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The Washington herald., 1909-08-15

change. would, by all means save my
money and visit philadelphia and New
York IN the fall for the more you see or
other cities the more content you viii be
70 live IN Washington.
Question z: In addrJssng an American woman
married to a titled f0reincr-scy. a prince-wOuld
yog use her title q the plain prefix Mu-i
DEBUTANTE
Answer-Use her title. by all means.
She probably married as much for that
as for any other reason. and It would be
pity TO deprive her OF It.
his intellectual slperi0rl Don't you think that a
90 wear the truus-s. and IS 10 not always mis-
dATRMONY.
Answer-No; would not advise man
to marry his intellectual superior. You
remember what the lover or PreciUsa
says IN the Spanish Student:
What I most prize ~ woman
is her affections. not her tutsilcct
The intellect is finite but the affections
Are infinite and cannot be exhausted.
The world u Thy ase-tions Is thy world
Not that az mans snbition- In that stiffness,
Which most boc0mes q woman, calm and holy.
Thou attest by the fGesids Of tie heart
Feeding IS flames.
To your last TWO questions. yes.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-15
pARKNEss 40 LIGHT.


Written for the Washington Hsrad.)
What IS darkness? Is 1t loves eclipse
A sob from the heart thro' pallid lips2
Is Il a hope that's thrOttled by despair,
or wayside shadow from everywhere
Is II the vale OF sorrow moist with tears,
The drug OF silence. in dead black years?
The Heaven we missed, the soul We
sought.
The requiem mass of impassloned
thought?
Is IT longing for death to close loves
eyes,
The soul gone mad with sin-stained signs
Is It the lattice where the nuns look
through.
Or the kneeIlns MagdsIine. in robe Of
blue?
Is It the water and crust to bring back
strength
When sorrow has run its weary length?
is It the forehead 'gainst His icy feet,
The symbol OF death with each heart
beat7
Is it the slave OF pleasure. with pain DER
cast,
" a RiAaHAglA JVy ALuu Jul inc DdbLf
Is It when prayer puts on unhOly guise,
Or the bitter wall when passion dies7
Is 1t the moisture in the murderer's hand
or tho blight that falls on a war-Iike
land?
Is # the stined soul through rifted gloom
The house where the ''pauper" has no
room2
Is it a pictured bridal without loves
feast,
Or saint IN death robes. chant and
priest?
Is It the early morn and a funeral train.
or the souls long night when love Is
slain2
Is IT to crouch and pray at the grave
OF wrong
When hot veins cool and days grow long?
is II % hold no revel receive no guest
To battle and suffer. and find no rest?
Light: the holy OF holes that mothers
know
That embryo manhood full perfect grow
The madonna love. in all It's might
The soul ilumined, with new delight
Light: a baby's hand on a mothers
breast,
A mans strong arms. wherein is rest;
There IS no darkness, from His home
above;
God sends the light. with all His love.
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH.
Izs EasId strcrt
The Washington herald., 1909-08-15

loose from Iris, but she never talked TO
her before her mother again. She would
creep on by herself 70 a corner OF the
garden or lose herself IN the recesses Of
the attic and Iris continued to comfort
her until she was grown up and went
10 college. and even then. she confessed
10 me, Iris would come now and then
when she was tired and straighten out
some tangle IN her brain. The friend Of
Iris has become a poetess and a writer OF
stories-she tells the tenderest tales TO
the very young-her mother Is almost
bursting with pride at all that her child
has accomplished, and she will never
know that her lack OF understanding and
that her cruel whipping came very near
crushing out the chld's genius. 1t is IN
wise. truly. 10 interfere with what one
does not understand.
Let US adjure all mothers who have
children to rear to treat them much in
the same way that clever gardener does
his plants. Let them be washed and fed
properly. see that their little bodies are
kept in good trim by exercise. eliminate
all the bad qualities, the weeds, not
by beating. though an occasional sharp
slap, not beating. mind is not without
IT'S effect on child, but by constant ex-
-.lpe and eternal vigilance
A nights rain will cover a garden with
weeds and some unfortunate contact or
experience may cause a child TO show
evil tendencies, and just as the gardener
pulls UP the weeds the mother must
eliminate those tendencies without parade
or ado. for too much talk. too many leo
lures serve to fix a thing. good or bad. IN
a child's mind.
II the child develops traits that the
mother falls TO recognize. she should
heed well how she deals with them, for
Oftenumes the rarest intellects are spoiled
by such misunderstanding. Do you be-
heve that Morse was understood when
he made his childish experiments or that
the Wright brothers were not laughed at
when they first began working But
here endeth this lesson. for I have al
ready talked long enough about a subject
of which an old bachelor is supposed
20 be ignorant. Ny intense sympathy for
children. and the fact that I was my
self often misunderstood as a child are
my only excuse.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-15
TOY AIRSHIPS NEXT.
Manufacturers Filling Market with
Things for Christmas.


Things for Christmas.
Chicago. Aug. 14-Airships for Santa
Claus and toy airships for his bestowing
are next-according TO toy importers OF
Chicago. who say that the toy makers
OF Europe are driving their designers 10
distraction with calling upon them for
a nicely behaved. tame. and housebroken
airship.
In fact, the Christmas market Is ex-
pected 10 be choked with flying machines.
The tOy-makers are impartial IN their
selection OF the aviator from whom 20 get
their Ideas and while the Wright broth
ers and Zeppelin are the more popular,
Blerf0t and Latham have their craft
copied freely. It is also safe to say that
some OF the designs IN toy shapes never
have graced the mind OF any inventor.
Though the aeroplane IS an outdoor toy,
several styles have been fitted Up so as
20 fy about at the end Of a cord. while
there are also captive balloons by the
score.
Germans, Swedes, English, and Aneri-
cans are bending every effort 70 outstrip
one another IN the race for popular favor.
The latest novelty in the German out
put IS a policeman seated astride an aer
plane, with one arm extended IN the d.
rection Of the fleeing aeronaut whom he
IS supposed 20 be pursuing IN a sort Of
stop thief manner. The other hand Is
clasping a sword and waving Il aloft IN
q bloOdthirsty motion
The Washington herald., 1909-08-15
A CRAVAT IDEA.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
The soft white muslin cravat with a
black satin bow, such as gentlemen Of
other days wore. and which are seen on
all the old portraits. is quite smart this
season, but a new wrinkle IS to arrange
the cravat and bow at the top OF the
stock instead OF at its base
The small stiR bow is sometimes placed
at the side under the ear. and when II IS
OF narrow velvet ribbon the effect IS most
pleasing.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-15
PEDDLER BUYS MOTOR CAR.
Then Sells Pencils TO Pay Freight
Charges 10 His Home.


Charges 20 His Home.
Erie, Pa. Aug IA blind peddler who
has been selling shoe strings and lead
pencils IN the streets Of Erie walked into
big automobile saleshouse and, after
selling his wares 20 employees about the
place, asked II they had a small automo-
bile FOR sale.
There happened 10 be an old ruuabout
IN the garage which had been accepted
IN trade. He was led 20 II, and, after
feeling II over, requested a trial ride It
was given him when he displayed a roll
Of bills and said he meant business.
On returning 10 the garage he was told
the old machine could be purchased for
$3.50 He answered that he had $50. He
got the machine for the price. Then he
requested that II be stored for him until
he could sell pencils enough 70 get money
70 ship Il 20 his home IN Pittsburg.
The request was granted, and he went
out on the job after paying for his pur-
chase. He gave his name as Henry ELS
worth and said he lost his sight in a mine
explosion.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-15
FROM WOMAN'S
POINT OF VIEW

I What the world needs IS men and wom-
/ en- TO preach the gospel OF peace and
/ contentment. and what Il Is getting Is
argument in favor OF strife and violence.
The King OF the Hoboes" has nothing
else TO do than TO stir up the unemployed
20 sullenness. King forsoothl 1t IS moth
Ing TO the credit OF the country that rec
ognitlon should be given TO the hobo or
tolerance 10 any Of his Utterances. He is
O blot upon the nation. a spreading one.
I am afraid. unless he Is obliterated by
law
There IS a distinction between hobOes
and the unemployed. wide distinction,
on one side OF which IS decency and self
respect allied TO misfortune; on the other
* found idleness and uselessness, mere
cumberers Of the earth, as a Judge once
called them. In some unexplained way
the bars between the two classes have
been let down recently and a fusion which
Is detrimental 70 one and worthless 10
the other has resulted. All the same, the
unemployed man lives as he must; the
hobo passes an existence which IS Sener-
ally OF his own choosing and quite to
his taste
am afraid that TO this circumstance
the unemployed owe the lack OF interest
taken in them. Respectable persons viii
never look upon the hobo as anything
but a parasite, and those who associate
with him must submit 70 being classed
with him and left to shift for themselves.
Even in this century we are judged by
the company we keep, and nobody is go
ing 10 believe that the companion OF ho-
boes Is worth spending thought over. 7
fancy that many Of US can appreciate the
lure OF a free, outdoor life, but most Of
us fail to grasp the idea OF pleasure
which can be summed UP in want and
shame.
Many causes lead men 10 such q life,
chief OF which is dissipation. When self
respect IS gone there Is not much to hope
for IN the life OF either man or woman
I saw young man taken from a camp
OF tramps and conveyed TO the comfor-
table home in which HIS parents were
grieving for him. Two weeks later he
had rejoined his companions, and, as far
as I know. he is as unwashed and I'M
oombed as the worst among them.
He left a good paying business place for
that kind Of a life, declaring that freedom
was worth the sacrifice Of everything else
in life. 7 am one OF the many who can
see no sign OF freedom in such an exist
ence. He is dependent in many ways,
even upon tolerance. for 1t Is not likely
that the plague spot viii be permitted to
grow much larger. Some day there will
be q cutting. deep and wide. and nothing
but q scar will remain. The localities
with which I am most familiar have been
kept free OF such unwelcome visitors for
about three years, and immunity is PROM
ised for the future. OF course. these
places are not exceptional and the good
work may be extended.
BETTY BRADEEN.
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FAMOUS SONGS 8
AND THEIR HISTORY 4 u
ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC.
ETHEL LYNN BEERS.

ETHEL LYNN BEERS.
"All quiet along Potomac they say,
Except nd q stray nickel
Is shot he walks his beat and FRO.
Py rineman hid in the thicket-
IT'S nothing private two now and then
WIN not count in the news Of the battle:
Not officer lost-only o the
Meaning out all alone the death-rattle."
All quiet along the Potomac tonight
Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaminEI
Their tents In the rays Of the clear autumn moon,
or the light OF the camp-hres cleaning.
A tremuous sigh. as the gentle uiEht-wtnd
Through the forest leaves softly is creeping.
While stars above with their glittering eyes
Keep guard for the army is sleeping.
There's only the sound Of the lone sentry.s tread
AS he tramps from the rock TO the fountain.
And thinks OF the two IN the low trundle bed
Far away in the cot on the mountain
HIS musket falls slack his face dark and grim.
Grows gentle with tender.
AS he mutters prayer for the children asleep;
For their mother-may heaven defend her.
The moon seems to shine as brightly as then
That night when the love yet unspoken
Leaped I'D 10 his lips when low raurmured vows
Were pledged to be ever unbroksn.
Then drawing HIS sleeve roughly hts eyes.
He dashes of that yelling
And gathers his gun closer Up its place
As II to keep down the heart-swelinZ
He passes the fountain the blasted pine tree
The footsteD is tagging and weary;
Yet he goes through the broad belt OF light
Toward ths shades OF the forest dreary.
Ha-k It the night-Tind that rIstled the leaves
Was It moonlight 50 wonderously flashing?
II looked like a rife 'FIa! Mary eoodbvr~
Tho red life blood is ebbng and plashlng
All quiet along the Potomac tonight:
No sound the rush river;
While soft falls the dew on the face OF the dead
That pickets on duty forever.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-15
The Screen Door.

From the PhIadelplIiA Public Ledger.
A thin board tackled across the bottom
Of the screen door will keep It In good
condition longer, particularly II boys Of
dogs are members nf your household.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-15

The latest lingerie touch IS to have
cherry ribbon bows fasten up the dainty
garments, instead Of the old-fashioned
baby blue and pale pink
The Washington herald., 1909-08-15

Wife Of a young New York millionaire. who n
suing her husband Tor divorce. alleging ~
tolerable cruelty ard habstual intemperancs.
Young Tyson holds the rccord Tor automobile
casualties. his car having killed two and manned
dozan pezsOnA
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= e Z. ~ BY JULES VERSE. xArEAM

1t is dreary affair to live near
the pole, for there is no going out
for many long months, and moth
ing 10 break the weary monotony.
The day after the hunting ex-
cursion was dark and snowy, and
Clawbonny could find no occupa-
ton except polishing up the ice
walls of the hut, and emptying
out the snow which drifted into
the long passage leading to the
inner door. The "Snow-House"
stood out well. defying storm and
tempest. The snow only increased
the thickness of the walls.
They could do nothing but wait.
It wasn't time to try to build a
boat.
The men were compelled to
spend the greater part of the
days In complete idieness. Hat
teras lolled on his bed absorbed in
thought. Altamont smoked or
dozed, and the doctor took care
not to disturb either of them, for
he was in perpetual fear of a
quarrel.
AT meal time he always led the
conversation away from Irritating
topics. He gave them dissertations
on history, geography or meteo-
rology, handling his subject in an
easy, though philosophical man
ner, drawing lessons from the
most trivial incidents.
His inexhaustible memory was
never at loss for fact or illustra-
ton, while his good humor and
genialty made him the life and
soul of the little company. He
was implicitly trusted by all, even
by Hatteras, who cherished deep
affection for him.
On the twenty-sixth of April,
during the night, there was a sud-
den change in the weather. The
thermometer fell several degrees,
and the inmates of Doctors House
could hardly keep themselves
warm even in their beds. Alta
mont had charge of the stove,
and he found it needed careful
replenishing to preserve the tenn
perature at SO degrees above zero.
This increase of cold betokened
the coming end of the stormy
weather, and the doctor hailed it
gladly as the harbinger of his ia
yorite hunting and exploring ex-
petitions.
He rose early next morning, and
with the others climbed up to the
top of a hill nearby. Soon he
found numerous traces of animals
on all sides, and this within a
circle of two miles of Fort Provi-
dence.
After gazing attentively at these
traces of some minutes, the hunt
ers looked at each other silently,
and then the doctor exclaimed:
well, these are plain enough,
think"
"Ay. only too plain" added
Bell, "bears have been here!"
"First-rate camel" said Alta
mont. There's only one fault
about It,"
What is that?" asked Bell.
"Too much of it."
What do you mean?"
What do you mean?"
1 mean this-there are distinct
traces of five bears, and five
bears are rather too much for
five men,"
Are you sure?" said Claw
bonny.
Look and see for yourself.
Here is one footprint, and there is
another quite different. These
claws are far wider apart than
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let each other. wondering what
the captain was driving At.
II WISH" he continued. ito talk
with you about our plans for the
future"
| All right; talk away, while we
ARE alone" said the doctor.
! I'm q month, or six weeks at
the outside, we can leave here.
Have you thought Of what we had
better do this summer"
"Have you. captain?" asked
Johnson.
"Have I? Not an hour of my
life passes without revolving in
my mind one cherished purpose.
suppose not man among you in
tends to retrace his steps?"
No one replied. and Hatteras
went on to say:
For my own part, even II
must go alone, will push on to
the north pole. Never were men
so near 1t before, for we are not
more than $50 miles distant at
most; and will not lose such an
opportunity without making every
attempt to reach it. Even though
1t be impossible. What are your
views, doctor?" at
your own, Hatteras."
"And yours. Johnson"
Like the Doctors"
"And yours, Bell?"
Captain" replied the carpen-
ter. "it is true we have neither
wives nor children awaiting us
in England, but, after all, it is
ones country-one's native land
Have you no thoughts of return
ing homer"
1--WE can return after we have
discovered the pole quite as well
as before; vetter, even. Our diff
ficulties will not increase, for as
we near the pole we get away
from the point of greatest cold.
We have fuel and provisions
enough. There is nothing to stop
us, and we should be culpable, in
my opinion, if we allowed our
selves to abandon the project.
Very well. captain; I'll gol
along with you"
That's right; / never doubted
you," said Hatteras. I'VE shall
succeed, and England will have all
the glory"
But there is an American
among us!" said Johnson.
81 know it," he said sternly.
eve can't leave him behind,"I
added the doctor.
mo, we can't" repeated Hat
teras almost mechanically.
And he will be sure to 60,
too"
HE will be sure to go, too; but
who will commando"
You, captain"
"And if you all obey my orders,
will the Yankee refuse?"
81 shouldn't think so; but sup
pose he should, what them"
HE and must fight it out"
The three Englishmen looked
at Hatteras, but said nothing.
Then the doctor asked how they
were to go.
by the coast, as far as posi- |
ble," was the reply.
But what if We find open wa
ter, as is likely enough?"
well, we'll go across it."
But we have no boat"
Hatteras did not answer, and
looked embarrassed.
Perhaps" suggested Bell, 1--WE
might make ship out of some of
the planks of the Porpoise."
'Never!" exclaimed Hatteras,
Ivehemently.
"Neger!" said Johnson.
The doctor shook his head. He
understood the feeling of the
captain.
"Never!' reiterated Hatteras.
"a boat made out of an American
ship would be an American!"
But, captain began
Johnson.
The doctor made a sign to the
old boatswain not to press the
subject further.
This ended the day, and the
might passed without disturbance.
The bears had evidently disap-
Ipeared.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-09-24
.,fcAi ADVERTISEMENTS.


Notice IA hereby given that specia.
bond rlaction will be held In ths Namps
| a Meridssn Irrigation District on Sal
/ urday, October 10, 1905, at which cleo
fiaa fhnrs viii bs aubmiftsa TO the qrai-
I'D elsctcfs or said District the ques-
/ gian whether or act the Board Of Difec.
tors Of said District shall be authorised
to laaus the bonds OF said District 70 the
amount Of 5000 .0s for tho purpose Of
ocncrefing sec.sss OF the Ridenbaugi
/ Caaal and for other purposes a. the
sanae arc fully sec out In this resolution
| ~ ths Board adopted on September 2,
1866. and otherwise carrying out the
| pstspose for which eaid district was CT.
xmnlzed. THE resolutions OF the Hoard
Authorizing the same, the msps and es-
/ Inmates cf tie Engineer Of the District
and the report Of the State Engineer are
On ille and open 10 public inspection by
| the people OF this District at the Office Of
the board 81 Directors at Nnmpa, Idaho,
aud also At the Office Of the State En-
Igineef, at Boise, Idaho.
Elsetion precincts shall continue as
heretofore, t0-wlt.
Nampa Preciact shall include all OF
the district situated ID Canyon County,
/ Idmhs.
Meridian Precinct shall include all OF
the distriet in Ada county, Idaho, sit.
uated west 81 the north and south sec
tlon Inns croasing this district between
section fifteen and sixteen. township
three north, range one east Of Boise
Meridian.
Perkins Precinct shall include all Of
tie diatsjct situFted IN Ada county,
idaho. lying east Of the north and south
section line crossing this district bo-
tween Asction fifteen and sixteen, town
ship three north. range ons east OF Boise
Meridian.
Tho voting piaae in Nampa precinct
ahsll be Ak the Office % the Board In the
Dewey building, Kampa, Idaho, and tho
election officers In aaid precinct shall be
II. e. King, MR.. Elizabeth McMeekin,
Mrs. Eliza Nettieton, Judges. q. II.
Hsmlll, registerar.
The voting place in Meridian precinct
shall be al the Office OF the Board over
tho Meridian Exchange Bank, in the
town 81 Meridian, Idaho, and the cleo
ton officers ahall be; J. III. Parker, G. ".
Madden, Geo. Deck, Judges; Mrs. John
heery, registrar.
The voting place in Perkins Precinct
shall DO At SCOTS Store, ia said pre-
cinct and the election officers 10 said
precinct shall DO. a.. q. Thompson,
a. Al. Worden, y. s. Scott, Judges; John
Henderliter, registrar
At such election tho ballots east shall
contain the words. blonde yes" or
4'bonde. mo- or words equivalent thereto.
The polls will DO open at 3 o'clock
A. M. and shall DO kept open until z
o'clock r. NJ. Of said day.
u. III. Dewey,
President Of Board Of Directors.
25-at q. n. HAMILL,
Secretary OF Board Of Directors.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-09-24

On the farms around Meridian
the wife usually handles the butter
business. The Times would like
to call the attention Of the ladies'
to the fact that 9 stock of several
thousand butter wrappers has just
arrived, and are ready to be print
cd in large or small quantities.
The quality of the paper is first
class. thecolor is pure white, and in
the printing a special non-poison.
ons b,stter-wrapper-blue ink, re-
quired by the pure food law, is
used. The price is reasonable, call
in at the Times office and see
about it.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-09-24
leIaho paY AYE Exposltion.

September 10Th. Excursions
via Oregon Short Line. Tickets
on sale from points on the Twin
Falls and Ketchum branches, and
points north, south and east of
Pocatello, September 18th. From
other stations September 14th.
Round trip from MeridiaR
$23.25 Tickets limited to Sept.
ember Both. A lower rate thar
above quoted for tickets limited to
10 days. Ask agents for further
particulars. IT will be a great day
for Idaho. You should go.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-09-24
Idaho Day A.Y-p { Exposition.

September 10th. Excursions
via Oregon Short Line. Tickets
on sale from points on Twin Falls
and Ketchum branches, and points
month, south and east Of Pocatello,
September 18th. From other
points September 14th.
Round trip from Meridian
$23.25 Tickets limited September
Both. A lower rate than above
quoted for tickets limited to ten
days. Ask agents for further par
ticulars. 1t will be great day
for Idaho. You should go.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-09-24
Get Your Pictures Taken.

E. A. Newell desires to an.
nounce to the people of Meridian
and vicinity that he has opened ur
a modern photograph gallery in :
building built for the purpose on
Second street, near the Bank Of
Meridian. The equipment is first,
class and up-to-date in every re.
,speot and a satisfactory likeness is
guaranteed. You are invited te
call.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-09-24
10000 Acres

Carey act lands to be opened
for settlement at Arco, Idaho on
September 14th Reduced rates via
Oregon Short Line. Tickets on
sale September llth., to Ia inclu-
sive, limit, September 18th.