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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
sme.rins sheep. Ne.s.

While Of course the tar IL disagree-
able to the sheep. in their avidity to
get the salt they will get more or less
of the tar smeared on their noses.
At this time 1t might be well to de-
scribe the symptoms indicating the
presence Of the gad-fiy in the flock.
When attacked the sheep generally
rushes towards the flock with its nose
close to the ground. 1t shakes its
head violently and sneexes. This Is
due to the sting caused by the gad-fiy
in tho nostril in its effort to get q
foothold and deposit its eggs. The
eggs remain In the nasal cavities in
the head until mature. when. acord-
ing to those who have worked out the
life of this ny. 1t falls out Of the nos
tril and completes development in
the soil Where q sleeps head con-
tains \ number Of larvae = catarrhal
discharge will be noticed coming
from the nose. In bad cases the sheep
is inclined to lie down and point IL
nose into 4lls air. and 10 also restless
aud u1thAfH. A single sheep may
be infected over and over again BY
the ~ and have In Its head larvae Of
dikersAt ages. tho annoyance from
which may last large part q the year.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05

clean sand or sandy gravel lamp hard
and smooth on to top q box. Let
stand until dry. In one week remove
the outer forms and paint with mix
ture Of one part cement to one part
fine clean sand mixed ~ thick -
cream, turn the block over. remove
inner form and paint inside with pure
cement. Should trough with round
bottom be desired. an inner form can
be made by saving log the right
length. stripping 1t Of bark. and split
ting in half. Put this in the bottom
less box described above. nat side
down, grease well and proceed a. with
triangular trough. Woben fencing can
be used for reinforcing the concrete.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
care OF RAILROAD PROPERTY
Glabsrats and Perfect system In Use
Along the Great Linss Of the
Country.

TO care for its rolling stock the
railroad creates two distinct funo-
ttoae Of its business. Its tracks. tun-
neae, bridges. all the caro- of IL Per
manent way comes under the control
q tie maintenance Of way department.
Similarly. the mechanical department
assumes control Of the cars and en-
giaes. sees to It that these are main.
tainsd to their fullest efficiency, both
~ care in daily service and By cor.
tain visits to the shops at regular IN
tervals. for repairs. reconstruction
and repainting.
To do all of this requires q large
plant. both In buildings and machin.
cry. 1t il distributed At every impor-
tant point along the railroad. At ter
minal and operating points. round
house facilities of greater or less OK.
tent are sure to be located. and at the
headquarters Of each division these
are generally expanded into shops for
the making Of light repairs and to
avoid handling crippled equipment for
any great distance. One large shop
plant is apt to suiiice the average
railroad for the heavy repair work. Il
the road stretches to any extraordi.
nary length. even this feature IL apt
to be duplicated In order to concen.
trate this repair work as far as pos
sible.
All this concerns the care and re-
pairs of the locomotives-which the
YAiiroader quickly groups under the
title of motive power" To care for
the engines while they are In use out
upon the line. to see to 1t that engin-
GERS and firemen alike handle these
mechanisms with economy and skill
il . responsibility that is placed upon
the road foreman OF engines Of each
division. He has supervision over
smaller roundhouses, but at any OF
the larger of these structures there 10
roundhouse foreman in direct
charge The railroad long ago learned
that its best economy rested in hav-
ing a.plenty OF executive control. That
has come to be one of the maxims Of
the business.
There Is a master mechanic In
charge of the division shops and In
many cases he has authority over the
road foreman of engines and the
roundhouse foreman. Then. under
him he has his various assistants.
forming a working force not at all
unlike that of the average iron-work,
Ing shop. All of this organism 10
gathered together under the superin.
tendent of motive power. who. In turn.
may report to a general superintend-
emit. This official answers only to the
general manager, or, In some cases. to
. yice-president to whom these func'
lions Of the care Of the railroad are
Manufacturing.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
Train Spares Old Men.

President John Wogan Of the
York County Agricultural society and
Edward Rutter. another prominent
Yorker. both past 70 years. had the
narrowest escapes Of their lives when
a south-bound Pennsylvania railroad
train at Emigsvilie. sliced OF the
rear end Of a buggy In which they
were going over grade crossing. &C.
cording to York (Pa.) Dispatch.
With the hind whsels cut away, the
buggy dropped gently to the ground
and Wogan, who had retained the
reins, brought the we'll trained pair
of horses to stop.
The train had stopped AZ soon as
possible and there was . surprise
in store for the crew and passen-
gers. who hurried back expecting to
ind mansled bodies.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
CONCRETE FOR HOG TRoUaHs
Fast pispiseine Weed on Large NSm-
Der ~ Tarms-etos One 10
gsslly Constructed.

Concrete hog troushs arc fast dis
placing those made Of wood on .
large number of farms. and We are
told In Concrete Construction About
the Home and % the Farm" that .
desirable hog trough can b made BY
building . bottomlsss box. ak feet
long and II inchss broad By II inches
deep. From two'inch plank saw out
two triaAgics having . base a II
inches and . height OF eight inches-
Place these i've feet sig inches apart
and nail . plank one inch thick on
each side OF the triangle. Place the
inverted v-shAped trough thus made
inside the bottomless box and. put
small triangular strips around the
edges to make square edge. Fill the
space left with concrete mixture. one
part Portland cement and three parts
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
SLING FOR INJURED COLTS
Can u Made from Large cottensesd
Meal Sack eswsd Tightly
Over Steel Tubing.

A good way Of caring for injured
colts 10 given by writer in an ex-
change. He says:
1 recently had a ten-months-old colt
suffer a severe wire cut on its breast
and forearms so that 1t could not lie
down, 80 I set about to devise sling
to ease the colt. had none on hand.
30 made one - follows: For the
cloth part, I secured large cotton
seed meal sack wide enough to sup
port the entire under surface Of the
colts body. The ends Of this sack
I stitched securely over ordinary
one and one-half.inch steel tubing. al
lowing the ends Of the tube to project
from the ends several inches. A
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05

Four railroads. according to The
Black Diamond" the official organ OF
the coal trade, have Just closed con-
tracts for approximately 100000 tons
of coal for use during the entire year.
In and of itself this Is probably not
important. because the coal would
have been used whether purchased on
contract or In the open market. The
Significance attaching to the transact
ton is that the railroads had been
holding on their purchases and appar-
entity only rushed to cover on the eve
of what promises to be a rising mar
ket
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
SLING for ceits.

1 did not want to cut the rope ! had
on hand. for hanging ais sling from
the ceiling, l threw one end over a
beam Just above the colts withers
and showed each end through the gas
pie and drew them up so tho sling
rested snugly against the colts chest.
The ends Of the rope were then thrown
over a joist above the colts loins
and drawn up 30 ~ to bring the other
end of the sling against the colts alb
domen and then fastened securely. In
q few minutes the colt caught on and
was soon resting comfortably in the
sling.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
Fer.Ion Rallroad Platforms.

It is much harder for non-travelers
to get on to the platform Of railroad
station In England than 1t Is In this
country. Even at the small stations
one cannot pass freely from the wait
ing room to the platform. The same
restriction Is practised on the con-
tinent.
Some Of the British railroads are
now considering the ACCESSIBILITY OF
issuing platform tickets. says the
Queen. Such a system is followed
in Germany, where the friends OF
travellers can procure these tickets for
about two cents each from an auto
matte machine. So far the idea 10
not regarded with favor in England.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
AEsaf7saKs
&eA6Ws
PREVENT aAD-FLY ON SHEEP
EHseeivs Aasabsa 10 smsarinS Nsss
WITH Ter Whsa Animal Rssehss
In Aets fee Salt.

An effective way Of preventing an.
noyanee anA coAssquest loss Of sheep
By the gad-dy q to smear the nose
with . compound q grease and tar.
This 70 applied with = brush. When
there are many sheep Of course this
plan woulA not b. feasible and dip
ping wouad probably repel the hy 20
long - tho oAor Of the dip was
stroag o. the fleece. AZ the odor
win not continue to be IN effective
repeaisQt tAsQughout the season. and
rs tie ~ 10 active until late In the
summer. . more effective treatment 10
necessary. Some time ago one Of
our readers recommended the plan of
boring holes into log and placing
salt in these holes. which. Of course.
should Be about the size Of . Sleeps
nose. The log 10 set up on blocks IS
shown A small tuft Of rag or rope
10 tackled At the upper edge Of the
hole. and every time the sheep are
Salted tar ID smeared on the tuft
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
"Renew.,~ Work Being Pressed.

Early In the spring thousands OF
miles Of new rail were strung on al
most every road in the country to
take care of the usual renewal" work.
1t was expected that as soon as the
frost was out of the ground the work
of laying this vast tonnage Of steel
rails would begin. Orders were Is
sued by nearly every road in the coun-
try. however. to permit the rails to
lie by the side Of the tracks until
further orders. The result Is that the
railroads are several months behind
In their renewal and betterment work.
which ia now. however. being resumed
and is to be vigorously carried on.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05

East Frisia can certainly boast Of
the smallest railroad In the world Its
entire length is but five miles and
the breadth only two and one-half
feet. It employs the huge stan Of
one guard. one engine-driver. one fire.
man, and only one platelayer; $23 in
wages is paid every week. It has two
engines, three carriages. four trucks.
and a couple of vans. The engine
and tender together only weigh
seven tons. The fares are In proper
ton to the size of the company. and
average seven cents. ''nll the way"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05

day from each end, taking ABOUT TWO
hours for the trip. The average daily
receipts are from $226 to $3.50 on pas
senger. trafic and from $40 to $50 on
freight, with . daily expense OF about
$780, The capital Of the railway IL
q, $50 900, divided into shares At $3.50
each. all owned by Chinese.
The idea Of building this railroad
originated with Mr.. Chin Gee Hee,
who was then in the United States.
and some subscriptions for stock were
secured from other Chinese residents
Of the United States. The majority
of stock. however. Is now owned by
residents Of the province Of Kwang-
tung. When the road was surveyed
the villagers were very much opposed
company to be used for railroad pur-
poses, but after meeting all these OBJ
jections for a considerable time with
great patience the protector finally
obtained their consent to and COOP
Grafton in its construction.
The line is being constructed en-.
tirely by non-scientific Chinese. No
person Of any nationality other than
Chinese has ever been connected in
any way with the building of this
road. 1t is being built under the d.
rection Of Mr.. Chin, president Of the
railroad, who returned to China from
the United States after 40 years ex-
perience there, some Of which was
as a railroad foreman and contractor.
He has no engineering or railroad
knowledge other than the experience
gained while in the United States. He
has the help Of about 100 Chinese
foremen and laborers who came back
from the United States, all with more
or less experience In railroad con-
struction. The construction work com
menced in the middle Of 1906. and
part OF the line was opened to trahic
at the beginning of 1909. The whole
road is provided with telephone lines
for dispatching.
The president and constructors Of
the railway has never received more
than a nominal salary Of about $40
a month. The master mechanic re.
teives $50; filters. $3.50 to $3.50;
blacksmiths. $3.50 to SIS: engine
drivers. $3.50 to $22.50; fremen. $3.50
to %: conductors, $12.50: brakemen.
$7.50 to SO: ticket sellers. $40; ticket
collectors. $3.50 to $40: gang foremen.
$3.50 to S12.50; foremen carpenters.
$40: and carpenters, $3.50 to $3.50,
all month. Coolies receive 20 cents
= day. Ten hours Of labor constitute
days work.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
TIMELY LlvssTock NOTES.

The rung hog cannot root for 4 liv.
ing.
Look after the watering places in
the pasture. Some of them may be
dried up or have become filthy and un-
At for use.
Experiments with alfalfa as feed
have proved beyond . doubt that II IL
far ahead of any other rouEhage for
sheep.
The pig and COW pasture should be
separate.
It IL good plan to keep a good
brood SOW ~ long ~ she will raise
two good utters Of pigs each year.
The SOW 10 not at her best till she has
raised several htters. and she should
remain profitable till stx to ten years
q aga.
There will be . good market for
your lambs: never fear about that.
TOP them Oh ~ quick - you can.
Put small quantity Of copperas In
the drinking troughs and tanks for
stock II purides the water and rids
1t Of the green scum known - algae.
There are 100000 horses in the lit
tie country Of Belgium that has less
than ons-sixth the area Of South Ds-
kota.
Never mate q big ram with small
eve. Best to breed animals Of the
same type.
A horse IL more liable to scare with
than without binders.
Fifty hogs In bunch will thrive
better than q large bunch.
See that the water supply IL pure
and clean.
See that the supply of salt .toes not
get low.
A horse suffering from collie should
be kept quiet
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
Cannot Make Roads Pay.

In Switzerland. governmental rail-
road exploitation regularly works an
annual deficit. With less than 5000
miles OF lines the budget for 1906
showed deficit Of about 1926, 900, and
IN 1908 Of about 31.200.00O. without
taking account Of the interest on the
bonded debt amounting to $4,000
600. Government operation in that
compact little country. with only about
100000 OF Inhabitants and an area
only about twice that Of the State OF
Massachusetts,. has given such unfa-
vorable results that the public are
crying out against 1t. and 1t promises
to be 4 leading issue In the coming
electoral campaign.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
ERRORS IN HoREslsoElNa
Thrss or Feur Irrational Practices
Followed BY Country 0iseksmlths
That Cannot Ds Tolerated.

There are three or four most IRA
tional practices followed BY many
country bIacksmiths in the shooting Of
horses that cannot be too strongly
condemned. says Farm Horseshoeing.
First. the butting away Of tho frog.
which b done BY majority Of the
country smiths. Il . most positive In
jury to the foot. and can have NO
reasonable argument in its favor. Tho
ffoG II the natural cushion and ex-
pandsr Of the hoof and was placed
there BY an allwise Creator. To cut
It out means mot only to rob the foot
Of the cushion that should soften the
conclusion Of every step. but to allow
the foot TO contract at the heel and
become misshapen and crippled.
Another mistaken idea ID that the
sole Of the foot should be thinned till
It will yield to the pressure Of the
thumbs. The sole proper should never
be touehad by tho knife. All loose
scale may be trimmed away. but the
knife should never cut either the sole
or tie frog. All trimming On the bot
tom of the foot should be done By the
rssp, which win trim the edge and
not thu sole.
Cutting Of frog or sole in any way
WORKS an injury BY causing the It's
sues to shrink and become hard and
dry. A frog that has been trimmed
by the Knife often dries 70 - TO be-
come detrimental to the foot - .
stoas o. other foreign BODY. There Il
never any GOOD excuse for toschinS
the knfls 70 any healthy frog. 1t viii
VICAR away fast enough II let alone.
The writer never saw one that was
too large.
Hot hitting Of shoes to horses fest
should not DO allowed b. the horses'
owner. While 1t may BE- possible. ~
claimed BY some horseshoers. tha< .
better 1t Il obtained in this way. and
that NO real harm Is done TO the, foot
II propariy trimmed after touching
with the hot shoe, It 10 also possible
chat good 1T may be obtained By
cold httins. and the latter process 10
certainly safer. II the foot be perfect
1y fsveisd with the rasp. and the shoe
be made perfectly iesel there 10 no
tlkubIs about making 4 1t.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
R,lIro.d e.rxlee IL Holland.

or the railroad in Holland E. y.
Lucas writes: 1.-THE trains come In
to the minute and go out to the min
ute. The oficials are intelligent and
polite. The carriages are good. Every
station has Its waiting room, where
you may alt and read and drink cup
Of coffee that is not only hot and fresh.
bat is recognizably the product OF
the berry. 1t is impossible to travel
In the wrong train"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05

A811O8 O8o4 ~
Canton. The
whole line when
compasted will ~
aboat ~ miles.
and there will b
70 stations, o.
more II induce
ments offer. At
present about 80
miles Of the road
have been com
pleted. OF which
about 80 are in
operation, writes
W. B. Hull OF
the American con
sular force At
Canton. Train .
I'm three trips q
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
American Shoe, In England.

British use Of American shoe max
ing machinery and the making Of half
sizes and various widths has lessened
the sale of American shoes in England.
or, rather, kept down the expected in
crease. The American shoe stores
in Birmingham and London are coias
well, however.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05

II the colt becomes Ill or suffers
any injury, doctor It and work with It.
Your working with the young animal
will make 1t learn to love you. Trim
its boots II they grow too long or be.
come broken In any way. A horse
with poor fest u poor horse. but
proper care Of the feet of the colt will
make good feet for the mature horse.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05

Lambs grow faster II they can get
plenty Of water to driak-A pointer
for the man who IL in hurry to get
his lambs to narkst.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05

Spraying the cows will discourse
the flies and keep up the milk supply.
Too much trouble? Well. trouble Of
this kind usually pays big.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05
BUILT By ClmSEsE
NATIVES HAVE coMsrauerGo
LINE IN FLoWERY EMptRe.


The Arst terminal Il the Sunning
railroad y Kwng Ytk. . port 10
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ownea In unl..d states.

The chief ownership of the e;.,tric
lines in Buenos Aires il in .sr 'n,teo
| States.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-08
The CELINA DEMOCRAT
TRAITOROUS SHEET
A Bigger Handicap Than Gov,
Harmon Can Carry,

[Auglaize County Democrat, June 3O.l
There is one big danger to Harmon
and the Democratic state ticket this fall,
and that is the fact that they seem to
have the unqualified approval of the
Cincinnati Enquirer. That in itself
would not be so bad-the Democrat
ticket might Withstand the handicap,
and win-but il is the studied and in
sistent insulting of Bryan and Bryan
supporters or adherents by the Enquirer
that Will do the damage. Loyal DEM
ocrats all over the country-thousands
of them in Ohio too-cau not fail Of re-
calling the traitorous attitude of the
Enquirer and the ilk with which il has
always consistently trained the past
ten years, and wonder at the nerve of
the political hyenas and pirates who
arc the publishers and editors of that
paper. The Enquirer may be loyal in
its support Of Governor Harmon, but
il is not because of the fact that the
governor is a Democrat or is candi-
date on the Democratic ticket that inn
pels the Enquirer to give its supports
to the governor, all of which no person
knows as completely as Governor Har-
mon himself knowing why the En-
quirer is supporting him, the question
arises in the minds of many persons,
can Governor Harmon afford to permit
the Enquirer to continue its policy of
studied insult of Mr.. Bryan and follow
ers2 We doubt it, and we believe the
Enquirers editors have sense enough to
know what they are doing, knowing full
well that the more embarrassing posi-
tion they can place the Democratic can
didates in, the more influence the En-
quirer may have with those candidates
when it comes to Showdown" later
in the campaign or after election.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-08
COMMISSIONERS

Tie following bills were allowed last Fri
day and payable on and after the 9Th:
Sohn Hildbold land appraisers
monthly account .----..------------.S "a 90
Il. Il. Hastings, same 178 50
August Behrlnger, same--------------- 90 90
James g. staeger same.---...---- --.. 1926 90
Henry winners, same..---......----- "A 50
d. Il. Ruffner. same me-.-......-.-...--- % 90
VIM. H. Anthony, rent for Pros.
Attys Otiice-----. ---------.-- ---------- ~ w
Henry Balmert, asst. eng on Fox
DflQBb------ 100000 v"
Celina Electric Light Plant, light.- ~ SO
E. II. Fauver, Griffin bridge contract 5S2 90
Grimmil 4 Co., part pay on Hartings
pilre.---......-. -..----.--..-...-.----- 1000 90
Same same on Homan plke----------- 500 90
Fred Gottmoeller, cement wall on
Homan bridge ge...--..-.-...---..-..... 20 80
Barney Cast. replacing bridge on
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-07-08
THE FURNISHED ROOM
A Tragic Tale In Which MingIeS
the Scent of MignOnette.
By o. HENRY.
BY y. HENRY
copyright, 1906. by Mcclure, Phillips &
Co.


copyright. 1906. by Mcclure. Phillips &
Col
Restless, shifting, fugacious as time
itself, is a certain vast bulk of the pop
ulation of the red brick district Of the
lower west side Homeless, they have
q hundred homes. They nit from fur
nished room to furnished room, tran
sients forever-transients in abode,
transients in heart and mind
Hence the houses Of this district,
having had a thousand dwellers, should
have a thousand tales to tell, mostly
dull ones no doubt, but 1t would be
strange if there could not be found q
ghost or two in the wake of all these
vagrant guests.
One evening after dark young man
prowlcd among these crumbling red
mansions, ringing their bells. At the
twelfth he rested his lean hand bag
gage upon the step and wiped the dust
from his hatband and forehead The
bell sounded faint and far away in
some remote. hollow depths.
To the door of this the twelfth