, when 1t comes to . path leading
to liberty?
Some claim that by means of faith.
hope. observation, determination, de-
sire and comparison any person may
see better methods and follow them.
The personal interest of others who
fortunately speak or do the right
thing at the right time hasten the
right way being seen and followed.
An intense interest in better meth
DDS is the best remedy for undesirable
habits, and there are hundreds of
ways by which people have become
interested in better methods.
The degree of the intensity of the
interest in accuracy and best meth
DDS has much to do with success in
conquering as some poor or undesir-
able methods resist the change more
than others or some people have more
of themselves to conquer. but the
greater the fight. the greater the pow
er to do when the victory is won.
Those imprisoned by incorrect edu-
cation may wish for escape but doubt
that it is possible. To those this may
be helpful-continued wishing II genu-
inc grows q will power to conquer oc-
casionally. and by investing each VIC
tory regular success Is reached.
Those cases on record of instantane-
GUS and complete and permanent VIC
tory are the most hopeful of anything
In the world. Why teachers who are
the liberators of those Imprisoned by
regretful education and environment
do not know more about these escapes
is . question many have asked.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16

Close your eyes and open the die
tionary and select any word for .
subject, then devote i've minutes .
day for fve years to that subject and
you will increase your ability rs per
cent. We have the time to do the
thinRp We want tn do.
The Meeker herald., 1904-04-16
A Handsome Series of
New and Useful Publications

The Southern Pacific Company
mail. 10 eachp publ
Resorts Attractions
between n Los
region. the
markedly favored sem-tropic
Handsome May Of California sklfuly
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Summer Outing
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Other Tahoe
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its
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nteenths
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-28
A Very,Close Call.

"I stuck to my engine, although eve
~ Joint ached and every nerve was
racked with pain" writes G. w. Bell
amy. a locomotive fireman, OF Burling'
ton, Iowa. II was weak and pale, with
out any appetite and all run down, As
I was about TO give up, got bottle
OF Electric Bitters, and after taking
IL, felt as we'll as | ever did In my
life." Weak, sickly, run down people
always gain new life, strength and
vigor for their use. Try them. Salts
saction guaranteed by Connell Bros
Price 80 cents.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-28

The many friends OF @, II, Hausan,
Engineer l.. +. a. w. Il. r., NJ present
living In Lima, o., will be pleased TO
know Of his recovery from threatened
kidney disease. He writes: Il was
cured by using Foley's Kidney Cure,
which / Recommend to all, especially
trainmen who are usually similarly az
flicted.n w. /. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-28
For Sale!.

III arCe farm, in Township Of EaStOn
60 acre farm in Township Of Orleans
100 acre farm, in Township Of OtiSco
40 acre farm in Township of OtiSco
House and Lot on Pleasant st. $i,4OO
House and Lot on Pleasant st. $500
House and Lot to Exchange for Farm
Farm to Exchange for House and Lot
Vacant Lot 10 Exchange fol, Good Horse
". F. BRICKER,
At Store. Real Estate Exchange
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-28
A Loyal Church
stss A BELDlNG STORY WITH REAL ~
ss,S HOME CHARACTERS Sse@

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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-28

The only magazine that studies,all the
tastes of boys and suits all boys,is The
American Boy. From cover to cover
1t is ''all boy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
A NEW PENSION RULING
Bureau Fixes the Age Limit for
Civil War Veterans.
A NEW SCHEDULE Is ORDERED
Men Of Service Who Are e2 Years
Old Arc Considered One.tialf
Disabled.

Commissioner of Pensions ware,
with the approval of Secretary Hitch
cock has promulgated the most import
ant pension ruling that has been Is
sued in long time. The order fol-
lows:
Ordered, in the adjudication of pen
sion claims under said act of June 21,
1890, as amended, II shall be taken
and considered as an eviIentlal fact
II the contrary loes not appear, and If
all other legal requirements are prop
erly met, that when claimant has
passed the age OF G2 years he is dis.
abled one.half In ability to perform
manual labor and Is entitled to be
rated at So per month; after G5 years,
at sS per month; after GS years, at $40
per month; and after 40 years, $l2
per month.
Allowance at higher rates. not ex-
ccedlng Sl2 per month. will continue
To be made as heretofore, where disa-
bilities other than age show cond-
tion of inability to perform manual
labor.
This order shall take effect April 10,
lpNf, anu ollull llbI Dt utcultu INlID-
active. The former rules of the of
flee fixing the minimum and maximum
at 65 years and rs years respectively
are hereby modified as above.
The order Itself is prefaced by n
preamble which. after citing the laws,
says the pension bureau has establish
cd with reasonable certainty the aver
age nature ana extent of the infrmty
of old age; that 80 years after the
Mexican war congress, in 1887, placed
on the pension roll all Mexican war
soldiers who were over 62 years old.
Commissioner Ware, just before
leaving for trip south for his health,
spoke as follows regarding the order,
which he said, would save both the old
soldiers and the government a great
deal of money and time.
There has long been in the bureau
rule fixing a maximum age limit at
Sl2 for rs years. This was made dur
ing Mr.. Clevelan1s administration by
Commissioner Lochren.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
STEEL TRADE IMPROVING.
Manufacturers Of Agricultural Imple.
ments Busy-Minerc Action Had
Good Effect

Improvement in trade and industry
continues. favorable reports largely
outnumberlng adverse influences. The
most important event gt the week was
the vote by bituminous coal miners to
accept the proposed reduction In wages
This will probably prevent a serious
struggle that would paralyze manu-
featuring just when IL is beginning TO
revive.
Traffic delays are still causing com
plaInt and the movement OF exhibits to
the st. Louis exposition provides a
temporary feature of imI ortance.
Railway earnings thus far available
for March show u decrease of only 8
per cent, as compared with last years
figures. Another week has brought no
check to the progress In the iron and
steel supply, nor Is there any inclna-
tion to advance prices by bounds, as
In the boom four years ago. This con.
servatism will bring beneficial results
If continued. All divisions of the pig
iron market are more active, and the
level of prices tends gradually upward.
The leading interest is closing its
option by taking tic iron. and will
probably accept the May delivery when
the option expires next month. Sew
eral large undertakings are progress.
Ing satisfactorily, providing a good
market for steel and much contemplate
ed work Is becoming more tangible as
the season advances While no mate.
rial Increase is reported in sales Of
steel for railroad or structural pur-
poses, the tone of the market Is better
and there Is more confidence in the
future. Pipe IL one Of the strongest
features Of the industry. The fuel sit
uation Is attracting attention, coke
shippers being unable to secure cars.
Failures this week numbered 229 In
the United States, compared with 220
last year, and 2l in Canada against 22
year ago.
Bradstreets says The backward
ness Of spring trade, generally attribut-
cd to almost interruptedly bad wealth.
er, tinges most reports from distribu-
tive centers. but several developments
of the week have been notably favor
a3le, chief among these being the con-
t,nue1 Improvement in the iron and
steel trade and the decision of the BIZ
luminous miners not to strike against
proposed reduction Of wages. The i'm.
proyement noted in iron and steel has
prOgrcz5ed favorably. The large
buying by leading interests some
weeks ago has induced frcerer pur-
chasing by smaller interests. Agricul-
tural implement manufacturers are
doing the best business In years. The
railroads are reported still backward
in taking supplies, but late reports
DOint TO some lcadine systems coming
into the market for steel rails. west
ern car works are reported actively
employed and shop suppNes and tools
are reported to be in more active re-
quest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
DECISION IN MERCER CASE
Supreme Court Decides Northern
Securities Company illegal.
OPPOSED TO ANTITRUST LAWS,
Decree Of the Minnesota Circuit
Court 10 Upheld In Every Par.
ticular-court Divided.

The United States Supreme court In
an opinion delivered In the merger
case of the Northern Securities com
pany VS.. the United States, favored
the governments contention that the
merger was illegal. The opinion of
the court was handed down by Jus
tlce Harlan. and II upheld the decree
of the Circuit Court for the District
of Minnesota In every particular.
Four of the Justices dissented from
the fve constituting the majority.
The division In the court was due To
a difference of opinion as to the right
of Federal control of state corpora.
tions. The majority opinion proceed
cd on the theory that Congress has a
right under the Constitution to control
interstate commerce, no matter by
whom conducted, while the minority
or dissenting opinion was based on
the theory that in the present case
the effort is TO regulate the ownership
of railroad stocks by State corpora.
tlons and that such ownership Is not
interstate trafIlc
Four of the nine justices dissented
outright. These were Chief Justice
Fuller and Justices White, Peckham
and Holmes. The opinions of Justices
Harlan and White were long, while
those of Justices Brewer and Holmes
were comparatively brief.
The case was brought by the Unit.
ed States against the Northern Securi.
ties Co., a corporation OF New Jer'
sey; the Great Northern Railway
company, n corporation of Minnesota
the Northern Pacific Railway company
a corporation of Wisconsin; James j,
Hill, a citizen of Minnesota, and viii.
liam p. Clough, ID. Willis james, John
S. Kennedy, J. Plerpont Morgan Rob
ert Bacon. George +. Baker and Daniel
Lament, citizens of New York. It's
general object was to enforce, as
against the defendants. the provisions
of the statute of July 2, 1899, common
ly known as the antitrust act and en-
titled IAN act to protect trade and
commerce against unlawful restraint
and monopolies."
The effect Is to sustain the conten'
tlon that the Sherman antitrust law
applies to railroad combinations OF
the character in question.
Justice Harlan said that In the
merger of the two roads the stockholI
ers disappeared and reappeared in the
Securities Co., the two thus becoming
practically consolidated in q holding
company, the principal object being to
prevent competition.
mo scheme or device" the court
says, could certainly more effective
ly come within the prohibition Of the
antitrust law and 1t is within the
meaning of the act of a trust"
rIa tIsa ,rtN toe
Co. were reviewed and Justice Harlan
said they had full attention. He
quoted the various opinions involving
the trust question, saying that from
them 1t is 10 be gathered that all con
tracts in restraint of trade, reasona
BILE or unreasonable, are prohibited by
the Sherman law, and that Congress
has the power to establish such regu
latlons as are laid down in that law
Congress had power to enact thC
statute.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-23
PENSIONS FOR MAIL CLERKS.
Pcnrcse'c ELL Aims to Protect Those
employed on Railroads.

A plan fer pensioning railway mail
clerks has been advised by Senator
Penrose ana is embodied in bill
presented in the Senate. A fund will
be accumulated by deducting 1 per
cent a month from the salary of the
clerks and from fines imposed on them
by the department for neglect of their
duties, iniractlons OF discipline or for
other reasons. This fund will be con-
trolled by the postmaster general and
will be dlsbursed under his direction.
The bill provides that clerks who
have served 20 years in the railway
mail service and have been incapacl-
tated by reason of such service, be-
cause of ill-health or by accident. or
who have attained the age of G5 years,
shall be eligible to retirement at full
pay. No clerk so retired shall re-
ceive more than $1,000 a year all
salary payable to him in excess of
that amount being turned into the pen
sion fund. One per cent of all pen
sions shall also be deducted for the
benefit of the general fund
1t Is understood this bill has the
approval of the postofiice department
and was in part prepared by the de-
partment.