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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

II is spelled pillow on the prairies
where it glides through a foot or two
England, where It hits few thou
sand stones per acre, it is more nat
ural to make hard work of it, thus,
"p-l-o-u-gh,"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

Marie Corelli says that she loathes
America because the people are after
the dollar. Now that attention Is
called to il, seems if we had noticed a
movement in the dollars direction.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

The Alliance Israelite university has
placed five Bialystok orphans in the
Ahlem agricultural school. and has
as a first installment applied the sum
of 10000 marks for their maintenance
and education.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

In case we have spelling reform will
the people of Boston consent to drop
the IT" in Hannah Chicago Record
Herald
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

France is progressive in many ways,
but the fight it is having over ques-
tions of religious belief does seem a
century or so behind the times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11
White piamand Found.

A white diamond. weighing 1917
karats, has been found by a digger
Mt karreepan, near Kimberley, who
sold IL for $li,465.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

Andrew Lang says he does not care.
for American criticism of his writings.
Perhaps American criticism of his golf
might touch Andrew up a bit.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

A school of cookery has been es-
tablished in Vienna. Some particular
person must have been complaining
about his Vienna schnitzel
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

An Indiana peddler. who never took
a bath, died at the age of so years.
II he had taken a few he might have
been peddling yet-maybe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

Mrs. Belle Armstrong Whitney says
New York men wear corsets. It's Gu
rious that any man stays In New York.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

A proposition 10 reform the spell
ing OF Bjornsjerne Bjornson's name
might strike the public favorably.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES produce
the brightest and fastest colors with less
work and no muss
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

Nearly 5000 more arrests were made
by Detroit police last year than were
made the year before, when there were
1857.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

There is an altar society in Brook
Ign composed OF eight policemen. The
members contribute a certain amount
every month which pays for lights and
flowers on an altar of perpetual adora,
ton.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

The busy BIS of Russia are bombs.
bayonets and bullets.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

Mems Shoes, So to t1.5o. Poys shoee. IS
totl.o5. Women's Shoes. 81 90 70 $lbo.
Misses e. Children's Shoes. - 20 70 $1.OO.
Try w. l.. Douglas Women's, Misses and
Chi,dren's shoes; for style, mt and wear
they excel other makes.
II could take you Into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. land show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are OF greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain w. J..
Dougias shoes. Ills name and price Is stamped
on the bottom, which protects you aRaiusf nigh
prices and Inferior shoes. Take soosff.
tute Ask your dealer for w. l.. Douglas shoes
and insist upon having them.
FAST Color Euefets used; they WiH not Weay byossp
Write for illustrated Cataloq Of Fall Styles.
WI. DOUGLAS, Dept. a. Brocktou, Mssss-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-11

People with real troubles never ad
vertise them.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
COLORADO.
The Evil Of Easy Credit.

That people of moderate resources
arc much given to living beyond their
means in the effort to keep up with,
their richer contemporaries II fact
Gong established. The Massachusetts,
bureau of labor statistics arrives at
this old conclusion by new route.
In 70 doing. 1t suggests that to the
extensive employment Of credit and
the sinstallment system moral a. well
~ economic unwisdom may attach.
Tho bureau has gathered figures to
show the uncollectible Indebtedness
Of the people Of the state. They arc
very large figures. A disregard II in
evidence, amazing in the aggregate
Of its results, OF the claims Of butch.
ers, grocers and other small trades
men. 1t Ii implied in the report that
to the spreading Of the installment
business to an extreme much OF this
evil 10 traceable. Credit has become
10 easy that the responsibilities Of
debt are more lightly regarded. As
against traders, too, who merely keep
books an immense advantage for col
lections rests with dealers who hold
contracts with forfeiture Of goods ~
one Of the penalties Of missing regu-
lar payments. The argument In not
against the installment principle.
More often than not the system Of
part payments 10 . great help. It II
. sr-orS~l y,rnviA~uno to vnnuv vn,,nU
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
TO REsHARpeN OLD FILES.
Treatment Which Will Make Them
Almost a. Good a. New.

Clean the niles thoroughly, using .
scratch brush and strong solution
of washing soda In hot water, then
wash on the soda with hot water.
Prepare bath Of one part nitric
acid to foL.' parts OF water contained
In an earthen vessel. Sort and grade
the files according to fineness and
immense those Of each grade in the
bath. The finer flles should be left in
the bath about a minute, and the
coarser cuts nve or six minutes, says
the Metal Worker. After the acid hath,
wash the files In hot water. dry, and
grease them while still warm with
vaseline.
In preparing the acid bath. cautions
Popular Mechanics. pour the acid into
the water very slowly, as the hest &C
ton IL great.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
FOR THE HOUSEWIVES EYE.

Polkadot stocks are popular to wear
slth tailored waists.
Moistened tea leaves applied to a
barn will relieve the Inflammation and
ptevent a scar.
Keep candles ON ice at least "a
hours before burning. They will
harn much more evenly and slowly
With this treatment.
It is said flies will not congreeate
on the outside Of screen door II the
woodwork IL rubbed with kerosene.
the odor of which seems to be of.
'fensive to them.
/ To keep up the supply of li4en, one
sheet and one pair of pillow cases
should be bought for each bed every
,ysar. and one good tablecloth and
ons-half dozen towels. Napkins should
,bs bought every alternate year.
The short ends Of candles arc most
satisfactory to start IRE with, sioce
thoy burn with steady flame till tho
kidding and wood are well ignitsd.
Radishes which have become too
large and coarse to be used in the
usual way may b put through the
food chopper and fried like cabbage.
Seasoned with salt, pepper and Vine
gar. they make savory vegetable.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29

creative faculty; but this faculty may
be greatly assisted BY knowing how.
While reasoning can not constitute
the whole Of the inventive act, 1t can.
10 to speak. clear the way for 1t and
render It easier Of accomplishment.
Most Of all. inventions are an evo-
luton from some previously invented
form. The mind always thinks of the
unknown in terms Of the known
This evolution of an invention Is
more or less logical, and is often
worked out by logical processes to
such an extent that the really Gre
ative work is greatly reduced as COM
pared with what 1t would be II done
BY the Imagination alone. Edison ID
quoted ~ saying: Amy man can be-
come an inventor II he has imagina-
ton and pertinacity;' that invention
h not 70 much inspiration ~ per-
Bpiration.'
The speaker then explained how he
soucsivsd three typical inventions
had besu evolved. 70 quote The Sem
!inei's abstract:
The first of these was the ilrst au-
tomato valve gear for the steam en-.
CINE. the invention of boy, Humph-
rey Potter. The second example Of
the evolution of an invention was
that Of machine known as the CAL
culagraph. which is used for calculat-
Ing and recording the charge on most
Of the toll telephone messages in the
United States. 1t will automatically
subtract the time Of day when the
message began from the time of day
when 1t ceased, and record the elapsed
time. and will do this on the one ma
chine for any number Of overlapping
messages. The third example was the
evolution Of the modifying parts of q
self-binding harvester. The speaker
showed how the inventor first chose
! simple form OF knot . and then
studied the tying Of 1t with his hands
until he had devised a way by which
he could tie 1t with the use Of only
two fingers Of one hand. One Of the
fingers had q simple rotary move
ment with the arm, and the other IN
ger had, beside the rotary movement.
. simple opening and closing move
finger, to grasp the cord at certain
period In the revolution. Mr.. Prindle
went through these operations with
his own fingers and tied knots to H.
lustrate these motions. With this ex-
haustive and ingenious consideration
Of his problem the inventor had only
simple piece of mechanism to pro-
duce to accomplish his purpose. The
mechanism really only consisted Of
two mechanical fingers on a shaft,
and cam for working the clamping
nnger."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
NEW ROTARY GAS MOTOR
Invention Which IL Liable 70 Rsvo
iutienixs Motor Car 0uiidine.

What 10 pronounced by leading gas
engine experts to be the acme OF gas
engine construction has Just been at'
tanned by John J. Hogan. = modest
and practical mechanical engineer o!
New York city, in the invention and
successful construction OF . rotary
gas engine. which by its simplicity.
its Inexpensive construction and the
small space which 1t occupies.- com
bined with its great power, IL certain
to revoiutionize not only the construc-
ton and the price OF automobiles and
power boats, but all sorts Of methods
Of supplying power where engines OF
intricate and cumbersome construc-
ton and great price are impractical,
says the New York Herald.
For years Mr.. Hogan has watched
the development Of the automobile
and the power boat. He has spent no
end OF time In the construction and
operation of gas propelled vehicles.
yet he has never been satisfied. And
just when the automobile manufac-
turers. who have expended millions
in trying 10 solve the problem OF sim
plify ing and perfecting the construc-
ton and operation OF the propellers
that are sending the automobiles
whizzing through city streets and
over country roads. have seemingly
reached their limit. he has evolved the
little giant, which engineers say Is
destined to do What automobile and
power vehicle manufacturers have
sought for years to accomplish.
SO simple and compact II the motor
that the observer Involuntary be-
speaks his amaxement at the posi-
bility Of its power and effectiveness.
Occupying space which makes it
easily portable in an ordinary grip
sack and Weighing but IS pounds. the
engine can be easily transported by
q person of ordinary strength With
in the ny wheel which 10 but twelve
inches in diameter. are contained the
cylinder, the piston. the crank and all
the mechanism with the exception OF
the little carbureter which supplies
the mixture Of gas and air. And this
with the lubricating oil cup. also out
side. could easily be contained III
ones two hands.
Yet when the mixture OF gasolene
and air was supplied and the ny wheel
started by turn Of the hand. the lit
tie engine showed something Of it,
power Is 1t became . thing Of action.
Contained within its small space
when the small ny wheel revolves II
energy measured at eight and two
tenths horsepower. This was meas
ured accurately by the application Of
. brake. and left no doubt in the mind
Of the observer ~ to the possibilities
Of the wonderful little machine.
The motor il 20 constructed that
the explosions Of the mixture q gas
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29

Last week Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt
Travelled through Connecticut in q
motor car. Nothing strange about
that; an automobile excursion Ia with
out significance: but It happens the
lady ON this particular car was a GEN.
tenarian. A very jolly one she must
be. for she has gone nve years above
par, and yet says the motor 10 her IA
vorite vehicle. But Mrs. Hunt is the
new woman" the very newest wom-
an, In fact, when at the age Of los
she enjoys life as though she were
only so. And who shall say this new
note of the day. the woman of 105, is
not to be the answer to DR.. Osler's
theory! One who doesn't weary Of life
will subscribe to 1t. but for the woman
incapable of perennial youth the out
look would be boresome' in the en-.
treme. Mrs. Hunt. however. 10 q liv.
ing example Of the inocuousness of
age.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29

The French method Of making COT.
fne-pulverising and dripping it's
unpleasant to many on account Of its
raw taste. Try. for change, boiling
your French coffee for . couple Of
moments after It has drippsd. or un-
I'll It osases to taste raw. A woman
who has lived some time in Paris says
that she makes her coffee in an agate
ware coffee pot having deep cheese
cIplh bag suspended in It. and then
abe boils the coffee directly in thiA
pot.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
! SS9ii[I:3!!{EE;%{ilii9!iFli.
syoLvrIoN or AM lNvENrIoN.
Simple Way In Which the knot-Tyins
Part Of Harvester Was Developed.

The popular Idea that an inventor
must be heaven-born genius. that
the faculty Of inventing can not be
cultivated, and that inventions are
made spontaneously by their inventors
and wholly ont Of their Imagination.
IL pronounced delusion by Edwin /.
Prindle. In 4 paper read before the
American Institute OF Electrical En-
sineers at Milwaukee. Wis. Said Mr..
Prindle:
TT II undoubtedly true that every
inventor must have some inventive or
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
American s.wlna M,ehln...

Over 10000 patents have been taken
out ON sewing machines. American
sewing machines are now soil in
every country in the world. Thty are
used for all manner Of purposes, for
making boots and shoes, awnings,
tents and sails. and some of hem
have an IS foot bed. Some ma hines
are made for sewing carpet AMI can
sew ~ much carpet as 100 han,i sew
ers. They are also used to make
bags. corsets. hats. caps. gloves. NIT.
tens, pocketbooks. saddlcry AMI har.
Asss.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29

and air cause the cylinder and the
other parts to rotate around q sta
tionary crank shaft at the center of
the ny wheel. The operation OF tho
engine is such that the shock. which
has been a problem to gas engine con-
structors, is absorbed and the vibra-
ton is therefore reduced to a mini.
mum. This makes the engine more
practicable. for the uses to which 1t
will be put, than the present bulky
motors.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
low Animals Doctor Tb,m,.Ix..

Man might often take from the
lower animals lesson as to the care
Of himself when Ill. All sorts of ami
mails suffering from fever eat little.
lie quiet in dark. airy places. and
drink quantities of water. When q
dog loses his appetite he knows where
to ind Observation-Disclosures
acts ~ = purgative and emetic.
Sheep and cows. when Ill, seek GER
tain herbs. Any animal suffering
from chronic rheumatism keeps as
far as possible in the sun. II chin
panzee be wounded he has been seen
to stop the bleeding by q plaster Of
chewed-up leaves and grass.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29

A writer in the American Machinist
stated recently that steam pipe OF
six inches to eight inches diameter
was covered with . wooden boz Of IL
inches diameter which was filled with
q sawdust mortar. one barrel Of lime
to fve Of sawdust. Before CO, ering
the pipe-nearly 700 feet In length
1t condensed LAO pounds of water
hourly; after covering 1t condensed
1876 pounds hourly.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29

Fat girls who are inclined to drink
vinegar and eat pickles in the hope
Of reducing flesh may take warning
from the fate Of Annie Gross. q Is
year-old st. Louis woman. She was
stout" and had been dieting to re-
duce her flesh. She ate no meat or
heavy food and neighbors gave the
Information that she. had made q
practice of eating from . dozen to
two dozen sour pickles day and
drinking from half a pint to . pint
Of vinegar every - hours. Sudden
dsath came to her Sunday evening
whom she had left party Of her
frisnas to est = drink Of water. At
tn antppsy pAysisiaas foand ~ In
~ w1llscf ~ stpnacA almost soaa-
pistsly satsns away. The cause OF
death was given ~ Ahemorrhago Of
the stomach and acetic poisoning"
due to pickles and vinegar. 1t il
easy. says the Chicago Sun. to see
how such results would naturally
come more quickly to stomach that
was deprived of other classes of food.
A similar condition has often been
found in the stomach of men who
were small eaters and habitual drink.
ers Of large quantities Of hard cider.
The stomach II not proper recepta-
Gle into which to pour quantities Of
strong acid.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29

A new tunnel route il proposed con
Meeting New York. Brooklyn and Ho
boken. to be used by steam road.
seeking entrance to New York.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09

His idea was that If he could only get
Norma back to the country she would
become well and strong once more, and
able to walk out in those green places
and amongst those grassy streamlets
which neither she nor he had ever for
gotten.
Il am sure she would get WELL" he
thought, as he leaned over the stone
parapet and watched the river glide
away under the moon.
But how to carry her there? She
was like a log, rs she said, with limbs
which were wholly useless, without
power to move any part of her except
her lips, dependent IN her neighbors
for every bit and drop. Nothing but a
miracle could ever raise her again on
her feet; but Lillino believed in mira
cles or, more truly speaking, miracles
seemed natural to him-a constant part
of daily life.
True, he saw them no more in the
streets and the houses, but he saw
them in the frescoes, in the sculptures,
in the carvings in the churches, n
he thought the halt and the blind and
the sick could all be cured If Some One
unseen and unknown would be good
enough to 40 it. But all he saw and
heard in the unkind streets began to
make him feel that the real meaning
of miracles was money-that strange,
dirty, ugly paper thing which was, he
saw so powerful in such amazing ways.
What was 1t if not a miracle that a
scrap of soiled paper, crumpled and
dog-eared, could procure bread for the
hungry and wine for the weak? Even
those black-rimmed bronze coins-how
much they could do, only passing from
hand to hand! Lillino had not much
understanding, and Mamma Rosa had
been too busy herself all day long to
attend to his education, either moral
or mental. He CROPPED his way ss he
could to his few ideas, and his thoughts
were confused and tangled. But these
two were clear to him: Norma would
get well If she went back to the coun-
try, and with money she could be taken
there, carried, he was not sure how,
but in some way, back to those vine
yards and pastures and running brooks
where his babyhood had been spent
and her whole life had passed. But
the extremely scanty means he ever
gained did not even suffice to keep life
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09

tions-where breaking into capital is
considered a crime The consequence is
that women, almost as frequently as
men, nave from investments.
Now, as Jules Cambon pointed out,
the French married woman wishes,
above all, security for the enjoyment
Of her little mani" She fears change
and is an enemy of enterprise. A
French girl with $4,000 marriage por-
ton viii certainly prefer a husband
bringing $40, 600 capital or more-on
one condition, that he be conservative
and serious, let US say at once, obedi-
ent But, having a sure income OF her
w of $3.50, she will just as certainly
prefer an obedient young husband
earning SO per week in q government
Office with short hours and a moderate
pension at the end to a hustler who
might double or quadruple her capital.
And If she has ST. 500 a year she will
still more certainly prefer an obedient
young husband earning nothing to a
wonder OF enterprise-always at his
businessi
This explains the immense vogue in
France of those professions called "of
perfect repose." The phrase refers to
repoSe of mind, though repose of body
is no stranger TO them. They are army
officer, government functionary, barris-
ter, doctor, engineer and university
professor.
In these professions men are not
tempted to risk capital in uncertain in
vestments; they have time to accom-
pany their wives to afternoon teas,
matinees and shopping, and they can
hang around the house like tame tom
cats.
1t is so much the case that embrace
ing one of these reposeful professions
in which a man work. only when he
wants to-is the first step of the young
Partisan whose vocation is marriage.
To make a business of marriage!
Two-thirds of the better sort Of young
Parisians of the day are doing it. Catch
them marrying a girl without a dot!
"They Are So in Earnest"
The special type is the Gigolo, whose
higher grade is called Zigoto. Should
o ask what most distinguishes the
Zigoto from the American young man
/ would reply. his seriousness with
women. 1t is one OF the great secrets
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09
VANISHING Forests.

In the Pacific northwest, nearly 200,-
600 men are employed in cutting down
the last primeyal forests of this coun-
try and slicing these stately armies OF
spruce and fir and cedar into 5000, 000,-
900 feet OF lumber and 5000, GOO, 900
shingles every year.
This timbered area is the richest
natural treasure of the American con-
tinent. compared with which the gold
mines of Alaska and Nevada are of
plcayune value for this and for COM
ing generations.
1t is SO wonderfully rich a treasure
that, according to Ralph ID. Paine In
Outing, it's owners are squandering it
like drunken spendthrifts. A billion
feet Of lumber is wasted every year;
enough to build 100, goo comfortable
American homes.
1t is characteristic of western men
and methods that the ways of logging
In the east should have been flung
aside as crude and slow. The giant
timber of the Washington forests on
the slopes OF the Cascades is not hauled
by teams or RATED down rivers. Steam
has made OF logging a business which
deyastates the woods with incredible
speed, system and ardor.
The logging camps of the Cascades
differ as strikingly from the numbering
centers of northern New England as
the electric gold dredgers of the Sacra-
mento Valley contrast with the placer
diggings of the forty-niners. In other
words. the greater the need of preserv-
ing the forests, the greater is the Amer
lean ingenuity for turning them into
cash as fast as possible.