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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
New Uses for Alcohol.

The Germans, having no natural sup
ply of petroleum or natural gas. have
sought | substitute for those fuels in
alcohol, which they can produce cheap
ly from the potatoes that iuxuriate in
the sandy plains of their country
The result was seen In an exhibition
of the industrial appliances of alco-
hol in Berlin, where there were shown
alcohol driven motors for stationary
engines as well as for automobile car
siages. portable alcohol engines for
arm work. domestic utensils. such as
aatirons. heated by alcohol: alcohol
cooking raLges, incandescent lamps
for house or street use. in which the
mantle is combined with an alcohol
fame, and many exhibits of chemical
preparations derived from alcohol
Although as a fuel alcohol has thee.
retically only three-fifths of the heat
ing value of petroleum. 1t has been
found that for motor purposes rs
per cent. of the theoretical energy of
alcohol can be utilized as against only
Is per cent. in the case of petroleum.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
Story of Old Baseball Days

enough vigorous protests were made
but without avail
Again. in his proper order, the
youngster stood at the home plate.
But this time, instead of holding the
club rigidly in front of him, he
tossed 1t at the ball just before it
was over the plate. That swerved the
ball so that it rolled rather slowly to-
wards third base. He will get to
first base before the third baseman
can pick 1t up" announced Mr.. Bulke-
ley confidently. And the youugster
did.
| looked at Mr.. Bulkeley In wonder:
in all my baseball days had never
seen anything like the batting of this
lad. Mr.. Bulkeley smiled enthusiast
tically. They call that a bunt," he
said. Some baseball players think
that it is all right. Some insist that
it isn't fair 1t is an entirely new
freak in baseball and this boy has In
vented it. His name is Barlow"
In these days when the scientific
bunt is one of the important features
of the national game, it is probable
that Morgan G. Buckley, senior SEN
ator from Connecticut, when things
grow little dull in the senate cham
Der, recalls with a considerable de.
gree of satisfaction that it was with
his first Hartford baseball nine that
little William Barlow demonstrated
fully the value of the bunt in baseball
to the player who knows how to en-
ploy it skillfully. This Barlow did in
less thin one season, for a serious i'll
ness did not permit him to play long
with the Hartfords. Yet in the short
while that he was with the team he
taught the secret of the bunt to his
teammates, and it was one af the
tricks that speedily made the Hart
ford club one of the country's best for
a few years.
Copyright, 1910. by E. J. EdwardsJ
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
'nSu'ted by a Judge, the Man Who
way Become a Supreme Court
Justice Nearly Abandoned the
Practise Of Law.

Now that Lloyd w. Bowers the so.
Motor general of the United States. is
Oelng talked of as a probable Taft
nomination for the Supreme court, I
am reminded Of an incident in Mr.,
bowers career which furnished the
cFlsls or his life, and of that incident
nave personal knowledge" remarked
lawyer Of national fame who once
was very close himself to becoming
supreme court justice.
Il think I am safe in saying" con-
tlnued my Informant, that there Is
not at the bar of the United States.
and never has been. a man of greater
deicacy of sentiment or of more con.
slant and perfect recognition of the
rights and feelings OF others than Mr.
Bowers. He also has a high sense of
personal honor, and It was due to the
combination of these characteristics
tnat there arose the crisis in his life
of which l speak
Following his graduation from the
Columbia law school, he had been for
some time managing clerk of a lead.
ing law office in New York city.
There he was highly esteemed and a
great career was predicted at the bar
for him. And there he appeared one
day, displaying every evidence of
sense of humiliation. the manner of a
man who had met with a grievous per
sonal insult.
His friends focked around him
what was the matter, they asked?
Then, in effect, Mr.. Bowers told them
that he had that day had such an un.
happy experience in court he had de-
cided to abandon forever the profess
sion of the law He had appeared in
court, he said. to ask that a long
pending matter be decided by the
court. stating that It was Of no real
consequence how the matter was de-
ctded, but that 1t was imperative that
the decision should be made, that the
accounts in question might be settled
and money necessary for the living en-
penses of his client be released But
no sooner had he made his statement,
Mr.. Bowers went on to say, than the
court visited its anger upon him,
shocking and humiliating him so that
he had decided to abandon the law,
because he did not wish ever again
to be placed in such a position where
he could be insulted. while at the
same time it would be impossible for
him to resent the insult
Mr. Bowers was perfectly sincere
In his expressed purpose to give up
his career as a lawyer, despite the
bright future that was before him, and
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26

THICAGO.-"Well, | don't know what
~ under the shining forceps am go.
Ing to do. anyway" and a dentist in
the Masonic temple sighed a perfect
mammoth of sigh
The matter? Hair. just plain hair
No-not plain, either. Now. for in.
stance. A lady came up to my office
the other day and wanted her teeth
fixed, and finally took hold of the
top of her head with one hand. while
l worked with the other. Then I
turned away to get an instrument,
and my sleeve button caught in her
hair and the whole back of it, about
fifteen fat. shiny curls, came along
with me. She simply froze me up.
and she didn't come back to pay her
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26

he said. Then he took Mr.. Morris
hand, held it for moment, and went
away without again speaking.
" I never knew whether Mr.. Morris
secured the money or not Mr.. Brown
added. I do know that he went out of
the office Immediately after General
Washington had departed. Two DAYS
later, | think it was. the Battle of
Brandywine was fought. General
Washington was defeated, and the
British occupied Philadelphia. Maybe
vt was all because Mr.. Morris was not
able to get for General Washington
the little money that he needed so
badly for his soldiers. But ! cannot
say for a certainty"
Copyright. 1910. by E. ]. Edwards>
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26

lGGFDy6T6N7
MOTIFS FOR LAYING QUALITIES
Beautiful La 5resse Not Only Produce
Many Eggs, but Are One Of
Best Table Birds.
tBy f. T. ToNBRIDGE.)

The beautiful breed of La Bresse
chickens are not only dainty looking
fowl, but they are quite the aristocrats
o. the poultry world They are not
only beautiful to look at, but are ceIe-
6rated In France for their laying quail
ties, and also for being one of the best
OF table birds. 'Poularde la Bresse"
is there a household word, and It is
well deserved, for their flesh is ex-
tremely white and delicate. The hens
lay wonderfully large egg, well over
two ounces, and their average Is about
one hundred and seventy to one hun
bred and eighty in the year. A pen,
of seven black pullets, mated to the,
cock shown In the illustration, laid be-
tween August IL last and the end OF
February an average of about one
hundred eggs per hen. Since the end
of February eight of these pulleta
have laid three hundred and seventy.
six eggs, an average per hen of one
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
BOOSTS for the AsIaties.

Roosts for Brahmas or Cochins
should not be more than foot above
ground. Being very heavy birds. they
canno: easily fly. and it is better that
they should not be compelled to.
Some breeders do not allow them to
roost at all. but instead heavily bed
the floor of the pen and allow the
fowls to squat wherever they feel
Inclined.
But in allowing them to roost on the
floor care must be taken that there
are no drafts, which often is the case II
the doors do not fit tightly.
Leaves or cut straw make good bed
ding for such fowls, and if each
morning the droppings are collected
the birds will do das well on the floor
as on roosts.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26

VIZ AsHINGTON.-"I have often heard
w a question as to whether West
Pointers wore corsets 1t is absurd in
a way, because should any effeminate
youngster resort to such a thing it
would be impossible to keep the affair
a secret, and once known his school
life would become burden to him on
account of the endless amount of criti-
cism he would receive from his fell
lows. He would be made the laugh
ing-stock Of the school and would soon
find himself the possessor of any num-
Der Of effeminate nicknames that
would CRATE upon his ears in any but
a pleasant manner
1T is true" continued the old sol
der. who was no other than Col. X.
B. Collins. retired army officer, in a
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
Crisis nL. w. Bowers' Career

to seek a livelihood in some other
way. His friends, realizing his sim
cerity' attempted most earnestly to
ulssuade him from his purpose. They
asked MIN to come to no decision un-
III ne had given very careful thought
10 the matter; at last they gained this
concession from him, and | have al.
ways believed that 1t was this advice
tnat finally persuaded Mr.. Bowers to
abandon his purpose to leave the law
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
Separate Fowls.

l separate cockerels from pullets as
soon as the sex can be distinguished,
says a writer in Baltimore American.
The stock of each group grows better
and makes more vigorous fowls which
mature much more satisfactorily than
when the birds are allowed continuous
ty together. Not only this, but the
eggs laid the following spring are more
fertile and produce stronger chicks.
| hatch annually from 5000 to 5000
chicks and would not consider any
other practise than have mentioned.
Usually | have about $50 pullets and
30 Rhode Island Red cockereIs, all
strong lusty birds that had they been
allowed to run together would have
been a poor stunted lot.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
General Broke Down, Fearing He
Would Lose the Battle of the
8randywine Unless Discour.
aged Soldiers Were Paid.

A year or so before the venerable
c. c. Clarke, now in his eighty-eighth
year, retired, in 1900, as vice-president
of the New York Central railroad, he
called me into his office and pointed to
a paragraph in a newspaper contain
ing some reference to Robert Morris,
the financier of the American revolu-
ton.
In the late thirties when | went to
college in Geneva, N. Y" said Mr..
Clarke, 81 made the acquaintance of a
man of the name of Brown. who had
for years been postmaster OF the viii
lage, and who was then we'll along in
the eighties. In the course of this ac-
quaintance | found out that he had
been a clerk in the Office of Robert
Morris at the time when he was ex-
hausting his fortune in behalf of the
fighting colonies. and many an hour |
spent with the old man listening to
his anecdotes Of the great financier.
And then. one day. my aged friend
told me this story of Robert Morris
and George Washington. which | have
never seen in print.
lone afternoon. shortly before the
Battle of the Brandywine. which took
place in the fall of IT. said Mr..
Brown. General Washington. unat-
tended. came to Mr.. Morris Office. He
seemed to be in great anxiety. and he
FASTENED to explain to Mr.. Morris that
unless he could have some money
with which to make at least partial
payment to his soldiers, he did not BE-
to gain victory in the approaching
battle. The soldiers. he said. had been
many months without pay. They had
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
Bitter.

Miss Anna Held. at tea on la Prov.
ence, praised the French.
The only French quality'I dislike. :"
she said, rs eynicism. and sometimes
| think French cynicism is preferable
to Anglo-Saxon sentimentality.
The mushy Anglo-Sax ideaIfza.
ton of stage hero or book here ia.
in my opinion. falser to human ma.
ture than the cynical French woman's
remark:
Nothing equals the skepticism Of
married woman. unless, indeed. 1t
be the credulity Of an unmarried
one"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26

Marian has several performance
she can render on occasions, Tbors
came a time, however. when the 49,
turned. On being requested tn snaa1
tor visitor she refused. The family
coaxed in vain. Finally the visitor
said: Il don't believe Marian can
speak piece" Upon this Marian tool
her finger out of her mouth and sai5
forcibly, Mrs. Wobliscn. ! can. hint !
can't. "-Bostcn Record.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26

hundred and forty-fiye eggs up to May
/. This result, seeing that they have
been out in all kinds of weather.
speaks volumes in their favor They
are an absolutely pure-bred little race
which has existed in the province Of
Aisne for centuries past. My record.
of eggs was as follows (the puIlets
were Matched about March and began
to lay on August 12): August, fifty
six; September, ninety-eight; October.
ninety-nine; November, one hundred
eleven; January, one hundred and
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
Worlds Wine Production.

Last year the production of wine in
the world was half billion gallons
less thin in 1908. The chief reduc-
lions were scored in Austria, Bulgaria.
Hungary, Italy. Portugal and Spain
The United States kept pretty well nm,
Algeria producing six times as much
as this country gained. Greece and
SerYia gained. Chile produced so per
cent. more than this country.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
NRtu NPllta .
0t YRatRrnay
by V. r. EAnaataz

Anyway, soon after the incident in
the courtroom occurred, Mr.. Bowers
went to Minnesota and in a little
while became counsel for the Chicago
& Northwestern railway system.
Within ten years he was general coun-
sci In Chicago for the whole system.
Now he is solicitor general in the de-
partment of justice, aud in all prob
ability will be named within a few
years at the most as an associate Jus.
tice of the Supreme court. Yet, you
see how narrowly he missed the dis
tinguished career be has made as a
lawyer"
Copyright, 1910. by E. J. Edwards.y
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26

W: {. Day, superintendent of puhr,o
buildings and grounds. has at last d.
covered the second of the bistor;,
hoWitzers. the cannon presented ~
the republic of Texas in nroyino;oI
days. A letter from Gen. William Gro,
ger chief Of ordnance, conveyed the
information that this historic ola
Texas cannon is now mounted in from
or the war department buiIdinc 49,
Washtngton.-San Antonio Exprass
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
Excursion East,

Via Oregon Short Line, to
Cheyenne, Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo, Kansas City, St.
Louis, Omaha, Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and many other
points. Tickets on sale May 9th
and 14th, June 4th, 18th, 18th,
9th. July 7th and 18th, August
9TH, and September 18th and Esd.
See agents for rates and further
particulars.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
OREGON SHORT LINE TRAINS.
(BoIsE. NAMPA BRANCH. }
VI n -- NJ

The Pony passes Meridian go
ing to Weiser at 20 in the morn
ing, and $50 in the afternoon. Re-
turning from Weiser, the Pony
passes Meridian at 1855 in the
morning, and TAO in the evening.
These trains run on schedule
time.
Other trains on this branch are
run at such time as to make con-
nection with main line trains, east
and west, at Nampa.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26

families and caused anger and ra.o..
ment to take the place of love and
realty baltimore American
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
Raising Poultry

There is a great difference in Just
keeping chickens and in raising pouL.
try when living depends upon it.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26

Hens in confinement at this season
need more careful feeding than in
winter
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
Summer Milk Flow

The secret of big, steady summer
milk flow is a generous and uninter.
rupted supply of good succulence.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
Poetry Interpreted,

Poetry Interpreted.
Willy-Why Is it the shades of
night are falling fast?
Nilly-Because the girls inside are
going to bed.-Yale Record,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26

What has become of the old-fash-
i0ued rtrass of law and order?"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-26
F. NJ. SLATER,
Dray and Express Line.

Light and heavy hauling of all kinds.
Phone or leave orders at Union Feed %
Coal Co. Meridian, Idaho.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-25
An official Description.

He is two axe handles high, so
thin that he can readily hide behind
a crowbac He does not wear clothes
enough TO wad a shotgun, his eyes
are the color of goosberries, he can
not write or read anything but n
booze sign; he looks like he might be
the first man invented, and is a
bachelor; has lived all alone, with
others he never was contented. lie
was made Of mud in years gone ~
and was hung on the fence to dry"
That was the unique description
forwarded to County Clerk Allen of
an illiterate slector by Justice of tne
Peace Spencer tpday The elector had
registered with Mr.. Spencer and
signed by making his mark. The
law provides that in such cases the
registering official must not only sign
the persons name, but insert a de-
scrirtion in the registration blank
This Nj. Spencer had failed tn do
and the papers were returned to him
for correction. The county clerk "e-
ceiN ed them today, properly executed
as provided by law, together with the
above original and unique additional
description
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-25

But to return to Polaire. When
the curtain rises, the time is sup
posed to be a. m, and the maid,
who was evidently chosen on ac-
count of a waist in wonderful con-
trast to the little one of her mistress,
is nodding over a paper. The actress
has not returned home, being at a
little supper, it subsequently turns
out, at which the main subject of
discussion was fear. She had stated
the she had never known the sensa-
tion, and her lover Russian Prince,
in a bantering spirit, had promised
to introduce her to the sensation,
saying that she would not only know
fear but terror if, as a second story
gentleman, he entered her apart
ment some night. She had told
him to do his worst, and upon going
home tells her maid of the scheme
and as they are about to retire, a
noise is heard in the garden, and a
man is discovered coming towards
the window. She is sure this is her
lover and dismisses the maid.
She lights a cigarette, and with
her back to the window, gaily invites
the intruder to enter, when suddenly,
by his voice and his wrench Of her
wrist, she realizes that she is in the
presence of a murderous Apache who
has just killed her lover and who de-
mands her jewels. Her fear changes
to vengeance, and she tells the in
truder that he has saved her from
the other, and that she will give him
her jewels, and as a further reward
will perform with him her famous
dance, La Danse des Faubourgs."
AS she begins her marvellous move
ments which might fascinate anyone
so the Apache is really not to
blanche puts his knife on a near
by table. Then she dances with him,
and winds her long arm and less
about him in a dance that out Apa-
ches any Apache gyrations New
York has ever witnessed, and finally
when she gets within a Fitzsimmon'S
reach of the knife, she sinks it q
foot or two between the gentleman's
shoulder blades, and he is ready for
re-incarnation.
1t has been hard work and though
he is really dead, he breathes often
and deeply, and Polaire with the
smiles trying to break through the
tragic expression of her face, rises
to the plaudits and the usual basket
of blossoms.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-25
WASHING WITHOUT WATER.
Is Like Trying TO Get Rid of Dand-
run without Herpiclde.

Is Like Trying TO Get Rid of Dand-
FuR without Herpiclde.
Did you ever see any one trying
to wash themselves without soap or
water?
II you did what would you say CT
him?
1t is every bit as foolish to try to
get rid of dandruff and to prevent
badness by feeding the germs which
cause it, with Canthrarides vaseline,
glycerine and similar substances
which form the principal ingredients
Of most socalled Hair Growers.
Newbro's Herpicide is successful
becuse It attacks and kills the para
sitic germ which feeds on the hair
roots.
IL is the original and only geunine
scalp germicide manufactured.
Sold by leading druggists. Send
1Oc in stamps for sample to The
Aerpicide Co., Detroit. Mich. One
dollar bottles guaranteed.--J. G..
Perry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-25
LIVED IN ISLANDS AS
ROBINSON CRUsOE DID.

London.-A Liverpool Robinson
Crusoe has just returned to the land
of his birth Thirty-three years ago
Harry Brewer, then a small boy Of
70, ran away from his home, and
went to sea as a cabin boy aboard a
tiny sailing vessel bound for the Pa
cific. Now he is returning home
wealthy, hoping perchance to find
younger brother and sister alive
whom he vaguely remembers as tiny
children. All these long years he
has lived among the natives OF the
island of Honolulu, speaking their
language and living their life, sup
porting himself In various ways un-
til now he has forgotten his mother
tongue almost entirely. The art of
writing English, he curiously enough
has not forgotten. It is his fixed in
tention after visiting the land of his
birth and travelling around, seeing
the world he left so long ago, in a
years time to return TO the Pacific.
and spend the rest of his life among
the people of HIS heart.
With the increase OF the white
population OF the island as the
years went by, he in company with
this adopted people. moved farther
back into the interior He conse-
quently had very little intercourse
with the whites. A year ago finding
that he had gathered together
enough 70 allow him to live In com
fort for the rest Of his life without
working, he became filled with a
desire to revisit the land which he
so vaguely remembered when a boy.
without wasting any more time, he
made arrangements to leave the lana
Of his adoption for a time and visit