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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
Fig. 1.

remaining two. The gate rests on the
wheel, whether closed or open. the re-
volving wheel carrying the gate around
whether opening or closing. The gate
rests on the back end on block of
wood. in which there is a socket. and
in this gudgeon at the foot of the
gate head rests and turns. Mr.. Scott
says his three-year-old boy can open
an 1S-foot gate of this sort with ease.
The garden gate shown at Fig. 1
swings across the open end of fixed
V-shaped enclosure. To pass through
one steps into the enclosure. draws
the gate past himself and passes out
on the other side. Mr.. Scott remarks
in his letter that whenever this gate is
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
To Wash White Lace Wells.

These should be washed as follows:
Put the wells into strong lather of
white soap and very clear water. and
let them simmer slowly for a quarter
Of an hour. Take out and squeeze
we'll. but do not rub. Rinse twice in
cold water, the second time with a
drop or two of liquid glue. Have ready
some very clear. weak gum arabic, or
thin starch or rice water; pass the
wells through 1t, and clean them by
clapping. Then stretch them out
evenly and pin out to dry on cloth.
opening out each scallop and fasten-
ing with pins. When dry, lay a piece
Of thin muslin over and iron ON the
wrong side.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

Sift a pint of flour and stir into this
half pint of sour cream or milk. II
the latter is used. tablespoonful of
butter should be added by way of
shortening. Sift with the flour half a
teaspoonful of ground ginger and the
same Of fine cinnamon, and stir in
two tablespoonfuls of sugar and two
Of honey (strained). Mix and beat the
batter thoroughly; and, when ready
for the oven, stir In half teaspoon
Of soda that has been dissolved in q
little warm mot hoD water. Bake
about three-quarters of an hour. TAX
ing care not to burn. and then cut
into squares and serve hot with plen.
ty of honey.
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opened 1t shuts in the same operation.
The gate shown in Fig. 3 was recon-
mended by Mr.. Henry Burton, Ontario
County. Ont. Mr.. Burton describes
the gate and its construction about as
follows: The gate requires about 40
feet Of good inch pine lumber. which
is worth about S25 per thousand feet.
The top and bottom bars are each six
inches wide. the others being four
inches. The spaces between the bars.
commencing at the bottom, are four.
six, eight and ten inches. When nee
essary. one wire is stretched length
The uprights and braces are all four
inches wide. The upright pieces are
fastened on with nine nails on both
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
Good Dry Shampoo.

Some one suggests that In place of
a soap and water shampoo a dry salt
rub is a good thing for the hair once
in q while. Loosen the hair. then rub
table salt thoroughly into the roots.
and brush 1t out again carefully. The
dust and dirt come with 1t. just as
they do when salt is sprinkled over a
carpet prior to sweeping 1t. The eff
feet OF the salt on the scalp is describ-
ed Is not only highly cleansing, but
also tonic.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

For example. the center is of the IN.
est sheerest white linen. Then comes
border OF palest pink. green, laven-
DER or blue, woven in In Van Dyke or
scalloped effect, and next four or I'VE
nne cords. before the very narrow hem
Is reached. Those who deal exclusive
~ In linens. neckwear and handker-
chlefs say there is no demand for the
iace'edged handkerchief from the wo-
man who really prides herself on be-
ing perfectly dressed. Pure white
handkerchiefs are used entirely for
full dress. and these are simple in
design; though. being entirely hand
made, they come high.
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An instrument lately devised by n.
j. Strut makes ingenious use OF the
emanations Of radium. An electro
scope with dividing leaves is sealed
up in vacuum tube along with q
speck of radium. The inner sides OF
the vacuum tube are partially coated
with tinfoil. which communicates by q
wire fused in the glass with the
earth" outside. Thus, II the cleo
troscope be charged with positive
electricity. its leaves, expanding, will
touch the tinfoil surface; will be dis
charged and will fall together again.
But the spark of radium which is al
ways discharging negative ions
through the glass walls of the vacu-
UNI tube is. in consequence. conttnu-
ally creating and maintaining IN at
mosphere of positive electricity
within the tube. and therefore as
ofte. as the electroscope is dis
charged recharges it. Thus the leaves
Of the electroscope ceaselessly expand
and fall together again. The instru-
.ment has been variously called q
radium clock and a perpetual motor.
Both descriptions are wanting in ac-
curacy. for there is reason to believe
that the instrument will not go ON
working forever, but only during the
10000 or 10000 years of the radium's
life; and there is no guarantee that
1t will go on working with chrome
logical accuracy. Still, 1t Is the near
est approach to perpetual motion
that has ever been artidcially at
tanned.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
Fancy eIeu,. Waist.

Blouse waists made full below deep
Jokes are essentially smart and are
shown in all the fashionable soft and
thin materials. This one is peculiarly
attractive. as 1t includes narrow
vest and soft, draped scarf. The
model 10 made of pale blue chiffon
louisine with trimming Of black silk
banding and tie of black messaline,
and is eminently effective, but the
trimming can be one of many things
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
Stick to Colorado.

Don't be deluded. Don't go thou1-
and miles. FAR from railroads and mar
kets to lind location. Go where you
can take your tools and stock to start
with. Colorado is and always will be
better than Idaho or Wyoming. We
have good land, absolutely no nlknn.
right on the railway line. with SPLEEN
did markets. a good potato country.
water rights dating back to 1855.
which we sell cheap and on ensy terms
to good farmers. Conejos County Land
and Investment Company. Zeph! Chas-
Felt. president. GIG Majestic Building
Denver. Colorado.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

For coffee ice cream. scald together
one and 4 half cupfuls Of milk. = cup
full Of sugar and I'VE tablespoonfuls
OF ground coffee. Strain, add the
yolks Of four eggs and four table
spoonfuls Of sugar and cook over hot
water until the custard thickens.
Then stir in = quart Of cream. strain.
cool and freeze.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
Up.to-oate Sleeves.

That the sleeves determine the date
as well as the style of a garment is
true of shirt waists as well as of
wraps and more elaborate blouses.
These very excellent models are made
in the latest styles and allow choice
OF the regulation shirt sort, made with
an overlap and finished In tailor style,
and the dropping pun. Both, however.
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show slight fullness only at the Shout
ders and are finished with straight
cuffs. The quantity Of material re-
CURED for the medium size is for
plain sleeves IN yards 81 or * yard
36 or "A inches wide; for full sleeve
1S yards 81 or SO or X yards ~
inches wide.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
Clothing From Asbe stos.

It Is claimed by resident Of
Grange, New Jersey. that he has in
vented a perfect process to convert as
bestos rock into beautiful silky fibre
capable of being spun into a cloth sim
liar to silk. He alleges the process Ia
adapted especially to the manufacture
OF fine dress goods. Besides being
moth proof. 1t is said the new material
is entirely IRE proof.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

Sidney Justus.
fruit dealer OF
Mentor, ohio,
writes: II was
cured by Doan's
Kidney Pills Of
q severe case OF
kidney trouble.
OF eight or ten
years standing.
l suffered the
most Sc vere
harkarhn an A
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sides. One is put on at time and
the nails are clinched. Wire nails
three or three and half inches long
are used. After the braces and strap
hinges are put on the gate is bolted
at each of the corners with three
eighth inch bolts. This gate is strong.
cheap and easily made.-MontreaI
Herald.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
Posts and beams should be min

by nine inches. The posts support
ing the beams should be not more
than 12 feet apart. Giving the roof
one-third pitch each rafter would re-
quire to be 10 feet three inches, allow
ing is inches Of the rafter to project
over the plate. For this roof about
20 squares Of shingles would be re-
quired. Making the roof little
sleeper, giving It = two-fifths pitch,
the rafters should be 20 feet three
inches. The roof would then require
81 squares of shingles. The threshing
floor would take $50 square feet Of
planking or 100 feet board measure.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
Insist on osttlno t.

Some Grocers say they don't Keep
Defiance Starch. This II because they
have q stock on hand OF other brands
containing only IL OF in = package,
which they won't be able to sell first.
because Denancs contains 10 Oh. for
the same money.
Do you want Is OF. instead OF II o.
for same money! Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires NO cooking.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

Ii the hens are to be confined tc
the yards. the larger they are. up to .
certain point. the better. Fifty hens
are considered too many for one flock.
so that 1t would be well to divide the
fifty hens into two nocks. Twenty
five hens should have = house having
$50 square feet Of floor space. aud .
yard Of about 1000 square feet.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

A novel way Of using q collar Of
handsone lace 10 to mount II on Q
silk shoulder collar having long stole
fronts. When edged with . frill or
ruching of the silk II makes q most
useful and becoming accessory to The
toilet.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

A. I.-How heavy should the frame.
work be for a barn 30 by SO feet?
What should be the length of each
rafter? How many shingles would be
required for the roof? How much
two-inch plank would be required for
a thrash floor IL feet wide across the
barn?
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
Operated by Electricity.

Doubtless the man who first invent
ed the typewriter felt satisfied that
be had attained the summit of speed
In writing when he had perfected his
machine to respond to the touch OF
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
AN OLD MANS ra,svrE.

An Ohio Fruit Raiser. 70 Years Old,
Cured Of 4 Terrible Case After Tea
Years Of Suffering.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

If the me" were not left of OF PRO
grammo' people couldn't call 1t pro
grum."
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and the material anything soft enough
to allow of gathers. Fancy openwork
braid Of the required width makes
satisfactory bands and any Of the
narrow braids, lace O. other oandings
can be applied as illustrated.
The waist consists OF the lining.
which can be used or omitted as pre-
ferred, full fronts, back, yoke and vest
with the chemisette and collar. The
sleeves are made wide and full above
the deep, close-nttins cuffs. The scarf.
which outlines the vest, is bias and
can be slipped under the banding, ~
IN the case Of the model, or held In
place in any way that may b. pre-
ferred.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is ~ yards II
inches wide, ~ yards q inches wide
or ~ yards a inches wide. with y
yards Of silk for scarf.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

Handkerchiefs were never more
dainty. The newest ones have . bit
n color woven in, not embroidered.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

The loss Of the feathers is caused
by . mite which burrows at the base
Of the feathers. Rub carbolated vase
line on the parts Affected. 1t VII b
4 preventative to give all the fowls
similar treatment. Thoroughly d10A-
feet the poultry house
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

A. H. M.-what size of yard would
be required for fifty laying hens, and
should 1t be divided?
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

A. CA number of pullets have
lost the feathers from their heads,
which are quite bare. The trouble Is
spreading.
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Hereford and shorthorn Bulls

calves for sale. Address THE WESTERN BREkIb-
BIS AZ sooIATIoS. A; Bothws aeoer., No.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
Feed for Young Animate.

The younger an animal the more
mineral matter 1t requires in its food.
When very young pigs are growing
they are producing bone very rapidly
in proportion to size, and consequent
ly require more phosphates in their
food, especially Of lime In q soluble
condition. Milk contains all the nee
essary substances for pigs, but after
while they become of such sizes as
to be unable to consume enough milk
to supply them, as they must drink
about eight times as much water in
the milk as there are solids. To SUP,
ply this deficiency corn meal Is added,
but corn meal IL deficient in mineral
matter. Bran, ground oats, shipstuff
and finely cut clover hay (scalded), in
addition to the milk and corn meal
will prove advantageous.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
Have Few Clothes.

Have Few Clothes.
Have few clothes and wear them;
do not put them by and forget them.
and spend a fortune on renovations,
when you call them to mind. Get the
materials as good as possible, and the
styles excellent If you can afford to
pay for them. The difficulty In dress
now Is the various occasions, each de-
manding such very different clothes.
Town and country would seem to be
ametrically opposed to each other.
A woman skillful with her needle can
often buy for very little last years
garment or hat at the sale. which she
can transmogrify, and it Is worth while
from economical motives. Women
should always be dressed appropriate
ly and never buy anything which ID a
marked fashion of the moment, because
it grows old and must pass away.
Clothes that attract the eye are q mis-
take; they should only be worn seldom,
and require a large wardrobe. 1t is
wise to keep as few colorB as you can,
SO that hats, petticoats, gloves and
shoes will suit all. Cheap fabrics are
never worth buying; good fabrics re
duced in price are quite another thing.
A clever woman who must count ''the
siller warily," adopts a certain style
of her own, which she modifes accord
ing to the dictates Of fashion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12

Newly Married WOman's Peace OF soni. |
me basis Of newly married Wo-
mans peace Of soul Is trust. She feels |
that the responsibility Is on her ht1s-
band to make good the manly quail
ties with which she has endowed him,
and because Of which she has con-
sented to become his mate. Occasion
ally during the first few months of her
married life Constance laughed to think
that all her maidenly eagerness to solve
the riddle of life brilliantly, and all
her profound searching of the mystic
rles OF the universe should have end
ed in her becoming an everyday house
wife with dustpan and brush, and the
wife Of one who, to all outward ap-
pearances, was an everyday young
man. But her laugh savored Of glad
ness. She had given herself to him
because she had faith that his energy,
self-reliance, fearless humor and SYM
pathetic hatred of shams would dis
tinguish him presently from the COM
mon herd Of men, and vindicate her
infatuation. She had given herself to
him, BESIDES because he loved her
a delightful consciousness. According
ly, she enclosed herself in the web Of
happiness which her confidence In him
had spun about her. aud took up her
domestic duties with nght-hearted de-
votion.
Nevertheless, no woman emergeS
from her honeymoon with exactly the
same estimate Of her lover as before.
II nothing else, she has seen his men,
tai and moral characteristics in their
undresS, 30 to speak, and become ha bit
uated to their sublimity. We may be
no less fond Of person whose anec-
dotes have grown familiar to us, and
analogously wife does not weary OF
her husbands qualities merely because
they have lost the glamor of novelty
On the contrary she is apt to continue
to adore them because they are his
| Still she feels free to scrutiniZe then
closely and-unconsciously at least
to submit them to the test Of her OWL
silent Judgment. She discovers, too
Of course, that he has Ideas and lido
syncraaes the existence Of which shE
never suspected.
Ordinarily she finds to her surpris'
that his attitude In regard to this o.
that matter has shifted percepttbly
since marriage, so that, instead Of be
ing lukewarm or ardent, as the cas-
may be, he has become almost stTenu
Gus or Indifferent In his attitude. Hence
she divines that during their courtshil
some Of his real opinions and tenden
cies have been kept in retreat-Fron
1.-THE Undercurrent," by Robert Grant
in Scribner's.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
Saving the Beat Seed Corn.

Where the corn Is husked into the
wagon from the standing stalks, the
best ears may be thrown into a box
on one end or side Of the wagon, or
they may be picked out as the corn is
being unloaded into the crib. Seed
corn is often injured in ways not fully
understood, when stored into bins or
cribs, even though it Is well protected
from outdoor weather. The moisture
from live stock which collects on seed
corn stored above stables Is generally
fatal to good seed. The grain should
remain on the cobs until nearly corn
planting time, and purchasers should
prefer to buy seed corn on the ear to
be grown for grain.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
Good Butter Preferred.


Dairy schools are now In operation
IN many States. and short courses OF
instruction on butter and cheese.msk.
ing are. given at some Of the agricul-
tural colleges II was not long AGO
demonstrated that inferior butter
could not compete with oleomargarine.
and that good butter Of choice quality
could always be sold at a good price,
Ihe fact has also been demonstrated
that there was much to learn In max.
Ing good butter, and that cleanliness
ana the proper management of the
milk were essential in producing the
choice article. There has been q won.
derful advance in the methods of but
Terminating. and oleomargarine is re
sponsible for 1t. Consumers will not
purchase the counterfeit article If they
can get the genuine, and poor butter il
as much counterfeit as any othel
imitation.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12

fed on stormy days. Figure 3 Is the
he'd ROOM and a window or board door
NAV be placed in the side Of this room,
through which the bedding may be
thrown. Figure shows the inclined
floor, which is filed In underneath with
broken stone to furnish firm support.
ANY variation OF this plan may be
used If the main arrangement is held
to; for this arrangement provides for
the best use of the space. The cost
Of such a structure can be kept down
low If the work is done by those on
the farm.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
Sheep that Paw.

No farmer should keep sheep be-
cause they are scavengers and can
pick or a large share Of their food
from scanty heritage. Such sheep
must be active to travel over large
spaces in order to find subsistence. To
expect sheep to pay without the in,
vestment Of labor Is to sacrifice profits.
Success IL assured only when the
farmer Is willing to use breeds that
give large carcasses and which re.
spond quickly to care and attention
1t is only the labor, after all, thai
makes profit, but the labor must be
bestowed on the best to be had.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
A Concentrated Product.

The man who grows pig, whether
in the fall or spring, and let's him
"root, hog, or de-" cannot expect much
profit. The pig is grown to concen-
trate the marketable products on the
farm. He is a grass eater and an ON
niverous creature, and hence 1t Is easy
to supply his wants, and they should
be supplied to his full capacity con-
stantly.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
Cattle Range. Are vauluhinG.

Many of the large Western cattle
ranches have been broken up by the
increase of irrigation. which makeN
smaller farms more profitable in pro-
portion than ranches. 1t has been pre-
dicted that before many years nearly
all cattle will be raised on small farms
or fenced ranges. Another reason is
that the free Government land once
occupied by the cattlemen is being rap
idly taken up by farm settlers.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
For Corset Covers.

Women who like to make their own
corset covers, yet dislike to overland
in as much lace insertion as Is now
modish on all new corset covers, will
find in the embroidery departments a
strip Of fine lawn with the lace inser-
lions for both the back and front WOW
en- in as we'll as the beading and lace
that head the top Of the corset cover
and all for SO cents. All one has to dc
is to sew belt about the bottom, do
a little hemming on the front and run
in the ribbon-draw strings and, behold,
there is one of the loveiiest and daint.
lest of corset covers.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
s4ort IA Life on the Farm.

The young man who Is thinking OF
leaving the farm for the city may
learn when it is too late that While
he can earn more in the city he can
not save as much as he could on the
farm. II his object is to secure com
petence he In nine cases out or ten
will do it the sooner on a farm. There
are more chances to spend money IN
the civ than in the country, While
the cost of living is hlgher.-I"en't
eth Century Farmer.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
A Proud Woman.

The county officers at Abilene were
astonished the other day at the appear
ance in the court house of little, old
woman who came to pay her husbands
funeral expenses. The husband had
been drowned SO long ago as 1870. He
was buried by the county. Ever since,
the woman said, she had been working
and saving to relieve his spirit Of the
memory Of a pauper burial. 1t was a
pathetic story and one which touched
its hearers mightily.-Kansas City
Journal,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
T,oo1r tn the Breed.

It is not necessary for a COW to
give only a small quantity Of milk in
order to get rich milk. One can use
a breed that is famous for large yields
of rich milk rather than get rich milk
and low yields. Every farmer should
look around him before purchasing
cow. and he should make it his point
to know about the breeds and which
of them will suit his purpose best.