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The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
A Marvel Of Insect Mechanism.

The sting of certain Indian fly Of
fers as marked an example of design
in nature as can well be imagined.
When seen through magnifying glass
II Is found to be composed of three
sharp blades folded into one, with
their cutting edges outward and run
ming down to one fine point. When
the fly inserts this up to the hilt In Its
victim the three blades fly apart. ana
then It is seen that each inner edge Is
a beautiful saw. worked by six sep
arate muscles. so that when with
drawn the instrument rips its way out
with q gush of blood. But now comes
the most curious provision Of all. 1t
would not do to fold up these blades
with the blood adhering to them. so
each blade is provided at its base with
q fine brush Of hairs growing out Of
an oil gland. which provides an anti
septic secretion to keep the blades
clean.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
FOrthOlght

People are learning that . little
forethought often saves them . big
expense. Here ia an instance: f. w.
Archer, Caldwell, Ohio, writes: II
do not believe that our family has
been without Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Disrrhoea Remedy since
we commenced keeping house years
ago. When we go on an extended
visit we take it with u.s." ObtainRble
everywhere.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
SAID OF LABOR.

Z Honest labor bears lovely
face.-Dekker.
Z To labor is the lot of man selow.
& And when Jove gave us life he gave
Z Us woe. Pope.
The many still must labor for
the one.-Byron.
Z The labor we delight in phys
Z les pain.-Shakespeare.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
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Bowel Complaints in India

In a lecture at one Of the Des
Moines, Iowa, churches missionary
from India told Of going into interior
of India, where he was taken sick,
that he had bottle of Chamberlain
Collie. Cholera and Disrrhoea Rem
edy with him and believed that 1t
saved his life. This remedy is used
successfully in India both as . pre-
tentative and cure for cholera. You
may know from this that 1t can be
depended upon for the milder forms
Of bowel complaint that occur In this
country. Obtainable everywhere.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
To the Public

81 have been using Chauiher'Ain's
Tablets for Indigestion tor lln past
six months. and it affords Ge p.rfS-
ure to say have never USED - 7"ple-
edy that did me so much good. -
Mrs. c. +. Riley, Illion, n. Y. Cham
berlain's Tablets are obtainable
everywhere.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
Useful Training

Il think these Campfire Girls are
learning some useful lessons
For instance?''
AFTER bending over smoky camp
fire girl won't be hal: so apt to shy
away from the kitchen range"
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23

You can contract cold now as ea- s.
as earlier in the season. Check an
cure it by using Strehlke's BROMC-
EEBRIN,
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23

resignation of strength and resis-
lance,
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
What Women Like
to Know
For Spring Wear

The Paquin gown here pictured is of
beige tafretn, cut with gored skirt and
shirred pockets. which arc lined with
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
Cattle For Sale

About 300 head mixed cattle for
s. G. FLETCHER, Meeker, Colo. jel6
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23

Moral ideas are generally the re-
suit Of either environment or necer-
sity.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
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A beautiful woman and . besuti-
full thought are anonymous.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23

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friends.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
HOW SHALL We
PAY FOR THE WAR?
4 Constructive Criticism on tho
House Revenue Bill.
LOANS BETTER THAN TAXES

Five Reasons Why Excessive Taxes At
the Outset Of Wsr Are Disadvantago.
ous-Grsat Britain Example Worthy
Of Emuiation-How the Taxes Should
Be Apportionsd.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
Famous Toms

Famous Toms
--Cat.
---snwyer.
---tum.
-foolcry.
alto.
--HhRwk.
10y.
-. Dick and Harry.
and Jerry.
Famous lacks
Union
Stccple
Boot
Jumping
-Pots
skip
Flap
--oLantcrn
- and gin
of All-rradcs
Black
- the Giant Killer
- I'm II Box
--o Of Spades
--knifc
--Salmon
Lumber
Apple
Famous Stews
Beef
Irish
Bacchus
Oyster
The man you came home with.
Brush Republican.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23

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The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23
Methodist Episcopal Church

Sunday School. Sunday 1000 a. m.
Preaching. ........... Sunday II 100 q. IN.
Epworth League. Sunday 7:l5 p. m.
Preaching. Sunday 500 p. m.
Ladies' Aid. Wednesday 2:O p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday 1870 p. m.
Choir practice.-.Thur 500 p. m.
Your presence and corporation are
desired in these services.
Phone 4S-J F. H. ROSE, Pastor.
The Meeker herald., 1917-06-23

be revised with lowering of the rates
on earned incomes below $4,000. and
with an analogous lowering OF the
rates on the higher incomes. SO as not
to exceed "a per cent. A careful cal
culation shows that IN income tax Of
this kind would yield some S45O.O00.-
600 additional.
a. The tax on whisky and tobacco
ought to remain approximately as it is.
with yield Of about $3.50. 100000.
These three taxes. together with the
stamp tax at even the low rate Of the
House bill. and with an improved au-
tomobile tax, will yield over 1880
100000. which is the amount of money
thought desirable.
The above program would be in har.
mony with an approved scientific sys-
tenn. 1t Will do away with almost all
of the complaints that are being urged
against the present. II will refrain
from taxing the consumption Of the
poor.
1t will tir. a far heavier bur1eL
upon the rich. but will not go to the
extremes Of confscntion. 1t will OBJ
viate interference with business and
will keep unimpaired the social pro
ductivity Of the community.
1t will establish just balance be-
tween loans and taxes and will not
succumb to the danger OF approaching
either the tax-Only policy or the loan
only policy. Above all. It win keep an
undisturbcd elastic margin. which
must he more and more heavily drawn
upon as the war proceeda
Smyrna times., 1917-06-20
Discovering Columbus.

During a recent campaign a Tam
many leader on the East side, a self
made man and one not entirely COM
pleted yet in some parts, was address
ing a mass meeting of Italian-born
voters on behalf Of his party's ticket.
Gentlemen and fellow citizens" he
began, 81 deem it an honor to be per-
mitted to address you upon the issues
of the day. 1 have always had deep
admiration for your native land.
vinerate the mimory of that great, that
noble, Eyetalian who was the original
discoverer Of this here land of ours.
"Why, gintlemen, at me mothers
knee was taught to sing that lnspirin
song, Columbus, the Jim of the
ocean,"
Whereupon there was loud applause
Saturday Evening Post.
Smyrna times., 1917-06-20
A Humble Worker.

He does not look like a very impOr-
tant part of big automobile Organi-
zatiOn, this stopped, grizzled man, but
the president of a great motOrcar COM
pany, according to Popular Science
Monthly, says that Magnet Bill saves
his salary a dozen times over every
day he works. Rain or shine, summer
or winter, Magnet Bill may be seen
walking slowly about the automobile
plant, his eyes fixed on the ground.
He gets his nickname from the fact
that his tools consist solely of tin
bucket and a big steel magnet,
strapped to the end of shovel handle.
1t is his duty to save automobile tires
by removing from the roadway every
nail and piece of metal that might
cause a tire puncture. Thousands of
cars are run over this roadway to
the testing place, and without the pre-
cautions taken by Magnet Bill the cost
for cut and punctured tires would
amount to many thousands Of dollars
yearly.
Smyrna times., 1917-06-20
where PICNIC is A PASSION
In Australia People Obtain Maximum
of Recreation Without Country
Clubs or Amusement Parks.

AS in the United States, the "mO-
vies" often constitute the chief indoor
amusement, but the universal recrea-
ton in Australia is the picnic which
reaches a high development Men,
women and children, families, clubs.
churches, lodges and miscellaneous
groups are out on picnics afternoons,
Sundays and holidays.
Two picnics week are not unusual !;
young lady of my acquaintance had
five to her credit. The picnickers walk,
ride horses, take wagons, or go by mo-
tor, street car, train or boat They go
to the shore, to the woods, to rivers,
TO picturesque hillsides, or to the ZOO
logical and botanical gardens, which in
Australian cities are used, not guarded
by keep off the grass" signs. The
time is occupied by gOSsiping, reading,
sewing, writing letters, playing simple
games, eating lunch or supper, fishing
swimming, studying flowers or insects
or ''plain resting"
America has much to learn from the
southern continent of the use of parks
and the attainment of recreation with
out the expense of country clubs anC
COney islands.-NatiOnal Geographic
Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1917-06-20
City Of Many Names.

No capital city has changed its name
so often as ConstantinOple, which was
originally known as LygOs. In B. O.
e58 this name was discarded for that
of Byzantium, which remained in use
until the capture of the city by Septi-
mus Severus, who rechristened 1t
Roma Nova. On making it his cap
ital. Constantine the Great endowed 1t
with his own name. and it Is still Con-
stantinople among western nations
This name, however, is ignored by the
Turks. who since they obtained pos
session of Constantinople have pre-
ferred to call 1t Stauboul.
Smyrna times., 1917-06-20
OYSTERS FORCED TO WORK
Japanese Scientist conceiVes Idea of
Teaching" BiVaIVes to Pro-
duce Pearls.

Inc Japanese conduct great oyster
farms where the bivalves are taught
TO make pearls. II was Doctor Mkt
notO, a well-knOwn scientist, who
conceived the idea that oysters might
be educated and made to work for man.
After many years of costly expert
mentatiOn he discovered the method in
use today.
The farm has an area of about so
square miles and the water varies in
depth from 5 to 10 fathOms. The farm
er selects the spots where the larvae
OF oysters are most numerous and then
he plants small rocks and stones.
These are soon covered with OYSTER
spat. They are then removed and
placed in special beds, where they lie
undisturbed until the third year.
1t is said that an oyster will not pro-
duce a pearl unless it be irritated by
some foreign substance. AS soon as it
feels this 1t proceeds to cover it with
nacre, layer on layer, until after a few
years it has made d pearl. When large
enough the oysters are taken from
their beds and carefully opened; a tiny
speck of some foreign substance is in.
trOduced into their bodies, and they
are replaced in the sea. By the end OF
from three to five years the oyster has
coated the foreign substance witt
nacre and this has become a pearl.
Smyrna times., 1917-06-20
sueeess.

my first rich patient was the max
ing of me-" confessed the doctor.
''Did you make marvellous cursr
"Oh, no. But l got enough money
to move into a fashionable neighDor-
hood, and then I called myself a spe-
cialist."
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-08

piers, both men and women, tie
Government now being in need of
ten thousand stenographers and
many bookkeepers, at salaries
ranging from one thousand dollars
to twelve hundred dollars a year to
begin on In his letter, Mr. Nc
Ilhenny urges young men and
young women who are not trained
for Government office positions to
begin now to take the necessary
training, as the prospect is that
the demand will continue indetl-
nitely. Draughon's Nashville
College is now receiving from bus
mess men more than one hundred
calls month for bookkeepers and
stenographers. TO show its pat
riotism, Draughon's Nashville
College is offering special terms
to all who desire to prepare, at
college or by mail, for these good
| positions. adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-08
NONRESIDENT NOTICE

w. r. Crook VS.. Mamie ]. Crock
No. 557. In circuit court at Ben
ton, Polk county, Tenn.
In this cause it appearing from
the bill which is sworn to that the
defendant, Mamie J. Crook, is a
non resident of the state OF Ten
nessee, so that the ordinary pro-
cess of law cannot be served on
her. It is therefore ordered that
publication be made for four con
secutive weeks in the Polk Coun-
ty News, requiring the defendant
to appear at the November term CT
the circuit court of Polk county,
Tenn, to be held at the court
house in the town of Benton, on
the third Monday i'll November,
1917, and make defense to a bill
filed against her for divorce or the
same will be taken for confessed
and the cause set for hearing eN
parte as to her.
This October Is, 1917
w. A. Woody, Clerk.
by Chas. Harrison, d. {.
R. NJ. Copeland, Atty for conplt.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-08
Sale of Land.
No. 753. J. c. Harrison
VS..

Nora Joyce Bassctt ct al.
In the ChanCery court at Benton,
Tenn.
In obedience to decree of the
chancery court at Benton, made
in the above styled cause, | will
on Saturday December lst, 1917,
in front of the court house door
in Benton. sell to the highest and
best bidder the tracts OF land IN
said decree, described as follows;
A certain tract of land being in
the first civil district Of Polk
county, Tennessee, containing
one hundred acres more or less.
Beginning at the southwest cor
ner, thence east to a bIaCk-oak
tree near the newground, thence
northwest to d stake, thence
southwest to a sta Ike at the
branch, thence southeast to a
stake, thence south to the begin
ming; being a part of the south
west quarter of section five, trac-
tional township first west of the
Meridian in the HiwasSee dist
riot.
Also one other tract in the first
district of Polk county, Tennessee
containing twenty-five acres more
or less, being a part of the south
west md northwest quarters OF
section five, first frac tional town
ship, first range west of the Me-
ridian in Hiwassee district. Be
ginning at the south-eas! corner
of the southwest quarter, thence
north one hundred and eighty
five poles to a black bush
near the big road. thence with the
big road nearly south about
twenty five to a rock, by the side
of the road, thence with condl-
tional line running with the fence
about one hundred and fifty-sevcn
poles to rock near black-oak
tree, thence east about five or SIN
poles to the beginning.
Terms of Sale: 20 per ct cash,
balance two equal payments SIN
and twelve months with interest
from date. Good personal secu-
rity will be required of the pur.
chaser and lien will be retained
on said property as further SC.
curity.
This November lst, 1917.
A. J. Williams, c. & Nj.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-08
Charleston Route I

Miss Matte Lee OF Cleveland is
visiting her aunt. Mrs. Lizzie
Elrod.
T. T. Rogers and family, OF
Etowah, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. II. II. Harris.
Mrs. Anna Cate and daughter,
Eva, of Knoxville, and Miss Mary
Hill of Chatata Valley, were recent
guests of John BOYD and family.
After an extended visit with
friends and relatives in this COM
munity and at Austral, Pryor
Schumacher returned to Dewey,
ILL.,, last week.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-08
Miss Minnie Prince of OCOee
the guest CT relatives here.

Miss Minnie Prince OF OCOee IS
the guest Of relatives here.
Mr.. Cargile, accompanied by
J. Hardy Johnston, Jr., w. Yer
non Gibson and ]. Karl Smith,
carriers for the Chattanooga Times
in Cleveland, were in Benton re-
Gently, en- route to Parksville.
The price of cotton continues to
play around II cents per pound.
The Benton gin has ginned about
200 bales.
DR.. +. L. Prince of Morganton,
Ga, is the guest of his brother,
W. A. Prince.
The public schools of the county
are reopening, after having been
closed fer a few weeks for farm
work.
Wanted-A few families to work
in cotton mill. Easy work, good
pay, healthy location. Girls earn
So to $40 per week. Will pay
good wages to learners. Write or
come see us,
Prendergast Cotton Mills,
Prendergast, Tenn.
On Friday afternoon, the foot
ball team of Polk County High will
wend its way to Cleveland for the
purpose of crushing Bradley High.
The Polk County boys confidently
expect to run up a big score in
their favor, and every Polk Coun-
ty rooter is expected to do his or
ner part.
Hon. John A. McIlhenny, pres
ident of the Civil Service Service
Commission, Washington, d. c.,
recently wrote to Draughon's Col
lege, Nashville, urging that col
lege to help the United States gov
eminent to secure more stenogra-
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-08

Misses Lucy and Essie Quinn
spent Wednesday in EtOwah.
Miss Ella Mae Biggs has re-
turned from an extended visit TO
Benton Station.
Mrs. Haley Morgan IS spending
a few weeks with her daughter,
Mrs. Lucy Mcdonald.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-08
Benton Route l.

School reopened It this place
Monday with the outlook OF a
successful term.
Rev. Fogleman failed to fill his
appointment at Antioch, Sunday.
Miss Mona Wilson, teacher at
Reliance, spent the week END with
homefolk.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-08
LOCAL AND Personal

Rev. Fogleman and family have
returned from an extended visit to
Hylton, w. Va.
w. J. Carmack of Sweetwater,
general agent for Aliens portable
shower bath, was in Benton a day
or two this week, and sold several
portable showers.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-08
Cafarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat OF tile disease
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly IN.
fiuenced by constitutional conditions, and
In order 20 cure II YOU must take an
elmo Is taken internally and acts trTu
the blood on tho mucous surfaces OF the
system Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one OF the best physicians
In this country for years. IL is com
posed of come OF the best tones known,
combined with come of tho best blood
purifiers. The paffect coordination OF
tho lngrssi .ntg IN Halls Cltarrh Medl,
cine Is what produces such wonderful
resths In catarrhal conditions. Send Tor
testimonials, free.
5 +. j. CHENEY & co, rrors,. Tole;o. o
IN Druggists. ~.
HIS Family fills FOR constipation. i
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-25
DOG is TERMED A NUISANCE AND MENACE

tables, or they may get on the hands
from contaminated tools or from the
dogs skin. Once they get into the di-
gestive tract of man or stock, small
embryo matches and later develops into
the hydatid or bladder worm. In
stock this is seldom fatal, because the
length of life of farm animal is
comparatively short, but in man it
may cause serious difficulty and may
necessitate one of more operations.
in addition to ailments to which the
dog itself is subject, it may also be
carrier of diseases to which it is not
susceptible. This was fully demon
strated during the recent outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease, when it was
determined beyond doubt that dogs
were responsible in some instances for
the spread of the disease.
Nor are these the only counts
against the dog. Every section which
is devoted wholly or in part to the
raising of sheep will furnish more evil
dence in the case. The well-trained
properly controlled dog is a valuable
assistant to the shepherd, but the va
grant, unrestrained dog which forages
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-25
SELF-FEEDERS BEST
FOR FATTENING PIGS
Gains May Be Put on Animals
Rapidly and Economically,
Says Missouri Expert.

CBy L. A WEAVER, Missouri College of
AEriculture)
The Missouri agricultural expert
ment station has demonstrated the fact
that gains may be put on fattening hogs
rapidly and economically by the use
of self-feeders.
Shoats weighing 121 pounds at the
beginning of 6O-day feeding period
gained 1.79 pounds head daily, weigh
ing 22S9 pounds at the close of the
feeding trial. During this time they
were supplied with corn, shorts, and
tankage, each of these feeds being
placed in Il separate self-feeder and the
Shoats allowed to eat as much of each
as they wished. When so fed they
seemed to balance their ration about
as well as could be done by hand feed
ing. The proportion in which the feeds
were eaten are: Corn, 2Q66 pounds;
shorts, 1893 pounds; and tankage, 1
pound. The average daily feed con-
sumed per hog was S.1S5 pounds. The
amount of feed required for each
pound of gain produced was 4.55
pounds.
With corn worth 60 cents bushel
shorts Sl.35 per hundred and tankage
$3.50 per hundred it cost S5.6S to
produce 100 pounds of pork.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-25
IMPORTANT "DON'TS"
IN BROOD MARE CARE
Regular Exercise Is Essential
and Hard Work Should Be
kvoited-Feed Literally.

,Csy DIR. c. C. LIPP. South Dakota Agri-
cultural ColleEe)
1. Don't fail to provide regular ex-
ercise for the mare heavy with foal
If there is no regular work, n run in
n lot for several hours daily makes Il
good substitute.
., Don't require the mare heavy with
foal to do such work as requires short
turning, especially in plowed ground
deep mud, or snow.
3. Don't require the mare heavy with
foal to travel on slippery roads unless
she is well shod.
I. Don't neglect to feed the brood
mare we'll. She must eat not only for
her own maintenance, but for the de
velopment OF her foal also.
5. Don't feed the brood mare hay
or straw that contains traces Of err
got Such precaution may prevent
trouble that fails to yield to medicinal
treatment
g. roomy box stall, light, clean,
and with reasonable amount of bed
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-25

ding is the best place to keep the
must be roomy.
Z. Don't bed the brood mares stall
excessively. Too much bedding may
cause her to struggle when trying to
get up.
&. Don't confine the brood mare in a
stall that offers place for her head
or legs to get caught, and cause her
to struggle.
9. Don't neglect to Hsinfect the foa1-
ing stall thoroughly n few days before
the foal is expected, using seven table
spoonfuls of compound cresol solution
per gallon of water. Neglect of this
may cost the foal's life.
10. Don't give the mare heavy with
foal a worm remedy unless advised by
the attending veterinarian.
IL. Don't give the mare heavy with
foal your favorite collie remedy. The
foal is too valuable to risk such treat
ment. If the mare has collie, II is wise
economy to call competent veterina-
rian.
II. Don't neglect daily exercise as
a preventive of swollen hind legs that
often appear the last month or six
weeks before foaling.
13. Don't neglect giving her udder
attention. Daily exercise will do more
than medicine to reduce the swollen
and hardened condition that so often
makes its appearance II month or six
weeks before foaling.
IL Don't neglect painstaking care
and the exercise of common sense in
the management of the mare heavy
with foal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-25
Prom the United States Department of

(From the United States Department OF
Agriculture)
It has been almost universally con-
ceded that the dog Is a friend to man,
but Bulletin 260 qualities that state
ment somewhat. According TO the pub
lication the dog is a true friend to
man only when properly controlled and
cared for.
For Mt least half n century scien-
fists have been insisting that the dog
is responsible to quite an extent for
the spread of many parasites and dis
eases to which stock and even man
are susceptible. 1t is "A matter of COM
mon knowledge that dogs are subject
to rabies or hydrophobia and that
they in turn may transmit it to other
animals and to persons Some of the
other diseases and parasites they may
transmit are hydatid, which occurs
both in man and stock; gid, principal
ly confined to sheep; cysticercus, or
measles, in sheep; tapeworm. round
worm, tongue worm, fieas, and ticks.
Disease Spreader.
An interesting fact about some of
these ailments is that the dog is prac-