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The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26

with hinges in center as completed
brace, and at each end, as illustrated
in Fig. 1: the two hinges at ends Of
completed braces are fastened to sec
lions, as illustrated, and hold them up
right or allow them to fold down az re-
quired.
The core IL now complete and will
mold an opening in culvert is inches
in diameter. When larger or small
er opening il desired you can simply
change measurements in cutting the
material to make the size desired.
In operation. boards are set at each
end Of the culvert. also at sides: the
bottom Is filled with concrete mixture
to the depth of two inches; then the
semi-circular forms are set in place,
with edges together. and the concrete
mixture filled in around them and on
top to the depth Of three, four or six
inches, according to the pressure that
IL to be placed on the culvert. For
ordinary usage q four-inch depth on
top IL sufficient.
When finished the concrete is a.
lowed to set or harden for several
days, when the side boards are re-
moved and the braces on center forms
or core pushed back, folding the
forms together. no that they can be
easily removed. ~ illustrated in Fig, :.
With this simple machine a heater,
stronger and more satisfactory cul-
vert can be nodded. with less labor
and more certAin reAulta- than vvift,
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26

boy ten years old, he SHE'D stones
ut the soldiers of Great Britain In
1913.
He lived In Baltimore then, and his
father owned a mill at Jones Falls.
When the soldiers of George III.
marched through the city he stood
on the bridge and threw rocks and
oyster shells at them. This was the
FIRST actual service Bill did for his
country, and he tells with pride that
nearly every missile he threw hit the
mark.
This began a career that is the mar
vel of officers. .
When the magnificent armored
cruiser Pennsylvania was launched
few years ago, the fact was recalled
by officials of the naval home that
Macabee's career was curiously bound
up with that of the new monster Just
being indicted into the service Of
the nation.
Macabee was boatswain's mate on
the old Pennsylvania. At Norfolk
navy yard he gave the word to the
crew leaving the ship, Just before she
was burned to prevent her from fall
ing into the hands Of the confederacy.
Later in the day he led the crew in
yelling In defiance to the demand from
the Merrimac to surrender after the
confederate ironclad had riddled the
Congress to the sinking point In the
battle of Hampton Roads. Macabee
had been shifted to the Congress after
1t became necessary to leave the
Pennsylvania.
Before giving up the Pennsylvania.
the crew made 4 noble effort to save
her. But finding that Of no avail. she
was fastened to the Pawnee. towed
out into the stream and set afire.
Among the other ships on which the
old fellow has seen service are the
Delaware, United States, Ohio, Stark.
Connecticut. Vixen, vandalia, Wabash,
Yorktown and Waterwitch.
Macabee's home was not far from
that of Francis Scott Key. who wrote
THE Star Spansled Banner" Though
only . youngster at the ttuae4Ae
tional anthem was penned, Nacabee
remembers We'll how quickly. the air
sai1ed the affections Of the people, and
was heard on all sides.
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26
PUMP WATER ~ rEsreR BOARD
Bavarian Women Use Primitive
Methods to irr'eats Gardens.

London.-Strawberri and radishes
are two of the chief hobbies of the
truck gardener Of Bavaria, and he
knows how to bring them to salts
factory state Of growth But the
champion truck gardener Of that fas-
cinAting proytnee Of Germany. whore
they fully understand the raising Of
hops - well - garden pr0ducts. are
not the men. Many women under
take entire charge Of the fields and
they toll as arduously as the men. In
times of drought they water every gar
den patch. On many farms there are
wells, but no windmills.
The women mount sort Of teeter-
board and rock it until q large tub
is filled. after which they carry the
water over the garden, drenching the
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26
1urkIsh Women Not Ignorant

Turkish Women Not Ignorant.
Turkish women are frequently well
educated. Their lives Of seclusion en-
courage study and they pass the long
winter evenings In devouring any lit.
erature that comes their way. Many
are excellent linguists, and Pierre Lott
tells that they are well acquainted
with the works of modern thinkers.
They are often we'll versed in ancient
classics. and they eagerly read modern
novels. especially of the morbid.
erotic type. These give them . glimpse
Of the outside world and increases
their discomfort; they are also intense.
ly envious of their Christian and Jew.
ish sisters.
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26
FARM oLEAN,Nos.

den grow some late crops. After the
early vegetables are out Of the way
raise something else that will mature
late in the fall.
Use the spli4-3og drag ON the earth
roads. It has proven to be successful
and II there II any one thing needed
In the country 1t 10 better roads.
WhstAee Ills better to feed or to sell
II the question agitatlng the corn rails
ers.
Cs0sst pits hllsd daily with fresh
WATER makes . Qood clean WalloW for
the hog, particularly when ~
weather - WARM
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26
AUTHORITY ON CHINA
Prof. Alrth Of Columbia Resident o.
Orient ~ Years.

New York.-Few students of the
problems of the far east are better
qualified Titan Prof. Friedrich Hirth
to speak authoritatively Of the pres
ent and the future of China. Before
he accepted his present post In Col
,umbia university six years ago he had
occupied a similar one in the Univer-
sity Of Munich. In his library are
some 1000 Chinese books. and he Is a
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26
Auto
Racing
Makes for.Better
Machines and
Better Roads
BY JOHN JACOB Aston.

Racing is sure to advance the automobile. 1t
tends to produce the best material to induce men to
study out better machinery to build better tires, to
work out every technical problem.
Then there is another side to the question. Rae
ing tends to better roads, and better roads of
the best examples of advance in civilization. Without
good roads country cannot progress. They are the
means of promoting trade and intercourse between
far distant communities. And automobile racing helps
to bring this about.
Unlike the aeroplane, the automobile seems to-
day well nigh perfect up to certain point 1t is at
this moment far ahead of the roads, especially in
country. We need better roads here in the United
States. don't mean for the sake of the automobiles
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26
~4eners" Bought fer cssh.

"HoNors" Fought Ter Co0R.
Edward Cecil Guinness oe the Irish
6rm q brewers was made q basO0et tn
recognition Of his gift Of Il ~. go for
the rebuilding Of the slums Of Dublin.
The work occupied six years and
when successfully accomplished King
Edward raised the baronst to the peer
age with the title Of Baron lveagh.
After the king visited Ireland last year
Lord Iveagh presented e7Se.eeo to the
Irish hospitals in coOmeDoFattoo OF
the soversign's visit and in return he
vas made . vtscount.
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those who necessarily them bring
market whether be the farmer the manufacturer
his much less cost for transportation good
he bad The auombsts don't ask for
for all their whether
they be farmers manufacturers simply travellers.
automobile has down much price since the intro
think,
general and popular doubt however, the
prediction of those opms who that the time will when
automobile will cheap the ordinary vehicle because contains
its motive power, which s a to be considered
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26

Aneisnts Knew Art ~ priae,nD.
A clay tablet has been found in
Crete which seems to prove conclusive.
" that the art Of printing from nova.
BILE types was known In . crude way
Aooe years ago.
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26

That John d. Rockefeller was satisfied
to be shown to be the descendant of me-
diocre medieval French baron called
Roquefeuil is point for his modesty. The
pedigree-seekers of the British museum, the
Astor or Boston libraries, or the Biblio-
theque Rationale, would have made him out
the rejeton of the Capets, the Hapsburgs
or the Hohenzollerns for less sum of mon
ey than the great oil magnate probably
earns in half day. Nor could these pedi-
gree-mongers have been very well gainsaid.
For If, o ancestor-hunter, you calculate
that YOU had two parents who were, in their
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26
Students
and
the
Faculty
D President VAN nlss
4 - usswsssiy 4 v5sssasia.

When investigates the of this anagonis he usually finds
grown with and differences
opinion matters which the real of the
university athletics society often
harmony with reference hngs has led partial esangment
things The students and there
hough and careless frequently headrong They young,
they yet been sobed BY responsibility and seasoned
pnce they enthusiastic abe and hopeful with
the youth With few exceptions they the right thing
if they what the right thing H.
duty of the faculty point the the students with
calm Never yet have known body Of
students fair weight the ideas them if
consideration with the appeal the thing that
for the best interests themselves the university
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26

Uss q lsathee Betting.
n putting up leather betting exnssi-
eoesd nachiaists make It . point to
p!ace the hair iasiAe. ~ It has . To-.
4sacy to stick to the wheel and WIN
wear loA9ss.
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26
Poultry prssDsets.

Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson
places the value Of poultry products
produced in the United States last
pear 4 $500. oo0. 900. which is 500, ooo,-
90 xore than the value of the wheat
cf0p.
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26
AGAINST THIS WINTERS COLD.
How You Can Keep the Water Tank
Free from Ice.

II builders of cement tanks would
make the inner edge of the top which
Is six inches wide, about one inch low
er than the outer edge. and In freex-
ing weather sprinkle salt on the top.
says Prairie Farmer, they would ind
that 1t will work its way down on the
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26

The ideal relation between faculty and
students should be that of comrades work
ing together for q cemmon purpose-older
and younger comrades, it is true, each with
their own privileges, but still comrades.
The mutual sentiments of students
and faculty should be those of warm cor
diality. hope that within this university
the relation of elder ard younger comrades
which already exists between many profess
sors and students may become universal.
At various tires there has been more
or less antagonisrl between a considerable
norton of the atudents and the faculty..
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26

radish and other beds from time to
time as occasion demands. The
pumping of water by means Of the
teeter- board is one of the primitive
methods handed down through the
ages.
The Meeker herald., 1908-12-26

inner edge Of the tank and loosen the
ice from the came, 10 that 1t can read
lily be removed, thus obviating the ne
cessity Of . tank heater.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
THE DEAD "oAT MEAL KING"

From the New York World.
 Ferdinand Schumacher, the dead "oat meal king" deserves more than a pass ing tribute. He had won double niche in the temple of fame. He will rank with the Morses. McCormicks and Edi- sons as hero of invention and among the Havermeyers and Armours as a cap tain of industry. Schumacher found the American breakfast tablesa chaos. of pan cakes, hot biscuit and pie, and he left 1t a sweet symphony of cereals and cream. He was an apostle of pre-diges- ton among a dyspeptic people. Under his delft manipulation the despised grain which Dr. Johnson said was food for horses in England and for men in Scot land was transformed into gastronomic delight Will Edinburgh have no monu- ment to the Hanoverian immigrant who carried abroad the celebrity of it's gran fuid," as Dacy Balfour's laird called it? The pink cheeks of a million schoolboys testify to the reform Schumacher wrought in a nations dietary. Thanks to him, corn, rye, barley and all the farinaceous grains now supply bone and sinew to the populace. In a record of Schuma- cher's achievements his contributions to American literature should not be over looked. He was the Maecenas of the i0-cent magazine. The muck-rakers may have had the glory, but the true story of the success of many periodical is to be read in the breakfast-food advertisements. The muse would have been on short ra- tions but for the cereals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
MISERY OF THE HALF RICH.
e seattle Daily Times.

From the Seattle Daily Times.
 There are really only two classes of happy people on earth--the people who work hard for their simple needs, and the people who are educated from birth to enjoy their wealth and the leisure which it brings. The middle class is eter- nally regretting either the days of happy poverty or the unattained days of en- ioyable leisure. The daughter of a null ti-milionaire cannot be happy in the lonely drudgery of cottage, and the daughter of poor folk, who has struggled all her life and who has never had the advantages to fit her for a life of leisure can never be happy in glded parlor where she has nothing to do but fold her hands. She does not know the game well enough to even reverse the twirling of her idle thumbs
 There is nothing more pathetic in all the world than the hard-working business man who has retired upon fortune which he grows to hate because of the inactivity which 1t enforces-unless it be his wife. who suddenly finds all of her share of life in the care of servants and has nothing with which to replaes A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
Senator Bankhead's Good Roads Speech

The excellent speech of Senator Bankhead on good roads, which was printed in full in last Sundays Age Herald, is attracting attention wher- ever the need of better roads exist. q have read with interest" says N. J. Bachelder, master of the National Grange and chairman of the legislative committee, in a letter addressed to Senator Bankhead, your speech on the amendment to the postoffice ap- propriation bill offered by you, provid- ing for an appropriation of $500,000 for aiding in the construction and i'm provement of post roads. I would like to have 5000 copies of this speech to send to the prominent newspapers and farm journals of the country, and will he much indebted to you if you will give ah order to the public printer for that number of copies in convenient pamphlet form"
 This letter from the head of the na- tional grange is farther indication that the farmers throughout the coun- try are beginning to desire most earn estly better roads. The old dirt road full of dirt and quagmires has outlived it's usefulness, and the farmer wants something better. Our senior Senator las placed himself at the head of this promising economic movement. He proposes to give the farmers the bene- fits of cheaper transportation between the farm and the railroad station, and whatever benefits the farmer benefits the rest of any community and in- creases all values.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
Typhoid Fever Survey In PittSburg

When Pittsburg was not willing to expend S6O0O00 in the making of modern scientific typhoid fever survey, the Russell Sage Foundation came for ward to furnish the money, and the mayor of Pittsburg is to appoint con- mission to supervise the work. The laboratories of the city are to be util- ized. The commission will appoint an executive officer who will gather the experts to carry on the field work and collect the needful data. Under the direction of the public health and ma rine hospital service a similar survey is to be made in Washington, which is also afflicted with typhoid fever the year round. Pittsburg is, however, the typhoid city of this country. In one of the wards, the Fourteenth, there are more typhoid cases every year than there are in the entire city of London.
 A fine filtration system has just been inaugurated in Pittsburg, and the com ing survey is expected to detect the causes other than impure water that tend to produce typhoid fever. The entire country will watch with interest the surveys to be made in Pittsburg and Washington for they will undoubt- edly show sources of infection that are paralleled in all other cities that have typhoid cases. At any rate the dreaded fever is to be studied in the two cities thoroughly, scientifically and with all possible accuracy. It will be hunted to it's source. The work of the househy will be presented and so will it's breed ing places. But dangerous as the house. fly is all the mischief in Pittsburg and Washington cannot be laid at it's door, for both cities have numerous cases throughout the season when no house. flies exist. The surveys will, however, explain themselves, and their publica- tion will be awaited with interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
The Poultry Business.

Poultry raising on a commercial scale is very profitable, and ais this industry does not require large capital it is sur prising that poultry farms are not more numerous in Alabama, and especially in the Birmingham district, where the de- mand for eggs and chickens must al ways be brisk" said J. A. Vanden Burg.
 Many people who are familiar with chickens only as adjuncts of the back yard, have no idea of the business econ omy necessary in incubating and rais- ing chickens by modern methods. Were the housewife in a suburban home to keep an account of the cost of feeding her chickens she would often find that it would be cheaper to buy eggs and poultry for the family. In most cases the hens eat off their heads. I once knew lady owning a dozen hens who did keep books, and the result of her industry showed that the feed bought for the fowls cost about ten times more than the mar ket value of the eggs.
 "On an up-to-date chicken farm the estimated cost of feeding hen is only 50 cents a year and the hens product is estimated to be worth on an average about S2.5O a year. In other words, a poultry with 1000 hens figures on d net profit of 5000 a year.
 But home with a large back yard would not seem like home without chick ems. One derives great pleasure from setting the hens and caring for the little chicks, and the matter of cost cuts very little figure with the man who is in the business, however, it is very different proposition''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
uote For Sewer Bond Issue.

People in Birmingham are seldom called upon to go to the polls to vote for a necessity" said Alderman George H. Estes yesterday. Questions submitted to the people usually have two sides, and it requires a considerable amount of thought on the part of the voter before casting his ballot either way.
 Necessities are generally provided di- rectly by the Board of Aldermen. This could have been done in the case of the construction of the sewers without a single voice being raised had the law not provided otherwise.
 '.On Monday the voters of Birmingham are going to the polls with the same spirit that they go to their business. They recognize that the construction of these sewers is of as great importance to the protection of the health of their families as is the provision for their support. It is a positive necessity. l, and all good citizens of Birmingham, favor the bond issue, and the votes should be piled up sky high on Monday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

Wednesday next the fleets of the At lantic and the Pacific will then and there be united. Eighteen battleshlps will be in line, followed by 2S cruisers, gun boats, destroyers, torpedo boats and auxiliaries. It will be the greatest parade of modern fighting ships that this world, old as it is, has ever known the product of a single decade.
 But what of the coming decade? The cost of a great battleship today is S1O,- 100000, and ten years hence as things naval are going it may be twice that sum. But in a changeful eentury-a century of ship canals, of flying ma- chimes, of wireless telephony or at least telegrapny, and of the solution of difficult economic problems, nothing will seem astonishing. Certainly not the $20,000,000 battleship which will be floating fortress 1000 feet long and supplied with rified guns whose range and penetration would now seem almost incredible.
 But amid all these changes men and women will stand essentially un- changed, leading among these wonders of constructor lives not materially un- like the Ives wed 1000 years ago or the lives that will be lived 1000 years hence. Humanity is, in other words. standpatter amid elements of change and perhaps O. progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

ing 'vex us with Texas And that's going somer'
 REPLIES. It will soon be too late to spring a poem on spring.
 The inhabitants of Prince Rupert are so hungry they would probably eat break fast food.
 The lonesomest place in the world is a summer resort after your girl is gone. ''rhe horse must go," says an exchange. That's what we say. Giddapi "What can a wife do to help her hus- band?" asks Dorothy Dix. She might try keeping quiet.
 We have often wondered why it is that when an outsider comes into a news paper office he thinks it necessary to talk at the top of his voice. As rule, people don't see pink ele- phants at a pink tea. The poetry business and the poultry difference in the returns. If you listen intently you may hear Farmer Bryan calling the cattle home.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
MOORlSH CHILDREN.
Respect For Parents an Important Part
 of Their Training.

From the London Globe.
 A French lady, Mile. Mathilde Zeys, has recently visited Morocco and at the present moment Parisians are deriving instruction and entertainment from her work, "Une Franchise au Maroc.'' Chil- dren in Morocco, she tells us, are brought up to show the greatest respect and def- erence to their parents. A Moorish child never enters his fathers presence unless called; he kisses his fathers hand and similarly greets any friends who may be there.
 Only on rare occasions does he take his meals with his parents. AS a rule the child has but one dish, which is sent out side to him after the parents meal.
 Although the discipline seems severe. Moorish parents love their children dear ly, and it is a pretty sight to see a swarthy Arab with rugged features play The girls have a monotonous time, spent at their mothers side.
 At the age of the father takes his little son to school. He carries with him a present to the master or "fokih", and some sweetmeats to cheer up the little chap for the first few days. At the end of the first week the parents give a party to signalize the boys entry to school, and all the small boys little friends who have a half holiday for the occasion. are invited.
 The learning from our standpoint is hardly worthy the name, and if a little Moor does not show aptitude for study the parents soon take him away from school and put him to a trade. Still, every boy is supposed to read and write. Study, such as it is, is literary rather than scientific. Moorish scientific ideas are not only antiquated, but often false Re- ligious scruples forbid deep study in chemistry and natural philosophy. Medi- cine is only in a most rudimentary state. The study of anatomy is forbidden by religion and the Moorish surgeon is often the barber
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
"SPEAKlNG OF BASEBALL"

From the Springfield Union.
 Coming up smilingly to bat, Teddy R., the hard hitter of the Oyster Bays, mois- tens both palms, gives the big stick preliminary swing, and lines out hot one at the multi-millonaire whose son is d fool and his daughter foreign princess; whose face has grown hard as his body has grown soft; whole pleasures are taste less and extravagant luxury and his real delight the accumulation and use of power in it's most sordid and least eleyating form, like unto the marauder baron in the physical chaos of the dark ages. While the "trusty' flelders of the Wall street Wallahoos are galloping across lots after the ball, T. R. skins lightly around the bases and makes a grand slide from third to the plate and the sullen murmur about another panic is drowned in the wild yell that comes from the b1eachers.