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The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
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1IMeplEcEs OF OLD DAYS
In Its Collection Philadelphia Museum
HIS the Oldest Watch Of Which
There 10 Record.

In the newly organized silverware
department Of the Pennsylvania mu'
scum at Philadelphia there has been
placed loan exhibition of ancient
timepieces collected by Meyer Fleishef.
who has spent forty years In gathering
watches which tell theological story.
The oldest of this collection was made
In the fifteenth century.
The first Instrument for reckoning
time" said Mr.. Fleisher, twas the sun
dial; then the candle. followed by the
water clock These led up to the me-
chanical contrIvances with weights and
springs. Matchmaking is refinement
Of clocknakIng, which was taken
from the Chinese. The early watches
were made Of bronze, and were either
circular or striking watches. At first
they really were portable clocks. 1t Is
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
MADE EN- oIooLG.

Upon entering the elevator the
other morning in loop Office build
ing where I am employed noticed
pretty girl and was looking at her
and thinking how pretty she was
when l suddenly realized l must get
off at the next floor and called out
"six, pretty" The poor elevator
mans face turned red and every one
in the elevator giggled, and l sure
did make my getaway at No. 8. Now
] go in at the other entrance of the
building and never try to say "aix..
please" l say just plain six. I
never want more embarrassing mo-
ment.-Chicago Tribune.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
ALL DUE TO MALNu1RITIoN
Various Diseases Of Infancy and
Childhood That Can Be Traced 70
Aforementioned.

Practically all varieties Of malnutri.
tion occurring during Infancy and
early childhood tend to terminate In
ricketts,. disease characterized by
softening Of the bones and consequent
deformity. The essential feature Of
ricketts,. snys DIR. f. Prltchard in the
British Medical journal, Is the want OF
cnlcincntion or naturalization Of de-
veloplng bone. and this, In Its turn. Is
due TO the existence Of requirements
for calcium, which for the time being
are more urgent thnn those OF develop
ing bone. These urgent requirements
are the necessity for neutralIzIng acid
bodies In the blood; In other words
to neutrnlize or compensate an exist
ing acidosls. Doctor Prltchard argues
that all chronic conditions of malnutri.
tion, Of whatever kind or from whatso-
ever cause arising, finally terminate In
an acidosls-all OF which means that
children who do not get proper nour.
ishment are In fair way to become
deformed.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
Cat. Tell tn. Time Of pay.

In various parts Of Turkey the watch
mud the clock nre extremely rnre, but
the natives have an exceedingly In
genious way Of apprOxln,atlng the time
and some Of them hit 1t with consld
erable accuracy. They locate two car
dinaI points Of the compass and then.
folding their hands together In such II
manner that the forefingers point up
ward and In opposite directions. they
observe the shadow cast. In the morn
ing or the evening mt certain known
hours one finger or the other will point
directly mt the sun. A comparison of
the two shadows will determine the
hours between. Another system fol-
lowed In Turkey and some other coun
tries Of the Orient Is to observe the
eyes OF cat. Early in the morning
and evening the pupils are round. At
. and 3 o'clock they are oval and ut
noon they consist of a narrow slit.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
Novel way to Hatch Fish.

The Edinburgh Scotsman says the
Chinese have novel way of Propngnt-
ing fish. The spawn II carefully col
lected from the surface Of the water.
and when II sufficient quantity has
been Obtained they take a number OF
hens eggs, the contents Of which have
been carefully emptied through q smnll
aperture. and refill the shells with
spawn. The holes nre sealed up and
the eggs put under the broody hens.
The hens are allowed to incubnte the
eggs for a certain number Of days.
when the eggs are again broken AMI
their contents put into water thnt has
been previously warmed by the sun.
In very short time the spawn matches
and the young fry are then kept In
pure fresh water until sufficient size
to be able to care for themselves.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
Romance Beloved by All.

Romance kills the villain in the NTH
act and produces the betrothal as the
curtain falls. BY 1t Homer got his
daily bread In the Greek cities, and
BY 1t the movie houses earn their prof.
it,. Each of us has been soldier,
lover. explorer and "all the, thousand
things that children are" For the
same reason that romance commands
the greatest audiences. dime novels
and best sellers pour out from tho
presses. No man can elbow Clark
Russell Into oblivion except some more
thrilling writer Of sea tales. And
every age must have its Sherlock
Holmes. For the human mind must
spend many months OH the seven seas
and many more In intimate relations
with Scotland Yard.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
MyTna

I saw . boy with tsar-dimmed eye.
Who laid his Christmas prsssnt By.
He'd lost the myth who used to b
The guardian OF his Christmas tree.
He knows henceforth he must depsnA
On mortal favor for each friend.
! only said, mid Borrowing pause.
There goes another santA clausi"
saw an artist with the skili
To sway emotions IT his will.
Apart from earth he seemed to dwell
And weave . superhuman spell.
And yet learned whom truth was tolo
His heart viii, avarics was cold
said. and silenced my applause:
There goes another Santa Clausi"
Oft have felt the power intense
or beauty. wit and elCquence.
And found the dull regret at last
OF an illusion that has passed.
Yet, thankful still. ] greet anew
Tho pleasant myths that come to view
And when they fade I smile. because
There goes another Santa Ciaus.
-Washington Star.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
NEW REPUBLICS IN EUROPE
Ten Have Gene Int IxIstsnes - q
Rssuit Of the Changes ersuShs
About BY War.

The Eastern Europe Review gives
the names and population figures OF
ten new eastern Europe republics -
follows: +
Esthonia-47,500 square kilome-
ters, 100000 inhabitants, OF which
80 per cent are Esthonians.
Letvia-64.19e square kilometsrA
1859, 900 inhabitants, OF which u
per cent are Letts.
Lithuania-125,000 square kilo'
meters, 100000 inhabitants.
White Russia-300, 900 square
kilometers, l4,075.o00 inhabitants.
of which 70 per cent are White Rus
SLAMS.
Ukraine 100000 squsre kilome-
tere, 100000 inhabitants, Of
which 7e per cent arc Ukrainians.
Kouban-s5, 900 square miles, B..
5000 inhabitants. I
North Caucasia-150,0O 900 square
kilometers, 4,sOO,O0 Inhabitants.
Azerbaidjan-1O0,0 900 square kilo-
meters. 100000 inhabitants, OF
which rs Per cent arc Turko-Tar'
tars.
Georgia-9o,ooo square kilome-
tiers, 100000 inhabitants, Of which
rs per cent are Georgians.
Armenia-320, 900 square kilome-
tiers, 1000, 900 inhabitants, Of which
rs per cent are Armenians.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06

Not very long ago there lived in Car
thage. No., a man who was known as
the premier lobbyist of his Mate. No
one surpassed him in legislative expe-
rience or In getting things done or UNI
done. On one occasion friend asked
him for advice.
II have got to 90 over to the state
legislature and see II can't defeat a
particularly obnoxious BILL" the friend
explained. land have come to you to
ask you what Is the first thing to do"
Out Of his bountiful experience tho
lobbyist replied: "The first thing for
you to do Is to go and sec your bank
e."
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
The Oldest Watch In Existence, Which
Was Made Of Iron In the Fifteenth
Century.

unite probable that the Puritans, with
their prejudice against display, were
responsible for concealing their
watches In their pockets"
The Oldest watch In existence, which
is exhibited In this collection, was
made by Peter Heplein, a Nuremburg
blacksmith. along abott the date when
Columbus was LAYING his plans for his
first western VOYAGE. The watch is
about 2 Ia inches in diameter. one
inch thick and weighs seven ounces
avoirdunois. The case ia bronze gilt,
and NAV hive been prosluced by cast-
inc nv presa die and roller die. and
nna,lv hsnd.tooled. The dial il Of
bra a SINK in the center. in which cav
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
Usual Effect Of Cold.

The most remarkable effect Of the
cold which a member Of one Of the
antarctic expeditions noticed was the
loss OF touch in the fingers. 1t was
almost complete. Suppose you want.
ed y look for knife in kitbag," he
said, "you would get It in your hand
and not know It, and It was the same
with everything we handled. We saw
that We picked 1t up, and saw that we
held the article; we could not feel
that we had It," He added that It
was not possible to shave. because the
skin became irritated and sore. while
If the beard grew too long it attracted
moisture. and then froze into a block.
The only thing to do was to keep the
beard and mustache clipped close.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
FIRST PARLIAMENT IN 1865
From That Time Dates the Entry Of
the Commons Into Power In
the State.

The Goth Of January. 1865. WAS q
great day not only for the English
speaking people but the world; It was
the time appointed for the meeting OF
the FIRST parliament In England.
Mathew of Paris In his chronicles
hrst uses the word In reference to a
council OF the barons In l248. but II
was in the year 1895. during civil
war which very much resembled that
law against mn arbitrary power ms ex-
pressed by royalty. that the first par
iiaments. properly sO-calIed. were as
sembled. II was at this time that
Simon de Montfort held King Henry
In his power.
This parliament was summoned In
such a manner that there should be
two knights for each county. and two
citizens for every borough; the first
clear acknowledgment OF the commons
element In the state. The meeting was
held in that magnificent hall at West
minister and the representatives Of the
commons sat in the same place with
their noble associates. probably at the
bottom Of the hail. little disposed to
assert controlling voice nor Joining
in any vote. But there they were
and, Notwithstanding the fact that De
MontfOrt was shortly overpOwercd
and he and nearly all Of his associates
slaughtered, the commons were never
again left out. II was nm admitted
lad ~ Aa. tnsl In, MI
great national movements and to have
q directing voice In the matter Of
taxation.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
hIohIand superstitions,

Did you know that II you lived In
Scotland all salt cellars In the house
must be full on New Years day. else
the household will suffer want during
the year?
That is not the only superstition
peculiar to Scotland. The country is
full of them. For instance, the High
land nurses believe that II an infants
feet are put In snow he Will never have
colds during his life. A regular prac-
tice among the farmers used to be the
placing Of honeysuckle branches In
their COW houses on May 2 to keep
their cattle from being wltched.
A bad storm is prophesied when a
cat frollcs about room. II the cat
washes Its face with Its paws before
the Ere. the coming day will be rainy.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
USING SPECS As ORNAMENTS
esoeoaIsss ssIdisrs In Franco Nave
Been Keeping the Paris optle'aNs
Exceedingly Busy.

Those whom fate has condemned
to wear spectacles may have come
difficulty in believing that anyone
could regard these articles ~ osna-
ments, to be worn with pride and
pleasure. This, however, remarks .
writer in the Continental edition Of
the London Mail, is nevertheless the
case with many of the Senegaless
soldiers who fought in the war.
While on leave in Paris on their
way home, many Of these gallant
warriors have invested in spectacles
as the surest means Of impressins
their compatriots.
An optician relates that when he
tried to sell pair of spectacles with
plain glass to q Senegalese whose
sight was obviously excellent, the
soldier complained that they were no
good because they did not make
everything look funny" The OPP
tician Immediately supplied the SOL
der with pair of concave Lenses
that would have done very we'll for Q
short-sighted student. The customer
was satisfied at once, paid, and went
out, colliding on the way with vsri.
GUS pieces of furniture.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
Saint Lucy.

Refreshing as a spring on a July
noon, lovely as the song Of the thrush
at the close Of gaudy day, Is the life
record of Saint Lucy. The dear girl.
whose name, from the Latin Oux. lu-
cis) means slight" was born in SYRIA
cuse In SO4 A. d. Her startling beauty
brought mob Of suitOrs at her feet.
But she had vowed herself to the re-
ligious life and declined their ad.
dresses. A young nObleman, maddened
with love for her, accused her to the
governor as processing Christianity. In
the fearful persecution under Diocle-
tlan she was martyred. She is repre-
sented In art as holding platter with
her two eyes upon it.-Chicaso Jour
nal.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
Warnsa By sandp.p.r Lab.l.

A device for protecting people from
taking doses from poison bottles by
mistake Is q sandpaper label. The
ordinary label Is pasted on piece of
sandpaper large enough to 20 all
round the bottle, so that. when anyone
takes up the bottle In the night, no
matter how dazed from sleep he may
be, the rough unfamiliar feel of the
sandpaper rouses him and he recog-
nixes at once that the bottle contains
poison Of some description. The
printed label tells the kind Of poison
In the bottle.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
co.nstle, In History.

While the manufacture Of cosmetics
began in antiquity. II n curious I"
note how the custom has appeared
disappeared. and reapPeared through
ont the nges. Probably the practice,
like many others. began in chance
some primitive man fell into hlue clny.
md when he emerged fnncied that the
streakings enhanced his vifile charms.
PERHAPS some primitive woman smear
ed her cheeks accidentally with red
clay. or the juice Of some red flower
rubbed OF on It, and she WAS so
p,ensed with the effect that she pro-
.duced 1t purposely thereafter. Other
women admired. envied, and initiated !;
md thus a fashion was set.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
YOU CAN NEVER TELL

"That's the jolliest drummer Pvs
met in many a day."
"He certainly is the life Of the
party"
"a man of such high spirits is
bound to be in a congenial line Of
business. By the way, do you know
what he seils?'
eyes = collins" - Birmingham
Age-Herald.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06

MIsprints are often a source OF Joy.
Few are more pleasing than those en-
shrIned In the ancient yarn-prolably
concoctcd-of the public banquet M
which u speaker, In proposing the toast
of the army. coupled It with the name
Of distinguished general. whom he
described. according to the printed nc
count Of the proceedings. ms n "bottle-
Scared veteran" In the next Issue
OF the paper In which the libel had ap'
reared note was inserted expressing
regret for typographical error. and
explaining that the words should have
been "battle-scared veteran.
hill Magazine.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06

A Mexican fisherman landed an un.
usually big bass. He noticed that It
had a peculiarly shaped lump under
Its lower jaw. When he reached home
and cleaned the hsh for his evening
meal he found that the lump was
formed by small gold nugget. Pos
sessed of a considerable amount Of
money. Don Enrico bought 4 section
Of land bordering the stream. Investi-
CATION disclosed what he believes will
be one Of the richest placer mines In
Meyico-
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As NE UNDERSTOOD IT.

"Bally odd customs you have
here" remarked the visiting Eng
hshman. II refer particularly to
that one where the female
friends Of an engaged lady give
her a bawth." =
what! Whoever heard Of
such thing7"
"Why. the bally newspaper
says that Miss Parker's friends
gave her a shower last evening""
Boston Transcript.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
III. ar..d Of eer,l..

Native bread today In Persia Is very
little different from that Of thou
snnd years ago. The oven Is built Of
smooth masonry In the ground, and
mnny Of them have heen used for a
century. The dough Is formed into
hin sheets about foot Ions and two
feet wide and pressed quickly against
the side Of the oven. 1t bakca In .
fex minutos.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06

1.-THE Arabs follow the custom OF
their prophet Mohammed who never
shaved"
II suppose that ID one reason why
they are always so ready to beard
their enemies"
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
Apple Long Preserved.

Apple Long Preserved.
Miss Marian 3. Emery of Franklin
N. H., has q sweet apple seventy years
old, which was given to her ten years
ago by Miss Elizabeth Marstln, who
had 1t In her possession for sixty
years. The apple is filled with cloves
and except for its dark color, looks
like . much younger" apple.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
The Finish.

Put,enee-"Haye you ever noticed
in a circus parade that thcy always
hnve the cniiiope wagon Mt the end OF
the parade1" Patrice-"Oh, yes: that
/, to let everybody know that the
worst Is yet to come"
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06

Mr.. Murfee-Sure an what's the
matter with the goat this mornin'1
Mrs. Murfee-Sure, he eat I'D a pair
q my old corsets.
Didn't l tell you that corsets Wsrs
unhealthy"
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
Movies May b Leading INDUSTRY.

Within the next seven years mo-
tlon pictures will be the dominating
factor in public lifes and the chief
industry In the United States. This
10 the opinion Of Tease L. Laskey.
~This Is almost true now" said Mr..
Laskey. pictures rank IN importance
with the printed word. The contact
IL more direct and It 10 universal. for
pictures reach every strain Of society"
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
DISCIPLINE DEMANDED.

"Your boy threw aulump Of coal
at our cat"
"We'll attend to his easel Not
that we care anything about your
cat, but no boy Of mine is going to
waste coal in that manner"
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06

Mrs. Church-What's the matter
with your eyes1
Mrs. Gotham-Why?
/ Mrs. Church-YOu seem to be sQuint.
Ing them more than usual today.
Mrs. Gotham-Oh, my husband un.
thinkIngly flashed $50 bill on me this
morning.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06

Over 1900 houses were destroyed
In Belgium; in France 5000 buildings
and 1851 churches were ruined duslnS
the war.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
MORE OF IT.

"rhey say that lot Of people on
the Mississippi river, to avoid pay
ing rent, are living in houseboats.S
"But don't they have to pay more
water rent2''
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
NOT FOR HIM.

women are to be prevented from
attempting homemade wine."
81 hope 3d." exclaimed Uncle Bill
Botlletop. 81 tasted some once"
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06
Exclaimed.

Willie Willis (reading the financial
page)-Pa, what's weekly financial
letterT
Papa Willis-One like ! get from
your college brother every Monday
Judge.
The Meeker herald., 1920-11-06

MODEST.
"May I kiss you?"
mot much"
well. only wanted one or two"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-22
FIRST OF LEGION'S
DANCE SERIES, MONDAY

The first of four dances planned
by Leonard Dethman Post of the
American Legion will be held at the
Coliseum on January 26. The boys
will work hard to make this n of
the most successful social events of
the winter, and a large attendance
is hoped for. The Post hopes to form
a nucleus for a building fund from
the proceeds of this series of dances.
Buy a ticket and join the boys next
Monday night.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-22
FORESHADOWED
PLOT ALLEGED TO GET
SLICE OF WINTON MILLIONS

C. j. Winton mentioned in the
item below, clipped from a Twin
City paper, is a stakeholder in the
First National Bank of this city,.
Mrs. Madeline La Count was the wife
of Mr.. Winton's chauffeur. The
clipping:
Preference to plans said to have
been suggested by Howard Guilfordn
Minneapolis, alleged extortionist, to
get a part of $21, 100000 wealth of
C. J. Winton, on whose Lake Mime
tonka estate Mrs. Madeline LaCount
was found murdered last fall, was
made today by Frank Fogel, former
ly business manager of a publication
of which Guilford was editor, at
'Guilford's trial in district court in
Minneapolis.
"Guilford is on trial charged with
obtaining 500 from Mike Weisman
for withholding from publication a
story reflecting on Weisman. Fogel,
a state witness, said Guilford had
told him it would be easy to put a
story together and show it to Mr..
Winton and then get ga nice cut"
by agreeing not to print it."
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-22
Reducing the Cost of Travelling.

Hi Higher is responsible for the
following, in his Valley Tribune:
son the Great Northern train the
other day the conductor was handed
a full fare and a half fare ticket by q
lady who was on her way to Richie.
After loking at the young man who.
accompanied the lady he figured that
he was somewhat oversize to be rid
ing on a half fare ticket and said to.
the lady: That boy should be charged
full fare. He has on long pants The
woman studied real hard for a MINI
ute, and then said, Just change the
tickets then, and charge the boy full
fare and me half An oldish woman
sitting just behind them listening in
tently said: For the Lords sake, Mr..
Conductor, | gets to ride free
"The conductor was satisfied to
take her at her word and no charge
was made for the balance of the trip.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-22
SUNFLOWERS FOR SILACE

During September members of the
county farm bureau of Union coun-
ty, Oregon, held a sunfiower inspec-
ton tour to examine the compare
tive growth under similar conditions
of the sunf1ower and corn. The ton
mage as an average was estimated
from one-third to one-half greater
in the case of sunf1owers than in
corn. In all cases the sunfowers
seemed to be doing well and the
growers were quite well satisfied. In
some sections of this county the pro-
duction of corn for silage purposes
is questionable because of early
frosts; and in these places sunfow-
ers will replace corn for silage.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-22
B. OE r. I. BALL

The annual ball given by the Bro.
therhood of Railway Trainmen at the
Coliseum Monday night was n OF
the most largely attended and splen-
didly successful affairs ever held in
the city. The spacious hall was filled
to capacity, many people coming
from Glasgow, Oswego, Frazer, Pop
lar and other towns. Altogether,
more than 400 tickets were pur-
chased. The music was excellent and
everybody enjoyed a delightful time.
Dancing continued until nearly
morning.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-22

sample in a sack wrote them about
1T; told them we were putting 1t on
sale on this date, and attached sample
which would show them what kind of
coffee it was SO that when they read
the letter they had the coffee to sample
1t. I used this same method in dried
fruits.
After visiting about rs newspapers
L found that the hardware stores
didn't advertise in the papers. In
this town l didn't see an advertise
iment of this kind In the papers. Why
won't advertising sell hardware as
well as anything else?
My brother got out an ad. This ad
(hardware) came out In the paper
Thursday night, and | noticed it In
creased the sales in the basement
about 500 more than the previous Sat-
'urday.
(TO BE CONTINUED)