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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
Idols Of Various Lands.

Here are shown types Of the idols
worshiped in the above lands. In
spite of the rapid progress Christiani-
ty has made in the last century most
of these images of stone and wood yet
have devotees. Even in Hawaii under
the American flag there remain a few
people who invoke the aid OF their
idols while Il, trouble. although the
vast majority Of the natives are Chris
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
E,eetlxe Tobacco Cure.

A Caribou. Me-. woman who acci-
dentally used fine cut tobacco instead
of tea in making the morning bever-
age for her family. claims to have
succeeded in finding an effective to-
bacco cure for her husband.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
MORE THAN NINE tsfr rALl

ciaat R.ssiaa Has Aroused Curiosity
Of loadea.
Nine feet three Of thew and sinew''
slowly straightened itse6, Atfetched
out its limbs. and emerged into the
daylight OF London on Tuesday. rays
the London Telegraph From the top
OF n ladder Press representative
spoke to It. 81 am Machnow, the Rus
sian giant" 1t answered hack. Hav-
ing shaken hands with he modern
Gargantua's little niger. the represen-
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
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furnishing family with ld Of Fun for ih
inches with fun set Of Chess and cters isrd and
u Fortune Author. Great
Puzzle Triple TIE Magic
We s~nd
To
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}.ddr-ss wsleonss Friend o. New
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
Tall Nav ENGLAND Youths.

On Grand View street. Bennington,
Vt, living within radius of a few
rods, and in I'VE different families are
six young men whose height averages
g feet each. The Oldest is about 18
years old, the youngest IA years.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
RIDES HOMEMADE BICYCLE.

Ingenious chinaman Constructs vshi.
Gle Principally Of Wood.
The wooden bicycle shown In the
accompanying picture was made by .
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Profits or the Packers.

There has been q great deal OF dis
appointment because the Garfield re-
port shows that the profits of the
packing industry only amount to
about two per cent on the volume OK
business transacted. There is no
doubt, however, that the report is cor
rect.
The census reports compiled by the
government in 1900, before the agita-
ton regarding the beef trust began,
throw considerable light on this ques-
ton. 1t appears from the census that
the packing industry is conducted on
81 smaller margin of gross profit than
any other industry in America. The
gross margin OF profit Of 81 -four and
grist mills in Illinois. in the census
year, was nearly seven per cent on the
volume of business. The gross margin
Of fifty-one wholesale slaughtering and
meat packing establishments In Hi
nois was only about One-third as large,
or a little more than two per cent on
the volume of business.
The millers have not been accused
of being in a trust and combina-
tons would seem impossible in a bust
ness where there are several thousand
mills in the United States competing
actively for the flour trade, but 1t ap-
pears that the gross profits of the mill
ers are larger than the gross profits Of
the packers. 1t may turn out that the
agitation regarding the packing indus
Try will show the same result as the
devil found in shearing the pig: "All
squeal and no wool" Adv,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Pictures.

Charlotte, N. c., Chronicle: There
is generally an impression with all of
us that PICTURES are luxurious, pretty
particular practical utility. Perhaps
the luxury idea is true of those pic
lures formerly made 10 help foster a
sentiment or adorn a room, but modern
photography has brought pictures TO
an entirely new position from the one
formerly occupied. One may read the
most minute description Of the prog
ress OF work on a building or the de-
velopment of a water power or the APP
pearance of a mob and get only a
vague idea of the reality. One picture
will give more knowledge of
the real thing as IL appeared than a
hundred pages. A writer makes a %
of oriental travel and describes the
habits n occupations of the people.
We may read in vain descriptions of
the oriental method OF weaving OF
rugs. One picture shows at a glance
what was impossible TO onvey In the
writing.
Pictures appeal to and inform the
illiterate as well as the educated. No
description could tell what a counte-
nance is like any more han in those
respects wherein one countenance is
like another. Yet by pictures we all
know exactly what Mckinley, Cleve-
land. Hanna, Bryan and othe:anational
characters look like. Those who differ
from Mckinley OF Bryan In the matter
OF political views might suspect the
motives OF either except for the coun-
tenance which show good faith too
plainly to be questioned, The art OF
picture making has come to be import
ant In recording or communicating
fact next In importance TO the art Of
writing. The making of ordinary pic
lures and especially photography
should be taught in school along with
NUriYtn1
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Barrin' Strangers.

New York World: Many tines
said Colonel Bill Sterrett of Texas, re-
f1ectively, Il have seen the disastrous
effects of butting in. Sometimes the
butter-in gets the worst of it and
times not. Now, l call to mind the case
of a nan down in my state who got
into a seven-handed game of poker and
was done right and proper. After he
had lost his money he went u and
formulated the theory that he had been
robbed. He meditated over this for an
hour or two and then determined TO go
back and tell the people he had been
playing with exactly what he thought
of them.
He climbed upstairs and dashed into
the room. While he was out the game
had changed entirely. There was no.
body playing who had been at the ia
bic with him. He began talking be-
fore he looked, though, and said: 1 jist
come up here to say you are the big
best lot OF thieves / ever knew Then
he looked. The men at the table pre-
pared to get up and STAY his abusive
interloper, but his presence Of mind
did not leave him.
'Barrin' strangers he said, as he
backed out OF the door-'barrin' stran-
gers, OF course"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
THE MONTHLY TRIAL
HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, BEARING
DOWN PAINS.
A Woman Tells How She Has Become Wen
and Strong after Years of Misery
Due to Irregular Functions.

a Woman Tells How She Has become WekM
and Strong after Years of Misery
Due to Irregular Functions.
The fact that one woman is bright
eyed, rosy-cheeked, strong and cheerful,
while another is pale, weak and de-
pressed. is due more often than other
wise to the regularity in the one case
aud the ~irregularity in the other of the
functions that are peculiar TO the scx.
When these are disturbed everything
goes wrong; pain and discomfort are
felt all over the body; the sensations are
often terrifying.
For four years. " said Mrs. Davis re-
Gently, 81 suffered indescribable misery
from sick headache every month, ac-
companied by fainting spells, shortness
Of breath and severe pain in my left side
There were also bearing-down pains, at
times so acute that Icould not stand mp.
and my head was full Of ringing sounds
1t seemed an IL everything was going to
hit me in the eyes. I was compelled to
lie down with closed eyes for hours to
get n little relief. When ! attempted to
arise everything would whirl around and
1t would grow so dark that / could
scarcely see any object"
~Couldn't your doctor help you?"
Five doctors in all treated me, bet I
got no lasting benefit. Besides / used n
lot Of advertised remedies. The only
medicine, however, that had the de-.
sired effect was DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
aud they are truly a godsend TO ome
/ did not have much faith in them when
I began to take them. / found myself,
however, so much better after using two,
boxes that / began to believe in them.
They checked right away the decline
into which / was going. My troubles
kept lessening and finally disappeared
altogether"
How long did it take for a cure?"
CATER / had used several boxes my
health was all right. / had taken ON
flesh and was strong and hearty. / fees
today in spirits more like a girl of six
teen than a woman of my years"
Mrs. O. III. Davis address is Carmel,
Maine, r. f. d., No. 2. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are confidently offered to-
women for the cure of anemia, chloro-
sis, painful and irregular periods, and
all forms of weakness. They are sold
by every druggist.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

manufacturers; IL, however, the flock is
not large, a home made affair Is easily
built and at comparatively small cost. A
tank Of this kind is made as follows: A
convenient size IS ten feet long, four feet
wide and Two and one-half feet deep. 1t
should be made so that the tank contain
ing the dip is reached by a Slated walk
leading down to II and another Slated
walk leading up 10 the landing from which
they go down into the tank. There should
be sufficient Of the dip mixture placed
in the tank TO cover the back of the ami
NAL, who should he immersed for about
one minute then al.Js:cd to come up on
the landing where the G.p is squeezed out
OF the wool and the animal allowed to
stand 10 drain. The illustration shows how
this tank is built. B indicates the Slated
walk way and A shows the exact shape
OF the side portion Of the box: the little
drawing above the ank shows a walk
down from the end OF the drainage box,
which will prevent the sheep from injur-
ing their legs. which they would be like
Iy to do In jumping.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Not a Safe Remedy.

Cleveland Leader: Mrs. Goop-My
husband has UGH awful pains in the
chest.
Mrs. Snoop-Brandy is the best thing
l know for that.
Mrs. Goop-No, it's not; ii aggra-
Yates it. He used to have an attack
once or twice a year, but / got some
brandy for him, and now he has one
nearly every day.!
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
A SHADY WATERING TROUGH.

The writer may be a crank on the sum-
mer care of animals but at least he knows
hat it pays well TO look out for their
comfort during the heated spell. Know
ing the luxury OF a drink Of cool water In
warm weather, an intelligent man realizes
that an animal will enjoy its water much
more IL II is In a shady place where II Is
cool and where also there may be d little
shade for the animal while II IL drinking.
Only In some sections do we find the old
time drinking trough hewn from a log
than which. nothing better has ever been
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

my nightly rest was broken, owing
to irregular action of the kidneys.
was suffering intensely from severe
pains in the small OF my back and
through the kidneys and annoyed by
painful passages of abnormal secrc-
tons. No amount OF d~octoring reliev-
ed this condition. i took Doan's Kid
ney Pills and experienced quick and
lasting relief. Doan's Kidney Pills will
prove a blessing to all sufferers from
kidney disorders who will give them a
fair trial"
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. ",
~proprietors. For sale by all druggists,
price so cents per box.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
A Hot Weather Hint.

Do you know hat the two essen
tials for good health in hot weather are
keeping the system clean and regu-
lar and a tonic for the stomach and
bowels?
Mulrs Grape Tonic is a valuable
remedy for hot weather. 1t ~cleanses
the system of all impurities and poi
sons. 1t contains nearly SO per cent
grape, which is the best hot weather
tonic known. 1t is an ideal prepare
ton for heat debility and the many
dangerous ills prevailing during sum-
mer weather. 1t fortiies the system
thoroughly.
Heat prostrations, summer bowel
and stomach troubles are rare in fam
lilies where Mulls Grape Tonic is en-
ployed. There is nothing so dangerous
IN hot weather as constipation, which
Is the result of the more serious hot
weather diseases. Mulrs Grape Tonic
is the n successful constipation cure
"a splendid stomach and bowel tonic.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
NO TONGUE CAN TELL
How i Suffered with Itching and Blee
ing Eczema Until Cured by Gu,

How i Suffered with Itching and Bleed
ing Eczema Until Cured by Cuti-
cura.
mo tongue can tell how ! suffered
for five years with a terribly painful,
itching, and bleeding eczema, my body
and face being covered with sores.
Never in my life did | experience such
awful offering, and ! longed for death,
which | felt was near. / had tried
doctors and medicines without success,
but my mother insisted that l try Cuti-
cura. l felt better after the first bath
with Cuticura Soap and one applica-
ton of Cuticura Ointment, and was
soon entirely well. Any person hav-
ing doubt about this wonderful cure
may write TO me. (Signed) Mrs. Attic
Etson, Bellevue. Mich"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
TO STUDENTS IN AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGES.

Each year the agricultural colleges of
the country turn out a lumber OF gradu-
ates who eagerly seek positions as farm
or an opening In some other
college as instructor. In nan cases these
graduates have spent years on the farm in
actua practice before going TO college,
and in such cases are well equipped 10
take the management OF large farms and
make them profitable. In many other
cases, however, the graduates have had no
actual farm practice beyond the limited
amount they had at college and TO such
young men the advice is earnestly given
TO hire out TO some farmers where, under
his guidance, your college instruction may
be worked out. You are not fitted to man.
age a large farm until you have worked on
such a farm and understand It's practical
workings. II your inclination is along the
line OF any special crop get a position, II
possible, with some one who makes a spe-
c,alty Of growing that crop even though
you work for your board the first season.
The practical knowledge thus obtained
added to your college training will enable
you TO do wonders the following season
which would be impossible with the col
lege training alone. The late Lawson VAL
~entine, who conducted a private expert
ment farm, was fond OF looking up gradu-
ates from the dairy course In agricultural
colleges and offering them positions on his
farm at farm hand wages. Very few OF
them accepted, but those who did came
under the tutorship of Major Alvord, one
of the best dairymen this country has ever
known, and a year under his care gave
them q great start I'm their chosen work.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
~Important,

Detroit Free Press: Mother-John,
have you made any arrangements for
the children on the Fourth of July.
Father-Yes, I've taken out accident
policies for every one of them.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Not Just Now.

Chicago Record-Herald Senator
he asked, have you really any fixed
convictions2"
MOT just now" he replied, but I
expect to have one or two shortly aft
err the beginning of the next session"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Antiuuated.

Atlanta Constitution: so you gwine
ter git married." said Brother Dickey.
Yes, suh-I lowed / would"
We'll, who's yo' lawyer"
Lawyer? i don't need no lawyer,
does II"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Kidney Complaints

and Backache of either seq the Vegeta-
BILE Compound is ~unequaled,
You can write Mrs. Pinkham about
yourself in strictest confidence.
f. PlNKHAn lei CO., Lynn, MASS.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
What's in a Name?

Public Ledger: The fight" said the
reporter, began in a little alley down
there. ! don't know the name of it,"
Call it Harmony court" said the
editor, its bound to be something like
that.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Ample Pay.

Public Ledger: But surely" pro-
tested the reformer, you don't believe
a man should sell his vote for paltry
gold?''
Sure not" replied the ward heller.
He'd oughter be satisfied with a few
inks"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Dizziness Fainfness,

Extreme Lassitude, "don't-care " and
"want-to-be-left-alone " feeling, excit-
ability, irritability, nervousness, sleep
~lessness, ~fatulency, melancholy or the
"blues,' and backache. These are
sure indications of Female Weakness,
some arrangement of the Uterus. For
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

Have used Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton nearly two years, and find nothing
to compare with it.-Mrs. Morgan, Berke-
ley, Cal, Sept. 2, 1901.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

Mrs. Rorer, the New York cooking
teacher, invariably ~prefaces her class
lessons with a story, even IL ii is some
times against herself.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

devised. On most farms 1t will not be at
all hard 10 find a corner shaded by trees
or vines where this trough and a light
chain or tie rope hitched to the lower
branches of the tree TO hold the horse
while drinking II It's owner wishes TO leave
It a few minutes. BY a little care in the
setting Of the trough so that the lower
back corner is tilted away from the side at
which the horse approaches the trough,
the overflow may be readily conducted
away from the trough and the wet stamp
ing place avoided. A good plan is to dig
out the soil for a foot in the spot where
the horse would stand while drinking and
fill in with coarse gravel which would
surely do away with the wet spots.
GARGET FROM CEMENT FLOORS
Al sorts of objections rave been urged
against the cement floors for COW stables,
the most important one being that such
floors are slippery. II they are built with
the proper slope and built the proper
length, so that the excrements will fall
beyond the floors, there is no reason why
they should be wet and slippery. OF course
such floors are made SO that they are
rather rough, this being easily accom-
plished by the Introduction of considerable
gravel in the cement mixture. Lately sev-
eral writers nave claimed that the udders
Of their COWS were injured by coming in
contact with the cold cement moor ana
that, In some cases, garget resulted. This
is a serious statement and doubtless has
more or less truth in IL. 1t is plain that In
a cold climate the cement floor does get
very cold, but an abundance Of bedding
will easily rectify that trouble. Even If
the animals displace more or less of this
bedding in their movements the floor has
been warmed by their bodies, so that there
is little danger. While there is a posi-
bility of such injury as stated, it seems
as if the bedding would overcome II. We
have an old mop in the barn, made of
heavy ropes, with which we go over each
floor of cement before the COWS are bedded
during the winter TO remove any moisture
which may have gotten there from any
cause and then we supply the bedding
literally; for a dozen years we have used
cement floors in a climate where the
thermometer goes far below zero, and
have yet 10 discover an udder trouble with
anN IF the COWS
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

out each vessel. See that the water CIV
en- fowls is absolutely clean and that II
IL given fresh three or four times during
the day in summer. A small lump of char
coal in the bottom Of each vessel will as.
sist in keeping the water pure but YET
there is nothing which Will take the place
of scalding water with the rays of the sun
to assist In publication.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

The British consul for Samoa reports
TO his government that the natives
prefer German-made umbrellas 10
British, because Of their style and ap-
pearance.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
fs.Y'egMfarMyy

Suppressed or Painful Menstruation,
Weakness of the Stomach, Indigestion.
Bloating, Flooding, Nervous Prostra'
ton, Headache, General Debility. Also
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
RELIEF.

j. W. Walls, Super
intendent of Streets
of Lebanon, Ky,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
TANK FOR DIPPING SHEEP.

There are several plans for making a
tank In which to dip sheep, and II one has
a flock of considerable SIZE IL is wise to OBJ
tain some of the plans that are offered BY
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

Kansas City Journal: David Hol-
derman, a Mcpherson county farmer,
died a few days ago, leaving IL chill
dren, 116 grandchildren and IS great
grandchildren.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07

For a web begun God sends g
thread.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
THE ONE Wan FARM.

There are many farms throughout the
country that are being operated with
much labor and with but little profit. In
some cases tbs IS because help cannot be
obtained TO properly handle II or because
one man is spreading his energy and ma
terial IN the fertilizing line over too great
an area. In all rather thickly settled sec
tons the small farm is the profitable one.
On such q farm one can raise the hulk Of
the living for the family for one horse and
one COW with a few swine and plenty OF
poultry and still have enough left to grow
small fruits and some vegetables for
none crops. Moreover, this is possible
for one man TO handle with fairly good
results except perhaps at berry picking
time and at blowing time. During blowing
help of armer sons g not hard 10 OBJ
tain and at berry picking time the young
sters OF the neighborhood will be glad 10
earn some spending money. Look over
the situation, reader, and IL loca ted within
easy distance OF a thriving town or two
see If you can not work out a plan to con-
centrate your energies on a smaller area
and put the bulk OF the larger farm into
meadow
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-07
Lydia e. PGnkhans's
Vegetable 00nsu0und
Rearinu-down EeeLfu0.

causing pain, weight and headache, is
instantly relieved and permanently
CURED by its use. Under all circum-
stances it acts in harmony with the
female system. 1t corrects