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couldn't even get You d job as a sec
ond-hand stamp ticker in a third-rats
postoftice. But he pleaded. you're
right next to dear old Bill Tart, couldn't
he give me something to GO at the
White House, sprinkling the lawn or
caddy'ng on the golf links2 Wed look
well together. I'm the real simon pure
article, TheO. 1 am. and if YOU don't be
ieve II, look heTe'-and as he spread
his huge fore legs apart and flung out
his massive chest, I saw stamped ia
big letters across the front. G. O. p
/ arose from the ground ana on his
assurance that he would not modest me
/ picked up my rifles and started to 90.
but he halted me "Old pal. I've saved
your life. What I said about the bullets
was all rot-they're perfectly good. it
is not the bullets. it's you-You're a
bum shot You couldn't get me a
government job because there was too
much Of the skin about me-it-s only
small request and I want you to grant
1t before we part-make me an honor
airy member of the Ananias club"
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such must be the case-but I finished
three hundred and sixty words before
I prepared for the worst. I started
on all tours, thinking I could make bet.
ter time, but I found it too slow-l
changed and resolved to become an up
right man. My gun bearers, 1 must
speak of them before I describe the
terrible ordeal through which I had to
go. Lumbago carries my number 600
express rifle. this is for large game
only and shoots a cordite 0'm not
stringing yOu) bullet as large as
middle-aged Edam cheese.
Pepsin, my Gum Arabic boy, carries
my number go This is for garden snails
and other brands of sea food. We
started in single file through the tall
grass. Now and then We caught a
scent. but soon dropped it as we found
il was either plugged or had hole in
it. Breathless and nOiseless, we crept
toward the spot where LUmbagO had
seen the brute. 1 climbed upon the
backs Of my followers and peeled my
eyes on a rising young hillOck some
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had heard; that they took this drawing
to be the voice of Cad, and in this faith
they started out. What evidence is there
that their faith was true and that such
faith is always dependable
Verses 13-16-Why is 1t that all ma
tons and peoples in all time, so far as
we have any record, believe in and de
sire a better country, that is an heav-
enly"?
Verses 17-19-Give from memory the
account of Abraham offering up his son
Isaac.
What is the particular virtue in Abra-
ham obeying God in the matter of Of
fering Up Isaac?
Would it be a virtue or a vice in these
days if any man should do the same
thing Abraham did2
Verses a0-31-SuppOse the persons men
toned in these wonderful verses-Isaac,
Jacob, Joseph, Moses and Rahab-had
been lacking faith in God, in these criti-
cal moments of their lives. what would
have been the difference in the results
Does faith in God always make the
present happy and picture in glowing
cOlOrs the future?
Verses 32-4O-Have men distinguished
for their faith always ibeen noted for
their goodness?
This is a thrilling account Of the ex-
ploits of the man of faith; give me
an account of the achievements Of men
noted for their lack of faith.
Lesson for Sunday, June 20, 1S99-Re-
view.
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two hundred yards away. I discerned
our quarry, he stood motiOnless, as if
made of stone. Here / go
again stone . quarry as we
worked our way into the open the huge
beast caught sight of US and, raising
himself to his full height. opened the
upper half of his face and burst into
a series Of cOnvulsive outlaws, all the
while pointing directly at me with the
thumb end Of his trunk. I asked Pep
sin if it was usual for elephants 10
laugh at hunters Of note, and ne said
that he had never heard Of it before.
However, I challenged him with my
number 80, but this seemed only TO
make him laugh the more as he beck
oned me to come nearer. I TOOK my 500
express from LumbagO and now pre-
pared to give him his death blow. but
before I could get the gun to my should
er. the brute charged me-gTabbing me
with his trunk he threw me in the air.
I landed on his worries; into the air
I flew again, and as I came down he
pinned me to the earth with his mighty
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Suggestive Questions on the Sunday
School Lesson by Rev. DR.. Linscott
copyrIsht, 1908, by S. LInseott 0. D.

Of faith made him such good man that
God translated him without death?
Verse 6-Faith is sometimes based upon
outward evidence; sometimes upon per-
sonal revelation; sometimes upon intu-
itiOn, and sometimes upon composite
grounds What moral or spiritual quail
ties, therefore, are necessary for becOm-
ing man of faith? CFhis question must
be answered in writing by members of
the club.)
Why is faith necessary in order to
please GOd2
Verse 7-What was Noahs faith based
upon and wherein was his faith meri-
tOriOus?
Verses S-12-What was the difference.
if any, between Abraham's faith and that
of the Pilgrim fathers, when they left
the old country for the American land
of promise?
I take it that Abraham, and the Phil
grim fathers, while I'm communion with
| God, felt a drawing to go to the rich
country in the distance about which they
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Che Ceddy letters From Hfrled

do so | came back the other way. / am
going 20 write an article on How to
tel the rocks from the hippopotami."
This mammal is the most docfie Of all
the African fungi il grows in
the water almost entirely, only coming
on the land at intervals so that il can
90 back into the water. It lives solely
on watermelon. waterCress. fce-Water
and wateTed silk, and is referred TO by
the corporation cOOns as Watered stock.
II ras an open face Waterbury move
ment while eating. It comes to the sur
face once in eight weeks 10 get fresh
air. 1t doesn't have to think, so that
1t seldom is troubled with water on
the BRAIN on see. I am learning the
habits Of the Flora mean
Fauna-from my own observations.
These Schmidt-sOnian fellows do not
study the wild life as ! do, and it does
not make good reading-No nature fax
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| ing for me. / want facts 7 secured
! a fine specimen for the museum, and
| the way l secured him was quite re
markable. / spotted the particular
one / wanted and taking my number Y
Martini putty blower pelted him for
all | was worth. This aroused him TO 4
state of activity. Thinking his torment
or was in the water he broke FOR the
snore. had him at my mercy. so
approached him. do you know who
amp I bawled. His lip quIvered anc
tears came to his eyes-he gsZed at me
for fully five minutes before he showed
the first sign of recognition-then ne
| smiled. As long as I live / will never
/ forget that smile-it began just under.
meath his right ear, ran down the side
! of his cheek over his right shoulder
! carromed off 20 his right flank, came
] up the middle Of his back, lit on his
| left jaw and pTicd open section Of his
mushy masticator, then raised the up
per section of his cOuntenance and the
lid was off-and there embroidered III
early English letters on biz tonsils
read WELCOME 7 r
did he know me? I tell you such
touching scenes as these cause me to |
brush away many a tear. 1 did not |
shoot him. I had not the heart tO-sl- /
ready he follows me around and purrs /
with Joy If I but look at him, and last /
night as ] was seated by the camp
fire he curled himself up in my lap and
went to sleep.
We replenished our water bottles to-
day with fresh, pure liquid from a
mineral spring. l put the shoppers in
and had a perfectly corking time.
Permit is swapping everything that
comes along. and has hit upon a novel
idea. He has strapped one camera to
his back so that when he is pursued by
some vicious brute he can take repated
shots at him, simply pressing the bulb
as he extends himself over the veldt
You are liable to spoil a plate if you
wait until the charging rhino gets his
corrugated spike within smelling dis
lance of your scenter.
Today 1 had my first encounter
with an elephant, monster such as ]
never imagined Inhabited the earth's
surface I can safely say, now that
there are no reporters within hearing
that he measured from the
baggage cheque on the tip of his trunk
70 the extreme southwestern portion OF
his superflous spinal attachment
feet elephants feet, mind
you) and his circumference bordering on
the vicinity of his cOrsage was at least
seventy-eight and three-fifths OF an
English ell. being an English ell !
suppose the II is dropped)
Let me tell you all about it, 1 was
pounding out words just before dawn on
my combination hand and foot type.
writer when my gun bearer came
sprinting through the tall grass and
shouted "Monbagcola, swat Zorn
boola." I. OF course. had expected that
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June 10, 1909.
of Fafth.-Heb. xi:1-40.

June 10, 1909.
Heroes Of Faith.-Heb xi:1-40.
Golden Text-Faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen.-Heb. XIII.
Verses 1-5-In what respects are faith
and hope similar
If a desirable thing is possessed by
faith. does that give as much. or SINH
lar, satisfaction, as the possession Of the
thing itself?
What is the ground of our faith, that
the worlds were framed by the word
of God?
past years?
Verses 4, 5-Abel had a truly religious
nature; now was this nature the result
Of his faith. or was his faith the result
of his nature?
Does this record mean that EnOch' s
transls ton was directly caused by a spe-
cific act Of faith, or that his general life
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-13

Dutton and Observation-Disclosures OF
Public Education in the United States"
Hardy-"Dynasts Volume g.
Hunt Ed.--"Political History of Eng
land" Volume 9.
ITwin-''Letters OF a japanese School
boy"
Maeterlinck-"B Blue Bird
Ross and Erichsen-"Story of Pisa"
Fiction.
Hall-"One Immortality"
Harlsnd-'' Royal End"
King-"Lsnier Of the Cavalry"
Shaw-"Love Among the Artists"
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n 90 On the RaatIme RIver.
No. 3

In Camp on the Rsgtime htNeF-
Of all the changeable climates on the
s.os of the map, this yanks the pastry
dense fog will suddenly rise from
- rash basin while you are going
s;trough YOUR morning additions, and
ll---,e~s YOU hold fast 10 the towel rack
~, are liable % wander off, and when
ann comes out. find yourself some
-,-st o- ten miles from camp.
triad bathing in the river yesterday
earning. but have concluded that it is
.,-ssfa-T walked out quite a distance
80 the shore on some huge boulders
"a seated myself on a log-I had hard
p. bsgun 10 wash when the log rolled
Yer and opened its mouth. ] leaped for
I. handler when it rose up and opened
o. -,0urH-so did all tee others. 1t was
5srredIv unpleasant, and queered me
s,r a time. There was nothing else t.
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Miscellaneous.

Avebury- Peace and Happiness.
rrawford-"Folk Dances and Games"
Jewellery.
Davenport Miniatures"
DaEs01-" Euamals."
De1sm0re-" Equality"
Dewey s1d Tufts-"Ethics.'
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ChiIdren's Books.

ChiIdren's Books.
Adams" Harper's Book of Machinery
for Boys
Wings and Stings.
Foote-"Little Fig Tree Stories
Inman-''Jarl of the Neatherd."
Lang-"Jack the Giant Killer"
Sangster-'H Happy Schooldays."
EXCURSION TO OGDEN
Via Oregon Short Line,
Sunday. June 49, and every Sunday
during the summer Round trip s190.
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$500 from Salt Lake to Seattle and
return; on sale daily, commencing June
]. Ask agents for further particulars
City ticket Office, POI Main street.
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NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY.

The following twehty-three volumes will
be added 20 the public library Monday
morning.
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Tuesday evening at SIS the next les
son will be given at The Herald Cooking
School, Unity hall, 13S S. Second East
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
IN TWO WORDS.

They had seated themselves at a lunch couhls--
What ore you going to sat?'' asked the S'c'0''
Clam chowder" answered the professor
What fore''
The professor thoushtfully st-oked his bearu-
Il want to ii can't get everything tieS -
got here in short ORDER he said. looking at 10
doctor out Of the corner Of his eye.-Chieaso 4fl'
Una.
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Motive 4 hereby given that at 10 a, IN.
ca the III day az November, 1000. ~
boise, county Of Ada, State % Idaho
httore IhA2, II kuelsch, proof viii ~
submtttCd Of the eolnpleticn q works
Tor the diversion VI % cnhic teet per
SECOND Ot the waters % Eight Mile
Gfcek q accordance with the terms
and conditions u q certain permit here
toFete issued BY the State Engineer az
she State % Idaho.
l. The nAma u the person or eor,or
ttiun hOlAing said permit i 4. Il. Folsom
and W. W. Lynch.
2 The posta!fre asieFess Of such nar
son or tae plaoe u basuess ii sueh cor.
posalian y BOISE, County VI Ada, State
u ldahn.
= The nu'nbeF % such pernit 4
Esd. and tia date Get Tor the GoHipletiop
% snah work y November 2A f@8
.. 8aid water % ~ us,d fgr frri.
Eattoa Purposes.
s, 6asi works % diversion wili Ia
fuilf epnpletsii un the date sch Tor such
con- nss'iiun, and thr amount % water
ahith nssd wpfha are capable OF con
aaetfnE y ths psare ~ intended use, ia
seaoisaaee eth ths plans accompany
tas We expiration tuF sach permit, Is
II fu1ic isai PER seeond
Tbs RalouHt ~ lands TuE whicb
sssi zateF 4 syaliahis i eight HUNDRED
tssts. particularly dea fi,3fd ~ follows.
~ q nse = sH u See -. SEX See.
"A. aila = Ia Zee ~, all ~ ssWushiP q,
y, ~ X. ". B. VI.
JAS. sTggHgasas, Jr.,
9Sft 1ssts kHgaerr,
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WILBUR II. TYER.
ATTOLNEY AT LAW
212 Overland Building, Boise.
4 Personal offer.

The editor of the Times is anx.
ious to get business for his paper,
and also desires to help his patrons
save money Now is the time
when more reading matter is a
necessity. / will make for the
next two weeks the following club
offer, the amount stated in each
case to include a years weekly
visit Of the Meridian Times:
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Notice.

10 the Owners of Lands in the Mann.
4 Meridian Irrigation District. -
Please take notice that. .he Rosrl ~
Directors OF the Nsmpa 4 Meridian IT.
rigatinn District viii meet at M atIics
in the Dewey building, Mamma. JSsbn
On Saturday, the Goth day Of Sovemhsr
1909, Of 10 o'clock a. M, for the nprnoss
OF making the assessments "a dement's
and the list and apportionment thereof
as provided by Law, under tie bcud 81
sue OF $4,000, 90, authorized bv The
electors q said district az the election
held October 18th, 1900 AT such meet.
ing the board wal hear all parties inter
ssted who may appear aad hear All eyi.
aence offered which will assist The
BOARD II making said rnent Of hen
ttss Just and equitable.
Dated this Ind day Of November, 1909
r. II, DEWEY,
=, Chairman 81
the Board Of Director8 0t the Nampn 4
Meridian Irrigation District,
Attest,
q, 4, HASN'T,
Secretary. 32-3t
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kana items.

October J0th: Frank Crone is
visiting home folks this week.
Daniel Evans and wife returned
Saturday from Boise, where they
have been working for the govern.
ment.
Frank Sprague and family have
returned after q months stay in
the monntains.
X, King sold his homestead last
week and lie and his family will
leave for Colorado in a few days
70 make their home.
win Lawson put the finishing
touch on jas, McClenaghan's new
barn by painting it red.
Last Saturday morning no Frank
Taylor was cutting wood his little
brother agefour years, accidentally
got his band undor the ax and got
Two OF his fingers cut from his.
hand. The little fellow was taken
at once to Nampa where,a doctor
dressed his hand. He is getting
along all right.
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Good work horses for sale. @.
k.Compton.
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NOME.

Notice il hereby given that the under.
sigued intends to apply 10 the Beard az
Partnns Of the State Of Idaho, on tbc
goth day Of November, 1900. OF as soon
thereafter as can be heard, "a ~ par,
toned OF the oifenso Of gvaEd larceny Of
which he was convicted in tho Distriet
Court u the Third Judicial District ~
tle state 81 Idaho, m and fer the county
~ Ada, ahd sentenced on the lat day %
i,toFaary, lSua To confinement In the
state peattcntlaFy OF tho State Of Idaho
tet term Of -FOUR years, and Tor such
other relief as the said Board may deem
proper and right IN these premises.
GgogGE SHAPLgY,
m-H Petitioner.
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The District Sunday School
convention held al tho NJ. ri
church "Wednesday afternoon was
vol attended, The seven Sunday
schools in the district. Meridian,
Knna, Lake Hazel, Victory. Blue
Valley, Mcmillan aud ITsiick were
represented.
In the afternoon there was an
address OF welcome by Rev. W. Al.
Winters; response, Mr.. Walt, from
Victory Appointment 81 com
mitiees. Elementary work, sIrs.
j II Barton, from Boise. Home
department, Mrs. D. ". Sebern.
Bible study. Rev. j RI. Ross. Of
Kuna.
Az the evening session deyo-
tional exercises we're held by the
Rev N u. Wood, and mn able adj
dress given BY r @. Redgern zen.
eral secretary Of the State Sunday
School association. This was fol.
loved BY i greeting from the
county president. Miss Nellie J.
Byers.
District officers were selected as
follows: President, Mrs. w. A..
Winters; vice president, Mrs. w.
+ Downey; secretary treasurer
Miss Mamie Bayidsons snperin-
tendent home department, Mrs. o. |
'. sebern; Bihlo training. Mrs. A
p Mccullough; elementary, Mrs.
II ]. Mersdorf.
i 10 planned 10 send delegates
rom each Sunday school to The
county convention 10 be. held In
Boise. Nov. 1917.
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EaqIe lsIand Nems.

Joseph Holtz who has been
sick is improving slowly.
Mr., Linder's new house is near
ing completion.
We hear the Ginning of wed,
ding bells in the distance. Wonder
who it is2
Beet harvest is on, but the crop
is light.
MIR. Catlin has gone to the
mountains for his cattle.
Born, Nov. Cd, to Mr.. and. Mrs.
Frank Gardner, a fine boy, of
hoavy weight and promise.
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In the municipal elections Tues.
day, Gaynor, democrat, was elected
mayor Of New York. Tom John.
son was defeated for reelection as
mayor Of Cleveland.
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Mid-WiHter Course

On account of the large number
of students who are not able to GEL
into school at the beginning of the
school year.. the State Normal
School at Albion has decided tc
institute Mid-wlnter Course.
The work given in this course
will be the regular work of the
first year including classes begin
ing Algebra, Ancient History,
English and Zoology. By taking
three OF the four subjects student
will DO able to complete all of the
first years work excepting in one
subject.
Glasses in this coarse will be
organized Monday. Nov. Is. 1909.
Board and room in either of the
fine dormitories at Albion costs
but Sl4.0O per calendar month,
For particulars address the press
ideut Of the school.
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and Irrigation Exposition, Nov. 20,
70 Dec; 4th and international Live
Stock Exposition, Nov. q III to
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lgents for further particulars.
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located At Meridian, State of Idaho, at
me ne close oi business ON the sth day Of
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CH|V|NGTON HEADS
BASEBALL CLUBS

(By United Press Leased Wire
CHICAGO, Dec. 20. - Tom
Chivington of Louisville has been
elected president of the American
Association of Baseball clubs for
the season of 1910. He was chos-
en- on the first ballot. Minnea-
polls. st. Paul and Milwaukee cast
the only votes against him.