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The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
Like the Other Chicks.

Charles T. Rose. equally we'll known
in Masonic work and banking circles
Of Cleveland, is . great chicken fan
cier, Rhode Island Reds being his
favorite breed. Walking through his
incubator house he discovered that
Helen, the threeyear-old daughter.
had followed him.
Come here. little chickabiddy," he
called to her. And. whom she ran
up to him to be tossed up and down,
shs asked: Papa. which was my in
cubatorf"
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
MENTAL ACCURACY
Greatly Improved BY Leaving OF Coffee


The manager Of an extensive cream
cry in Wis. states that while = regu-
lar coffee drinker. he found It injuri.
Gus to his health and . hindrance to
the performance Of his business du-
ties.
at impaired my digestion, gave me
distressing sense OF fullness in the
region Of the stomach. causing most
painful and disquieting palpitAtion Of
the heart, and what ID worse. It mud
died my mental faculties 20 ~ to seri-
ously injurs my business efficiency.
II finally concluded that something
would have to b done. quit the use
Of coffee, short u, and began to drink
Postum. The cook didn't make It
right At Arst. NE didn't bon II long
enough, and did not md II palatabis
and quit using It and went back to COT
fee and to the stomach trouble again.
Then my wife took the matter I'm
hand, and BY following the directions
on the boz, faithfully, she had me
drinking Postum for several days b.
for I know II.
~whsa hsppsnsl to remark that
W88 Rn0Go 4OktUI So1Q . AoAA
for . long time, she told me that !
had bsen drfnking Postum. and that
accounted for It Now We have NO
coffee on our td6ls.
my digestion has bssa restored.
and with this Improvement has come
relief from the oppressive sense Of
fullness and palpitation Of the heart
that used to bother me 20. note such
. gain IN mental strength and acute
ness that can attsad to my once
work with ease and pleasure and with
out making the mistakes that were 20
annoying to Ne Whils was using
coffee.
Postum Il the greatest table drink
Il the times, h my humble estima-
tion." Name given BY Postum Co.
Battle Greek, NicA.
Rad Tie little book, the Road to
wsIlvflls," ia pigs. There's . reason"
Dvse poaa - aoevs lsessss 4 nsw
50 a0oeD As0 49, - 49, 1Asv
80 O0QDA eDGs - 81 - hoDoo
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
TO auEncH a SUMMER THIRST.

DON'T pour . lot Of Ice water into
you in order to quench the thirst for
the moment-not only does 1t not pro
duce the desired result, but 1t Is bad
for you.
There Il Just one beverage that fits
all conaitiops Of heat and thirst
Esxt time you're hot, tired or thirsty
drink = glass or bottle Of this one
best bevsrase-delicious, refreshing.
thirstQuenching. At soda-fountains or
carbonated In bottles-5c everywhere.
Write to the COCA-COLA CO., Atlanta,
Ca. for . copy Of their booklet, THE
Truth About CoCA-COLA"-you will
ind 1t interesting.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
Geens.nx.s panrer LIne.

Representative Macon. Ut dinner ~
washington, condemned taking.
"An explorer especially should NO:
fake" he said. Explorers adventures
are 10 incredible. anyway. II one OF
them takes to taking, how shall We be'
lieve the rest?
Elm fact, the difference between the
true and the fake explorer is hard to
distinguish. It's like the difference be-
tween economy and vagabondage.
1.-THE man who lives on almost moth.
ing, you know, is an economist, while
the man who lives on nothing u
tramp. Free Press.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

Curious episode. this. Seems a
young fellow got excited at the ball
game and Rugged the young lady next
to him. = perfect stranger. She had
him arrested. but he told the Judge
that any man might do the same
thing, and his claim was upheld by
expert testimony"
what was the sequel?"
well. the sequel is rather interest
Ing. The next day there were 5000
girls at the ball game"
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

The teacher had been reading to
the class about the great forests OF
America.
"And nov, boys" she announced.
(which one Of you can tell me the
pine that has the longest and sharp
est needles :"
Up went hand in the front row.
"Well, Tommy"
1.-THE porcupine."
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

The spender. with an ill-concealed
sneer, handed this maxim to the saw.
or: Some people are SO stingy that
they are dishonest"
"And by the same token" respond
ed the saver, with raw laugh.
some people are 60 liberal that they
are dishonest. Count them up. please.
and see. in these days Of liberal spend
ing which side has the majority
Judge,
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
Muddy Work.

.s.o1 wen. the American Baconian
Nas1G excavating the banks OF the
River Wye near Chepston to prove
that Bacon wrote Shakespeare. Is IN
spired to that enterprise by this limo
beneath shakespeare's portrait in the
First Folio:
cut"
By transposing the letters he almost
gets the instruction to
Seek, sir, for true angle at Chep-
ston."
The correspondent Of the London
Daily Express who was sent to report
the enterprise was much impressed By
.r have never" said he. seen 70
much mud"
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

The latest publication to be issued
from the Passenger Department Of the
Denver 4 Rio Grande Railroad 10 an
attractive two tone effect entitled
.AmInx the Rockies" This booklet
contains a vivid description Of all the
sigh.-places along the System In Colo
radc. Utah and New Mexico - the
traveller sees them step by step. No
Tourist should be without this handy
reference publication.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
A prevlssnt Gambler.

Smitherson went home one evening"
after. . bad day at the gambling table.
wife," he said. have you anything
fJs eat?"
sYes. lots Of things"
f"Weil, cook up everything in the
horEe-everything."
Gracious! Are you 30 hungry!
NO." answered Smitheson. with n
nality, "f'm going to sell the stove"
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

simpkins always was soft.hearted.
This IL what he wrote:
Dear Mrs. Jones-Your husband
cannot come home today because his
bathing suit was washed away.
Up. 8. Poor Jones was inside the
suit."-From Norman e. Mack's Ma
tional Monthly.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
R..e..s Woman From We'll.

oriska. N. D.-To save Miss Marie
Smith from death H. r. Olson was
lowered head downward into . well
- feet deep and only IS inches In d.
ameter and pulled up after he had
hold Of the woman. The strain was
- great that blood burst through his
casst and Isft arm. Miss Smith fell
into ~ we'll aeei1ental1y.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
A Prudent Program.

IL make It rule never to lend any
body an umbrella" said Mr.. Growch-
er.
Good idea." replied Mr.. Grump
"If you keep lending an umbrella
about there's no telling when 1t may
drift into the hands Of the original
owner"
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
A ra.ns substItvte.

1T begins to look q II those advsn-
turous young men who went to Ms1i-
90 In hopes Of seeing some real fight
ing will be denied that pleasure"
Eyes. There u nothing left for
them to do now but to come back
homo and jump ON the umpire"
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

There's nothing disappoints WON
an more than not to be disappointed
when she expects to be.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
Generous,

"John, that man next door came
over here today and offered to tune
little Lucy's piano"
Great! Did you let him do 1T"
"No, dear. He wanted to tune II
with an axe."-Baltimore Sun.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

A man can lead any woman to talk
but he can't always make her say
what he wants to hear.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

II your akin II marrsd By pimplss and
liver marks, taks Garfield Tea. It viii
regulate the liver. cleanse the system and
purify ths blood.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
a Drop Of Blood

OF Hide wsfss from ths human systsm whea
tAorou(hly tsstsd By the chief chemist At DR..
Pieroos l.vslids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. r., tells the
seory Il inpovsfishsd hood-nsrvous exhaustion
o. sons kidssy troubIs. Such examinations. are
snaAs wishous cost end 10 ooly small part OF the
work Il d. staf q physieians and SURGEONS under
tie dirsstioa Of DR.. n. v. Piercs SivinG the BEST
nedieal advios possible without cost to those
wAo wish 70 wsits and make . full statement d
synpsoas. An imitation Of satsres method Of
esseofiaG Wasts d tissus sad impovefishment Of
ths blood end nsrvous force il used when you
eaks - alese.fivs nd Siyosrio sxtrsce of roots,
VjkAout ~ - q alcohol, ssch -
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
inst Liberal Congress.

rhst Liberal Congress.
Warrington has asked for one
hundred additional policemen"
What about itf''
Congress wants to give them that
many new laws, instead"
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

Garfield Tea will regulate the liver. Civ
ing freedom from sick-headache and bilious
attacks. 1t overcomes constipation.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

Some men look upon laws ~ things
merely to be broken.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

Anyway. there Is nothing monot
nous about the weather.
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
sun Relles.

Surs RELIEF.
''EIow does she get rid Of hsr N
desirable csllsrsr
"Why, she has made up scrap
book Of magazine poetry and she gives
It to the callers to read while she -
out Of the ROOM
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15

Nrs. Characterization. you really
mus. give up smoking 20 much. I'M
Mr.. crimsonbeak - Unless what
dear?
"UEless you discover some brand OF
cigar the coupons for which can b.
EXCHANGED tor bonnets."
The Meeker herald., 1911-07-15
Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery

DIGESTIVE jies
- - h Ga wAae ssk fpsi
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-16
German Kingdom Has ThIrty-Two Mu-
inequalities Of More Than 100000
Against Twenty-Five In 1909.

Notwithstanding to the last cen
sus (autumn Of 1910. Prussia has 8,
cities Of over 100000 Inhabitants
against 20 cities of that size in 1905
and rs In 1900. Sixty-one cities of over
$4,000 Inhabitants each have a total
population of 10,SS0, 900. In 1905 there
were 81 such cities with total popu.
iation of 9,650.000. and in 1900. 81
with population of 100000.
Cologne is now the second city In
Prussia in size. having passed Bres-
lau. second in 1905. Frankfort on
Main. with 414.59S inhabitants. comes
fourth.
Heaviest increase during the period
from 1905 to 1910 was noted in the
cities Immediately surrounding Ber-
lin. OF these cities. -Charlotten-
burg, Rixdorf. Schoeneberg and
Duetsch-Wilmersdorf-have now over
100000 inhabitants, while the fifth.
Lichtenberg. bids fair to attain that
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-16
BOY TIRES OF WORK

the kitchen to leave the bread. The
door was open. You'd ought to seen
John! He ran out yelling"
John went to Frank Klein. ianitor
at No. S25. and told what he had seen.
Klein ran back to the Gussig kitchen
and cut the ropes from Andrews feet
and hands.
A big man came through that win
dow" said Andrew. "and tied me
down and turned on the gas"
Patrolman Wolf was called. Acting
Captain Place of the Morrisania sta
ton came with detectives. Captain
brennan OF the fremont station did
likewise. after word had reached Can
tain Price Of the Bronx detective bu-
reau that murder had been attempted
The block was surrounded. men
went to roofs and others questioned
jewellers in the neighborhood. While
an ambulance surgeon was working
over the boy his mother ran in.
MY poor boy!" she walled. IT Left
you all alone to mind the baby"
Andrew was equal to the occasion.
It's better for me to play outside
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-16
FEWER SHIPS IN THE WORLD
Carrying Trade IL Done In 6Iaoer Va.
seIs, Being More Profitabie-Ton-
mage Growing.

London.--It will surprise many per
sons to learn there are fewer ships n
the world than there were a few year,
ago. Lloyd's Register now gives the
total as so.oS7. whereas the figure for
lSo7-0S was 30.303. The explanation
Is simple. The carrying trade of the
globe Is done In bigger ships. because
1t Is more profitable. The Olympic for
example. only counts M one weasel.
whereas her $1,000 tons would IN the
old days have been spread over quite
q respectable feet
Again. sailing ships have largely
disappeared A single steamer replac-
Ing three OF them is at least as ef.
fective. All the same. the worlds ton.
mage keeps growing. The BOOST shins
represent 43.147.154 tons. whereas The
larger number Of q few years bacr
stood for 39.43s,917. growth Of 7oo :.
600 tons in four years.
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Growth OF Prussian Cities

figure within short time. In Deutsch.
Wilmersdorf the increase In i've years
was over u per cent. Berlin itself
shows only per cent Increase.
All 81 cities in the 81, 900 class show
an Increase in population. In all these
cities births have been in excess of
deaths. A number of cities have lost
by immigration, chiefly Berlin. From
1905 to 1910 people moving away
from Berlin outnumbered new arrivals
by nearly $4,000. Among other cities
70 show loss In this respect are
Elberfeld, Altoona, AK le Chapelle
and Crefeld. Among the cities which,
In addition to increase through births,
attracted Immigrants" were the cities
surrounding Berlin, as well as Frank
fort on Main. Dusseldorf. Essen, Bres-
lau. Dortmund. Cologne and Kiel.
Frankfort on Main gained $4,000 In
in this manner.
AS compared with the period from
1900 to 1905. the figures for 1905 to
1910 show that Increase Of population
in cities of over $4,000 was somewhat
less rapid. Increase Of urban popu.
Iatfon through Immigration" appears
to be diminishing. Excess Of births
was more considerable between 1905
and 1910. although in proportion to
population births are also decreasing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-16
Seeks to Palm OFF Murder Story,
But 1t Fails to Convince.
Didn't Want to Mind Baby, Get Eve
ming Meal and Do sundry Other
Odd Jobs So Hatched Up
Horrible Tale.

New York-The last-straw burden
was placed on the shoulders of thir
teen-year-old Andrew Gussig when his
Dig. married brother John augmented
the Gussig household In the basement
OF No. S29 East One Hundred and
Sixty-seventh street with Ablenona
Gussig, an infant daughter. Before her
coming Andrew had no time for play.
Inc front door had to be polished, the
Railways Of the house, of which his
father is 5anitor. must be cleaned and
me vacant fats shown to prospective
tenants. Andrew, Jr., had had to as
sist his father In all there tasks.
But after the coming of the babv
while Andrews father, mother, brother
and brothers wife were out at days
work In the neighborhood, the boy had
the additional task of Winding Able
mona and preparing the evening meal.
And there were lot of fellows had
tent In lot" said Andy, after it
was all over, "and they said l could
go out and play with them and one of
them had gun and they was playing
wild West But ! didn't have any
time.
SO today when they left me all
alone l saw chance to get even.
put the baby outside with some little
girls and / went in the house. ! had
2 iasso and tied 1t around my feet.
turned on the gas in the kitchen
and then / cut a little bit from the
lasso. lay down on the kitchen floor.
tied piece of my mothers dress
around my mouth. made a moose
around my hands and turned them un-
I'll 1t was tight.
Then / waited on the floor for my
father and mother to come home. /
thought they'd believe somebody'd
-ried to murder me and they'd let me
play outside and not leave me alone
n the basement to mind the baby
md mind the house.
John. the bakery boy, came into
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-16
Americas Baptism.

The world now will take 4 for
granted that the United States official
ly acknowledges the claims of st. Die,
France. to its important part in the
honor of naming America. Much has
been written of st. Dies boast of this
distinction. The romantic story long
has been heralded before the world
and always with glamor that Is more
or less associated with fanciful tradi-
ton. The fete which was planned
long In advance by the enthusiastic
French people attracted worldwide at
tention. Its celebration with the
American ambassador and the French
minister Of the colonies as the honor
guests added to the dignity of st.
Dies claims. 1t was made the occa-
sion for reciprocal fluctuations be-
tween America and France and the
old-time friendliness between the two
nations was recalled while the world
was given to understand that St Die
was the place of the new worlds bap-
tism.
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with the other boys" he said. "Then
no big men will come in and try to
murder me-"
His mother agreed fervently. But
Detective McIlhardy became suspi-
cious.
Where did you say that big man
came in?" he asked.
The boy indicated a window. close
to which stood feather bed In such
position that one entering by the
window would have had to crawl over
the bed. But there wasn't a mark on
It The detective took the boy into
another room and there made him con-
Tess.
Il tied myself up" said Antirew. ri
didn't want to stay in here. i wanted
to go out in the field and play detec-
tive and Wild West"
When the detective informed the
parents they cried:
Take him away to jail! He's .
bad boy"
So Andrew. Jr.. was taken to the
Children's society rooms and will be
arraigned in the childrenb court.
charged with attempted suicide and
Juvenile delinquency.
Gee! It looks like I'd never get q
chance to play" he said.
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pain. my nerves are stronger and 1 can
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everything else had failed, and 1 rec
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Women who suffer from those dis
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-16
Antl-Smokers Find Average Consumed
In Toxic 10 $3.50 HourIy-Wu
Ting Fang Interested.

Shanghaf.-For some time an anti
cigarette smoking society has exist
ed In China. but its zeal has not been
apparent in any missionary effort.
But this is to be changed.
His excellency WI Ting Fang con.
vened a meeting recently at Shanghai
and arrangements were made for an
energetic crusade against the cigar.
cite habit Mr.. Chen agreed to ad.
dress circular letter on this matter
to all the members Of commerce of
the empire.
DR.. Yao, director of tAe Interna-
tional institute, offered to post letters
to the open ports and large towns ask
ing them to render haip. Mr.. King
consented to appoint lecturers to
busy streets and other places to pro
claim the benefits t. be enjoyed by
abstinence from cigarette smoking.
the salaries to be paid by himself.
A sum Of $500 was subscribed for
propaganda WORK. and money for 500
copies Of booklet entitled China
and the Cigarette" was promised nv
two members Of the association. A
secretary. treasurer four general
workers. sixteen persons to dissuade
the cigaretts smokers. to make inves-
legations and to collect data, and ten
persons 70 deliver lectures were Sc
lected.
Statistics were recently compiled
with regard to the amount of tobacco
daily consumed by the citizens of
Toxic. As regards cigare..es, 1880
rigarsttes with mouthpieces attached
'rd 1900 without are smoked every
Auu-.
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It was twilight when Win drove
down to the station to see Katherine
of. They had been playmates, school
mates, sweethearts. and this was theiI
first separation. Katherine vas going
to pay visit to some rich relatives in
the city. and Win was manfully strug
Cling to sympathize with her feeling OF
joy at getting out of her shell and
seeing the world"
The raucous voice of the conductor
shouted the "all aboard" the bell
changed like knell on Wins ears,
and then the train pulled out with
katherine waving CHEEKY farewell.
He drove home by the light of the
harvest moon, the reins listlessly sag
ging on the broad back of the farm
horse. When he had embarrassed, he
went to his old favorite haunt on the
river bank in the woods, his think
Ing out" place.
Katherine was bright and progress
sive. He must try to keep pace. He
would bridge over the coming six
months by going away to study new
methods of farming that he might put
under scientific culture the 80 acres
his grandfather had left him. He put
this plan into immediate execution,
and went to an agricultural college
for short special course.
Then, when his next holidays came,
ne could not resist flying visit to the
city where Katherine was visiting.
Without notifying her Of his coming
&c appeared suddenly and unannounc-
ed before her as she sat, beautiful
and bewitching. the center of a CO
terfe OF admirers In a fashionable
drawing room.
She had not been communicative In
her letters which had revealed to him
no conception Of her environment. He
felt Ill at ease and tongue-tied when
he was ushered into this maze of bril-.
lance.
"Oh, Win!" cried Katherine, more In |
establishment he thought. than In |
pleasure. She quickly rose to the oc- |
casion, presenting him to her aunt and |
friends, as The man from home"
They were languid and politely pat
and Win replied in constrain-
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ed monosyllables to their overtures
katherine did not come to his rescue.
out addressed her conversation for the
most part to the others. His call was
not prolonged. When he rose to de-
part, she went with him to the door.
Come again, Win-tomorrow." she
said in low tone.
But ne went from the house to the
station and returned to college 70
plunge deeper into the study of farm
ing.
Soon there came little note from
katherine reproaching him for not hav.
'ns called again In his delayed an
swer he made no reference to his call.
Their letters grew shorter and of less
frequent duration until they ceased al.
together.
he returned home in time for sprfnv
planting and sought solace in nlow
and burrows. Katherine did not re-
turn until haying time. The next day
AFTER her arrival there was a country
picnic given to welcome her home.
Wins father. mother and sisters
went in the old carryaI. waving a
merry though quizzical farewell to the
TALL 1.-THE young farmer standing alone
on the porch. He had offered as an
excuse for his non-attendance that he
feared he would not get his hay in
before 1t rained.
Rain out Of clear sky!" scoffed his
youngest sister.
That is when It Is most liable IN
come" he replied.
They all laughed as they drove
away. but the mother-heart was wise
and far-seeing. She gave a yearninp
backward glance at her fayorite
child.
When they were out Of sight he re-
turned to the field and worked disnir.
dtedly until he could endure no longer
the sweet memories that came with
the upturning Of the new-mown bav
He went back to the house. ate the |
cold luncheon laid out for him. and
then sought his old retreat on the
river bank. How many battles he had
fought in this spot! How often had
Katherine come here with him and to |
himi
He told himself hercely that II was
time to crush out these old memories
A soft footfail-he looked up and saw
her stsndirg before him
Led II the rain could come sac