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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08
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Tetai Products u the cell Rsssh an
Ensrmevs eusW.
The farmers OF the Unlted States
1re our greatest benefactoss. In 1904.
for example. our farm products were
worth IN the aggregate 9l.eo0. 900. 900,
an increase Of BIZ per cent over 1893
The sum II three times the gross
earnings Of all our railways and six
times are amount Of the capital stock
OF all the national banks. Tho corn
crop would pay the national debt. Next
to corn comes cotton. worth this year
$500. 100000. while hay and wheat to-
sether about equal the value OF corn
The rice crop reaches nearly 1000 .oO0.'
900 pounds. being 200. 900. 600 pounds
more than ever before. The secretary
Of agriculture becomes impressive.
however. when he tells us that the pa
trlotic hens Of the country In one
month lay eggs enough to pay years
interest on the public debt. The far
mer Is said to be prospecting this year
beyond the record. To prove this the
secretary shows that in the three dis
tinctively agricultural states Of Iowa.
Kansas and Mississippi the deposits In
Ill kinds of banks increased In the
eight years from June 80, 1896. to
October 81. 1904. BY. respectively
1854. 219 and SOL per cent. During the
same period the deposits in all banks
Of the United States as whole In
creased by 81 per cent.-Bal,imors
Sun.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08

ethotdA.
library door. For an instant I could
have sworn that l saw the figure OF
woman, with its back towards me.
bending over the library table In an
attitude of muscular strain, trying to
lift or move some object on the table.
And that delicate. straining agure was
Helen's!
The illusion passed as abruptly ~
1t came. The white window-curtain
blown inward. half over the table, in
the darkened room had lent itself to
the momentary hallucination.
At dinner we tested with Jack on
his mornings sport.
where's your revolver. Jack?'
asked Ethelda.
II believe left 1t on the library
table," he returned. carelesaly.
Jack" cried Ethelda. How could
you! And the baby about all the aft
ernoon!"
She looked 80 rufiied and reproach-
full that turned the conversation to
the subject that oddly rose in my
mind.
"Oh. do you know" I said, You
have never yet told me about Arthur
Olivant!"
Jack and Ethelda looked at each
other. and Ethelda blushed slightly.
They both laughed.
Tell her" said Jack, nodding At
his wife.
well. II you must know" said Eth.
elda, arthur Olivant was the name
we had positively decided CT for the
baby, If she hadn't been so perverse
as to be a girl"
The words were barely spoken
when from the library came the al
most simultaneous sounds of a shot
and q fall.
sat nearest the door, but the three
of us reached 1t together.
You have killed her!" screamed
Ethelda; but Jack sprang past her and
picked up the tiny. night-gowned ng.
ure with the red stain spreading
above the heart. The fatal revolver
lay on the floor where it fell
Hours later when we had made the
little body fair and composed. I left
Ethelda- with her passionate. unforgiv.
ing grief. and stole away to comfort
Jack. The study door opened noise
lessly. He sat with his head buried
in his arms on the desk. Beside him,
one tender hand on his shoulder. with
bending face of exquisite, intense
compassion. leaned the shadowy form
of Helen. AS turned silently away.
my hair pricked lightly at the roots.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08
.T.a.r story From india.

A man living in village near Luck
now Is reported to have had an ex-
traorlinary adventure In the jungle
the other day. He had gone In search
Of two buaaloes that had gone astray
when he was attacked by tiger.
He was uEarmed except for heavy
stick. with which he fouhght until over
come by loss Of blood. when he sank
unconscious. At this moment the two
buffaloes appeared. One Of them stood
over the wounded man. while the other
snorted and tossed his head.
The man recovered consciousness
and staggered to his feet. when the
tiger made another spring At him. The
beast was. however. received upon the
horns of one OF the buflaloes. and was
SO badly wounded that 1t turned tall
and skunk away.-London Express.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08

Peat possesses wonderful antiseptic
and preservativc qualities owing to the
presence o; tannin. iron and other sub
stances in 1t. Here il an instance:
At the time OF the covenanters, in
1855. three men werc shot at q place
called Crossgelloch. on the moors
above Old Cumnock, In Scotland. In
1895. when monument was being
erected to their memory. the workmen
came upon the corpses rolled In their
plaids. The bodies were In exactly the
same state rs when they were buried.
The moss had preserved them ~ II
they had been embalmed.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08
a Woman Policeman.

Another calling which has been
opened to women is that of an oficer
of the law. though 1t is doubtful IL
many Of the gentler sex enter this
new field. The city Of Honolulu has
= woman filling this position. and she
is not only young and pretty but
wealthy. She is Miss Helen Wilder,
AID her father is one of the great
sugar kings Of the Pacific. worth sew.
eral millions. 1t was her love Of chill.
drer and animals which caused this
ysung woman Of twenty-four to seek
this appointment. She is a mounted
ofhcer and wears on her soft felt hat
the silver badge Of her calling. She
carries . revolver. Not long ago this
unusual young woman found that the
captain of vessel which had lately
put into port had for some slight Of.
tense locked his two little girls in
cabin and kept them on bread and
water for three days. Alone she went
aboard the vessel and ordered the
protesting rufian ashore. where he
was duly punished. sF-
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08
A strono lndue.msnt.

Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania
celebrated his birthday recently IT.
Philadelphia. A Philadelphia. during:
congratulatory call. said of him:
Il remember Pehrose's entrance into
politics. when he was a boy of "a.
He won the liking Of Senator Quay
by quaint little speech that he made
to the Republican leader during the
presentation Of = petition.
This petition was laid before Nj.
Quay by . delegation. whose spokes
man Was insufferably lons.wiadedsaad
tedious. Tho man talked to the ssna.
tor nearly an hour. Every one stood
during his speech, and 1t seemed that
1t would never end.
When. finally. 1t did end, Mr.. Quay
asked YEARLY II there were any fur.
Their reasons for the granting Of the
petition that the delegates had to Of.
fer.
"Penross. tall. and straight, and
boyish, smiled and said in low
voice:
"If you don't grant 1T. sir, wen
have that speech repeated all over
again to you"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08

The days have lost their brightness and I
feel the dreary pain
OF the winds that sigh around me-of
the blooming bright,
have but remembered roses. and ~ae
songs Of birds that seem
To be singing to me ever in the meadows
Of a dream!
say. somewhere. the gardens Of the
spring are blooming bright,
And morning dawns In splendor and the
lOve-stars light the night.
altnr-hres CLEAN
Where my soul is ever signing for the
meadows Of a dream!
The dim days have no pity-no promise
for the years
The stars are stormed from heaven and
the clouds rain down their team.
For face that made the morning has
faded with Its beam,
And the promise OF the sprinRtime In the
shadow of dream!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08
widest yumps on Eno,m..

While Engineer Ed White and Fire.
man Harry Ahern were speeding
through the Palisade Canyon with q
freight train at night they were
startled by large wildcat landing
suddenly on their engine.
The animal emitted blood curdling
cry as 1t landed, and when the dust
cleared away they saw the angry
beast only few feet away glazing at
them. The two men seized weapons
with which to beat OF the animal, hut
1t made no show Of light. leaping from
tho flying train to the ground. It
rolled dozen feet before It stopped.
but apparently 1t was unhurt as II
scampered away immedintely.-Win
mucca Correspondent Sacrament Bee.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08

At that minute an 1proarious med.
ley of banks and screams rose on the
lawn.
agnes Is teasing the dog!" cried
Ethelda. and rushed to the rescue Of
the bold baby who delighted In slap
ping the big and not-toopatient New
foundland. When Agnes indignant
fright had been pacihed. Ethelda had
forgotten Arthur Olivant. and l did
not resume the subject.
The next day-ah. that day!-l had
start. Jack had been out that morn
ing shooting squirrels. heard him
come in. and move about in the
library; afterwards the door Of his
den slammed. Remembering some
thing wanted to say to him. ! went
towards the den. Some obscure i'm
pulse made me pause At the open
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08

Where have you been until this
late hour?" asked the wife of liter.
airy man, when he came home in the
wee small hours.
"oh, I've been sitting up with sick
friend" replied the man. hanging his
hat ON the gas Jet.
IF any one should ask you. dear,
don't forget to tell them that that 10
the forty-nfth edition Of that particular
pieca OF your fiction"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08
Hobby !. cell.e.ion Of watches.

The famous Australian novelist.
Nine. Mary Won Ebner-Eschenbach
possesses one of the finest collections
of watches. A number Of these time
pieces are over 200 years old and
many Of them are set in diamonds.
The collection is said to be worth over
$4,000.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08
Postal Card. o, pest.

Tho latest novelty in stationery IL
postal cards made from peat. They
are made In the mills at Celbridge.
County Kildare. Ireland. where an
American has established papermakins
from the peat Of the famous bog Of
Allen.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-04-08

The roses blight every year" The
day Helen set 1t there was like yes
terday to me. But men forget those
things.
One afternoon as Ethelda and I eat
together with our sewing, a halffor.
gotten question required to me.
"By-the-way," asked. with assumed
'carelessness, Who is Arthur OIL
vnnt?"
EtheldA laughed, but she looked at
me queerly. What do you know
about Arthur Olivant7" She laughed
again. II declare must tell Jack!
I'd almost forgotten Arthur olivant!"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12
YleIIn.

Bells have been employed in associa.
ton with religious worship since the
carly days of Egypt. Cymbals and
hand bells and small crotals served for
the festival Of Isis. Aaron and other
Jewish high priests wore bells Of gold
upon their rAiment. In camp and gar
rison the Greeks employed bells. The
Romans announced the hour of bathing
by their melody. Copper and tin, the
old composition, is still regarded MS
the best bell metal Steel has been
tried, but does not make a successful
bell. Glass bells nre mellow and beau
tiful in tone, but the material is too
fragile. The one metal which is Inn
possible is that which everybody Inn
AGNES makes the best bell--silver.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12
LISTEN.

Custom may ield man into many
errors, but il justilics none.
Custom. dough never so ancient.
without truth /; bat an old error.
Custom / the tyranny of the lower
human facrit:es over the higher.
1t is lar to abolish a custom once
introduced. however foolish or enem-
mate.
There is no tyrant like custom and
no freedom where its edicts are not
resisted.
If you are determined to live and die
slave to custom, see that it is at least
good one
1t is of great advantage when the
customs of n nation are such us are
likely to lead to good habits among the
people.
Custom is the sovereign of nortais
and of gods. With its powerful hand it
regulates things the most violent.
Custom governs the world. 1t is the
tyrant of our feelings and our manners
and rules with the hand OF tyrant.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12

The battle of the herrings was the
comlcal name given to fight between
mn English force and n French de-
tachmcnt not far from Orleans in
1920. The English We're conveying a
large quantity OF supplies. mainly
herrings, for It was Lent, to the army
That was besleging Orleans. The Eng
fish had 1900 men. the French 6O0o.
Tie former repulsed the assaiIants and
saved the Mornings. so the battIe was
named in honor of the supplies.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12
Borrow wherC. they Ought to Bu

Borrow where They Ought to Buy.
The proprietor of hardware store
has found it necessary to display con-
spicuously over his counter the fol-
lowing sign: "our business IS to sell
tools, not to loan them"
Ibid you actually find 1t necessary
to hang up that notice." asked him.
cor course did he replied. Hard
~ day passes TINT don't have some
body running in here and asking me
to lend him hammer, saw or n
uhIseI. It's one of the freaks OF hui
man nature. and can't account for
it. Persons who would not think Of go
ing into a hat shop to borrow hat
or to a furnishing store to borrow n
fhirt seem to think it's the most nat
ural thing in the world to come In here
ana ask me to lend them hammer
New York Herald.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12
Nom Is the time TO enard the

Now is the time to guard the
health and strength of the lungs
The best remedy to use for coughs
and colds is Bees Laxative Honey
and Tar. The only cough syrup
that does not constipate the bowels,
but which on the other hand, expels
all cold from the system by acting
as pleasant laxative Best for
coughs, colds, Group, whooPing cough
etc. Sold by Stone & Mercer
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12
SWEET MELODY FLoUR

Have you ever heard as much fav.
orable comment about a chorus?
Everybody says the chorus was the
best looking, best singing even seen
in Clarksburg. The same pretty
chorus with the same pretty dresses
will be seen at the opera house FRI
day night. 7dec@t
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12

The season for Indigestion is now
at hand. Rings Dyspepsia Tablets
relieve indigestion and correct all
stomach disorders. Sold by Stone
s. Mercer.
Shoes polished at Levy's cigar
store. oct1stf
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12

The reason DR.. Dade's Little
Liver Pills give perfect satisfaction
is due to their tonic effect on the
liver. They never grippe. Sold by
Stone & Mercer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

The Electric Light is now on at
the F. D. Brooke Photo Studio. We
have help. We have Electric Light
for making negatives. We have
Electric Light for finishing. we
can get your work our for Christ.
mas. Hurry up. Come on. Diff
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12

SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
SWEET MELODY FLOUR
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12

Everything you eat will taste good
ard do good if you take Rings Dys-
pepsia Tablets. Sold By Stone &
8 Mercer
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12

Try nut sundae at the James :
Law Co jupe2Otf
SWEET MELODY FLoUP
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12

Blind, bleeding, itching and pro-
truding piles are instantly relieved
by ManZan. This remedy is put up
in collapsible tubes with nozzle at
tachment, so that the medicine may
be applied inside directly where the
trouble originates. ManZan re-
lieves instantly.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12
SWEET MELODY FLOUR
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

Any one suffering from Kidney
pains, backache, bladder trouble or
rheumatism who will take dose of
Pine-ules upon retiring at night
shall be relieved before morning.
Sold BY Stone & Mercer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12

Levy's "882' 5 cent cigar pleases
everybody. oct1Stf
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-12

SWEET MELODY EcUR.
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23

Felizardo, chief of the Cavite Ia
drones" in the Philippines, has final
" ended his picturesque life in man
ner suitable to his career as a des-
pcrate bandit According to advices
from Manila, he was run to bay by n
detachment of constabulary operating
in the province of Batangas, and
rather than submit to capture, jump
ed over n cliff and was killed, says the
Examiner.
Felizardo and Montalon were the
leaders of large band of outlaws
who make their rendezvous in the
province of Cavite. on the night OF
January "a they descended upon the
town of San Francisco de Malaban
less than 90 miles from Manila, and
their band of over 900 men captured
the town. Contract Surgeon j. A
O'Neill was shot In his house i'm sight
of his wife and child, and the wife
and two children and two female SER
wants of Governor Trias were abduct'
ed and taken into the mountains
The bandits looted the municipa
treasury of $4,000. and after shooting
up the town In u reckless manner the,
leisurely returned to their mountain
Mounts.
A native constabulary officer wh'
commanded the detachment of Fill
pino soldiery stationed in the town
cowardly refused to assist Mrs
O'Neill and remained In hiding unit
the outlaws were gone. He was after
wards tried by a court-martial In Mn
nila for his cowardly neglect of duty
Although Mrs. O'Neill had pleaded
with him over the body of her dyinl
husband, he refused to keep the ban
dts out OF the house and the woma'
was compelled to flee for safety witt
her child, and leave the body of DI
O'Neill In the house, Lieutenant Ra
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23

mos was acquitted of the charges of
cowardice.
Major Sibley, who searched for the
outlaws. returned from the Philippines
last month on the transport Buford to
enter the general hospital at Wash
ington, and the man who came near
est to getting Felizardo. Contract
Surgeon Lowe, was also a passenger
on the vessel. DR.. Lowe shot into a
party of outlaws who were within u
few feet Of him IN the jungle, and Eel
izardo was badly wounded but man
aged to escape. Contract Surgeon
Cass. who accompanied Captain Her
ron's flying column of cavalry to the
top of Taal volcano in pursuit of Fe-
lizardo and his hostages, returned
from the Philippines on the Sheridan
Wednesday and is at the Occidental
hotel.
Mrs. Trias was recaptured by Lieu
tenant Mars several weeks after she
was abducted. She was in a dement,
ed condition on account of the shock
ing treatment she had received while
n prisoner of FeliZardo.
The outlaws wore uniforms of the
constabulary and many times deceiv-
ed bodies of troops searching for
them. Every town they passed
through while fleeing from the troops
had natives who had had their eyes
gouged out and their tongues cut off,
so that they could not inform the SOL
diers of their movements. The natives
in the mountain towns were terrorized
and the troops could obtain no in
formation regarding the whereabouts
of the ladrones. Several of the ban
dts were captured who had st. Louis
exposition medals.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23
LAKE COUNTY IS A BIC, RICH EMPIRE

An empire within its own borders,
with resources to support hundreds of
thousands of people awaiting the COM
ing of men and railroads to develop
the country, Lake county, Ore, Is Qua
II the sidtt's most interesting and
promising sections. says the Oregon
Daily Journal J. \ c. Turney Of
Christmas lake is in Portland with a
small exhibit OF fruits and grains and
has rented AN office in the Liable
building, where he is showing to visit
ors the advantages offered by Lake
county.
The county has no exhibit at the
Lewis and Clark fair. 1t is $50 miles
from Silver lake to the nearest rail-
road-thc Columbia southern, at
Shaniko. The labor and expense of
transporting an exhibit that would do
credit to the vas, but isolated region
Of Lake county was too much for the
few men interested to undertake. All
the country's supplies and products
are freighted by wagon trains between
Shaniko and the interior. The live
stock industry is the chief one, and
cattle and sheep are driven on foot tn
Shaniko.
II the Weed railroad reaches Kla-
math Falls it will give the Lake coun-
ty people market 100 miles from Sill
yer lake. Should the Heinrich road
be extended to Bend II will reduce the
distance to 90 miles to the nearest
railroad point. Roth OF these devel-
opments are expected by Lake county
people within the next two years
Great Alfalfa Country.
"Our country has the largest al
! falfa bottom In Oregon" said Mr.
Turney THE Summer Lake country
stretching from Christmas lake tc
Summer lake, Is II miles long anc
from eight to 10 miles wide, as leve
as floor. covered with sagebrusl
/ from two to 10 feet high. and wher,
/ ever cleared will raise great alfalfG
/ crops Good wells are secured any
where by sinking holes from three I,
/ 20 feet deep. The soil Will produce al
kinds of crops and alfalfa. without ir
rigation.
we raise the finest fruits in LAX,
county. The specimens | brought ol
this trim to Portland were collecte,
hurricdly and at a time when not tn,
best fruits are ready" He Shove,
splendid apples and peaches having
the rich. strong flavor possessed b.
fruits Of colder climates. His Bartlett
pears. Wealthy and other varieties o
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-23

apples and Burbank potatoes were as
fine as any state can produce.
He showed samples of wheat. oats,
barley, rye. carrots and other vege-
tables, all of which are raised in
nearly every part of Lake county with
out irrigation The current maps of
the state show Lake county as sand
desert, and its lakes are designated on
the maps as "alkali' lakes, but inves-
these names are misnomers, ana
scarcely a trace of alkali is found N
or about the lakes of Lake county.
Soils Are Rich.
The abundance of soda. lime pot .
ash and magnesia in our soil viii l.
was not understood by the original
surveyors, gave many wrong impress
sions regarding 1t. We have had arai-
ysis made of the soil of Lake county,
and it is pronounced the most fav"ra-
BILE for agricultural purposes
At the experiment station of Cor
Wallis State Agricultural college, tile
chemist A. L. Knisely made an anal
ysis of Lake county soil furnished by
r. Brandon of Halsey. The result
, showed Sc potash lime, 2.22 magne-
sia, S.36 iron and aluminium oxide, .35
phosphoric acid and 30 nitrogen. The
county consists of bottom lands and
hills, and throughout are scattered -
Vulnerable lakes, some of them OrgC
bodies of water. There are hundreds
of streams. The water is fresh ard is
present In ample volume for irriSa-
/ tion wherever needed. The govern
ment has set aside n large num'er OF
townships for irrigation projects, and
/ its action has aroused determined OPP
position of the residents. who say the
country is not an irrigation proposi-
ton and will raise abundant crops
without irrigation.
81 think the government peopl,
should use better judgment in scttinl
aside these lands and preventing theii
settlement" said Mr.. Turney THE!
have withdrawn, from regular settle
ment, a large amount of lands that
while they may he well adapted fo
irrigation, are capable of producing
good crops without irrigation. since
setting these lands aside they have
done nothing toward placing them un
der irrigation, and the lands lie there
with no progress in sight