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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-14

to the Americans They acted as a
drawback in the schools They made
unpleasing pupils and were the source
Of constant trouble, filing the white
children with that insuperable aver
sion Of their elders for the Orientals.
The Negro belongs to the most de-
graded and illiterate race of people.
He rarely cmmigrates to this country
but the many millions who are de-
scendants Of the slaves freed by the
Civil war are constant menace to the
country The mobs, outrages against
civic law and their treachery causes
the United States to spend millions
every year to right their crimes and
keep down worse degree Of lawIess-
ness.
The Negro has made very little
progress since obtaining his freedom.
.ere are negro schools but he does
not take advantage Of them; like the
Chinaman he is content with his ig-
norance and degradation Two-ffths
Of the Negros in the United States
cannot write their own names. The
Negro has small brain power, but if
their mental capacity and industry
were proportionate to their strength
they would make our best citizens.
The typical southern negro is lazy
and shiftless, living in the most I'm
sanitary conditions In the. city Of
Atlanta, Georgia, in the year of 1904,
over two thousand negros died from
unsanitary conditions as the direct
cause.
With this enormous portion Of our
population composed of such an ele-
ment as the Negro what can be ex-
peeted but that a feeling Of hatred
and unrest shall prevade the American
people?
/ The Italian, the Greek and the
Spaniard form another great portion
of our population. The Italians and
i Spaniards that emmigrate to this
country are principally exiles, fugi-
tives and outlaws, and formed the
VERY scum of civilization in their
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-14

satisfied being; he is content with his
ignorance. with his degraded position
and considers himself 4AIlee same like
Mclean man
The average Chinaman has little or
no education and can subsist upon
food that the American would starve
upon. By this cheap cost Of living he
can under-bid American workingmen
and make money, although his work
is far below the standard OF the cheap
est European labor The American
workman generally has family to
support while the Chinaman usually
has none
Wherever found the Chinese have
Ia deleterious effect upon society and
the general well being of the COM
munity Chinatown in San Francis
co for instance, is but an example OF
the Chinese colonies. Gambling, rob
berry and murder are the chief occu-
pations Of the inhabitants. Hop dens,
gambling houses and other vices
known only to the Cinnamon, reign
supreme, making that portion Of San
Francisco veritable- Hades.
Yet, with all these facts against
him, the Chinaman has obtained sol
id footing in the United States, cspec-
tally in the western states. In Cali
fornia one man out Of every eight is
a Chinaman. That which applies &c
the Chinese also applies to the Japan.
ese. Although slightly better educat.
ed and much more progressive, this
mere fact of them being foreigners
and of a different race with different
instincts has the same baneful and de.
trimentai effects upon the state,
wherein they reside.
During the recent trouble with thu
japanese in San Francisco, when thu
Japanese children were barred from
public schools, California was severe
Ily criticized for her action M TIL
matter California did her duty il
every sense of the word and shoul'
be Landed instead Of criticised, TO
the Oriental children were inferio
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-14
RACE HATRED IN THE U. s.

Note--The following meritorious
production is from the pen Of Elmer
Johnson, a pupil Of the eigth grade
and was read at the contest between
the Franklin and Meridian schools
and was accorded second place by the
judges Other original essays and
oratlons given at the contests will be
published as we have Editor
We hate the Chinese and the Japs.
We hate the Negro with his craps.
We hate the foreigners great and
small.
In short, the truth is, we hate them
all
The most perplexing problem be-
fore the American people today is the
race and immigration question, The
question has been debated upon in
congress until it is thread-bare and
still no satisfactory results have been
obtained
During and after the Civil war the
Negro question agitated the people
and at the present day the Negro,
Oriental and immigration questions
are paramount to all others.
The principle races that will dis
cuss are the Oriental, the Negro and
the people from the Latin speaking
countries. The Orientals which
will discuss are the Chinese and Jap
anese
The Chinese are an illiterate super
stitious race of people. Bound by
the chains of superstitious dread they
indy grope in the darkness OF idol
atrous worship, the same as did their
ancestors hundreds of years ago, Sc
that China is today in the same posi-
ton educationally, socially and relig-
iously that it was fifty centuries ago
Wherever found the chinaman is a
copyist. He inyents nothing, he i'm
proves nothing. His aim is to pro
duce facsimile; he can never excel
The Chinaman is thoroughly self
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-14
cows AND BULL FOR SALE.

| am going away and | have SIX
COWS and one Jersey, bull for sale
Two miles south of Meridian,
2t VIM. ]. CARPENTER.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-14
Live Stock Auction
Base Ball Game
PRIZES BY OWNERS OF HORSES

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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-05-14

Prettiest hoy baby under years old. pair of shoes
Prettest girl baby under years old, pair of shoes
Largest baby, any age pair of shoes.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
For the Hostess
Chat on Topics Of many Kinds, by a
Reeoor;zed Authority

+ The invitations were on green card
board, lettered in yellow. They were
so pretty that it was some time before
the recipient realized they were sup
posed to represent jealousy.
Each guest took dainty tea cup and
saucer, the hostess providing the pot
All were asked to bring their thimbles
The work provided by the hostess was
variety OF tea towels. Then the
hostess requested the bride-elect to
make cup Of tea as farewell to the
other spinsters. The maid brought in
tray with the cups and saucers, each
cup bearing a black cat shaped card
on which the donors name, and a sen
timent were inscribed in white ink.
forgot to say. these cat cards were in
closed with the invitations. and the
cups were all sent to the hostess the
day before the shower. Every one
said it was most unique way of Civ
ing a shower
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Ilat the laDOTeTS euu@)loyeu ny ln0
Pressed Steel Car Company at Nc
KEGS Rocks, Pa, the scene OF the
present strike, are not paid the share
to which they are entitled under the
protective tariff system, Is asserted
by Secretary Morrison. Of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor. in a state
ment made at Washington. The
charge is embodied in request for
warded by Morrison to Secretary
Nagel for an investigation.
When informed that President Taft
had decided to accept mis- resignation,
Ormsby McHarg, assistant secretary
OF Commerce and Labor. merely
stated that it had been in the Presi-
dents hands for some time. While
declining to express an opinion as to
whether he thought the acceptance
had any connection with his attacks
on the forestry service, McHarg re-
ferred to an interview he had given
in which he had declared that IL any
of the private views he had expressed
were considered embarrassing to
President Taft in the slightest de-
gree, he was ready to sever his con-
nection with the government imme-
diately.
The recent municipal edict which
may spell the Punishment OF the in
somnia producing rooster within
Washington's city limits has aroused
the inventive genius OF a man who
has devised rooster muzzle. His
idea is to kill the crow, but save the
rooster. This advocate Of noiseless
chanticleer believes that II the au.
thorities will sanction the use of the
device, which consists Of simple
collar of leather with q small cotton
pad fastened around the ROSTERS
neck sufficiently tight to throttle the
vocal organ, both the community and
the rooster can live in peace and
quiet. The corporation counsel has
been asked to determine the unique
point whether to muzzle roosters is
legal
1t is regarded as certain that the IN
terstate Commerce Commission will
take an appeal to the United States
Supreme Court from the decision OF
the United States Circuit Court at
Chicago, in the Missouri river rate
case.
A Washington man expects to Join
the ranks Of the flyers" with a new
aeroplane. Harry A. Orme is the
builder OF the machine, which is con.
structed on the biplane principle with
some new features. II conditions are
favorable the machine. 1t is expected.
will be given q triaI this week.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
A SMALL BOOK.

The street car had just passed the
excavation for a great building when
man on the rear platform who had
the face of an artist or poet asked OF
the one at his elbow:
How many people should you es-
innate were standing around gazing
down into that hole?"
About IS, sir
And will they stand and gaze all
day."
Yes, most of them"
They must have thoughts as they
gaze at the men toiling below. If one
could go among them and collect and
write down each mans thoughts what
pages of human life they would make
what book those pages would give
the world"
1T would be very small book. Sir.
| am publisher, and ! shouldn't care
to bring it out. There would be just
one leaf and just one sentence on that
leaf"
rs it possible?"
Yes, sir. Those IS men with their
arms on the railings and looking down
don't have different thoughts. They
all have the same one thought. and II
is expressed in the sentence:
What lot of burned fooled those
men are to work when they could
Loaf
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
An OId-Fashioned Party.

THAT Reminds Me" on an invitation
added spice of novelty to the after
noon. Each guest told story reminis-
cent or otherwise, and as they were
all old friends most delightful time
was enjoyed. This is a capital idea
for grandmothers' party. Use all
the old-fashioned things obtainable
have nosegay of pansies for
thoughts) at each place and serve this
deliciously old-fashioned supper.
Cold ham and chicken. creamed po
tatoes, tiny baking powder biscuit, to
mato pickles, branded peaches. baked
cup custard, rolled jelly cake, tea with
cream and sugar. Have an old-fash
Toned bouquet of garden flowers, but
ter plates. a castor in center of the
table and pour the tea at the table.
Pass buttermilk in the afternoon
Icy cold in thin tumblers or-bettei
still-goblets.
MADAME MERRI
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
i!NTq1jE: !:

Morning robes and teagowns are
appearing without sleeves. except as
they are made of contrasting material.
Girdles will emphasize many gowns,
The underarm seams are high and
give smartness to the close-f1tting
sleeve.
Fouiards are made in such attrac-
tive designs this season that they can
be used effectively in detached pieces
Net is not used so much now as
sheer batiste, finest tucked organdie
and thin lawn, combined with the
Cluny or Irish lace.
A few years ago the little girl was
dressed with numerous ruffles and SO
full were the skirts that a child
dressed with all of the numerous
ruffies looked for all the world like a
fancy ruffled pen wiper. The dresses
to-day are much straighter and the
rufiles are not SO full.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
GENERAL NEWS.

A special dispatch from Matehaula.
Mexico, says that fifteen miners were
killed and thirty entombed by the
dropping of cage into the La Pa2
mine there. The cable parted and the
men dropped fifteen hundred feet.
Announcement OF tine officers elect
ed at the annual convention of the
International Jewelry Workers OF
North America, held at Providence,
r. l., last month, was. made as fol-
lows: President, William c, Wuff,
Chicago; first vice president, A. B.
Weisenberger, Denver; secretary,
George Bessenger Newark; treasurer,
Frank Basstak. Buffalo.
Fear that the bubon1c plague may
be communicated to Mexico mas
caused the Superior Board Of Health
to order the rigorous examination OF
all pernons from San Francisco touch
Ing at the West Coast ports. The
measure was taken on the receipt OF
a telegram from the Mexican consul
at San Francisco stating that case
of the plague had been discovered In
the Chinese district of that city. The
officials Of the Board Of Health mere
are greatly concerned over the s1tua-
ton in San Francisco and close tele-
graphic communication with the con-
sui In that city is being maintained.
Twelve hundred and perhaps more
people perished in the flood which
swept a large portion of Monterey,
Mexico. Conservative estimates place
the property damage at S20,OO0,00o.
Fifteen thousand people are homeless
More than 500 bodies have been re-
covered. The bodies. as fast as recoV-
cred. are placed along the banks OF
he river on the higher ground to await
Identification. The bodies are guard
I'd by soldiers who escort any searcher
Tor q missing friend or relative along
the lines Of dead.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
A TOAST.

Are's to woman for her toll.
For her build structures to the skies:
For her we burn the midnight oil
And strive at last to win life's prize.
without her. who would care to chase,
The Will o wisp of fame. or seek
Ihe plaudits of the human race,
Or who would climb the mountain
peak?
Here's to woman for her we hate.
FOR her We envy and despise:
for her we brave the sternest fate,
for her speak truths and often lies
for her we clothe ourselves. At times,
Go poorly clad for her sweet sake;
Perform good deeds and sometimes
crimes,
For her mend our ways or break.
Here's to woman, the source OF all
our hopes and fears. our every plan!
For her We rise. for her we fall,
1t is the woman makes the man.
And so l raise my glass tonight
And unto woman this toast give:
II Is Tor her we daily fight,
1t is for her strive to live.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
Ideas for Charity Bazaar.

No matter what the season the great
organization known as Society" works
for charity. In fact. not to be identi-
fed with something OF humanitarian
import Immediately stamps person
as being decidly out of it.
Charity" is . magnet that draws
buds" bellies" and matrons together
with but one interest Young women
in touring cars stop you on the street
asking for books and magazines for a
library, while all sorts of entertain
ments engross the evenings.
All this leads up to novel enter
tainment being planned for "shut-ins"
of all ages. 1t is to be an afternoon
affair on the lawn, the huge porches
being utilized as workshops.
There are number of committees
with competent chairmen. There is
one on amusement for children" one
for elderly people," one on food deli
cacies.' AS near as l can judge, it is
to be a most fascinating affair.
Maids from Japan will serve tea,
quaint Holland lassies are to dispense
cocoa. both iced and hot; dainty
american beauties" garbed in white,
with hair adornment of Beauty" rose.
will receive the jellies, jams, etc. and
the children's committee, all in cos
tune from Mother Goose, will receive
for the poor "shut-in" boys and girls.
One group of young girls has pre-.
pared quantities of surpr' nuts
made by inserting some tiny object
like new penny, bonbon, wee doll
tiny thimble. roll of bright baby rib
bon. or a raisin between English wal
nut shells; the meats extracted were
turned over to the home made candy
committee. The nurses will find these
nuts invaluable as rewards of merit
For elderly "shut-ins." there are to
be boxes of comfort" powders. sug
gestive notices, pencils, pads of pa
pers, sewing outfits, good short
stories. etc.
Scrap book fans are capital idea
too, made by pasting bright sayings
jokes, little poems, anecdotes, etc. or
both sides of a fan. 1t is light to hold
and serves a double purpose, giving
comfort by its breeze and amusement
by reading the specially collected say
ings
There is also committee to collect
jars. bowls and vases. as nurses say
the problem of finding receptacles fol
flowers is often perplexing one. An
up-to-date committee is the one col
lecting puzzles, and why wouldn't the
crippled "shut-ins" love these capt.
waiting pastimes just as much as the
sturdy youngsters l saw yesterda,
deeply absorbed In putting dog" puz
zles together.
I wish I had gotten all these ideas
sooner. They are all of practical use
and there is always perfect epidemic
| of bazars Just before Christmas-sc
| prepare now.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

i've persons were killed At Ot. Louia
Sunday. by the collision Of their auto.
mobile with q Rock Island passenger
train.
A dispatch from Barcelona says
that Antonio Halatypuiol. q notorious
revolutionist leader in the recent in.
surrection. was shot in the presence
Of General Mora.
The mail boat Nord, running from
Calais to Dover. France. went ashore
at tho mouth Of the harbor in a thick
fog. About 400 passengers were land
ed in life boats.
Family suffrage. or no babies. no
ballots" This is the propaganda OF
Father D. S. Phelan. sditor-priest OF
st. Louis. whose epigrammatic obser-
vations and caustic and virulent analy.
sis of questions of public moment in
the Western Watchman have made him
a national figure. The clergyman advo-
Gates one OF the most novel and origi-
nal bills ever submitted to a legisla.
ture, relative to women and their
rights.
A strong earthquake was expert
enced here shortly after o'clock
Monday morning. The people were
greatly alarmed. but no serious dam
age has been reported and no one was
injured. The administration buildings
Of both the government and the canal
commission here and at Ancon were
SO severely shaken that the clerks
left their desks hurriedly for the
street. They soon returned. however.
been done and that the first shock
was not followed by a second. The
quake was felt also at Aguadulce, il.
Cocle province, and at Pacora, in the
province of Panama, points more than
100 miles apart.
Human beings are being attacked
by charbon, a deadly and loathsome
disease, which afflicts cattle. and
which has killed thousands of valu-
able animals in louisiana, and two
men are undergoing treatment. In
Leesburg, the county seat of Cam
eron parish. eight persons have been
stricken. Up to date no deaths have
resulted. Charbon was known to the
ancients in Egypt. and often scourged
the Asiatic and Oriental countries.
1t is caused by germ. which enters
the animals skin through an abra-
sion. 1t multiplies and causes an in
flammation, which turns into tumor.
GUS growth, ending in blood poison
ing.
The landing Of Ave great Trans
Atlantic liners at Cattle Garden.
taxed the new customs organization
to its limit and on the piers they
were working all one night examin-
ing the baggage Of the 3.450 cabin
passengers who had arrived during
the day. Collector of the Port Viii.
liam Loeb, accompanied by Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury James D.
Reynolds, witnessed the operation Of
his new customs regulations and tho
several hundred inspectors under his
watchful eye saw that a minimum of
foreign merchandise was smuggled
into the port. In addition to the 1924
cabin passengers on the George
Washington. the Columbia landed sol
from Glasgow, the Cedric 725. the
Cleveland 1876, and the Touraine 305,
all cabin passengers. The passengers
were handled expeditiously and under
the eye of the collector.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoIN ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERiNes. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Kaiser died
at Salt Lake from eating dumplings
in which Mrs. Kaiser inadvertently
used arsenic instead of baking pow
der.
One man was killed, one fatally in
1ured and four persons badly bruised
when an electric car on the upper Al
bina line at Portland. Ore. struck a
wagon containing a party Of picnick-
ers on Williams avenue.
In sight of his wife and baby, Earl
Lindner, aged twenty-one. recently
from Minneapolis, where he had some
renown as a wrestler, was swept from
his feet in the surf near the Cliff
House at San Francisco and drowned
despite the efforts at rescue by a
mounted patrolman who rode his
horse far out into the surf and sought
to lasso the man caught in the under
tow.
s. F. De Landero. president Of the
Santa Gertrudis. is quoted as saying
in Mexico City that Hugh Rose, act
ing for John Hays Hammond, has de-
posted in bank 100000 as an op-
ton on the Santa Gertrudis. Ham
mond and his associates. Leandero,
have agreed to buy the mine for 49,.
100000 provided a majority Of the
stockholders ratify the sale at a
meeting to be held September 10th.
Mrs. Brown and her daughter Mag
gle Brown, driven out of Keokuk in a
recent crusade. were tarred and feath-
cred at Alexandria. Mo-, Friday night.
Saturday afternoon they again re-
turned to Alexandria and at midnight
another mob Of forty men horse
whipped them. After this they were
escorted to the Mississippi river, and.
having been placed in a skiff without
oars. were turned adrift and warned
not to return under penalty of death.
They landed below Alexandria.
With seven thousand men In line the
San Francisco Schuetzenverein began
the celebration of its golden jubilee
with q parade on Market street, fol-
loyed by a journey across the bay to
Oakland, where the festivities will
continue for eight days. In the parade
was company of German riflemen
that made its initial appearance on the
streets of the city fifty years ago.
At the time of the assassination OF
President Lincoln this company for
several days policed the city.
CONSERVATION reigned supreme at
Vancouver, WASH. in the form OF
live hornets, which were thrown into
the midst of Christian Endeavor
meeting at a church a few miles cas-.
of Vancouver. Some person. whose
identity is unknown, sacked up nest
of large hornets, possibly getting the
nest when it was cool. When the
meeting was in progress the sack
was flung through the open window,
the end being left united. One OF the
young men in the church picked up
the sack by the wrong end and the
hornets nest fell out and the pesky
creatures were freed. There was
something doing for short time, and
the church was surrendered to the
hornets. Whoever threw the sack is
wisely saying nothing.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
Why He Was Excited.

Druggist-What's the matter with
you? You seem excited.
Clerk-No wonder. Mrs. Griggsby
wanted an ounce of boric acid and
gave her an ounce of strychnine by
mistake
Druggist-Well, of all the careless
idiots you head the list! Say haven't
you any idea of the value of strych-
nine?"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
The Fruit Of Evil.

II wonder why vegetarians include
fruit in their diet as healthful."
rs it not?"
Not when you consider how all our
trouble originally came from fruit. 1t
was pair with an apple. not caring
fig for posterity, who handed the first
lemon to the human race
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
The Wonderful Imagination.

Yeast - Newfoundland 10 without
reptiles. 1t is said no snake, frog.
toad or lizard has ever been seen
there.
Crimsonbeak-Well, isn't it just as
bad for those fellows living down
there who have imagined they saw
em?-Yonkers Statesman.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04

suitable
white
embroidered embroidery
at the side Material required: 2A yards 4s inches WIDE
Girl
might be used for this useful STYLE skirt which slightly
the hips
fourth yard embroidery plain zephyr.
turning
#;
REQUIRED: Five wide
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
A Sudden Thought.

First Road Agent-What good will
1t do us to hold up the coach, even
il we do get big money?
Second Road Agent-What do you
mean?
First Road Agent-You know, after
all. it would be only that much in
stage money.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-04
The Verdict.

The Judge-Gentlemen of the jury.
have you reached an agreement.
The Foreman-We have, your honor.
The Judge-What is your verdict?
The Foreman-We find the accused
not guilty-providing he will leave
town.