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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-08
MAJOR HoYT SHERMAN ILL.,

Des MoineS, Iowa, Jan. Major HOyt Sherman
Of this city. brother OF the late General W.
Sherman is seriously i'll from pneumonia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-08
MRS. M'eURNEY LOSES $500 RING,

Mrs. Charles McBurney. of No. 2S West Thirty
seVenth-st sent word to the police last night that
on January she lost while shopping a sapphire
ring valued az $500. She had the ring in a bag
aonA N 800 -"Ae "~S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-08

This means AN equal gain i'm value advertising me-
dunn. the quality of the circulation remains the same
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-08

Chief Engineer Department of Bddses-o. F. Nichols.
Salary, $4,000
Deputy Bridge Observation-Disclosures wesfernacher
Salary, $500.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
Ultimate Fate Of Man

We have from two distinguished
sources rear and forward views of
man. and II is to be regretted that
from NEITHER standpoint is there much
reason why the highest Of creation as
he exists to-day should vaunt his pride.
The past robs him of part of his glory,
and the future holds the awful pos
sibility Of his reduction to second
place in the animal kingdom.
eFfrst, we may travel back a few
thousand years with the famous Assy-
biologist. Prof. A. H. Sayce, whose
words have the weight of authority. In
reading the facts of the ancient monu.
ments he finds that the Oldest inhabi-
tants were really very gifted persons.
Egypt and Babylon had their literary
2cuyities. their great libraries and
Fir strenuous politics. I'VE have
ned many things of late years
archaeology" he writes; but its
est lesson has been that the age
les. and even the age of Abra-
- all psf as literary an age as
Az course the writer's of
Rd not have to send re-
Sat their manuscripts
1t few bushels of 2-cent
stat back hieroglyphic slab
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
To Subdue the Furnace

The local Society of Fine Arts has
started its fall classes in furnace-craft.
There is popular opinion that all
that 1t Is necessary to do in the way
i Of running the cellars coal eater is
to throw on the diamonds, let the fire
get well under way, shut It up, shake
1t down at night and empty the ashes
Sunday morning. These are the very
crude ideas of immature thought.
The furnace, like the locomotive,
must be petted, groomed and cared
for by a furnacier. who makes it
labor of love. or he will never get out
of 1t the quid pro quo to which the
house is entitled. Quid pro quo is
Latin for that variety of hot heat
which, like that letter. is longed for,
but sometimes never comes. Heat is
a funny thing. 1t is just as well salts
fed to go up the chimney or out into
the cellar as into the drawing-room or
bathroom. And there is always lin
gering around on the outside of the
house a climate fresh from Nebraska
or Athabasca, or some other polar
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
Slang Was Bad Break

TaGg about fright and gray
halrs said travelling man, my
ha' ever came SO near turning white
ID single night as it did couple
~ weeks ago when was in town in
one Of the widest patches Of country
in the West. entered q cafe and
/, started in to ingratiate myself with
the boys. and was getting along fine.
There was one old fellow who hung
around the bar great deal and SEEM
ed y. have everybody scared. made
up my mind that he was chap I
wanted to have on my side. SO start
ed in and made up to him the best
knew how. told him all the funny
stories 1 knew. Every time he laugh
ed everybody else laughed. and when
he didn't seem to like it. there was n
general attack of the blues. After
awhile he told story himself laugh
ed as hard as l could and slapped him
on the shoulder and said:
GIVE heard of you before
"'You have?' said he. looking sus-
picious all of sudden.
YES said I. and you're all right.
You're q bird!'
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

but they write as persistently and
quite as well as the people do to-day.
So why should man boast OF his prog
ress during tie thousands of years
that have come between?
But that Is not the worst. H. g.
Wells, who has dipped into the future
far as novelist's eye may see. and
who makes 1t pay. delivered before
one of the important scientific asso-
Citations of England this year a serious
and able address on THE Discovery
of the Future" Near the end he r1adc
the remarkable declaration that he
did not think much of man, and he
went on to say that II evolution had
produced him from its long labors,
starting with the lowest form and
building up to the present biped. there
was excuse for believing that at some
great moment in the distant future 1t
would find higher expression OF its
handiwork
So there he is-a clothes-wearer.
trolley-chasing animal, whose thoughts
are little better than they were In
Abraham's time and whose ultimate
fate may be the monkeys place at
Newport dinner!-Saturday Evening
Post,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

81 never saw such swift change Of
scenery in my life. The floor was
cleared all OF sudden and all the &C.
cupants of the place except the old
man and myself were looking up from
behind tables. He had six-shooter
pointed at me, and II his finger had
trembled I'd have been the subject fol
a dearest Willie, thou hast left US.
piece Of. poetry then and there. Just
then young girl rushed into the place
and threw herself between u.s."
"Of course" comm ~nted listener,
this is about chapter III. She ex-
claimed: Spare him! Spare him.
for my sake!'"
mo. She didn't say anything Of
the kind. She merely said: Don't be
3 fool, dad. He didn't mean anything.
He amt heard word about it,
Then she turned to me and said:
"'You want to be keerful about how
you talk about anything in the fowl
line before dad. He was tarred and
feathered week before last. He amt
got clear over 1t yet. an he Won't
stand the jokin' about it, you see.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

cline that. like tho last fly Of autumn.
is anxious to get inside before the bell
rings. To care for this Nebraska
chill the furnace man has accommo
datingly arranged what is called a
cold air intake" Cut it out!
1t may do for Kentucky, but It is
not the thing for Minnesota. The first
thing you want to do is to get a stout
furnace surgeon and excise the cold
air intake appendix. About 100000
yards of the Arctic circle are trailing
around the house, moaning to get into
the cold air intake. Cut 1t out!
Let the cold air get in around the
doors and window castings. 1t will get
in, anyhow, but 1t is not necessary
for you to provide it rapid transit
facilities. Cut 1t out!
Have major operation performed
on it. Leave nothing below the dia-
phragm except. perhaps, the lower
limbs. After this your furnace will
make quick recovery and you will
be surprised to see 1t come UP in the
morning and eat out Of your hand
Minneapolis Journal.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
Model Made by convlets.

There is remarkable model at
South Kensington, England. Made TO
a scale of twenty feet to the inch, 1t
shows a part of the additions to the
dockyard at Chatham-a great feat OF
engineering skill accomplished by
convict labor. In fourteen years the
penal prisoners excavated the docks,
made 02,O00.00O bricks for the retain
ing walls, and did an enormous amount
of masonry and other work. Altogeth-
er the enlargement is one of the great
est feats that can be put to the credit
Of convicts. In the model which COM
memorates it there are the figures of
295 prisoners. forty superintendent
and other officers and fourteen free
men.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

The Aztecs of old were not only
great soldiers. but also diligent cult
vators of the soil, and had acquired
considerable proficiency in agricul-
ture, although they had no horses,
oxen or other animals Of draught. To
this day the men earn their living
chiefly as day laborers in the fields
now owned by the Mexicans. The
staple product now as Of yore Is the
maize, and next to 1t the maguey or
agave. the sweet sap of which is the
principal material for the famous Mex
lean pulQue. Some species are cult
waited as vegetables. others for the
sake Of their leaves which yield .
strong fiber that can be woven into
fabrics. Hence the saying that the
agavs supplies the people with drink.
fsod and clothing. The men have lit
tie ambition to excel in handicraft.
Farriery and carpentry are about the
only trades they care to take up. In
the cities they work ~ porters. car
riers or peddlers, in . small way.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
Japs Make Record March

1t was a matteo Of less than half an
hcur, writes a Harper's Weekly cor
respondent, before the japanese held
the main ridge to the left, or west, of
the village of Suitean-za, and the great
f1anking movement over the hills was
ready to begin. from the point gained.
about 9 O'Clock.
1t was broiling hot at this hour. and
the motionless air and the giarinE
sun promised to make the land . YER
table furnace before nightfall. The
dirty khaki uniforms of the stockily-
built soldiers were wringing with wa
ter. but they marched forward briskly
and with NO display Of exhaustion.
though they had been up all night and
had already worked three hours in a
swelter Of heat.
The fourteen hours march made by
that regiment Of the guards. In the
nanking movement, would have killed
eli half the men in any European or
American force long before the Jap
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

anese had finished 1t and were still
keen to fight, and, Notwithstanding
this, the ofncial report says that tho
left-wing division did not do 30 well
as was expected! Only salamanders
could have survived the heat and toll
1t was q marvellous performance.
and one which, at first blush, seems
impossible. for 1t necessitated travel
ing beneath the crests Of the noun
tains, in order to be screened from
the enemy. They moved ahead on
mountain slopes whose angle was Of
ten so degrees. They toiled through
thick underbrush and around the
bases Of rocky pinacles 500 to 800 feet
above the valleys. One would have
believed the feat impossible for load
ed men, let alone heavily laden peck
horses. The left-wing regiment
marched six miles in this fashion, AMI
threatened Yoshirei (Yangtaz'iing), in
the rear Of the main position, at
o'clock in the afternoon.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
FLOWERS THAT TELL TIME.
Punetual to the Minute In Closing
Their Petals,

Their Petals.
There are flowers that act as time
keepers for those who have by obser-
walton studied their ways and habits,
and 20 punctual are they that labor
ing men in some countries tell from
them when the hour for dinner and
leaving work has come: while In GER
tain districts the school children are
said to be dismissed when the goats
beard closes. which 1t does punctually
at the same time every day. The
gardener to millionaire has provided
= fiower-clock in the shape of cir
cular flower bed. with twelve divi.
sions. Each of the divisions. from one
to twelve. contains flowers which open
or close at the corresponding hour.
Thus the two space is occupied by
II. made of hawkseed, which closes
at . p. M. precisely, and so on. He
had no difficulty In finding flowers to
suit the several hours, and In some
cases the figure has been made Of
more than one flower. Amongst the
flowers used are the snow thistle.
blue chicory, pimpernel, marigold
Star OF Bethlehem. and evening Prim-
rose. The Yellowstone park contains
the most unique greenhouse for flow
er cultivation in the world. the heat
being obtained from one of the natu-
raj hot springs. or geysers, the water
of which issues from the earth at a
temperature near boiling point. The
sh0rtest-liyed flowers are the dew
flowers of the Death Valley In Cali
fonia. Heavy dews are waited by
the winds from the mountains over
the parched plain. and an hour or two
before sunrise the moist sand. with
Its under-current of warmth, gives life
to the dew flower. When the light be
gins TO glow in the east. myriads of
tiny pink flowers burst into bloom,
hugging the sand for the few minutes
they are destined to live. The suns
rays come slanting across the sur
face. and. as thought touch of fire
had passed over them, the dew flow
ers wither and disappear.-Montrea
Herald
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
Traits Of the Ate c 5

Like all southern Indians, their
complexion is Of a ruddy chocolate
brown, and they are not particularly
good-looking. Most Of the women
now have large hands and feet, prob
ably the Inheritance of generations Of
hard workers. And they are strong.
In the warehouse Of wine merchant
an Aztec porter was seen to take q
cask Of claret on his back and carry
1t quite distance. The load certain
ly weighed not less than 400 pounds,
and no white man would have thought
of lifting 1t. The law requires the
people in the cities to forsake tho
Indian breechcloth and poncho. and
assume the regulation garb Of tho
poor working class Of Mexico-the
wide, loose trousers of cotton cloth or
manta, with jacket to match-but the
breechcloth is worn outside of tho
trousers and thereby replaces the civ.
ilized Work.
man.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
OBSERVATION
N1HE

mercury. The rest of the mine space
is left for the sake of buoyancy, the
sum OF which is equal to tendency
to rise of 10 pounds pressure. This
500-pound mine has an effective or
destructive area equal to circle so
feet in diameter. These mines are
generally planted In series of from
six to ten, again. radiating like the
ribs of palm-leaf fan, each with
separate cable about $50 feet long
Boston Herald
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
turkey Matches Chickens.

Bert Crum. who resides northeast
Of Sulphur Springs. Ohio. has turkey
gobbler which has succeeded in hatch
ing a dozen chickens. Not being satis-
fed with the work already accom-
plished, the gobbler has undertaken
to raise the chicks and is doing as
well as mother hen could. This 's
the second attempt Of the gobbler
to hatch a lot Of eggs. the first. at.
tempt being a failure. Seventy-nine
years ago Crum's great-grandfather
possessed gobblsr of equal distinc-
ton, the ancient gobbler having
Matched lot of eggs.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
WorId's TypswrItins Record.

The worlds typewriting record en-
actual work has been broken by Mrs
Margaret Cunningham. court stenog.
rapher At Trenton. N. J. She wrote
21.089 words Of legal decision requIr.
ing the utmost care, in six and one.
half hours actual time. and not .
single correction had to be made on
the 81 pages covered.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
Ne Was Too Late.

An Ozark county man who went tc
Louisville. KY. last week to attend the
funeral Of his uncle drifted out to
picnic instead. and was later .rrested
for drunkenness. When he was re-
leased from Jail the next morning the
funeral was all over.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
Preductlv. Pumpkin seed.

From a single seed Jerome Jordan
OF Webster, Mass, has produced jus,
466 pounds Of pumpkin. From a sin.
gle seed Of the ordinary garden pump
kin variety he has this season pro
duced twenty-three pumpkins on the
vine. the largest individual vegetable
weighing twenty-seven pounds. d.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
cen.lpeds. Banana, Death.

Elsie Swan, 81 years old. died in
commissions at Minonk, ILL.,. a few days
ago, after eating a part of banarfa
Local physicians assert the banana
was poisoned by a centipede. The
fruit came from Chicago. A telegram
to the wholesale dealer brought the
reply that centipedes often came as
passengers In punches of bananas
San Francisco Call.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
lobster Would Max. Many Meals.

A fourteen-pound lobster was re
Gently secured by g. B. Hunt of East
port. Me. The lobster measured nine
teen inches from head to tail. the two
feelers from tine head measuring
eighteen inches and the claws each
seventeen inches in length, and til.
largest six inches in width.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

At the sale of the famous herd Of
Shorthorn cattle which belonged to
the late Mr. w s. Mari. farmer, Up
permilI. Aberdeensbire. one bull. Bap-
ton Favorite. realized 1000 guineas.
and two bull calves 600 guineas re-
spectively.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
Rare Relics Of Early History.

George W. Bennett Of Abbott.
Maine, is the possessor OF a silk badge
worn by his grandfather. who was a
captain in the revolutionary war. at
the dedication Of Bunker Hill; also
a piece OF the dress worn by his
grandmother, given her by Lafayette
during his second visit to the United
States.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31
NINE OF DEADLY QUALITY.
Bursting Charge Of from SOC - 1000
pounda al Junction,

The observation mine Is large
structure of cylindrical shape. and
carries bursting charge Of from 500
to 1000 pounds Of guncotton-the
quantity varying in accordance with
the depth OF water in which 1t Is to
work. AS shown in the cut. the gun
cotton is lacked in layers in copper
tanks or cases having holes In them
to permit the admission of water for
wetting. The lower central case has
a hole for the reception of the primer
of dry guncotton and illuminate of
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

One Of the most dihicult PROPOSE.
tons Maine schoolmarm has encoun.
tered this fall was a bunch of nine liz.
tie Russians, not one speaking a wori
Of English. who entered q New Al
burn school last week.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

American cities. A striking example
of the effects Of the drug is illustrated
herewith. The Chinaman in question
weighs only eighty-seven pounds. al
though he is over Ave feet in height
and was originally 4 man of normal
size. The skin of the face, it will be
seen. is stretched tightly over the
skull, while the bones of the neck are
painfully prominent. The proportions
Of the neck add curious mixture OF
comedy to this tragic hgure.-New
York Herald.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

The effect of opium In reducing the
body to mere skeleton has many
among the Chinese OF
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

Athletics Enlarge Girls Hands.
A No. s glove to-day is larger than
The same size I'VE years ago. The
girls play golf and are athletic and
their hands have grown.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-12-31

Sight for Lovers Of Nature.
A New Hampshire item: The sight
of a dozen wild deer in tandem fash
ion on the crest of Croydon mountain
ut the setting sun was q picture to
stir the soul OF any true artist.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-10
Spanish and Civil War Soldiers.

Under the liberal provision of the
law governing the opening of the
soldiers and sailors OF. the Spanish
and Civil Wars, can register and file
without going to the expense of leaving
home to register, but can delegate
their authority to an agent.
The under signed can handle all of
this business for them to their salts
faction and benefit.
For further information, address.
S. G. THEIs, 7O5 Germania Life Bldg,
Reference-The editor of this paper.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-10
Lost.

A string of amethyst rosary beads,
with three gold medals, a silver medal
and a gold cross attached to a gold
chain, was lost at the Excelsior Pa
vilion, Lake Minnetonka, on August
9TH. Finder will be paid a liberal re-
ward for returning property to
MISS BIRDIE MULLEN,
30 New Ulm, MINI.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-10
Lot For Sale

Is feet of Block Ill South. This pro-
perty is next to w T. Eckstein's resi-
dence. Street is graded, water mains
are laid and the place is most desirable
for building.
W. j. HERMAN.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-10
Lost.

Two rings were lost July 31st on
South Broadway Or Second South
street. Finder will please leave prop
erty at this Office or notify Miss Emily
Triton and receive reward. 33p
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-10
Grocery Stock for Sale.

B, Pfefferle offers his entire stock of
groceries for sale. This will afford
some young man an excellent OPP
portunity to go into business. Inquire
of him.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-10

Mankato Commercial College, Man
kato, Mimi, gives you two months
FREE Take advantage of it.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-10

The illustrated catalogue of Gus
tavus Adolphus College, st. Peter
Minnesota, may be had free for the
asking. Write at once. 81
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-30
SIX STREAMS OF WATER.
Firemen Test the New Wafer Euihp
AMI Have Fun.

Six streams Of water gong nlsh III
the air and great crowds Watching the
firemen and the water was .he 9ce'le
on Fayetteville street yesterday ailel
noon from half past five to "a quarter
to six o'clock.
The occasion was a test of the new
pumps put in by the Ralelgn We" ~
Works Company, and last nlsn' t IRE
Department officials say that they
were pleased with the test. w waI aa
was thrown from seventy-liive TO on one
hundred feet in the air, u'leo. - ho
sure being used, and six streams oe-
ing operated at once. 40 Too,
There was some fun during .lle VS.
for the pipe-men of two OF tne us
companies turned the Walei oee Cni.a
other. These were Messrs. Jell Co ,n'1
and Harry Lee of the CaplLaI e,,o
Messrs Gordon Harris ana ,aii 49,
of the Rescue. They were We ~" Ell
they got through, though SUI 40
were also in the wet class
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-30
Major Tatzoz Gives His Views.
(By the Associated Press

Lao Yang, April 28.--Major Togo
Tatzoz, a member of the general staff
of the Japanese army, who is a prison
er here, having been captured at Win,
where he had lived since January last,
said to the Associated Press today:
1.-The Russians will be driven as ia :
as Baikal. Further than that we do
not wish to go, but we will return to
Manchuria and open it to the trade OF
the world.
Our people are certain that they
can beat the Russians but / think we
began hOstilitieS fifty years too soon.
We were not prepared for such a Sc
rious war.
Japan wishes above everything else
to command the sea and she will then
be free from fear of invasion and loss
of territory. With the complete de-
struction of the Russian fleet we be-
lieve the war will end.
"Japan's alliance with Great Brit
ain was Ii stupid act, and it will be of
no service to us.
"We know perfectly we'll that the
Americans were never our friends be-
cause in the Far East they were al
ways our opponents. We are afraid
that if Japan is victorious the British
and the Americans only will benefit.
1t would be foolish for Japan to ally
herself with the United States, because
the Americans do not intend to help
us, but rather wish to exploit us"