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The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
Unlserns Tee Tlsht

The army council order about the
tightness and fitting Of soldiers uni
forms led to expert discussion ~ to
which force has the best. says the
London Chronicle. Wounded Officers
with experience ranging from BaEdad
to Ypres voted for the Australian.
Its shIrtlike tunic with buttoned
sleeves Is ideally workmnnlike. The
Norfolk jacket.like waistband gives
trimness without necessitating the
wearing Of a belt.
And Just as unanimously expert
opinion declared the q. 8. A. uniform
the worst.
"It's too tight-it's skin tight. Bless
you, the pockets won't hold anything
they're for appearance. You couldn't
cram 4 handkerchief In one. And
used to carry quite comfortably 4 pair
Of socks. a couple Of Mills grenades, =
tin Of bully. chocolate. cigarettes, and
my revolver In one side Of my Jacket.
"A thing In your pocket IL worth q
stone in your 'hnversack."
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
LESS sINxABLE SHIP COMING
Hull Consists Of Two Parallel cyiin.
E. drIeai Shells Joined Throughout
Length BY DIaphraons.

The French government has con.
tracted with the Foundation company.
which is building wooden ships for the
Emergency Fleet corporation, to turn
out for 1t five cargo "Ronslnkable
ships" Of 1900 tons dend weight.
The hull of these ships, says the
New York Sun. Is to consist Of two
parallel cylindrical shells Joined
throughout their length by series Of
heavily braced diaphragms. Each cyl.
indrical shell IL divided not only Into
.watertight compartments by trans
verse bulkhends, but also Is isolated
entirely from the adjoining shell and
from the senled space between the
two. The latter space. which has q
watertight bottom and deck. Ii not
used for cargo, but is provided solely
for reserve buoyancy.
at should not be called an unsink-
able ship" said Mr.. Boero. II would
call 1t rather one of the less sink
able ships. 1t Is seldom that ship
has received more than one torpedo.
1t Is extremely improbable that ship
will be struck by torpedoes on both
sides. We have tested an experi-
mental design thoroughly at Paris.
and have found 1t entirely satisfac-
tory. The space required for the spe-
cinl hull construction does not mate
rally lessen the bulk Of cargo that
can be carried. We are convinced
that the ship will keep af,oat after 1t
has been tOrpedOed."
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
MUSIC MAY BE SEEN
English vIeIInIst Declares WInsems
Notes Can Be Displayed 70 Eye
- Well ~ to Ear.

That music may be translated into
color and displayed to the eye as we'll
az to the ear is the new and highly
interesting theory developed by Isa-
dore Berger, the English violinist, ac-
cording to the Pittsburgh Gazette.
Music and color. he declares. express
exactly the same emotions and feel.
ings. and therefore an opera or q
symphony may actually be turned into
color and seen. BY understanding the
interrelation Of color and sound even
the deaf can learn to enjoy music
when expressed In color. Mr.. Berger
says:
''Color Is not to be an accompani.
ment nor q mere light effect. but a
clear. logical expression Of music. The
synchronlsm must be perceived emo
tionally rather than scientifically. For
instance. red always expresses passion.
anger. temper or any intense feeling.
Yellow. the color Of light. means love
and happiness. Blue Is the mystic
color. Modify the yellow Of love with
the mystic blue and you have = violet.
q pensive. sad emotion. All the other
grades Of emotion are the result Of
the blending Of passion, mystery and
love. or red. blue and yellow. They
are three primary colors and the three
primary emotions"
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
shots Wasted on Venus.

The French Journal L'Astronomie
continues to furnish relaxation for the
strenuous astronomer by publishing ex.
amples Of popular ignorance on astron-
mical subjects. A surgeon in the
French army. at the front. reports
that some German artillerymen re-
Gently bombartied Venus, in the belief
that they were firing at an enemy
airplane. lighted up by the last rays
Of sunset. At Padua a crowd Az
sembled In q public square to watch
what they took to be an Austrian air.
plane-venus again. They were reas-
sured when = passer-by. after inspect.
ing the planet through operaglasses.
informed them that It was not an air.
plane, but the North Star.-Scientifie
American.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22

Possibly for English readers the
fame Of the Jackdaw Of Reims has
eclipsed the fame of the Parrot Of
Amiens. But vert-vert was q bird
who made history in small way. He
was a monastery parrot renowned for
piety until he was sent on visit, by
canal boat. to nunnery. and acquired
q new vocabulary on the wny-with
terrible results. as can be imagined.
The author Of his adventures. Jean
Baptiste Gresset. native Of Amiens.
had to leave a clerical school In con-
sequence Of the scandal caused by the
poem Of which vert-vert was the
avian hero.-London Chronicle.
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1ha Sailors Widow.

How mnny people renlixe the enor.
nous amount Of mourning caused
every time one Of our ships goes down.
But few Of the heroes Of the sea re-
turn disabled to live at home in peace.
Il In sheer luck or wldowhood for the
sailors wife. II Ia some comfort to
know that several funds provide gem
erously for the widows Of the sen. es-
pecinllB for those with bables; and 1t
Il touching to learn TINT the major
part Of these funds Is raised by volun-
tary subscriptions among the crews
who take great pride In the knowl.
edge that their ''mess" cuts 4 good
figure In the subscription lists to sail.
ors' charities.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
COUNTRY OF VAST WEALTH
Good Reasons Why Germany Regards
Ukrainia a. Enormously Rich i
Prize o. Warfare.

The states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin have a COM
bined area about equal to that Of the
new Ukrainian republic. Putting 1t In
another way. Ukrainia, according to q
native writer. Is as large rs the Ger
man empire with the state Of Illinois
annexed, says the American Review
Of Reviews.
Mere area in itself signifies little.
but the extent Of land surface compfis-
ed within the limits Of the new repub-
lie of Ukrainia contains the most fer.
tile parts of the old Russian empire. II
is known as the BLACK Earth" belt.
and has been not only the granary Of
Russia, but the greatest granary Of
eastern Europe. In 1914 one-third Of
Russia's total farm products came
from the "Black Earth" belt. which IL
really Russia's wheat belt Ukrainia
produces so per cent Of Russia's crude
sugar and 80 per cent Of her refined
sugar. The tobacco production Of the
region Is relatively ~ large a. that Of
sugar. The Ukraine supplies about
50 per cent Of the Russian live stock
output.
Not only Is the Ukraine q great
source Of agricultural wealth. but In
mineral resources 1t has been to Rus
sia what the northern provinces Of
France. now overrun BY the Germans,
have been to that republic. OF coal II
has produced 10 per cent Of the total
Russian product. an equivalent pro-
portion Of pig iron, and OF steel nearly
as much. Manganese. mercury. petrol
cum. peat. phosphorite and kaolin are
other important mineral products Of
the Ukraine.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
The GIN Of God.

Sleep IL the gift Of God. We think
we lay our heads upon our pillows and
compose our bodies in q peaceful pos
ture. and that therefore we naturally
and necessarily fall asleep. But 1t II
not 80. Sleep il the gift Of God. and
not q man would close his eyes did not
God put his fingers on his eyelids; did
not the Almighty send soft and
balmy influence over his frame which
iulled his thoughts into quiescence.
making him. enter into that blissful
state Of rest which we call sleep
Charles 81. Spurgeon.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22

With the ''boys." but the colonel thought
1t would be more fitting II q few words
Of appreciation. ETC., etc, came from
one Of the men themselves.
Now the majority OF our T0mmies
are nothing at speech-making. and. to
tell the truth, the show was not up to
the mark.
The chance arose for vote Of thanks,
and after few minutes silence there
came 4 lovely Cockney voice from the
back Of the tent:
"Lumme. mates, give I'm . cheer.
Hevin help I'm; h cawn't 'elp It; Z
done IL best i"-LondOn Mail.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
IT'S A PREMATURE MONUMENT
Tall obeIIsk Was Raised BY the Tvries
to commsmerats Anticipated
Capture ~ kut.

Approaching Kut-el-Amara from the
south by the River T'gris, the nrst
thing one sees nowadays IL tall ODE
lisk. 1t stands ON ground sacred to
no people In the world but the Brit
ish, Eleanor Franklin Egan writes In
the Saturday Evening Post. It stands
on the wide, shell-torn and deeply
trenched neck Of land-base Of tho
peninsula on which the town 10 built
where for IA days the shattered rem
nant Of a British army withsto0d .
double siege Of constant bombardment
and slow starvation.
This obelisk was raised by the
Turks to commemorate the surrender
Of General Townsend and their VIC
tory over the British forces that had
tried 10 long and 10 heroically to re-
lieve him. To me 1t was an exclama.
lion point to punctuate my own aston
lshmenti '
I saw 1t first In the wonderful
lights of early evening" tall white
shaft In half-circling fringe Of palm
trees. lifting itself against q back
ground Of placid river. which lay In
short, straight stretch to the north, re-
aecting the colors Of the sunset.
Was ever anything quite 20 prema-
ture7 It makes one realize, as moth
Ing else could. how confident the
Turks and the Germans were that they
had the British In Nesopotamia per
manently defeated. Defeated It
seems incredible that anyone could
have imagined It. In the face Of things
a. they have become. that obelisk
seems to me to express q kind Of
whimpering enmity. as though It felt
itself strangely Inappropriate and
would get away II 1t could to follow
its builders on the long trail Of re-
treat to the porth. 1t is q menu
mental mlsconjecture. the ironlc hu-
NOR Of It being unique and a thing in
which Eusiishmen may now rejoice.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
RuFFtD GROUSE SMART BIRD
fsathsrsd Creature Takes Advantage
Of His Natural camoufsass and
10 Hard to Shoot.

The ruled grouse Is the greatest
game bird In this country and prob
sbly Is hit less than any bird In the
world with the possible exception OF
the snipe.
Nature has endowed the ruled
grouse with the means Of protection
and the way the bird uses these means
makes him seem brainy creature.
The color Of the ruffed grouse 10
closely resembles the woodland sur
roundings In the fall that one may
almost walk on them without seeing
them. The bird. making use Of Its
coloring. generally lives In rugged
country, where underbrush and spruce
make his detection dinicult.
Once flushed. the ruled grouse flies
30 as to put tree between himself
and the hunter. adding to the difnculty
OF locating him. The bird. unlike quail.
IL seldom found in coveys and conse-
quently is hard to hit.
The hunter must always be ready
with gun In position to shoot and
shoot quick.
"OEA well tuo uuucIuEuSu auu htsAe
spruces along the sides of ravines. Go
In the dense places In the woodland.
for the ruffed grouse Is 4 recluse.
The grouse. when once under way,
will fly straight. and 1t is well to hunt
him with more than one in the party.
The hunter who might be on the line
Of flight is sure to get shot.
The ruffed grouse rises from cover
with thunderous precision and the sue
cessful hunter Of this bird must leave
his nerves" at home. The uninltiated
Is liable to be more frightened than
the bird.
Ruled grouse do not lie well to the
dog, running speedily and quietly
ahead or the animal before making
flight.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22

Thoughts Mishtisr Than ArmIss.
Ideas 20 booming through the world
louder than cannon. Thoughts are
mightisr than arrnies. Principles have
achieved more victories than horse
msn OF chariots.-Rev. d.. w. n. Pax.
ton,
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
Freak hss,spassra

Freak newspapers have afforded q
good deal Of entertainment in their
day. One Of the most remarkable was
the Luminara. published some years
ago in Madrid. 1t was printed with
ink containing phosphorus. 20 that the
paper could be read in the dark. An
equally unique production was the
Regal. This Journal was printed with
non-poisonous ink ON thin sheets Of
dough, which, after being carefully
perused. could be eaten. thus furnish-
ing nourishment for body as well a.
mind.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
World H.avy win serrssx.

The world In which we are living
our. lives, and In which We will con.
tinue to live. IL . world heavy With
sorrow and sadness. The war hal
wrought q ruin which will take many
years to repair. Those Of us who are
alive will never see the end of this
great task. 30 there II a clear task
before us. We must help those who
have been hurt and broken. and com
fort those who have been made. sor-
rowful. Just because the task Is 20
big 1t challenges Us to do our best,
10 stop playing at being Christians,
and to strive with all our might and
power to do our best.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
pIosl,In MaI,es oseI Leather.

Leather Is scarce and In the couA-
tries that have been the longest at war,
the scarcity Of leather Is possibly caus.
ing the most concern. Pig skins are
wasted and they make the finest kind
Of leather. 1t has been tested and
found TO be highly satisfactory for
shoes, and fancy leather goods.
The rind on pork chops u not nee.
cssary, In the modern methods Of cur.
ing meats. 1t Is paid for BY the con
suner, Is total LOGS, and 10 constant
menace because uncooked pork rinds
In garbage spread hog cholera.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
An Expsrisnesd vlsaIn.

"O6icer will sell genuine Cremooa
violin, which he has played In battlsa
Of Somme, Arras, and Aessanes with.
out harm; f1OO." A curious announce
ment which inevitably suggests Nero,
Rome, and q fiddle. Then one won
ders why q Cremona, Of all violins,
should have been taken ON to . battle
field. or rather several battlehelds.
VIII the fact that It has been played
In such circumstances add to the value
Of a Cremonaf OF course what one
should know il the story which led to
the advertisement, then comment at
length and at leisure. A. It II, curl
osity must 90 hunsry.-CAfistian
Science Monitor.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
WORLD WOULD % SITTER.

I tell you the world would b bsttsf -
day
II some Of US paused for awhile
To ask what we're doing along OUT oWD
way
To add to It's song and its smile.
I tell you the world needs the sweetness
OF things
Far more than It does all the rest;
And he in Its service that chssrs Il and
sings
IL man who II meeting the test.
For riches shall fall Of their hops and
their end
II With them goes not the dear thought
or friendship and intsrsst-in fos o. m
friend
That the Master Of Frisndship has
taught.
-Folser McKinssy. in the Baltimore
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
EMO Lick. No Candy"

"rm golAg to buy some candy with
my penny. iisped a little two-year-old
girl. ...t
"rm not" said her brother. who u
not quite six years old. am going to
save mine and buy another Thrift
stamp"
swell. I want some candy" argued
the girl.
Jaw. 10 ahead and buy your candy"
replied her brother. "but I'm going to
save mine and buy a Thrift stamp
cause daddy said that will help lick the
kaiser. and he says II he amt licked
there won't be any candy"
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
Relieved.

At Camp Dodge one night q Sweie
was on guard duty. Being new to the
business. time dragged slowly. but
finally the otiieer with relief came
along. The Swedc said: HALT" They
halted. and next he said: "who was
datt" The oflicer replied: "Onicer
with relief" The sentry. after walt.
ing several minutes In vain attempt
to recall to mind what he should say.
brought forth this startling command !:
"Dismiss yourselfs and be reconciled."
Needless to say the stiffness Of the
night was broken BY roar Of laugh
ter.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
War Limits German Froeies.

war Iemtto 0sfmon tf0eHes
More silk dresses are being worn BY
the women Of Germany than during
the first two years Of growing prosper
ity. but results from the fact that no
more wool or cotton can be obtained
for women's clothes.
Silk also Ii becoming exceedingly
scarce, as It Is being extensively used
In making airplanes and observation
balloons italian smusslers who take
the risk Of being shot in getting past
the frontier are earning enormous re-
wards by bringing silk into Germany.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
HER ECO HOARD SCRAMBLED
svddsn stepping Of Train Wrought
Havoc With Treasures German
Woman Was Taking Home.

A tragic tale of boarded eggs and
Nemesis is related by the Neider-rhein-
ische volksstimme, Of Duisburg:
The travellers In q third-class com.
partment on the train running between
Storkow and Cummersdorf had almost
recovered from the effects Of the some
what too violent activities Of the in
spectors Of luggage when lady pas.
senger remarked: II have two bias.
kets Of eggs with me which the brute
never discovered!"
General establishment followed, and
the question WIS repeated all round:
"Where have you hidden themr "Un.
der my blouse"
Tho next moment two other women.
tempted BY the proximity Of such rare
and rich fare. made a simultaneous
but cautious assault on the egg nest.
The sharp Jolt with which the train
was brought to q standstill at Cum
mersdorf. however. impaired an indis-
Greet violence to their encircling move
ment and. simultaneously with q
heart.rending CRY Of my eggsl" the
attacking parties found themselves
flung In the lap Of their intended vic.
tim.
With q sickening crash the hidden
treasure flowed forth In q nauseat.
ing yellow and white stream. The se-
quel was q FREQ fight among the pas
sengers, who had been freely bespat-
tered with the liquid. and the battle
ragged until the next station was reach
ed. when the weeping egg hoarder was
fakeo intO cuat0dv
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
All Make Mistakes.

Tho best Of men and the most ear
nest workers will make enough Of mis-
takes to keep them humble. Thank
God for mistakes and AXE courage.
Don't give up on account Of mistakes.
Moody.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
Inv,nt,d pvpIex T,,,arsph.

Invented Duplex Telegraph.
DR.. wilhelm Ginth Of Austria In
vented the duplex telegraph in 1853.
BY which two messages were sent over
one wire. one message In each direc-
ton. at the same time. Carl Fischer
Of Hanover improved the system in
1854. and Joseph B. Stearns Of Boston
perfected It In 1872.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
Bear q psstrsysr Of Salmon

Bear Destroyer Of Salmon.
The bear II great destroyer Of sal
non. He IL 20 fastidious that he win
eat only the salmon cheeks and will
consume one-third Of his weight in this
delicacy every day. When his hunger
is satisfied he amuses himself by toss
ing the fish ont on the banks. The
fish are In the stream to spawn. and
the esg destruction u By NO means
Insignificant.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
sAYoNer CUTS BARRED WIRE
Attsehmsnt 70 Deadly Weapon 10 q
Supreme Importance - Tresps
In Fiehtin0 Line.

A new bayonet with an attachment
for cutting barbed wire entansiemeets
which soldier may encounter In No
Mans land or on enemy territory has
been devised BY Adolf Bergner Of
Berne, Switzerland. and recently pat
ented In the United States.
The barbed wire cutter shears the
wire when encountered. One Of the
blades IL attached to . slide member
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
A Confusing Invitation.

A man named Dodgin had been ap-
pointed foreman in brickyard. but
his name was not known to all the
employees. One day while on his
round he came across two men sitting
in corner smoking. and stopped near
them. ''Who are your asked ono Of
them. "I'm Dodgin. the new fore
man." he replied. $50 are We" ~
piled the other workers. "Sit down
and have q smoke"
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
A Raey Item.

A New York dye expert declares
that american dyes are as fast, class
for ciass, as German dyes"
Happy Thought-Write article %
speed in dyes. Study the classes, those
10 the 2.04 class and 20 on. Discourage
bookmaking and side bets as desrad-
ing to q noble sport
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
Much Different

After q woman has been married
month or two she discovers that see
ing . man only Wednesday and Sum
day evenings IL vastly different prop.
osition from seeing him every day In
tho week.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22

Before and Astsr the Races.
Watts-I understand you used to fol.
low the races. Did you ever 60 brokef
wilkins-A fellow never goes to the
races broke. He comes homo that way.
London Answers.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22

The blossom cannot tell what be-
comes Of Its odor, and no man can tell
what becomes Of his influence and ex-
ample. that roll away from him and 20
beyond his ken in their perilous mis-
elou.-Beechef.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22

Never Quite Satisfied.
n Doesn't make any difference what
q woman gets, there Is always some
thing Q little more expensive sAe
vishes she could have had.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22

Transportation In hankew.
within foreign concessions Of Han.
kev there are 1851 licensed jinrikshas.
RI public carriages and 80 private mo-
tor cars.
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22

Cause fer eessd.
Brown-Did the doctor do anything
- hasten your recovery
0reen-Yes, he told me he was going
to charge me IS Q Wit
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22
READY TO Be FAIR
cseknsy Wss willing 70 olive Vote Of
Thanies - Entertainer, but A.
teehsd o&rine - Il

A party Of entertainers gave
SHOW" recently somewhere In
The Meeker herald., 1919-03-22

France" and after
the concert the
colonel lot up and.
soldiers, said he.
would like to
thank all : the
~turns" for their
efforts. and es-
pecially one who
had amused the
colonel but who
had not xtaken"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-10-16
THE PROSPEROUS MINER.

Once upon time THERE was an
orphan. He was boy which had a
will for trying he never said "cant."
When he was a boy he said he was
going to be a miner. That was his
talk from child hood till a man. The
people thought strong of his talk.
The boy did not have an educa-
ton, he lived in village there he
stayed until he become twenty one
years old. The nhe went to the rocky
mountain, and built log caben, he
was not able to build nice house.
The people there made fun of him, be-
cause he built log house, and lived
on bread and water.
One night, he had dream, that
there was a gold mine, on the west
side of the mountain, he studied hard
to get the gold from his mine. Finally
he made venture to try for the gold
which he had once dreamed of.
He went to a town and got some
shovels and picks and went to diging,
he dug for ten months and went one
thousand feet deep before he found
any gold, he struck a layer of gold
ten inches thick and five feet deep. He
got fifty thousand dollars for that,
and then he said he was going deep
er, and he did. He went fifty feet
deeper and struck the mine. 1t is said
that the mine that he found is putting
more gold out in the world than any
other one. He is worth millions of
dollars, where them that made fun of
him is not worth ten ten thousand
dollars, He went from the mine to the
city of New York and staid till he fin
Used the high school.
Then he went to the University of
Oxford England, he went to school
for five years and finished at the
University and returned to the United
States.
After he had been back for FIVE
months, he taken sick and died, the
hearing of his death shocked the
friends of his, very much. He had
name in history, for being one of
the richest men N the world, and one
of the best graduate from Oxford
England. his birth day is celebrated
every year. Under SNEED.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-10-16

leys, mountains and ridges; the place
where moonshine whiskey sits upon
every kitchen table-the place where
everyone with whom you come in
contact thinks you are Government
detective seeking to destroy their
stills deprive them Of their liberty;
as they call it, ruin their country
and place them in the United States
penitentiary.
They meet you with a stern look
that gives you thousand thoughts;
and their sarcastic smiles reminds
YOU Of savage. You call at one of
their homes to spend the night-if it's
after dark, you'll pass on; if it's before
shutdown, they may take you in with
a frown. They live in little huts OF