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The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
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INTELLIGENCE OF SEA GULL
Birds Lost Far Inland Recognized
Blue Jacket and Followed Him to
Salt Water.

That the sea gull is one Of the most
intelligent of birds Is the declaration
of Ensign II. NJ. Delunty Of Aberdeen.
Wash, an officer attached to the nav
al training station ut the University
Of Washington, who tells this story to
prove his assertion, according to an
exchange.
A few days ago the officer and a
bluejacket toured eastern Washington
on recruiting duty. While motoring
near Waterville they came upon lone
Sen gull sitting on n fence post regis
tering despair. The bird Ind evidently
flown too far inland and had lost its
way back to the brlny deep. But on
getting look Mt the husky bluejacket.
the bird set up chattering us II 1t
had met long.lost brother. "WIth re-
marknble intelligence. the bird assOcl.
uted the sailors uniform with the sea.
having doubtless followed many ship
manned by bluejackets." says the Of
ficer.
1.-THE bird rightly reasoned that we
were headed for suit water and fol.
lowed us for about forty miles, utter.
ing fraternizing cries and chirplngs of
delight from time to time, as II
wheeled around our auto. When we
stopped for dinner, the gull. after
chattering Its thanks, proceeded on in
westerly course and probably
reached Puget sound a few hours
later"
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
PLAQUE. Not Related.

II. De Brun bulletin lie FACADE
ME de Mediclne), having had several
years experience in Syria with plague
including an epidemic of pneumonia
plague, protests against the view that
pneumonia following influenza may DC
related to the eastern disease. In
pneumonia plague the cough Is charac-
terized by quiet. spasmodic expira'
tion, repeated continuously for long
periods every ten to thirty SECONDS.
and might be termed whispering
cough
Instead of the optimism frequently
manifested on the day before death
in influenza there Is n distressing con-
seriousness Of impending death In the
pneumonia plague patient. Nearly all
cases of the latter plague end fatally.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
I Saw In the Paper.

Il have just learned of a new way
70 remove q scorch from llnen." said
the woman who studies the papers.
tim always scorching mine; tell me
about H." requested the woman who
did not know.
ut is a little troublesome at first.
You put two ounces of fuller's earth
into pan, add half an ounce Of white
soap. the Juice Of two large onions
and half a pint Of vinegar. You boil
this together for few minutes. then
you put In a covered vessel for fu-
ture use. When you have scorch. you
spread this mixture on 1t with knife.
Let It dry on the cloth and the stain
will disappear"
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
Carried compo.ltlon In Head.

Mendelssohn was a head worker
In composition. In spite of the long
time he spent over bringing such works
us the Scotch and Italian symphonies,
some of the overtures. and st. Paul
us near as possible to his ideals Of
them. His friend, Edward Devrient,
tells us that 1t was Memberships
habit not to write down his compost
tons until he had quite finished them
In his head, and afterwards had play
cd them to his most intimate friends.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
Cat Needed Tuning.

The landlady hustled up to her new
lodger rs he came down to breakfast
the first morning.
"Good morning, SIR" she wheezed.
"Good morning." said the lodger.
II hope you Ind good nights
rest" said the landlady.
"No," said the mild-mannered little
man. "Your cat kept me awake"
"Oh," said the landludy. tossing her
head. II suppose you're going to ask
Inc to have the poor thing killed"
"No, not exactly" said the gentle
ledger. "But would you very much
mind having 1t tunedT-Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
The Joy Of Living

To enjoy life we must have good
health. No one can reasonably hope
to get much real pleasure out OF life
when his bowels are clogged good
share OF the. time and the poisons
that should be expelled are absorbed
into the system, producing headache
and indigestion. A few doses OF
Chamberlain Tablets will move the
bowels, strengthen the digestion aud
give you chance to realize the real
10y of living. Try 1t.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05

A concession has been granted by the
secretnry Of industry and commerce
In Mexico for the exploitation of de-
poslt of gold, uranium and radum
at Guadalupe, in the mountains OF the
state Of chihuahua. All the maclIn-
cry necessary for thorough and extern
sive operation Will be introduced. The
government will receive 8 per cent Of
the gross output in return for the per-
mission granted. This is the only de-
poslt Of these minerals SO far dlscov.
cred In the republic.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
Business courtesy.

A business man rises to welcome his
wife or a woman friend or woman
relative who visits him at his office,
but he does not rise to greet his ste
noRrapher or other woman employees.
No business woman is Justified In re-
senting this distinction. The custom
cannot be construed to mean that the
man does not respect his women en-
ployees highly. 1t simply means that
in the business world. as nowhere
else, women and men are oil human
beings working together. and on much
the same plane Of courtesy.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
Move, Treatment.

A whirlpool bath Is the novel treat
ment applied at a hospital in Manches-
ter, England. for cases Of rheumatism.
following typhoid and dysentery. The
tank, large enough for IL men. con-
tains 4 feet Of water and is provided
with seats on which the bathers are
immersed to their necks. The temper
allure is kept at 03 degrees Fahrenheit.
Just below that Of the body. The room
IL quiet and dlmly lighted, and after
an hour In the bath the men go to
rest rooms.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
wOMAN'S STATEMENT
WILL HELP MEEK Err

II hated cooking because whatever
I ate gave me sour stomach and q
bloated feeling. 1 drank hot water
and olive oil by the gallon. Nothing
helped until tried simple bnckttorn
bark, glycerine, ETC., az mixed In Adj
ler-i-ka." Because 1t fiushes the EN-
TIRE bowel tract completely Adler
i-ka relieves ANY CASE sour sto-
mach, gas or constipation and pre-
vents appendicitis. The INSTANT
action is surprising. Meeker Phar-
macy.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05

1t lisa pretty smart kid nowadays
when it comes to holding a candle to
the old man In knowing how to do
things. In other words no youth is
AZ good ~ his father and the educa-
tional system is largely to blame for
the frightful lapsus that IL 30 appar-
ent In our modern way Of doing
things, II such 1t may be called
Field and Farm
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
BY a Long Path.

sAll that we possess has come to Us
by long path. There is no instantA-
neous liberty or wisdom, language or
religion" Even that which comes to
Us as a sudden revelation Is but the
opening of our eyes or minds to be-
hold that which has long been begun
by toll and struggle. 1t reaches us az
the sunlight does In the morning. when
1t has travelled around the world.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
C,,amberlatn's Tablets

These tablets are intended espec-
tally for stomach troubles, bilious
ness and constipation. II you have
any troubles of this sort, give them
trial and realize for yourself what
first class medicine will do for you.
They only cost a quarter.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
Women Soldier. In China.

China had women soldiers long be-
fore they were known in Russia. Dur
Ing the Tae Ping rebellion, 1850.
women as well as men served in the
ranks. In Marking. in 1853, an army
Of 100000 women was recruited. They
were divided into brigades Of 1900
each and were commanded by women
officers. ,lAlSEE
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05
Lame Shoulders

This ailment is usually caused by
rheumatism of the muscles. All
that is needed Is absolute rest and .
few applications Of Chamberlain's
Llniment. Try 1t.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05

No teacher and no preacher will
ever be able to convince tired busi-
ness man how hard they have to
work.
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05

FOR SALE = Single driving har-
ness; almost as good rs new. Inquire
at this office. jeff
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05

DIR. j. p. Riddle, specialist In dis
eases of the eye, car, nose and throat.
Glasses fitted. Glenwood Springs. u
The Meeker herald., 1919-07-05

Subscribe for The Herald.
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Send The Herald to your friends
in the East.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
Class Terrorism

One general sympathetic strike has
collapsed in Winnipeg on the eve OF the
starting of another in Omaha. In Seattle
and Toronto the same thing was tried
and failed. All such strikes have failed
so far, but it is becoming evident that
they represent an organized effort on the
part of the extreme radicals in the labor
world to develop a new weapon and the
technique for its use in America. The
aim is revolution to bring about the
proletarian dictatorship. Probably not
moresthan a quarter of the workers who
are following the present programme
have any clear idea of this aim. Most
of them believe they are merely fighting
in new way their old fight for better
hours and better wages. But they are
none the less committed to the new form
of warfare.
1--WE are trying these general strikes
botn to teach the workers solidarity and
their power and to learn how they must
be managed" radical labor leader ex-
planned recently. "Sorne day there will
be a general strike that will sweep the
country, and that day the old govern
ments will go into the ashcan." All the
revolutionary organs emphasize the fact
that success cannot be expected in every
case; that they must learn by failure,
and keep on with their attempts.
The general strike is class terrorism.
Success in single case would encourage
the leaders and give them great prestige.
Each city where the experiment is made
has, therefore, large responsibility in
The defence of American democracy.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
Unwelcorne Vicissitudes

A paragraph in The Communist,
mouthpiece of the social revolutionaries,
as paraphrased by Senator Lusk, speaks
of the hopelessness of political action
because Of the practical impossbility of
getting 81 per cent of the voters to con-
sent to a change. The "cause" is so
sacred that lit should not be jeopardized
by subjection to the vicissitudes of
political campaign"
Organize your gang and then go out
and club the unorganized into obeying
you. Be as little bloody as possible
but bloody enough to achieve your pur-
pose. Old stuff-very old stuff. The
minority that would now rule by force
has more whiskers than the old, but en-
sconced in power its heirs and assigns
would doubtless become clean and ele-
CANT and deem the members of it's class
of superior quality.
1t is inconvenient to go before the peo-
pie. A Bolshevk naturally hates free
election. Russia has had no election
Hungary has had no election; the Ger
man Spartacans oppose elections. Ye1
those who would thus murder democracy
scream for democratic privileges wher
they are even lightly bruised.
The vicissitudes of a political cam
paign!
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
A Hint to Mr.. He arst
(Fronl The World

Recalling Mr.. Hearst's sad experience in
the case of President Mckinley, who was
assassinated, we wonder if that great edi-
tor and publicist approves of the cartoon
appearing in his New York newspaper yes
terday morning in which, among other
things, murder is suggested as the possible
fate of President Wilson on his return to
the United States.
For several months after Mr.. McKinley's
death the publications presided over by
Mr.. Hearst devoted a great deal of space
to eulogies of that lamented Chief Magis-
trate, and many another page and column
were used in a certain kind of cxtenuation
of the sort of writing which induced Elihu
Root, among others, to hold Mr.. Hearst's
newspapers morally responsible for the
Buffalo tragedy. With no desire to antc-
pate the action of the Department Of JUS
ticc in matter Of such gravity, we can
not see Mr.. Hearst betrayed into another
error Of this kind without giving him en-
phatic warning.
Ignoring altogether the joyous levity
with which Mr.. Hearst's writers and pict-
ure makers are inclined to approach the
subject OF murder as a means Of disci-
plining our Presidents, the long period
passed by Mr.. Hearst himself on the stool
Of penitence some years ago should con-
vince him, we think, that there are other
deviltries less dangerous and not likely r
any circumstances to call for so many hui
milisting apologies.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
The Same Old World

Who has not doubted the old spot, now
and again, these months and years past!
When a calm, sensible garden plot that
you've known all your life suddenly
bursts into flame and begins to vomlt
meteors it is too much to expect that
faith in it's steadiness will speedily re-
turn. So peace falls on rather deaf ears
hereabout. The word is familiar. But
what does it mean? And is it peace
with twenty-one wars or only eighteen?
If Germany has long road to travel be-
fore we are convinced of her piety the
world must settle down very much more
before it can again be counted upon to
stand without hitching.
Yet there are signs for the unpreju-
diced. Things may never again be the
same. The old times may, indeed, have
gone never to return. But familiar
themes are reappearing none the less.
Human beings are spilling forth into &C.
ton amazingly like doings of that
ancentest of prehistoric times, "before
the war" 1t is one evenings edition Of
headlines that we pick up and then, amid
the shot and she'll of peace making and
upon world still reeling about like
frightened hen, we find as counterpoises
to chaos these evidences of historic faith:
$4,000 SENT BY AIR MAIL is LOST
ARREST SOON IN GEM MYSTERY
CONVICTED MURDERER EATS HEARTY
RREAKFAST
POLICE SURMISED SHE WORE BATHING
SUIT
And, last but most, there meet the
eye these historic words, hardy peren-
malls of years and wars time out of mind,
fit to bring a sob as of Old Home Week
to how many weary terrestrials:
NO ADEQUATE AIR SERVICE AVAIL
ABLE FOR BORDER DUTY!
The exclamation point is ours. Not
Rip Van Wrinkle awakening in his rags
could have been half as amazed at
changes as folk of 1919, war passed
will be amazed at this Interchangeable hub
of fact. The world has whirled and
whirled and whirled. 1t has jazzed all
over the armament And after five long
and weary years we awake from ou1
nightmare to fnd-a headline quite
where we left it!
At least the promise is unmistakable
There will be new stuff-as of old. II
will be amazingly and deliciously famil
lar none the less. 1t may not be the
same old world in so many words. But
it is on it's way.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26

every chance, he now counsels France
and the world: "Be careful; keep your
powder dry. Be careful. Remind the
world that it is living on barrel OF
hot powder" Not until new Germany
and new Prussia arise will there be
the recognized safety which is indls-
pensable to peace.
The Rhine is the frontier between the
peoples that saved something out of the
Roman wreck and developed 1.-THE
civilization that rests on law and con-
ceptions of right-and the peoples that
have relied on might. The West would
have the frontier not on the Rhine, but
on the Vistula or even the Volga. But
as to this the Western peoples cannot
choose-must order their policy accord
ing as the outer hordes order theirs.
These ideas, which combine idealism and
common sense, no one has upheld with
greater power than Georges Clemenceau.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
The War on MtellectuaLs
Bv Maxim Corky

Translated from his paper in Petrograd
A N HONORABLE citizen writes
N me:
"Horor seizes one when listening
to the speakers on the street corners.
The same soldiers who defend so convinc-
ingly the extreme teachings of Lenine
permit themselves to be misled by the
propaganda of certain people who whis-
per in their ears that the Soldiers and
Workers. Council is in Jewish hands
When l asked one such soldier how So
cial revolution could be made compatible
with race hatred the soldier answered
me: we are an uneducated people and
it is not our business to dig down deep
into such questions
A woman correspondent writes to me ::
"When I told the streetcar conductor
that the Socialists are fighting for the
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
equal rights of all nations he an

equal rights of all nations he an
swered me:
"'Pfui upon the Socialists! Socialism
is an invention of the master class. We
workingmen are Bolshevists.' "
In front Of the circus soldiers and
workmen were arguing with a young,
nervous student
eff we are to go on fighting one an
other with such bitterness, as you are
now fighting, without trying to learn
the student cried.
"What shall we learn?" an old soldier
asked sternly.. "What can you teach me ?
We know you. You students were al
ways rebellious. Now, however, our time
has come. Down with you, bourgeoisie"
Some laugh, but one Of the onlookers,
who has the appearance of barber, says
with convictions:
"Comrades, he is right. The intel
lectuals have bossed us long enough.
Now, when all are free, we had better
get along without them"
Great and threatening danger is hid
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26

den in this constantly aroused ignorance
How often evenings l myself have
listened to speeches in the Suburbs III
which Bolshevism and Socialism were
set up against each other, the intellect
uals were rallied at and host OF otnef
silly and dangerous views were alrea'
And this in the Centre (the capital) Oh
the revolution, whence these Ideas
sharpened to the utmost, flow to darh
masses of the entire country.
Are the sensible revolutionary forces
of our country ever going to unite--are
steps in that direction noticeable! ~
the energy so necessary to the spread Of
culture growing?
All symptoms indicate that tHs qas''
ton must be answered in the negative
One of these symptoms is the eyer
growing tendency of the intellectuals 70
withdraw from activity among tns
masses and to form independent, pure's
Intellectual organizations. ..-.s1
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
A Handsome Affair

The Grifenhagen hold-up seems to have
been a handsome affair, rejecting credit
on all who participated. The former
Sheriff kept his genial temper, the oper-
ating young men give promise of reach
ing the higher levels of their profession,
and the spectators benevolently looked
on, neutral in act, if not in thought.
The time selected was daylight, the
modern highwaymen objecting to night
work. The place was the crowded
vicinity of the Pennsylvania Station,
convenient to streetcar lines. The
pocket riAing was discriminating. A
gold badge presented to Mr.. Grifenhagen
when Sheriff was left undisturbed.
The victim of the stoppage after the
episode showed respect for authority
particularly for Mayor Hylan. The Mayor
holds it highly undesirable to publish any,
thing about such incidents of New York
life, because robbers may be induced to
come here if they learn how easy it is
to pull off their little parties. So the
recipient of attention did not report the
incident, saying nothing until reporters
| who had become informed pushed him
for a statement Against the inactive
| onlookers Mr. Grifenhagen lodges no re-
proaches II don't blame then," he says
Clearly an orderly and non-hysterical
occurrence. Even the bandits fell under
the spell of politeness and courtesy and
avoided roughness.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
Antiquities of Article K

Concerning Article x, as other parts
of the covenant, there is radical differ
ence of opinion as to the meaning.
According to former Senator Bev-
eridge, Article x, if war breaks out
among the recently constructed states,
the league government can order as
many thousand of Americans as it likes,
to kill or be killed, on one side or the
other. We could not refuse, Mr. Bev-
eridge contends, without meeting the
accusation of treaty breaking, and per-
haps bringing retaliation. To under
write the status quo, he asserts, would
involve us in every war and freeze the
world against all conceptions of liberty.
The defenders of Article x deny all
this. They point out that the obligation
to defend runs only against aggressive
action; it is argGed that aggression can
come only from the outside, and, there
fore, the article has no bearing on in
ternal disturbances or on voluntary COM
ing together of two peoples.
There are other complications The
central body of the league, to make a
decision valid, must be unanimous. 1t is
deduced from this that though, tech
ncally, the league council can put us
that, therefore, we would go in volun-
tarily, and not be put in.
But here comes into view another re-
finement. The American member of the
league council would represent, it may
be assumed, the executive department of
our government-would be it's ambassa-
dor and responsive to it's orders. Thus,
granted that the consent Of the American
representative is essential to decision
the consent would come from the execu-
tive department, not from Congress
This would be to disregard the Constitu
ton, which confdes in Congress the ex
elusive right to declare war. Under thi:
reasoning, which seems valid, ever
though in one sense we entered through
our own choice, this choice would b.
made by the President and not constitu
tionally by Congress.
There is still another ambiguity. VIII
and what would decide in particula
case whether there is aggression? 1t i
the practice Of nations to say the.
arc attacked. 1t is often difficult to sa,
which moved first. In practice, al
alliance for defensive purposes tends t.
become one for all purposes So tn
limitation to protection against aggres
sion is cloudy.
1t is a fair inference that no one know
New-York tribune., 1919-06-26
Variety's Golden Days

tween the golden days of variety here and
elsewhere-the lustre of the gold can span
the seas, so to speak. Then who will ever
ing when they can recall the palmy days
of the TIv. and the Oxford in London, Eng,
when Gene Stratton would soft-shoe across
the stage, backdrop a rural Dixie scene,
Crazy, but Love You" or "Is Yo' Nanny
Always With You?" or "I'm Good, Real
Good? There Little Itch, the only
really clever monstrosity I wot Of. To
genuine, if primitive, delight. His 81 Get
OFF at Clapham" was marvel of action
singing.
Marie Lloyd-she never sang a better
song than Rum tiddly-um- -tum-tay." T. p:
Dunvlle's football humoresque, "Kick- Off,"
with his "Blowed If I Didn't Wake Up"
sung while seated on the arms of a wheel
barrow, would make mirth anywhere. Sam
Mayo, standing in the calcium in cheap
raincoat and dolefully reciting his woes;
Phil Ray brusquely abbreviating all his
words in his unique baritone that carried
to the uttermost corners of the house when
he whispered; the stunning creature in
delicate tramp-humor in the team of Hamil-
ton G. King (King being periodically
changed); G: H. Chirgwin, the ,white-eyed
kaffir With his cigar :, box fiddle, singing
"Oh the Language!"; Harry Lauder on
that first night at Gatti's warbling "Tober-
mory" and standing agape at the tumultu
Gus applause-who can forget these blessed
entertainers?
Karno's Comedians, where Chaplin shone
in minor roles until he emigrated the Six
Brothers Luck in their Hotel Grande skit-
all superlatively good. And the king of
them all, Wilkie Bard The zenith of
comedy was reached when he sang, as an
old soldier, Zone and Penny a Day; as
an Italian, ooh, re Ross BIZ Of Olde Eng
land"; as Russian, "she's My Girlski";
as Welsh porter, "All Change for Liam
fairfecken," and as a farmerette, "Come
Into My Garden of Parsnips." His shoe
black recitation, "Not in These Trousers ~
and his plea to the judge sentencing him
for murder, 81 have nothing to say; but
l want you to notice my leggngs!" are
gems of dry humor With Harry Randall's
Where He Gets His IDEAS" and George
Robey's admirable josh, "Archibafd Ger
tanly Not!" and Harry Tate's 81 Was Ur
at the Club" line in his sketches, these
songs of Bards (most of them written by
curly headed Frank Leo) stand as the uti-
mate in golden variety. ]. B. X.
The study of Latin often makes for ac
curacy, even if Professor Anthony Marino
of Ohio State University, refers, in "Schoo
and Society,"" to "Cicero and other dis
tingrished Latin poets"
Our treasured contemp, Vogue, caps th
altitude record with the peak Of Corcovado
"rsng two thousand miles above the leve
of the sea-"