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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11

It was a matter Of less than half an
hour, 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
aanking 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 glazing
san promised 20 make the land YER
table furnace before nightfall. TIE
dirty khaki uniforms Of the stockily-
built soldiers we're 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 .
swelter of heat.
The fourteen hours march made by
that regiment of the guards, in the
Ranking movement, would have killed
on hall the men in any European or
American force long tefors the jap
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
Ultimate Fate of Man

We have from two distinguished
sources rear and forward Views Of
man. and 1t is to be regretted that
from neither standpoint Is there much
reason why the highest Of creation AZ
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.
!. First, We may travel back q few
Thousand years with the famous Assy-
biologist. Prof. A. H. sayce, whose
words have the weight o. authority. In
reading the facts Of the ancient monu.
ments he nnds that the Oldest inhabi-
tants were really very gifted persons.
Egypt and Babylon had their literary
activities, their great libraries and
their strenuous politics. I'VE have
learned many things Of late years
from archaeology" he writes; "but its
chiefest lesson has been that the age
of Moses. and even the age Of Abra-
ham, was almost as literary an age IS
our own" OF course the writer's Of
those times did not have to send re-
turn postage on their manuscript
1t would take few bushels Of 2-cent
stamps to get back hieroglyphic slab
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
Slang Was Bad Break

II never saw such swift change Of
scenery in my life. The door 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 fof
= dearest Willie, thou hast left u.s.
piece Of poetry then and there. Just
then a young girl rushed into the place
and threw herself between U.S."
"Of course" commented listener.
this IL 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
a fool, dad. He didn't mean anything.
He sin't heard a 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 wont
stasd the jokin' about 1t, you See
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
Japs Make Record March

anese had finished 1t and were still
keen to fight, and, notwithstanding
this. the ofdcial report says that the
left-wing division did not do SO well
As was expected! Only salamanders
could have survived the heat and toll.
1t was 4 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 pack
horses. The left-wing regiment
marched six miles in this fashion, and
threatened Yoshirei (Yangtsz 1ingl. in
the rear OF the main position. at
o'clock IN the afternoon.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11

Talking about fright and gray
hairs" said a travelling man, my
hair never came SO near turning white
in single night as 1t did couple
of weeks ago when was in town in
one of the widest patches Of country
In the West. I entered a cafe and
started in to ingratiate myself with
the boys. and was getting along hne.
There was one old fellow who hung
around the bar great deal and seem
ed to have everybody scared. ! made
up my mind that he was q chap
wanted to have on my side, so start
cd in and made up to him the best
knew how. l told him all the funny
stories l knew. Every time he laugh
ed everybody else laughed. and when
he didn't seem to like 1t, there was a
general attack Of the blues. After
awhile he told story himself. I laugh
ed Is hard as could and slapped him
on the shoulder and said:
"'I've heard of you before
"'You have?' said he. looking sus-
picious all of sudden.
eyes said l, and you're all right.
You're bird!'
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
Day Of Universal ki.,tno,

Kias.ng was universal in England in
Tudos times, Erasmus. who visited
England in the reign of Henry VIII.
wrote = letter to friend of his, q
equity Italian poet. bidding him forget
the govt and come to England. Here"
he wrote, ARE girls with angels
faces. 10 kind and obliging that you
would prefer them to all your muses..
Besides, there is = custom here mover
to be sufficiently recommended. Whe,r.
ever you come you are received with
kiss by all: when you take your
leave you are dismissed with kisses:
you return-kisses are repeated. They
come to visit you-kisses again; they
leave you-you kiss them all round.
Should they meet you anywhere
kisses in abundance; in fine. wherever
you move there Is nothing but kisses"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11

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
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 furnacier who makes 1t a
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
fled 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, 1905-02-11
To Subdue the Furnace

cline that. like the 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 q
"cold air intake" Cut 1t out!
It may do for Kentucky, but it is
not the thing for Minnesota. The first
thing you want to do is to get 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 1t rapid transit
facilities. Cut 1t out!
Have a major operation performed
on 1t. Leave nothing below the dia-
phragm except. perhaps. the lower
limbs. After this your furnace will
make a 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, 1905-02-11
GREAT MEN At CLOSE VIEW.
Sometimes a pisIIlusIonment to Thels
AdmirerA.

o0m1ksWet . OiSlIIuSlonHeHt TO lneiT
Admirers.
In 1880 the Rt. Rev. Mandell CreIgh-
ton, late bishop of London. met John
Bright at a dinner. He 0rote after
ward of the great Englishman: "He
was very cross. Apparently a cabi-
net meeting had disagreea with him.
Among other things he said: If the
people knew what sort of men states
men were they would rise and hang
the whole lot of them Next day
met young man who had been talk
ing to Gladstone. who urged him to
parliamentary life, saying: States
manship is the noblest way to serve
mankind"
This same prelate told the follow
ing: Il remember listening with sor-
row to Ruskin describing a railway
journey from Carnforth to Oxford. He
ridiculed every one whom he had
seen. described his fellow passengers
without touch of sympathy and ended
by saying: I saw over 700 people on
the way and not one face had look
of happiness looked at Ruskin's
own face; that certainly had not"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
What Dseomes Of pIns7

BY . series of experiments conduct
ed in his garden. 4 gentleman has dis
What becomes Of pins?" He has
found that pins are resolved into dust.
Hairpins. which he watched for 1874
days, disappeared by rusting away at
the end Of that time. Bright pins took
nearly eighteen months to disappear;
polished steel needles nearly two and
a half years: brass pins had but little
endurance: steel pens At the end of
fifteen months had nearly gone, while
their wooden holders we're still intact
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11

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
ican 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
agave supplies the people with drink.
food 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 rs porters. car
riera or peddlers, in q small way.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
Traits Of the Ate c 5

Like all southern Indians. their
complexion is of q rudy 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 q wine merchant
an Aztec porter was seen to take
cask of claret on his back and carry
1t quite a distance. The load certain
ly weighed not less than 400 pounds.
and no white man would have thought
Of lifting it. The law requires the
people in the cities to forsake the
Indian breechcloth and poncho, and
assume the regulation garb Of the
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 the
trousers and thereby replaces the civ
ilized Observation-Disclosures Work.
man.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
DOING WITHOUT THE SUN.
What One Scientist Thinks Of Our
Independence Of Old Sol.

Independence OF Old Sol.
A human race which makes its car
wheels and napkins out Of paper. says
Gerald Stanley Lee, in the Metropoli-
tan Magazine. its street pavements out
Of glass, its railway ties out Of old
shoes. which draws food out Of air.
which winds up operas on spools.
which has Its way with oceans, and
plays chess with the empty ether that
Is over the sea-which makes clouds
speak with tongues, which lights rail-
way trains with pin wheels and which
makes its cars go by stopping them
and heats its furnaces with smoke
1t would be very strange II race like
this could not find some way OF at
least managing its own planet-and
(heaped with snowdrifts 1t bel
some way of warming it-of melting
OF place to live on. A corporation
was formed down in New Jersey the
other day to light city by the toss
Ing Of the waves. We are always get
ting some new grasp-giving some
new sudden almost humorous stretch
to matter. We keep nature fairly
smiling at herself. One can hardly
tell when one hears of half the new
things now-a-days-actual facts
whether to laugh or cry, or form .
stock company or break out into sing.
inG. No one would quite dare to say
that thousand years from now we
will not have found some other use
for moonlight than for love Affairs
ana to haul tides with. We will be
manufacturing moon yet, out Of com.
pressed starlight, and heating houses
with It, 1t will be peddled about the
streets like milk, from door to door.
in cases and bottles.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
Ruth Changed Her Mind.

Ruth is . little girl who Is extreme
ly fond of candy. At dinner one even.
ing when offered plate Of soup she
refused 1t, saying that she did not
like 1t. Her father asked her how she
knew this. q she had never before
tried that Kind of soup. II don't
know" responded the child. 'but
don't like It," Threats and entreaties
were of NO avail and tears and gen
eral unhappiness we're the result. FL
nally her mother asked her II she
liked candy. She replied yes. smiling
through her tears. How did you
know that you liked candy before you
tried it," There was a long silence
and finally Ruth said: please, faith
er, I'll have some soup"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
COMPEL USE OF VOICE.
Electric Shock the Means Of Compel
lima Articulation.


A young woman of Leeds. who had
not been able to speak for five years.
hes recovered her voice through cleo
tricity. One of the hospital surgeons
who operated said: I'VE occasionally
get patients who are unable to speak.
not through any organic ailment. but
simply because they are in hysteri-
cal condition, and we often cure them
by strong electric shock. As a rule
they yell out, and then they have no
excuse for not being able to speak. We
do not suggest that such patients have
been shamming. They actually can
not speak. although there is nothing
wrong with their voice. They are the
kiId of patients who sometimes go
under quack treatment and make re-
n,Grkable' cures. There is good deal
OF faith healing in the matter"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
Doat with cyciens Sail.

n has long been known that q boat
sail shaped something like 4 japanese
umbrella would practically do away
with all danger Of beats capsizing.
A. the force Of the wind on 1t would
have no tendency to incline the boat.
But no such sail had been found until
an English inventor made what he
terms . Cyclone sail" It resembles
a huge, nat sunshade pierced with
holes and tilted slightly to one side of
its handle. which represents the mast
of the boat.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
Resolve Of the a,,ymsr.

While am a hayseed poet an am oft
compelled to show II by a-wrttin
bout the cider an the sass,
'Eout the bees a-makin' honey. bout the
ducklin's fat and funny. or the Joys
OF seem home q country lass,
atin. a poet has some feelin', an to you
I'm mine revealin'-every year that's
passed above my head
Since I first begun a-writin'. in the fall
I'd be in-ditin' mushy stuff about the
leaves a-turninx red.
An this year. tho ] may rue 1t, TIL be
hanged II / will do 1t: I'll be swig-
gered II I'll write a pesky line
On the subject have mentioned; firm as
granite I'm intentioned, even tho
lack the where wIthaI to dine.
will write about the cattle or the merry
nilkmaid's prattle: bout the harvest
moon a-hangin overhead,
hut III be forever swiggered. I'll be bal
Sywhacked an 3igzered. II I'll write
about the leaves a-turnin' red.
Louisville Courier journal.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
Whsrs Women Fish.

A great deal of the fishing along
the French coast Is done by women.
They are to be seen in groups at all
the French watering places, where
they contrast oddly with the fashion
ably dressed summer idlers. These
fisherwomen usually wear wooden
shoes and quaint costumes consisting
of very short skirts Of bright cclors
and picturesque bonnets or hoods.
The work 10, Of course. very arduous
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
wh.. . Lump Of Goa, Can Do.

A single pound of coal Is capable
OF producing 236 horsepower. and
could do the work of an express loco
motive for one-fifth of q minute. In
other words, 1t II enough to haul q
train Of eight cars. including the Pull
man sleeping-cArs and dining-cars. at
the rate Of fifty miles an hour one
sixth of mile.
In saving wood a man may work
at the rate of about sixty strokes .
minutes, and his saw-blade may have
progressed five feet q minutes, but q
circular saw, driven by machinery.
will cut seventy times as much wood
in the same time. And yet this one
little pound of coal contains power
enough for $50 such saws.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
Som. Words That % Not Rhyme.

Bulb has no rhyme. Culm, cusp.
recumb, gulf, month, doth. amongst
are other rhymeless words having the
sound of as In but. Few patrician
words in the language have this VOW
Ell sound, so commonplace and with
out dignity; hence poets turn to 1t
only for blood, flood and = few sim.
liar turbulent monosyllables. They
use 1t often, however. in forcing the
accent from the antepenultimate syl-
liable to the ANAL, where its unpleas-
an. sound is concealed by the soft
ened stress. Thus has many rhymes.
such As felicitous. mysterious. inglo-
rious, etc.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11


lsye your lips but not your soul;
1 have your tenderness, but not
Your hearts deep passion; I've my dole
OF kisses maddeninRly sweet.
Cool, precious-but I want them hot,
Bold. unreasoning and complete.
You give me water when I ask for wine;
You give me sunshine when I crave
the storm;
Your heart Its sweetest secret hides from
mine
From barriers unguessed Love shrinks
denied:
All, would you counterfeit pure Rapture's
form.
And leave my beings depths unsstls-
fed?
want your Utmost souls dim Dreams
want the thrObbinE OF quick blood
That in your surging heart beats teens:
want the lips that yearn. not yield !:
want Loves tide at its wild flood
Its passion unashamed and unconcealed
Town Topics.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
When Long sermon. Prevailed.

When Long Sermons Prevailed.
A Scotch preacher, not In the pres
ent degenerate age, has been known
to preach from i've to six hours At a
stretch. and sometimes, when one
preacher had finished his sermon an
other would begin, and there would
be . succession of preachers, deliver
ing sermon upon sermon, until the un-
happy congregations were kept listen
ing to 1.-The Word" for n many a. ten
hours without = break.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-02-15
Merton Mealy Badly Hurt.

Friends In this place and vicinity will
be sorry to learn of serious accident
which happened to Merton Mealy of Oil
City, on Wednesday of last week, an ac-
count of which Is given in the Derrick,
as follows:
"Mert Mealy, machinist employed at
the Joseph Reid Engine Works, was
badly hurt by the explosion of an emery
wheel on Wednesday forenoon. He was
grinding casting when the friction gen.
Grated so much heat that the emery wheel
against which he was holding the work
exploded and large fragment struck
him on The right arm and shoulder.
The bone of the arm was badly split a
short distance below the joint. Owing to
the nature of the fracture it was impos-
sible 70 use splints and an incision was
made into the arm and after holes had
been drilled into the bone the fragments
were drawn into place by means of sill
YER wires. The operation was by Drs.
Coulter and wilkins. Mr.. Mealy came
here less than two years sg) from Tio-
Besta and was married three months ago.
He is one of the popular employees OF
the works and general iavorite among
his neighbors in the Sixth ward"
Friends who have seen Mr.. Mealy
since the accident report him as doing
quite we'll under the painful circum-
stances, and his physicians expect him
to recover without any serious permanent
injury.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-02-15
New Game Law.

Following is summary of the pro-
posed new game law prepared by the
Pennsylvania State Game Commission,
which will be pressed for passage by the
Legislature now in sessions:
No hunting on Sunday.
Protecting insectivorous birds.
Protecting wild pigeons for a period OF
ten years.
Open season for woodcock from the
first day of October to the first day OF
January.
For rufled grouse or pheassnts from the
first day of November TO the first day of
January.
For quail from the first day of Noyem-
ber to the 10th day of December.
For wild turkeys from the first daysof
November to the 10th day of December.
For deer from the first day of Novem-
ber to the 10th of the same month. No
dogs to be used, and any dog kept within
ten miles of camp during the open sea-
son for deer, which, if found to pursue
may be killed and render the owner lia-
BILE to a fine of 500. No gun to be used
for deer that propes more than one bull
let. This bars the use of shot guns.
For squirrels from the first day of 0c-
tober to the first day of January.
For rabbits from The first day of No
vember to the first day of January.
Hunting rabbits with ferrets prohibited.
Bear are to be protected with an open
season from October to January l.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-02-15
Eagle Rock.

Mr.. Moore, of Pittsburg, has been in
town the past week buying pine lumber.
G. X. Cunningham was in Oil City on
business Saturday.
Falling in love is sometimes serious
accident.
John Hues made business trip to
Youngsville Saturday.
Your heart cannot be warm to heaven
when it is icy TO your neighbors.
John II. Brennan, of Mayburg, has
rented building in town and has started
photograph gallery. John does very
good work and all should patronize him.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henderson were
Oil City visitors Saturday.
VIM. White made a business trip to
Warren Friday
A good jokeo on one of our clerks. one
day last week a young girl entered the
big department store aud was walking
from counter to counter look ing at differ
ent articles, when the clerk noticed her
and asked if some one was waiting on
her. Very much embarrassed she re-,
piled, "Yes, sir. My brother is outside
waiting"
Forest Zuendel, of Oil City, was in
town Monday shaking hands with old
friends.
James O'EIara made business trip TO
Tidioute Saturday. ToPsY.