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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

The lawyer was endeavoring to
prove that the witness did not stick to
the truth. The witness said he kept
his money concealed about the house.
come Of it hidden in the stove and the
rest in other queer places. The attor-
ney glared at him fiercely.
How did you get all that money ?"
he asked.
Earned it," grunted the witness.
How did You earn it." persisted the
lawyer.
'Ain't roofer? Didn't have a
lot Of contracts during the last three
menths2"
But how could sou earn $11O0 in
three months?'
The witness looked Mt the lawyer
with utter contempt. Then:
You give me an order to roof your
house. Mr.. Lawyer. and I'll show you
how did it.'-New York Press.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
rye sovrHeaN .cNlY .acvsr

Once in thu city park,
Leaving the duss and heat AID nois< Of
the city,
Wandering thrcu"h narrow byways,
Sudden my senses thrilled 10 an odor afar
of.
An odor inst waited, delicate, subtle.
elusive.
Breath OF tie Southland flaming the brow
of the North.
L,wn the narrow path,
The perfume nearing, expanding, ever in
creasing,
Engulhn1 me now with biilow a tillow
of fragrance.
Uncertain / wandered. thought
smelled the .weet-brier.
The wild hone suckle. but no, twas the
locust! the locust!
Beautiful, shaking its mllionfo'd sweets
to the wind.
g. locust of the south!
Your b.osso OF honeyed snow full OF
trcnulcts motion.
Were You eladdened to zee the there in the
fresh May morning.
That you leaned to me so ind beckoned
with joyous insistence:
Luminous. debate plumes, believe that
you knew me.
And were joyel to the heart to greet an
Old lover nd friend.
Down or the soft. cool earth.
Down at the foot, meath the boushs Of
the white honey-locust.
Pensive there in the sunlight and shade
ever changing.
Mused /. dreaming again the dreams of my
childhood.
hlusins and dreaming 30 lay until the
white locust
flushed its low murmur and curtaincd
itself for the night
Lillian c. B. McAIlister. in I.ippin.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

There Is no virtue In dawdling
saunter. The slow and languid drag
cling Of one foot after the other which
some people call walking, would tire
IN s.hlete; 1t utterly exhausts a weak
person. and that Ii the reason why
many delicate persons think they can
not walk. To derive any benefit from
the exercise. says the Family Doctor,
it is necessary to walk with a light.
elastic step. which swings the weight
Of the body so easily from one leg to
the OTHER that its weight Is not felt.
and which produces healthy glow.
showing that the sluggish blood Is
stirred to action in the most remote
veins.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
HE HELPED poLLy.
.Diasy Of . Pettish Girl who Dldn't Re.
fze Her Faults.

Disxy o. Pettlsh Girl who Dldn't Real
fss Her Faults.
AS the door closed behind Polly Tom
looked across at bis mother.
How long has this been going on?'
he asked. "She used to be the joliIest
little youngster In the world"
Polly's mother shook her head at
him. although her eyes were troubled.
Don't be severe oil her, Tom. Polly's
growing up, and sometimes girl
takes growing up rather hard. Just
now her sense OF proportion is little
out of focus and small troubles loom
large, but she'll find herself presently,
and 1t will all come right"
II should hope So" Tom replied,
fervently. Upon second thought he de-
cided to soy nothing to his mother of
the plan he had half-resolved upon.
but wait his opportunity with Polly. 1t
came in few days, when Polly came
from school fearful and indignant over
her French mark.
ut isn't fair" she declared. "Mar-
garet Judson didn't do bit better
work than !, yet Margaret had ninety
six and only ninety-three. do think
1 have the hardest timesw she walled.
"Yes," Tom agreed, II think you
do"
Polly looked at him in surprise.
Toms attitude since he came home
had not been sympathetlc-that was
one of her grievances.
Tom pulled notebook from his
pocket and began to read:
monday was horrid dull day, and
your hair wouldn't stay in curl and
everything went wrong-as things al
ways do on rainy days. Tuesday you
went downtown and couldn't find any
silk like Lena Andrews. and had to
get homely old thing tina. you would
never like. Wednesday you discovered
that nobody ever did understand you.
anyway. Thursday evening at Miss
Jacobs. Miss Jacob acted queer and
you wished you hadn't gone. Friday
Bridget let the cream custard curdle
when she knew 1t was your favorite
dessert! Saturda-"
But Polly interrupted. 20 Tom.
don't! didn't know l." and then, a
deluge impending. she rushed tumul-
tuously from the room.
20 Tomw the mother demonstrated,
her own eyes full of tears.
Don't you worry" Tom answered.
II know Polly. She's grit, and she'll
come through all right. I'm Just help
ing her grow up."-Youth's Companion.
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rort...s 4. Broke. o,.ss.

The waste from glass furnaces 10
now made useful. Into fire resisting
mold are placed fragments of glass Of
various colors, which are then rafsed
to high temperature. The coherent
mass thus produced can be dressed
and cut into beautiful notified blocks
and slabs. forming an artificial marble
Of decorative surface. Designs in re-
lief can be obtained by pressure while
the material il still plastic. From
broken glass STAINED glass" VIM
dow can be made by firing. without
the ordinary slow process Of "lead-
ing" A prosaic soda water bottle In
the final fulflment Of its destiny may.
dazzle the eyes as brilliant ''dia-
monds" or other precious stones"
Thus does the waste come to resemble
the most precious commodity II prop
erly handled and utilixed.-New York
Herald.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
AN HISTORIC WATCH.
Time Piece Made For King Charles Isl
still Running.

Time Piece Mnde For King Charles Isl
still Running.
There is In the possession of Wilfred
Powell, who represents the Britich en-
pire at this port. timepiece that told
OF the hours for EnglaEd's royal mar
tyr.
After his victory over Charles II.
Oliver Cromwell wrote exultantly to
England's Parliament. telling how the
enemy was beaten from hedge to
hedge till he was finally driven into
Worcester. There were 1000 prison.
ers among the spells of that fight. The
royal carriage In which the king lad
been carried was there, too, and in
that handsome carriage was the royal
carriage watch, which also fell into
the hands Of the victorious Cromwell.
This timeplece OF royalty. which
still ticks after career of 262 years.
was made In 1910 for King Charles l.
by the royal matchmaker Of that time
King Charles 1. was beheaded two
years before his son Charles IL. was
defeated on and escaped from the field
of Worcester.
~ lh Va luC PaS-
tern, being made entirely by hand.
and costing In its day good round
sum Of money. The case is of solid Sill
yer, ornamented in beautiful pierced
filigree work, and there is an outer
case Of copper with handsome leath.
er cover, silver studded. The royal
watch runs thirty-six hours with one
winding. Only one hand Is used In
designating the time.
There is a silver bell enclosed within
the silver case, on which the hours
are struck. There is also an alarm at.
tachment. The watch is four and one
half inches in diameter. and one aud
half inches thick.
Cromwell kept 1t as personal pos
session for years. But after the res
toration 1t fell into the hands Of JOS
eph Kipling. Esq, Of Overstone House.
North Hants, England. an ancestor OF
Rudyard kIpling. Joseph kipiing was
also an ancestor of the present owner
Of the watch.-Phlladelphia Telegraph.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

Any woman desiring employment
pleasant. profitable and independent.
would do well to take IN the poultry
business, says Commercial Poultry,
but she must grow into 1t, not 60 into
1t, for to grow into 1t is the only sue,
cessful way to get into 1t. By start
ing on a small scale. one learns the de
tails of the business. which. is neces-
sary in this. as In all transactions. \
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

The Austrian Department of Finance
has just published report showing
the amount of money which Austrian
and Hungarian emigrants have sent
home during the last ten years. The
sums sent through Austrian banks
amounted to 100000, 900 crowns, those
sent through Hungarian banks to 1885,
OOO, 900 crowns-in all about So. O00. 600
crowns, about S11O. 100000.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

The yellow fever has developed at
Brownsville, Texas. and there was a
time when such an announcement
would have made the whole country
shivery. Now. comments the Hart
ford Courant, 1t is only. question Of
Intelligent management, the isolation
Of the sick 10 that mosquitoes, cannot
ret at them, and no further spread Of
the trouble.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

How does the bulb of the common
lawn lily get deeper and deeper into
the ground each year? WIZ does the
ginger root hide Its blossoms when
nearly all other plants haunt theirs?
Why do tho roots of trees flow through
the ground like runnels OF molten
metal, often separating and uniting
again, while the branches are thrust
out in right lines or curves: Why ID
4ur common yellow birch more often
than any other tree planted upon a
rvckS Why do oaks or chestnuts 70
gften spring up where pine or hem
lock forest has been cleared away?
Why does lightning 10 commonly strike
q hemlock tree or pine or an oak.
and rarely ever a beech? Why does
the bolt sometimes scatter the tree
about. and at others only pillow chan
mel down Its trunk? Why does the
humble bee complain 30 loudly when
working upon certain flowers? Why
does the honeybee lose the sting when
1t stings a person. while the wasp, the
hornet and the humble bee do not?
How does the chimney swallow get
the twigs 1t builds its nest with? From
what does the hornet make Its paper?
have never been greatly interested
in spiders, but have always wanted
to know how a certain spider managed
to stretch her cable squareIy across
the road in the woods about my
height from the ground.-John Bur-
roughs. in Country Life in America.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

In London the other day. Antoinette
Ambrose, a little girl of six. fell six
stories q distance of ninety five feet.
She was caught by a clothesiine.
bounced up high, and fell to the
ground. She sustained no injury
whatever. 1t was no worse, she said,
than falling out OF bed!
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

Mr.. Jenrles punched large hole IL
the Jack Monroe doctrine that 1t was
about time there were new pugiiistic
champion, says the Savannah News.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

Mr.. Louis Tas, one Of the best known
diamond brokers. estimates the output
OF the De Beers mines annually At
$4,000, 600. and Of other mines at e.
100000. Add to this the cost Of Il.
Dor, the profits Of the syndicate, etc.
and he thinks that the annual output
Of diamonds u worth about $35, 0Oo, oQ.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

A society leader" at Newport says
that the newspaper reporters should be
suppressed. Wouldn't public morals
be better conserved by suppressing
Newport? asks the Commoner.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

The Flemish name for the automo-
bile is 'paardeldoszoondeerspo
petroolrijtuig." Why. the name is
more devilish than the thing! declares
the Philadelphia Ledger. 4
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

The new batrleship Louisiana will
soon be ready for business, but may 1t
be 4 very long time before business is
ready for her, comments the Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

Bull fighting at St. Louis has been
discountenanced. Now let San Fran
cisco turn against prize nghting. and
civilization will be advanced peg at
1o0af
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

The movement Of troops into Mar
churia has been remarkably slow, but
there Is no complaint at the alacrity
with which they are coming out.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

The golf and tennis, baseball and
other champions are numerous at pres
ent, but the football champion will
come speedily to demand the centre Of
the stage, declares the New York Com
mercial.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

Next years summer garden proprie-
tors may be wise enough to have
their places equipped with steam heat
ing apparatus, the Chicago Press tocu-
larry remarks.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

The Chicago Chronicle says that
Kuropatkin wanted to 'entice" the
Japs north of Lao Yang, but he prob
ably feels that lie has overdone the
.matter
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NE Interesting feature Of
educa tionai work is the
holding of conventions In
connection with the build
ing of object lesson roads.
While the work II In
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

One by one the good old customs are
going out, says the Buffalo Times. A
Cincinnati Judge has decided that a
wife must not search her husbands
DockptE
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

NeteaaeteH4AVE you got shovel
~, handy" asked Margaret
X,H y Leslie, dropping down on
&x ~ the hard ground. I'D like
&N&etexxx to brush up my spinal
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23

of the path in front of him. Ralphis
came to a stop.
.'Somefn like wabbit." he said to
himself; hope he won't wun away"
Very softly and slowly he crept nearer
and nearer. The creature did not bulge;
evidently the step of the hunter did not
make him feel afraid.
"B lieve L can catch him." said the
hunter.
BY this time. strange to say. Ralphle
had quite forgotten Mr.. Easter Hare.
1T is a wabbitl" he cried.
He was now near enough to strike and
capture, yet the creature did not lift so
much as an ear or turn one of his
bright eyes.
I've got you; I've got your cried
Wonder why he let me catch him?
Don't b'lieve he's alive he isn't weally
wabbit: he's, he's" And then
came little bubbling laugh. as one bit
of Grannie's story flashed back into his
mind. He's Mr.. Hare's chocolate like
ness. of course,'
He bit off one of the "wabbit's" ears.
It was so good that ear No. quickly
shared the fate of ear No. l.
Under this bush, under that one he
found little bags of queer eggs that
had been hidden by Mr.. Hare.
At last, under a bunch OF primrose
plants. he spied tiny basket. the ham
die tied with pink ribbons.
As Ralph drew near with bated breath
he saw two comical little faces peeping
hp at lIOiu the Dcu VI Dlllh COllOu-
wool with which the basket was lined.
They had sickle-shaped caps on their
heads. and their faces were elfiniSh.
Moon gohlins. do declares" ex-
claimed Ralphie. Down on his knees he
went Immediately and drew the dainty
basket out from its leafy covering.
Granny was still sitting on the garden
bench when Ralph came running to her,
shouting:
i've got moon gobllns; Mr.. Hare left
Scme neon goblins. Wot a good old fell
low he isl And I've got his likeness.
too. See. Grannie, see!"
Why. what a splendid hunter You
arei" said Grannie. II believe you have
not missed one single thing. And the
moon -Soblins. how glad l am to see
their dear little faces againi'
''The moon goblins are the best OF ALL
fink. Wis Mr.. Hare'd come every day
in the year; don't you. Grannie?''
we can only keep the spirit of Easter
with US all the year. my little man"
But Ralphie did not quite understand
why this should be so. Do you? NJ S.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23

very active. If not add more sulphuric
acid 10 your solution.
Now pour equal quantities of the solu-
ton into your bottles. Put in just the
right quantity. so that when you set
your apparatus to "teetering' '>the short
glass tube in each bottle, when the bot
tie is down, will just escape touching the
solution 1t MUST NOT TOUCH the So
luton. or your experiment will be a
failure.
Next, drop a piece OF carbonate Of
potassium in each bottle. Then cork
tightly, and, after having finally satis-
fled yourself that all is right, seal the
cOrks. so as TO make the bottles air
tight
Now. if you start your apparatus to
''teetering" II WILL KEEP UP THE
MOTION ITSELF.
And. until you explain the cause Of
this. it will seem a mysterious thing to
your friends.
The reason is that the moment the So
lution in one bottle comes in contact
with the carbonate of potassium a gas
is produced, which. as the bottle is air
tight, shoots through the rubber tube
Co and, passing into the other bottle
presses downward and pushes that bot
tie down, bringing the first bottle up.
Then gas is produced in the second
bottle which shoots through the rubber
tube into the first bottle and pushes IL
down, etc., etc. so long as the chemical
action continues.
Try it, and don't be discouraged il at
first you fall, for 1t requires careful
handling.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
EASTER ONCE A FEAST

T HOUGHTFUL people. : and people
with delicacy or feeling-dislike e
very much to see Easter. the most
wonderful day in the year-because it is
the anniversary Of the most wonderful
event that ever was-carelessly observed
like any holiday.
People in the middle ages acted in
that manner. 1t is said that even some
preachers of that time made Easter a
day OF merriment and sport and glut-
tonous feasting, one preacher having
even gone so far as to preach with his
head masked 10 look like an ass, so as
to make the people Taught
This horrifies us, OF course; but the
people of that time really were very ig-
n0rant and scarcely knew any better
How about us, however? We do not
go so far as to put on ridiculous masks.
OF course; but, boys and girls. don't you
think we ought to observe Easter day
much more thoughtfully and reYerently
than we do?
For this is not an age of pitiful ig-
norance like the middle ages, and so you
and have no possible excuse for spend
ing the most solemn religious day of the
year in any way approaching the
coarse. british manner of ignorant folk.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
Bessie Ross Won.

DRIES of s. each. offered by William
A. Macy, of the Hoboken Land and
improvement Company, 10 school chill
dren for the best solution of the ex-
ample, What would the $4,000 paid by
John Stevens in 1884 for the land COM
prising Hoboken amount to at the pres
ent time QN years. if compounded an
nually at the rate Of per cent. % were
awarded yesterday to Bessie Ross, OF
the High School, and Charles Fischer,
OF Public School No. L The committee
ANNOUNCED that Miss Ross answer, $103,-
Sl3. 11114, was correct. Fischer's an
swer was Il cents out of the way.
Twenty-four girls and boys took mart
In the contest.-New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? +?

WHEN you have tried to answer these
w questions. look at the answers
given below. Then try your family on
the questions. See how many OF them
they can answer.
j. Who built Nineyeh?
2. Who suggested selling Joseph to the
Ishmaelites2
g. What was the name OF Josephs wife
in Egypt?
4. From whom did Moses receive his
name?
5. Who built a monument in the mid
die Of a river, and why?
6. What criminal in his confession
said. II saw, / coveted. l took?
Z. Who said, 'As for me and my
house. we Will serve the Lord?
g. Who said. "Ye are witnesses against
yourselves"
g. Who told his life's secret to a wom-
an with disastrous results?
10. What is the most noted instance
of devoted friendship:
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
MOLE AND DOG-LATE TO SCHOOL

"Well. if this
isn't most an
noying! But
mother told me
on no account
to be late for
s C h o o /. But,
dear me! h o W
an I get to
school with a
nasty big dog at
the front door !"
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
A MAY DAY PARTY

A RE you thinking OF giving a May
"a day party? Maybe you will get
some good suggestions from the
Following account of a party that was
given last year.
The rooms were beautifully but mex
pensivcly decorated with flowers. From
the country a great lot of twigs and
branches OF apple, pear, peach and
cherry trees were secured four days
previous to the party.
They did not look very pretty when
they arrived appearing to be only dry
and barren sticks. But they were put
directly into warm water. which was
changed two or three times a day
The result was wonderful-a display OF
beauty! By the day of the party every
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23

twig and branch burst into bloom-blos-
SONS all over them. So you see how
IL was possible to decorate the rooms so
profusely and yet so inexpensivelyI
The refreshment table had for its CEN
terpiece gay May pole constructed out
or a mop-handle wound rou-d and round
with pale green and white ribbons. The
iron fixture at the bottom of the stick
was inserted in a block OF wood, and
concealed by a bank OF flowers. The
top was decorated with white and pink
blossoms.
The wreath was supported firmly by
an embroidery hoop. which was wired
securely TO the stick. From this hoop
pretty ropes of flowers were carried to
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23

that he carries a big bag over his
shoulder. out of which he takes eggs.
and hides them about the garden for
little folks 10 find
'S'pose he's got some for me-" said
Ralph; guess III go. Mother"
So the next day Ralph went TO his
grandmother's and found her in the gar-
den.
She laid her trowel aside. sat down on
the garden seat and. putting her arm
around Ralph. began.
First. 1 must tell you something.
When Grannie was a little girl we lived
Tor some time in Germany, where Easter
Is time OF great excitement. for every
German child expects the Easter Hare.
He comes while-they are all fast asleep.
bringing with him his bagful of wonder
ful eggS-Some red, some blue, some
brown. some green, some with pictures
printed on them, others with queer fig
ures."
Grannic liked the queer-fgured ones.
When she found them in the grass or
fastened to the tree branches, she
thought they looked like goblins.
Sometimes Mr.. Hare left likeness OF
himself in sugar or chocolate, as if to
guard the eggs.
The moon goblins were funniest of all.
They had queer, sickie-shaped yellow
caps on their heads, and round. wide
eyes. with up-curving mouths. The Hare
goblins. sweeps. turbaned Arabs: but
the moon goblins had the greatest fas-
cinatiOn.
wis / could find some moon gob-
lins." sighed Ralphie.
VERY likely you will II you search
carefully. Mr.. Hare is very wise
body. as well as a very kind one; he
knows that when children find things
for themselves they appreciate them.
For this reason every little boy or girl
who sets out to seek his treasures must
go all alone"
e"Wll you stay here till come back,
Grannie?"
Yes. III not move an inch until you
return. / advise you to take the path
that lies straight before you"
Ralphie moved away on the tips OF his
toes. almost as though he feared to
startle Mr.. Hare by the crunch OF his
little feet on the gravel.
He had not gone far before he saw a
little creature sitting in the very middle
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23

the corners and between the corners OF
the table-about eight ribbons in all.
made by winding blossoms with bits OF
florists wire about slender ropes.
For each guest q cunning May-basket
was prepared. These were the very
cheap little baskets that can be bought
for a few pennies apiece In the shops.
They were filled to overfowtng with as
sorted blossoms. and to each handle was
attached a card bearing the guests
name.
One of the girls was crowned queen OF
the May with q wreath OF blossoms and
a festoon OF blossoms placed about her
neck.
The party was most delightful and
yet II cost very little time and money.