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QUESTIONS FOR THE LEARNED
Find Out How Many Of These Simple
lntssroSatIons They Can An
sWer offhapd.

II you would come to realization
Of the ignorance of the average man
end woman, gather together 100 and
ok . few simple questions, somey
thing like these: How many ribs
has . man? How many ribs has =
woman? How many joints are in .
baby's spine? How many joints are
In a mans spine? Is mans spine
longer than a woman's? On which
side is the liver? Where is the
spleen? How large is the stomach !?
How long are the intestines? ThaSe
Are two lungs, one on the right, the
other on the left; one has two lobes !;
how many has the other? How
many bones are in your hand? Are
your bones solid or hollow? Do the
bones of a bird contain marrow !?
How many toes has dog? Does a
COW have teeth? Can a horse
breathe through his mouth? Why
does a dog pant with his tongue out /?
Why do most perching birds roost
on one leg when asleep? Why does
u fox terrier run on three legs !?
What makes cat purr2
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COMET LONG LOOKED ror.

They were watching for the comet
in Pepys' day, though HALEY at the
time was but eight years old. "My
Lord Sandwich this day." says the
diarist, December 81, 1854, "writes
me word that he hath seen at Ports
mouth the comet and says it is the
most extraordinary thing he ever
saw" Again on the twcnty-fourth !:
Having sat up all night till past
two o'clock this morning, our porter
being appointed, comes and tells us
that the bellman tells him that the
star is seen upon Tower. hill; 50 1,
that had been all night setting in
order of my old papers in my cham
Der, did now leave off all and my
boy and l to the Tower hill, it being
a most fine, bright, moonshine night
and a great frost, but no comet to
be seen." Later the same day, how
ever, Pepys "saw the comet, which
now, whether worn away or no, I
know not, appears not with a tail,
but only is larger and duller than
any other star"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-04-02
MERRY MOMENTS OF POETS
Rsserssd Remarks Of Waters That
Furnished Amusement to the
Writers.

1t is not every poet who possesses
the smse of humor. Longfellow had
it in unusual degree. writes William
Winter in "Old Friends" Nothing
absurd escaped him. Among the
relics that he especially treasured
was an inkstand. once the property
Of Coleridge. One day, showing
that relic to stranger who had
called on him, he said: "Perhaps
THE Ancient Mariner was written
from this" "Yes,' said his visitor,
"and sThe Old Oaken Bucket who
done that?"
An admirer Of Longfellow's once
wrote him, saying: please send
Your autograph in your own hand
writing"
He has recorded characteristic
dialogue with strange lady, who
sccosted him one summer morning
ct his house door.
rs this the house where Longfel-
low was born?"
mo, he was not born here
@Did he die here?"
"No, he is not dead"
care you Longfellow?"
u am"
II thought you died two year,
ego"
That recalls the intelligent re.
marx made to Walter Savage Landor
By . lady who rushed to compliment
him on his "Pericles and Aspasia."
Hr. Landor," she said, 81 haven't
had time to read your 'Periwjnkle.
and Asparagus but l hear it is very
good. Sunday Magazine of the
Milwaukee Sentinel.
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ONE CERTAIN LINE OF SAFETY
Aveldanes Of Loss Of Life Through
Snake Bite Reduced to the
Minimum.

In the handling Of snakes both
natives of India, in spite Of all the
chicanery which is mixed up with
snake-charning, and, even more
conspicuously, perhaps, the Moqui
Indians Of North America, acquire
q dexterity and apparent immunity
from danger which seem unattsin-
able by white men; and perple1ing
tales are told Of the magical efficacy
Of snake-stones, ~ used by Indian
snake-catchers, in the cure of the
bites of both cobra and kraft, on au-
thority 80 distinguished that science,
with all its superciliousness, cannot
altogether disregard them. But as
. general rule it may be laid down
that, for man or mongoose, the only
certain safety lies in keeping out
side the range Of being bitten. For
tunately a snake, "more subtil than
any beast Of the field" rarely goes
out Of its way to attack.
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w,norAll ron FARMERS.

Frost iish by the ton came ashore
at Long Beach, L. l., the other
morning, and all day hundreds Of
farmers were busy carting them
away. Several times each winter
schools Of these fish are cast on the
beach, but this was the largest de-
posit ever known. Along the surf
line for five miles there stretched
almost solid mass Of silvery fish.
Frost fish is the Long Island name
for what is otherwise the whiting.
The fish is edible, but when 30 many
come ashore the natives find it inn
possible to market the haul and use
the fish for sailing down and for
fertilizing.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-04-02
HAD MADE HIS LAST 4HoLLER"
For the First Time exubsrant Cowboy
Saw HImsslf Pictured - othsrs
L. Saw Him.

Remington once told story of
himself that will bear retelling. One
Of his cowboy acquaintance in the
west was known as Hollering Smith
because of his favorite way of en-
joying himself. Remington made a
number of studies of him both in
repose and at his favorite pursuit,
and on returning to New York one
time he utilized these in q series Of
illustrations in a magazine article.
The next time he went west and got
to Smiths neighborhood Smith
came over to see him on the very
day Of his arrival, and hauling from
his pocket page torn from a maga-
zine with one of Remington's studies
Of him as the central figure Of .
group in state Of eruption in-
quired: "Sa., is that meY'
Fred was cautious, a. he said, not
being exactly sure of what was next
on the program, and replied: well,
got the idea from you, Of course,
but"
"Oh, its all right" said Smith,
mo offense; if it's me just say 50"
well yes; it's a fairly close por-
trait of you," said Remington.
THAT'S what the boys at the
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work TO De DONE.

The smart young man-his school
honors thick upon him, and his in
tcntion to teach the world in gen.
eral, and his father in particular,
the manner in which up-to-date
commerce should be conducted
stood earnestly holding forth in his
fathers Office.
"You may rely upon me, SIR" he
was saying with perfervid emphasis.
81 will devote my whole life to the
interests of the business. 1t shall be
my aim and ambition to keep the
family name free from STAIN"
"Good!" said the old man gruffiy.
CHATS the right spirit. Tell the
office-boy to give you the whiting
and ammonia; then go and polish
up the brass nsme-plate on the
door"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-04-02
WATER IN KENTUCKY.

Congressman Ollie James was
driving through billy section OF
Kentucky on pleasure jaunt and,
happening to notice well beside q
farmhouse, pulled up and asked the
farmer if he could give him a drink.
"No, sab; as much as l would like
to 'commodate you, sab, 1 can't do
a thing for you. But if you'll pull
in at Jones' bout fob miles ahead,
you can get somethin'," said the
farmer.
~But I thought I noticed fine
well here on your placer" said the
big congressman.
tsWhy, I didn't know you wanted
water. l thought you wanted a
drink" said the farmer, who there
upon invited Marse James in to
help himself from the iron bound
bucket.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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BUT ONE NAN IN a THOUSAND
Few There Are Who Can etand W
right. According TO Wrltsr ~
Popular piay.

"Here is curious paradox" said
George. "If thousand soldiers are
drawn up in battle array on q
plane". they understood him to
mean Aplain"- only one man will
stnnd upright" \
Nobody could see why. But George
explained that, according to Euclid,
q plane can touch = sphere only at
one point, and that person only who
stands at that point, with respect to
the center Of the earth, will stand
upright.
AIN the same way he remarked,
of = billiard table were quite level
that is, perfect plane-the balls
ought to roll to the center"
Though he tried to explain this
by placing . visiting card ON an
orange and expounding the law Of
gravitation, Nrs. ,Allgood declined
to accept the statement. She could
not see that the top Of q true billiard
table must, theoretically, be spheri-
cal, just like . portion Of the orange
peel that George cut out. OF course,
the table is SO small in proportion ia
the surface Of the earth that the
curvature is not appreciable, but il
is nevertheless true in theory. A sur.
face that we call level il not the
same as our idea Of true geomstri-
cal plane.-From the play, "a Para
dox Party"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-04-02
LIKE CHAPTER OF ROMANCE
Remarkable Career Of Lady Cook and
Her Sister. Who Havs Returned
to Our Shores.

Lady Cook, who was .brmerIy
Tennie c. Claim, has returned hero
to the scene of her former exploits.
declaring that her fortune Of
81, OOO, 900 shall hereafter be de-
voted to the woman's suffrage move
mcnt She expresses her intention
of going TO Washington to talk tho
subject over with President Taft
and with congress. Her career has
been a remarkable one. Born in n
little town in Ohio nearly seventy
years ago, she and her sister Vic
| toria-afterward Victoria Wood
hull-became spiritualistic mediums
early in life and earned, it was said,
as much as 100000 a year In
1896 they appeared on Wall strect
as partners in a brokerage business,
with check from Commodore Van,
derbilt as their capital. They start
ed a weekly paper later and dis
cussed sex problems in it and on the
platform with such freedom that
they were both imprisoned for y
while in Ludlow street Jail. They
were emphatically repndiated by tho
regular women suffrage association.
In 1872 they published a sweeping
denunciation of Henry Ward Beech.
er, starting the whole sensational
Beecher-Tilton scandal -Four years
later they went to England and wers
soon after well married, Victoria to
wealthy banker, Tennie Cher
name was originally Tennessee-tO
Sir Francis Cook. Her reappear-
,ance here in public life. after 80
years-"a small, sprightly fgsre al
most hidden by q huge Gainsbo~ugis
hat, tied down with n blue vciI"-
in an event that will set the bells Of
memory ringing in many dusty
belfry.-Current Literature. Il
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Mrs. JIM bought some stock
SLAMS KING AND HIS. TEMPLES.

Once year all the Buddhist tcm-
pies in Siam are visited by the king,
or his deputies, bearing the PhfS
Kathin yellow robes), in conform
ity with an ancient custom by which
the priests were made to seek their
apparel for the ensuing year. During
the lifetime of Buddha, monks and
priests were sent out to beg for old
cast-off garments, which were after
ward dyed yellow and patched to-
gether to form the required robes.
This ancient mendicsnt CUSTOM
gradually gave place to the present.
one of making the garments from
new cloth Of a bright canary yellow
provided by joint contributions Of
king, princes, mobiles and common
ers. When the king goes in tho
royal throne barge to present tho
robes in person he does so with greab
pomp and ceremony. The priestly
garments, folded in bundles, are ear
ricd to the door Of the temple to
await the appearance Of his majesty
and his suite. The king, on arriving,
takes priestly robe and places it
on a decorated altar.-Wide World
MAGAZINE. e.
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ooms.r,c TRAINING FOR a'als

The proposal which has been set
forth in Germany to compel all girls
to undergo a period of training as
domestic servants was foreshadowed
by George Gissing in the private
Papers Of Henry Ryecroft." 81 had
far rather see England covered with
schools of cookery than with schools
of the ordinary kind; the issue
would be infinitely more helpful.
Little girls should be taught cook
ing and baking more assiduously
ian they are taught to read. :.
Think of the glorious revolution
that. could be wrought in our trou-
bled England if it could be ordained
hat no maid, of whatever rank,
night become a wife unless she had
proved her ability TO make and bake
a perfect loaf of bread" London
Chronicle.
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me LAST JOKE.

a M, ,.,,. ;,,;d,,. ,,,,,..s
~ ; .o..o"D =. 49,. az IL. o. III.
~ ~ sai . ''
'ayS Aonuon eAchans'
~ hele we.e .hse ,ai en s.s =
'iiv oai, WIG" =. u s1
.a..ea -, In IN ne . !. e.
1 Ju'' iea's 'ne Pie - t,ie
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-04-02
LORDS OF MANY TITLES.

Most members Of the upper house
Of the British parliament possess
more than one title, and not a few
have large number. The duke of
Abercorn is holder Of four Scotch,
four Irish and two British peerages.
The marquis Of Lansdowne has one
Scotch, five Irish and two British
titles. Other peers who are we'll
equipped in this respect are the duke
of Norfolk (sevcn), the marquis of
Breadabane (eight), the duke Of
Portland (ive), the duke Of Devon
shire (five) and the duke Of North
cumberland (six).
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lokE TURNED on The Joker
oshsMs ~ Social ciimbsr" that
Didn't Turn oUt Just - u
: Was intended.

Tvo .vom.n Who live On country
,,.c.. n.sr Pb;,.delphi. are great
H;,.d. and great rivals. Each has
Ionr desired that her husband buy
- IN automobile !. each has feared
- Inc other attain the object Of
her desire fir,t.
Not lonr .yo . small, man who
=. III, 49,. !, a,.no;.1 o;rc,os
called .t the home Of one Of these
women and suggested that he take
thu Young woman TO call on her
friend. The invitation was .ccept-
-
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-04-02

The average number Of soldiers
lin the United States army during
the Spanish-American war amount
ed to s77,494; in the navy, 20, roe
sailors. There were SO Jewish off,
GERS in the army during the war and
~ in the navy. The total number
of non-commissioned officers and
soldiers that were. Jews being 2,451
in the army and AZ sailors in the
navy.
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THEY HEARD BOTH SIDES.

The New York State Federation
Of Women's Clubs, with its $4,000
members, held its annual convention
the week of November 8 and ccrtain-
w learned a few facts on both. sides
Of the suffrage question, as Mrs. Gil
bert Jones, the noted anti. addressed
them one day and Mrs. Philip
Snowdcn told the suffrage side Of
the question on another day.
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1xpsar OPINION.

what do you think made Ham,
Jet 50 suspicious Of the ghost ?" asked
Mr.. Stormington Barnes.
'He probably thought" answered
the psychic researcher, that no
lwcll-regulated ghost would manifest
himself without ringing bells or tip
ing tablss.s
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FORCE NEEDED.

Youngwed-I always crack up
ryrwife's biscuits.
Mr. Bachclor-Heavens! Are
they as hard as that?
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WHAT ATTRACTED HER.

Patience-Don't you think TINT
girl / just introduced you TO has
beautiful face?
Patrice--I really don't know, buei
she had q beautiful haiti /.
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GIVING AN IMITATION.

well, Eltie, dear, ] hope you've
oeen q little mother to your brother
whilst I've been out z"
"Oh, yes, | have. I've sn,acked
am quite a LOTT
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Noah was pcrturbed.
"Its all very we'll for Hill to cry
Back to the land,' he said. but
what is fellow to do when there
isn't anyp
! Herewith he sent out another
dove.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-04-02

{ Prison visitor-And why are you
lincarcerated, my poor fellow?
/; Second-Story .Jimmy-Aw, Pm .
believer in the simple life am it's
the only way can resist the tempta-
tion to live like Speerpont Morgan
and dose odder gasaboos.
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THE DIFFERENCE.

"Life is just one blamed thing
after another"
aNo, it i. on. thing before an
ether"
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4 NEW vsA.'s TRAGEDY.

Knicksr- What is the matter with
Jsaes?
Bocker-His wife is spending the
raise he didn't get.
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Spooner-Does your father like
to have me call on you?
Miss Sweetthing-Yes. He says
you are = corrective to the gas meter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-08

The cab came to stop in front of
the house She assembled the stairs
slowly and at the door of her fat heSi-
tated. still dreading to go in. but feel
ing that she must.
Help me. Godr' she prayed. Il
amt done nothin' wrong. an l don't
deserve this. | couldn't give my little
sister away
AS quietly as possible she opened the
door and entered
CHAPTER XIV.
HE gas was turned down in the
parlor when Patsy entered
Quiet as she had been, Nora
heard her turn the key in the
lock and advanced to meet her in
wrapper and with handkerchief tied
around her forehead
Are they here" asked Patsy.
Yes; don't talk loud whispered
Nora. MONS asleep Dams gone out
to hunt for pop"
did you beat 'em here?"
Yes
Gee. that was luck" said Patsy,
turning up the gas. Il was scared
green. What d'you tell 'em?'
What you said-that took sick be-
fore the show and had to come home"
Did they say anything about me?"
ASKED me if | knew where you
were. l said left you at the theater."
That's good" sighed Patsy, remov-
ing her hat and coat.
Where have you been since you left
me in the cab:" questioned Nora.
''Oh. I've been ridin' around on cars,
tryin' to get up nerve enough to face
pop. I'd "a given my eyetooth to "a
kept this from him. It's too late now.
Nom III tell him everything"
Yes" assented Nora That's what's
been worrying me. What did you run
to hide from nom for? Why didn't
you stick it out in some way?- You
could have told her story of some
kind. and it would have been all right
You weren't like me. You had your hat
and coat and street clothes on
II got ratified" she confessed.
yes. and you've got US into a pretty
mess. haven't you| grumbled Nora.
You brought it ali on yourself. You
had no business following me. won't
be followed"
Lucky / did follow an find you be-
fore it was too late"
TOO late? Stuff and nonsense.
You're always thinking bad of people.
You haven't helped me by butting in,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-08

that Simpson woman it all needn't "a
happened. I'm to blame. an I got to
pay for it all. that's ALL
What it SERVES you right for is
treating me like kid" commented
Nora. Il don't wan. to be watched
over. and. what's more. won't be-
I'm woman. like you. earning my
living. like you. Don't worry on my
account ! can take care OF myself
There's no call for you to do it,
That's where you're wrong" re-
joined Patsy in upoffended tone you
amt got no head You couldn't take
care of yourself if you was alone In
ten acre field. not TO talk of city full
Of sharks like New York. But nobody's
goin' TO put you in the soup if / can
help it,
Go Be Contfnued-)
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pearance was against me-"

Don't you think he'll make upT'
81 don't know. an | don't care.
Serves me right If I'd kept my prom
Use TO MON TO watch over you stead of
bein' so took up with my own happi-
ness that let you run around with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-08
CONTINUED From Yesterday

and you've only got yourself into trou-
ble.''
"D'you s'pose l thought ! run any
risk with DAMP" demanded her sister.
"S'pose i thought for q minute he
wouldn't trust me, wouldn't believe ]
was true an good. no matter how ap-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-08

(To Be Contfnued.)
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-02-04
MAY Be PAROLED
Harvey Whitton's Blind Sister
Appeals To Oovernoe Norris
For nercy.

WASHINGTON. Feb. ist.-The plead
inEs Of blind sister probably will win the
release from Montana peaitentiary 10
which be vas sentenced for eighty years Of
Harvey Whitsoo. former Washingto boy.
Governor Norris Of Nontana. Who vas here
last xesk. attending the Governors confer
eace. promised Miss Whittoe that il her
hsosher continues model prisoner. be will
recommend that be be Released on parole.
Wilton has served most Of the time re-
quired BY the Montana Law before pardon
can be granted.
Young Whitton vas Sentenced for CON-
plici,y ia a murder. because be was IN
company with desperate man when the
latter sho, fatally = deputy sheriff. Tbs
desperate escaped and vas never captured.
Miss Wilton interested Senators Carter
and pixon in the case. and when Governor
Norris vas here few days ago pleaded
with him for her brother.
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