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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20
Nus, Work Out West.

The moment that winter breaks-and
save in the high attitudes, winter west
of the Missi: sippi is mild and COM
Portable thing In comparison with our
Eastern weather-the police of St. Jos
eph, sKansas City. Denver, in fact of
NIL the towns and cities, wage relcnt-
!. less war on Migrants. The wide roar
ing prairies. the railroads. the mills are
nll Unsuitable in their demand for UNI
skilled labor. Crops rot in the fields
for lack Of .larvesters. mills are idle
for lack of men to drive the heavily
laden wagons to their doors. The idle
will not work 80 long as they can
beg or steal In the West they have
little chance for either.
On the average fifty men n week are
arrested in Kansas City during the
months Of June. July and August. The
police wisely refuse to burden the
city with their support. and instead
give these men the alternative of going
to work honestly. and for high wages.
Or breaking stone for the Improvement
of the abOminable Western roads. The
choice nearly always is for the better
paying labor. Great wisdom is shown
in the distribution of these men. Only
one or two of gang are sent to any
one camp.-Leslie's Monthly.
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The New York Medical Journal re-
marks: ave are far from wishing to
add to the already cumbrous nomen-
clature of medicine, but it seems to
us that a word is necessary to charac-
terlze one of the most prevalent symp-
toms of modern civilization. We Of
fer ergophObia. as concise and ele-
giant summary of an aff1iction that
most employers of men will recognize
as epidemic. The symptom seems to
exist per re, although not infrequent-
ly associated with both bulimia and
oin0manin. The German Weltschmerz
Is too dignified a name of the condi-
ton, which will respond only to the
most urgent stimulation, applied from
early childhood. 1t Is not infrequent-
ly noticed in persons conscious Of the
possession of altruistic minds and no.
BILE motives, whose energy is entirely
taken up with the evolution of beauti-
full thoughts, and who, with innate
refinement, shrink from contact with
the Grass and uniovely workaday
world"
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Says the Philadelphia Record: "a
;. dead line at the age of fifty, above
which ministers are not in request.
but there are differences in ministers
as there are in laymen. Some are sup
erannuated good while before fifty.
and some preserve their youth to an
age far beyond that. DIR. Henson,
who had been pastor of church in
this city for many years, was called
from Chicago to one Of the largest
Baptist churches in Brooklyn when
he was seventy. That was about two
years ago. Now fremont Temple, in
Boston, is trying to get him to replace
DIR. Lorimer, who went from there to
the Madison Avenue Baptist Church
in New York year or two ago. DIR.
Lorimer cannot be much younger than
DR.. Henson, for he had made great
reputation in fremont Temple when,
many years ago. he was called to the
First Baptist Church of Chicago. AZ
ter serving there for several years he
left it to take a weak cnurch that
needed strong minister to save it
from going to pieces. and afterward
returned to Trem0r Temple, and some
years later went to New York. Plen-
though 1t is long time since they
eros 3ed what some men have found
to - q dead line"
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Tho lrishunan's "Ad."

General A. Il. Chaffee, who COM
mandetl. in the war game on Maine,
the Department of tine East, was talk
ing one afternoon to some reporters in
Portland. The Hypothetical loss of the
fleet had Deen discussed, and this sub
ject reminded General Chaffee Of IL
story. He said:
Speaking of losses. there was an
Ohio Irlshman once, who lose gold
watch. He told one of his friends
about 1t.
1T is a fine Swiss watch he said,
full jeweled. adjusted to three posi-
tions. and to heat and cold It's worth
1925
Well said his friend, I hope you
get it back
"'Oh. I'm likely to get it back
said the Irishman. for I've advertised
it in the lost and found columns of
eleven papers,
"'What reward have you offered!
"'Four dollars
-Four dollars? Why. man, that's
not fair reward for a gold watch
worth $685. the friend exclaimed,
Whist said the lrishman, that's
where I'm foolin' them. I'm adyer-
tisin' 1t as silver watch"
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There are now about sixty first-class
hotels in New York. The addition Of
the fifteen new ones will increase the
number to seventy-tive. II these sew
enty.five hotels were piled on top Of
one another they would make struc-
ture $50 stories hlgh-taller than the
Tower of Babel. Or, to look at it in
another way, IL they could lie conglom-
Grated into one huge composite hotel,
it would be twenty-seven stories high
and occupy q ground space OF seven
teen acres, more than four city blocks,
including the intersecting streets. This
great building would cost 81, 1000, 600
have .22.5OO bedrooms and accommo,
date $1,000 guests daily.
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How the Government Guard. Your Cigar.

How the Government Guards Your Cigar.
Considering how much you have to
pay for good cigar, points out n
writer in the current Harper's Weekly.
your property rights in the cigar you
buy seem singularIy restricted. Once
YOU have got it lighted and between
your teeth. You may smoke it in per-
feet security; but up to that time the
Government keeps a sharp eye on it.
Club stewards and superintendent, It
appears, have lately received notice
that they must not serve cigars ,;on
trays. but always fin the boxes In
which they come. II the club member
does not go to the cigar stand and
pick out his own cigar, the box must
be carried to him. The new rule is n
precaution against the practice of re-
filling boxes which had contained ex.
pensive cigars with cheaper ones.
though it has been taken for granted
hitherto that a club would not cheat
its own members. An individual buy
,er who has purchased box Of cigars
will not, however, be compelled to
carry the box about with him. but may
lawfully fill his pocket or his cigar
case from the box. 1i9
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HIT. Tia. LIN. . A...

Pearson's Magazine has d dAscri1,
ton by 8. F. Cody of q recent invention
Of his own, an enormous kite, which
has recently stood satisfactorily some
recent tests by the British Admiralty.
and has been adopted by it for use in
the British navy. This kite is designed
largely for the purpose of carrying on
observations in any, kind of weather.
by night or by day. during war. though
1t can be utilized in times Of peace for
many other purposes-such as for tow
ing boats up rapid currents where sails
or steam would be useless scaling high
walls without ladders. or sending dis
patches from one ship to another in
rongh weather. Mr.. Cody has an en-
thusiastic belief in the practicabi,ity
Of his invention.
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There's married man." said n
man who stood In front of depart
ment store In Brooklyn, on Saturday
night. The one to whom he pointed
was standing on the corner.
How do you know" the man with
the detective instinct was asked.
"Oh, it's easy to pick Them" he re-
piled. THERE'S another. and there's
another" He pointed to two others
who were sauntering back and forth,
one young, the second gray-haired and
smoking cigar NOW, that fellow
there. with the baby buggy. is easy"
the speaker continued. i'.You can't
make any mistake about him. Their
wives are in the store, spending the
weeks allowance and the men are
waiting for them. You know men hate
department store.
There! Wasn't right?' he -sked as
woman came out Of the store and
walked away with one Of the men.
After a time another woman appeared
and was Joined by one of the saunter-
ing men. Then out come the woman
who belonged to the baby buggy. and
after depositinE an armful of small
packages at the feet of the baby that
party moved on.
How did you come to notice this:"
the student of human nature, was
asked.
II learned 1t by experience was his
answer.
Just then he lifted his hat to wom-
an who came out of the store. She
slipped her hand under his arm and
they walked away together.-New
York Press. -.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20

In a paper which he rcnd before the
British Association, Sir Robert Giffen
put the annual income Of the three
hundred million people inhabiting Brit
ish India and the feudatory States Mt
$3.50, 100000. or $7S per capita. Writ
ing to the London Times, William
Digby, the Indian authority, asserts
that this is an over estimate. He says
there is not 30 great an income. actu-
ally, for the three hundred millions of
to-day us there was for two hundred
and fifty millions, of twenty years ago.
He says that the total visible income
of India in 1900 was $1,448. 790. 50o.
which gives each individual less than
$50 a year to live on. In the Presiden-
cy of Madras he estimated that the
income of the 34.O0O.OOO Inhabitants
is five-eighths of penny per head
per day.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20

A boy who was Killed in the Bronx
recently by lightning had the likeness
of a fern imprinted on his body by
the shock. A similar incident is re-
ported from Europe. During a shoot
ing competition at Pont, in the Canton
Vaud. the other day. the grand stand
was struck by lightning, and twenty
persons received shocks, from which.
however, they sustained but little ply
steal injury. One most singular effect,
however. remained. Every person who
had felt the electric shock had. photo
graphically stamped. upon the back.
the face or the arms, the reelection of
the pine trees behind the firing line.
New York Tribune.
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Don't Come 1t!

They were sitting in the moonlight.
and for long time nothing had been
said. She was wishing his next re-
mark would be goodnight, when he
broke out with.
DO you know wish were the
moon?''
No" she replied. coldly. "Whyy'
Because you allow the sunbeams to
Kiss your cheek said he, with an out
burst of poetic fancy.
HIN" she replied. II would rather
you were comet"
You would?' said he, smiling and
wondering what new trick her fancy
was now about to play. And why,
Gladys. why?''
Because" said the girl, as she
snapped her watch case. 'because in
that event you would only come around
every seventeen years."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20
ORIGIN OF COFFEE:
Dervish Discovered Uses Of the berry Cen.
turtles AGO.

turtles Ago.
AS TO the history of coffee the legend
runs that it was first found growing
wild i'll Arabia. Hndjf Omar. II derv-
lsh, discovered it in 1885, 8l1 years
ago. He was dying of hunger in the
wilderness. when, finding some small
round berries. lie tried TO eat them. but
they We're bitter. He tried roasting
them, and these lie finally steeped in
some water held in the hollow of his
hand. and found the detection as re-
freshing as IL he had partaken of solid
food. He hurried back to Mocha, from
which he had been banislletl. and, In
vlting the wise men to partnke OF his
discovery they We're so well pleased
with it that they made him saint. r
The story is told that coffee was In
trOduced into the West Inudies in 1928
by Chirac, French physician, who
gave a Norman gentleman by the name
of De Clieux. a captain of infantry, on
his way to Martinique, Il single plant.
The sea voyage was stormy one. the
vessel was driven out of her course
and drinking water became so scarce
that it. was distributed in rations De
Clieux. with an affection for his coffee
plant, divided his portion of water with
1t. and succeeded in bringing it to Mar
Unique. although weak. not in a hope
less condition. There he planted it In
his garden. protected 1t with a fence of
thorns. and watched it daily until the
crop matured. yielding several pounds
of coffee, which he distributed among
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now about to tell You. and what wiz
ard like YOU must know already"
"Of course 1 know It," said Spcn-
Ger sternly. but you must confess your
crime before you can be forgiven"
ut was you honor's friend, babui
that was the beginning of trouble. He
picked up pearl of great price in the
Lucknow scrai three days ago
"Thats lie said Mitchell. II
wouldn't he travelling on shank's mare
now. II l had But Spencer said
quietly: ,.......,,. .,
The pearl was concealed in a piece
Of opium. Say on, who was the owl-
or OF the peari:"
ats owner was; II rich merchant from
Ceylon. whose servant l am. He was
taking the pearl to sell 10 Il great RI jail
in Puniab."
''Oh, holy one, the sahibs arc some
times zabbardasd. angry men. Ny
master feared that If he asked for the
pearl the sahibs might beat him and
take 1t away. But II you did not know
the value of what YOU had found. he
might set 1t bnck by craft
Therefore you came as jmggler to
search our clothes under pretense of
looking for coins. And II you failed TO
find the pearl:'
Then my master has hired -four bad.
mnclles with lathis, and they will come
in the night and beat you on tile head
and take away the pearl by force"
"Achha. 1t is well. You are forgiven
Co." said Spencer.
and the PEARL suggested the ma.
tive. humbly. il
THE pearl" roared Spencer at the
full pitch of his lungs, "Soor Ike
butcha. You come here and confess
to II plot to rob and murder us. and
then expect to get back your accursed
pearl. Jao nikal jao. son of Satan, be-
fore destroy your
At this sudden outbreak the native
turned hastily and fed for his life.
leaving the two Englishmen conyulsed
with laughter under the trees.
well, our fortunes are looking up"
said Spencer. Let us have look at
this pearl of great price"
Mitchell produced the block of opium
once more, and cutting II open they
found Il pear-shaped pearl about half
nm inch long and OF great ulster re-
posing in the centre.
BY Jove,' exclaimed Spencer,
that's something worth having. It's
worth cool five thousand, or I'm no
judge Of gems
what shall we tlo?" asked Mitchell.
"Do?" echoed Spencer. why, what
should we 10 but hurry into Benares
to-day and take the train for Culcutta.
The price Of this pearl will set. us up
In business again in style. And l have
no desire to have four thugs after me
on the Crank Trunk. Mail.
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IL It parting with the ronr,lncss
III the smoothly nodded check,
IL it losing from.tlie dunp.es
Half the i]ashino JOY they speak.
Us it fading OF the lusier
From the wavv. golden hair?
j. it finding on the forehead
Craven lines OF thought and care.
IL it dropping. as The rose-.enyes
Drop tiiei; sweetness io.crboWn,,
Household names that once were dear
More faslliar than our own
is 1t meethlg on the pathway
Faces strange aud glances cold,
While the soul with moan uld solver
Whispers sadly, ''Growins cd -
is it frowning at the folly
Of,the ar6eut hopes OF youth. ~
is Il c,nic melancholy
Al the rarity OF TRUTH
Is it disbelief in loving ;.
Sclhsl, hate or miSers greed:
Then such blight of nature MODEST
Is growing Old indeed.
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GROWING OLD.

E,A the silver thread that shineth
Whitley in the thinning ,ress.
And tle ptlur where the bloom was,
Need MT tell OF bitterness:
And the hrows more earnest writing
Where. it once was marble fair,
May be hit the spirits tracing
OF the peace OF answered prayer.
ii the smile has gone in deeper.
And the tears more quickly start,
Both toaethei. meet in music
Low and tender in the heart:
Ard in others Joy and g.adness,
When the life can find its own,
Surrey angels learn TO listen
To the sweetness oil the tone.
On the gradual s.oping pathway,
As the passing years DECLINE.
Cleans II golden love-light falling
Far from upper heights divine.
And the shadows from that brightness
Wrap. them softly in their fold,
Who unto celestial whiteners
Walk, by way of growing old.
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can raise 4 good crop of grain by sit
ting in a rocking clair in the shade,
or by going to town and sitting on
dry goods boxes telling stories. He
must not wait for something to turn
up, but must take off his coat and go
in and turn something up, If he ex-
poets to WIN
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20

The addition of Ohio 10 the number
of Suites free of debt brings up the
total to six, the other States having no
debt outstanding being Illinois. Iowa,
Nebraska, New Jersey and West Vir-
sinia. Several States hate only a
nominal debt. in which group are Del
aware, Kansas. Michigan. Nevada,
South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.
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. LINE TO CARRIE.

Oh. Caroline 8 so very sweet
From ripping curls to twinkling feet.
No IMAGERY of rhyme is meet.
To sing her beauty near divine;
A cnus as to fern is She.
Her waist IS slender as can be-
To lend it more OF symmetry III
would not care to add line.
1t cen Chesterfield behooves ...
To note the grace with which she moves,
And grace and form and face but proves
/ do no wrong to thus ensbrine
Her in my heart Of hearts, and say
With all lovers naivete:
"One charm along improvements way
/ would not add to Caroline.
Roy Farrell Greene. n. Puck.
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~Je::st$ s

Bad Man-"Have You killed yout
mani" Cholly Gotrox-"Aw. no. Me
chauffeur attends to all that. ye know"
Judge.
"Grandpa. what is morsanatic mar
riage?" "A Rorganatic marriage?
HIN. That must be marriage for
money."-Life.
Bah! Her husband is only Il cheap
duke" Don't be uncharitable. Per-
haps he was the most expensive duke
to be had Mt the time.'-Puck.
This new locomotion they say is quite dear.
/. Though unlikely to injure or kill
1t isn't the automobile that you lear
So much as the AUTOMOBILE.
Washington Star
II don't want poverty, Ell 1 don't
want riches,' said Brother Dickey.
"All I want is plenty of political cam
paigns, en- candefdates a-runnin' all dc
year roun'r'-Atlanta Constitution.
"One of Scharpers friends was tell
ing me he is in financial straits!'. "Ah!
Some Of his friends are charitable"
How do you mean:" 1.-The uncharit-
able ones call them financial crook
eds "-Philadelphia Press.
How do the Biglers manage to keep
that hired girl of theirs at such II lone
some place in the country?' 'They
won't pay her cent of wages, and it is
seventeen miles over poor road to
tOwn."-Cleveland Plnin-Dealer.
A Scot in kilte of plaid
Fell sick and exceedingly sad
'Hoot! tits funny" he said,
i've cauld in my haid,
When It's only cauld legs have haid."
Philadelphia Press
Spartacus "Dear, dear! Another
man ends his life with a bullet!'
Smartacus-"Well, it seems to me that
life with a bullet would be Il thing
most anybody would want to end-so
lonesome and observation-disclosures
American.
Yes" said the bank official, I'VE
need a runner for the bank. Have you
had any experlence?' "Wel;, SIR" re-
piled the applicant. i've lived at Lone
somehurst for years. and I've caught
the 7.39 train to this city regularly
each y."-.Philadelphia Press.
Drummer-"Lets see! There Is a
show OF some kind In the town hall to-
night. isn't there:'' Landlord Petty
vile Tavern-"Sure thing! Miss Agnes
Ammidon appeared here in East
Lynne in 1874, and pleased the people
SO well that she's consented to play u
return date to-night."-Puck.
aren't you going up in it yourself:"
asked one of the spectators. No. an
swered the inventor of the flying ma
chine. This is merely trial trip, and
have decided to send one of my as
sistants. At this critical stage of the
invention cannot afford to run any
risks. Are you all ready, Jacobs? Fol-
low the directions 1 have given you
and you will be perfectly safe."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
mo, am not In favor of this move
ment to have all the automobiles num-
bered," asserts the first citizen. But
It seems to me to be n wise provision"
argues the second. Not at all. What
should be required is that all peles-
trians wear number. Look how
much. trouble there is every day over
Identifying some of them who have
INSTRUCTED the path Of the automo-
bilist. Judge.
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Live and learn. 1t has at last been
made pretty clear that Wall Street
can have about the worst kind of a
slump without stopping the United
States for Il minute s
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Barking dogs seldom bite. II is true.
bnt there are many people who had
rather take good. healthy bite than
be eternally harassed with the barks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-13
ORGANIZATIONS FOR FARMERS.

the activity of the blood-uiak-
ing glands, so tha; the supply
of pure, healthy blood Is in
creased, and the whole BODY
built up with the good. sound
flesh, which only pure blood can make.
vWords cannot express wha; | suffered
for three years from the effects OF tor.
pid liver writes Jas. Z Hawkins, ESQ,
President Order Golden Circle. No. -. Of
America, Box Io5S, St LOUIS, no. Had
/ but known of your Golden Medical
Discovery sooner what misery ! might
have been spared. ! was bilious. tongpe
was coated, appetite poor, and had ire.
quent distressing pains III the side and
under shoulder-blSdes. but within a week
after I commenced Dr.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery there was marked
change for the better. so ! kept on using
il, three times day. for over a month.
with an occasional dose OF Or. PieFce's
Pleasant Pellets 10 regulate the bowels,
and the results were all and more than
could wish. Ny appetite Is Splendid
feel ten years younger, and ani entirely
free from pain of any kind. Your Cold
en- Medical Discovery Is Certainly all
that its name implies, and gratefully
endorse it,
The cures effected by DIR. PieFcc's
Golden Medical Discovery are 50 many
and so remarkable that an explanation
of these cures seems almost necessary.
To understand the action O. the Dis
covery" We must go beyond the blood.
If we follow the scarlet clue Of vein %
artery it leads us at last 20 the stomach.
rThe blood IS the life2v True But
what is blood made from Blood IA
made chiefly from what VIC eat and
drink. II is the food. which after being
properly digested and assimilaied. nouT-
ishes the body in the form % blood.
But when the stomach and the allied
organs of digestion and nutrition are
diseased there cannot be a perfect diges-
ton and assimilation Of food. Hence,
in what Is called weak stomach the
nutrition OF the BODY is reduced. and
the various organs which depend on this
blood made from food are put OF short
rations Like soldiers in a serge they
will hold out on this reduced ration az
long as they can Bot IL Is only a ques-
ton of time when collapse comes, and
weak" stomach Is followed hv weak
heart weak lungs, weak kidneys or
weakness OF some other principal organ.
The conclusion is obvious TO help the
blood you must cure the stomach The
great success of Golden Medical DIS
covery is IN chief due 10 the fact that
il Legins with the stomach. II cures
diseases IF the stomach and other organs
Of digestion and nutrition. and with
these It cures disease which seem re-
mote from the stomach but which have
their origin IN .he disease 81 thai orgau
accept no substitute i0r Dr P.efce's
Golden Medical Di1~overy. There is no
other blood-purfying mcdicine which b.
Tjust as good
II conducted use Or Pierce's Pleas
an, Pellets. they cnTc constipation,
hiliousrsess and sick headache. they 90
not produce the pill habit