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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-05

Ii the birds have any sense of hui
NOR it must amuse them to see men
making so much fuss over what they
have been doing all along.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-05

OF what use is 1t to denounce race
suicide while the joy-riders are al
lowed to run at large?
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-05

Buying kisses at five dollars Is
cheaper than being caught violating
the Washers ordinance.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-05
CHAPTER XIII.
Louise.

The doctor from Englewood came
very soon. and went up to see the
sick girl with him. Halsey had gone
to supervise the fitting Of the car with
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-05

Ayiators give wealth of new mean
ing to the old saying. As the crow
tties"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-05

The weather bureau should break
itself of the habit of issuing weather
reports.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-05

Have you made up your mind to do
your part to help annihilate the fly?
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-08-05

War scares falling, Europe can al
wsvs worry about the kaiser's health.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
BUILDING A PARACHUTE.
How to MAX. On. and Attach 1t sp

How to Make One and Attach II bu n
Kite by Simple Methods.
Many boys are interested In para
chutes. Perhaps the method Of max
ing parachute as told by q boy win
be of interest
He says to take two pieces Of tissue
paper about fourteen inches square.
Fold each piece separately across the
middle each way. Then fold once d.
agonally from the corner which is the
center of the paper Trim Off the short
side of the folded paper and open out
fat You sheald then have a nearly
circular piece Of paper with four
creases extending across and crossing
one another at its center.
Cover one side Of one piece with thin
paste. Cut four pieces of strong thread,
each about three times s,long as the
diameter of the paper, ana hay piece
in each of the creases OF the pasted
sheet. The paste will hold IL in place,
the surplus string extending equally
beyond the sheet oA'Opposite sides.
Cut a cardboard disk an inch in di-
ameter and lay. on top Of the crossed
strings at the center. Over all place
the second circle of paper, pressing it
down smooth.
At one end Of a piece Of fine wire
four or FIVE. mchesi long twist an eye
or loop. Force the other end through
the center Of the disk, bending it so it
will not come out. Gather the ends of
the string and tie in a knot, to which
fasten a small weight. An iron washer
makes a good weight.
The parachute usually is raised into
the air at the end of kites tail. Two
ways of attachment are suggested:
At the end of the tail fasten a wire
ending in a square angled hook. Have
your helper run out with the kite and
slip the hook through the eve in the
wire extending through the top Of the
parachute. BY practice you will soon
learn how to jerk your kite SO as to
cause the eye to slip on the hook.
when, If the weight is right, the para
chute will open and gracefully sail to
the ground.
Instead Of a hook stick hairpin
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
MERcIEUL CAESAR.

A Story Of the Great Roman and .
Band Of Pirates.
Caesar Travelled with the retinue Of q
man of rank, and on bis way to
Rhodes he fell In with an adventure
which may be something more than
legend. When he was crossing the
Aegean, his vessel is said to have been
taken by pirates. They carried him
to Pharmacusa. an island off the Ca
rian coast, which was then In their
possession, and there he was detained
for six weeks with three of his attend
ants, while the rest of his servants
were sent to the nearest Roman sta
ton to raise his ransom.
The pirates treated him with polite
ness. He Joined in their sports. played
games with them, looked into their
habits and amused himself with them
as well as he could. frankly telling
them at the same time that they would
be hanged.
The ransom, a very large one, about
10000, was brought and paid, Caesar
was set upon the mainland. near Mi
letus, where. without moments
delay, he collected some armed vessels,
returned to the island. seized the
whole crew while they were dividing
their plumber and took them away to
Pergamus, the seat Of government In
the Asiatic province. where they were
convicted and crucified. Clemency was
not Roman characteristic. It was
therefore noted with some surprise
that Caesar interceded to mitigate the
severity of the punishment The poor
wretches were strangled before they
were stretched on the crosses and
were spared the prolongation Of theiI
torture.-James Anthony Froude.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
FORTUNE ISLAND.
The Story of the Buried Prize Of an
EnuIish Buecaneer.


An English buccaneer. having looted
and fred rich prize. found himself
pursued In turn by Spanish pirate,
and In order to save his treasure sought
some isolated shore on which to bury
it until the time came to divide the
spells with his followers. So he ran
into the Bahama group and. landing on
a low lying strip of sand and palm
trees, cached his plumber and naming
the place Fortune island. sailed away.
He left q number of negro slaves be-
hind to guard the buried treasure and
the present inhabitants are said to be
descended from these slaves The For
tune islanders believe the old sea rover
never returned for his chest and that
It Is still hidden somewhere near the
tide level 1t is no uncommon sight
for tourists on the rare occasions when
a steamer stops there to see some hall
naked black man digging in the sand
probably in obedience to dream oil
other sign.
The natives are half civilized. exceed
ingly superstitious and very poor ant
live mostly on fish and fruit. They
do not attempt to plant vegetables. pr
fering to rely on the bounty OF nature
as the fierce hurricanes that sweep tn
Bahamas soon uproot and destroy ga'
dens. The little colony is huddled t"
gether in a collection of squalid hut
that are blown clear away in nearl.
every storm and have to be built anew
The island is nine miles long and
mile wide at the broadcast part and lie
| ITO miles northeast Of Cuba. New
V0rk DrQSS
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
FEATHERS AND EcesHELLs.

"a n Enc AMI E0G0H ELL0s
On Feb. l thirty cold storage houses
of the American Warehousemen's as
ISOLATION contained $4,000 cases of
eggs. Jan. / there were 100000. This
shows how quickly the trust moves
and markets its goods.
An egg laying contest, with 1000
hens from Europe and the United
States competing. will be held at Mex
leo, Mo-, and will continue six months.
Here's a chance for those who 250-egg
hens advertise to prove it's not all lies.
The idea that kerosene keeps tin and
galvanized iron from rusting is a mis-
take. This is why so many incubator
and brooder lamps leak in the spring
The oil left in them eats them full of
holes
When the owner of Pennsylvania
poultry plant in course of construction
rode up in an automobile the workmen
threw down their tools, claiming that
a man who drove an auto could pay
more than $1.50 per day. Better keep
that auto in the garage under lock and
key or you must pay more spondulicks.
See?
When you buy that brooder and in
cubator, before you send the cash get
a guarantee as to the kind of wood Of
which they are composed. Many man
ufacturers are using soft wood, and
after one season the machines are no
good.
How will those goose prophets who
have written again and again on the
subject More Money In Geese Than
Hogs amend their statements to fit
the price of porkers? At a recent sale
a sow and pigs sold for $50, while
twelve big geese brought $1S
While the ancient Egyptians were
remarkably wise. they take the bis
cult for carelessness, judging by the
number of arts they lost. One of these
lost arts recently discovered is how to
raise every chicken that's Matched. but
you must lose dollar to get the Sc
cret
There was day when the Rocks
headed the procession in this country,
but they have been outstripped by the
Dottes, which are now the American
leaders through merit alone Their
winning qualities are quick growth,
plump, attractive carcass, delicious
meat, popular size, excellent laying.
hardness and beauty
ooh, that rank smell in the cluck's
nest! What is it?" That's the aroma
from remains of a broken egg that you
didn't remove from the nest and it
will affect quality and quantity Of
your hatch accordingly.
The idea that poultry fertilizer hurts
fruit trees is an error Five Bartlett
pear trees planted close to our poultry
plant are three feet higher and bore
fruit year earlier than those planted
in the open field.
-. Mo.VsDceuk.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06

in them, but there would be such a
tremendous tangle of vines and leaves
covering the space and shooting over
the fence that the big green tangle
would remind you how twisted some
people are on poultry science who al
low yards to get into such condition
and how green they must be to expect
good returns from poultry imprisoned
in such pollution.
Such yards are mostly bare, and
what sight and stencil when rain
fills them with pools, where the fowls
wade and scratch and drink,
Some even throw feed on such a
surface and expect hen health, sweet
meat and eggs.
Such yards are case for the board
Of health
They are menace to the family and
breed pestilence for poultry.
But it's easy to make sick ground
well. Change the flock to other ground
or raise no fowls for season
Lime the yard well, pillow it deep and
sow to kale, oats. wheat, rye, alfalfa
Let it come up in sweet poisoning
clover and tall. green timothy, and
o ye gods, what a difference!
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
USES FOR oD LINEN.
How Wornout Sheets and TableeIoths
Can. De Utilized.

How Wornout Sheets and TablecIoths
Car. De Utilized.
Sheets of linen should never end
their days as dust cloths, nor should
the outside edges be turned toward the
center and sewed together when the
center is worn, as the crease Of the
seam is most uncomfortable to sleep
upon. Besides, when the linen sheet
has reached this stage it has served
its day as sheet.
The ends win be found comparative
ly good and can be made into hand
some turnover and sham sets for the
spare bed. They may be hemstitched
and ones monogram or initial worked
In the center.
Doilies, tray covers, centerpieces and
sideboard and dresser scarfs may be
materialized out Of old linen sheets. A
handsome bedspread, too, could be
made by cutting the good parts into
small squares. Misunderstanding a sim,
pie design on each square and joining
with linen lace insertion. The edges
may be finished with lace edging to
match.
Old table linen, too, is often put to
use as a dust cloth when it deserves
something better. Soft face towels
tea towels for silver and glass and
cloths to protect the freshly baked Dai
Of cake or bread from dust or possible
transgressing fly may be had by ths
mere hemming Oftentimes a perfect
ly good square OF the old tableel0thi 1!
left which would be large enough fol
q lunch cloth and good enough to pay
one for hemstitrhing or featherstitch
ing hem.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
A CHINESE BANQUET.
Culinary Mysteries That 5ewilderee
- EnoI;anNuornan

Culinary Mysteries That 6ewildered
an EngIishwoman.
One moment we were eating ducks
eggs whose blackened, lime favored
whites indicated that their age was
unimpeachable; the next we were Crap
ping with sea weeds, macaroni and
the slippery sharks fms that eluded
our clumsily manipulated sticks. Now
we tackled-not without fear-un-
known meats and vegetables cooked in
sugar. fresh shrimps. mushrooms from
Mongolia, young bamboo sprouts, pi-
geons' eggs and hundred different
foreign tasting messes. Then clean
plates were given to us, and bowls Of
sickly pink strip, sweet potato and
Indian corn cakes of dusky hue were
set before each one. These were only
crevice filters and concluded the first
and lighter portion Of the repast Now
came the real substantial meal, where
in every dish had an accompaniment
of smaller ones. containing gravies,
ETC., In which to dip the morsel taken
from the central bowl
There was stewed duck cooked with
out salt, roast sucking pig, forcemeat
balls and chicken; there were soups Of
birds nest, of mushroom, of vegetables
and of sea slugs. There was grilled
fresh water fish. which, according to
custom, was helped from the top side
only, for the Chinese remembers his
servant And, finally, at the conclu-
sion the inevitable small bowl Of rice
and rice water was set before each
person.
After some three hours. with feel
ing Of thankfulness that all was over,
pipes, cigarettes and tea were served,
and it seemed to me that the delicious
aroma which rose from the latter
soothed our senses and almost dis
PEELED the antipathy that had been
growing on us for all things Chinese
Mary Moore In London Express.
A Famous Rocking Stone.
The rocking stone of Tandil Is
natural curiosity in the Argentine Re
public, perhaps the largest in the
world-three miles from Tandil.
small village. which may be reached
by railway $50 miles south of Buenos
| Aires The giant. mushroom shaped
| quartz bowlder stands upon the sum-
NIT Of some picturesque balls. perhaps
a thousand feet in height. II weighs
over 100 tons and rocks In the wind
and may be made to crack walnut
Yet this bowlder Is so firm that one of
!! the old dictators. Rossas by name,
once harnessed thousand horses to
1t and was unable to displace it. There
are many such rocking stones scatter
ed about the world. though none near
| ly SO large.-New York American.
| The Sartorial Limit.
| What is the sartorial imit-A straw
hat with an overcoat? A fur coat with
| low shoes7 A short skirt with decol-
lete waist? A panama with raincoat
| and rubbers7 Or what other chop
suey regalias." as critical New York
T. er terms them Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
THE sTEEPLE JACK.
He Must Conquer Many Difficulties |
His Dangerous Work.

tbs dangerous scTNs
The successful steeple jack must
possess determination. perseverance
and ingenuity. He must solve many
a practical problem in hosting great
bodies aloft. He must know how to
fasten hook over the summit Of a
skyscraping chimney. He must have
the nerve to paint steeple that sways
like a pendulum at the slender top. He
must be able to tear down. build up,
gild. paint. place electric wires and do
many another task that would be
difficult enough on the solid earth.
There are many ways Of getting up
on a steeple, and when all others fail
the man will tie a rope around it and
then. with coil on his back. walk
round and round it until the entire
steeple is covered with rope, and in
such case he has probably been round
1t fully 300 times.
But a steeple is not the most diff
cult height to climb. Straight tall
chimneys are the hardest of all. There
a man has to work with might and
main to lift himself inch by inch from
the ground to the top. Sometimes the
top is 300 feet high When 1t is reach
ed hook is placed over the edge, q
pulley is made fast. the swinging chair
is hauled up and work begins.
When the chair is near the top 1t Is
easier to work, because the ropes are
short, but when they lengthen as the
ground Is approached there is ten
dency to swing. and the wind gives
| impetus.
The steeple jacks safety depends
upon the hook, and until he has raised
himself almost to the top 1t Is impos-
sibIe for him to see whether or not the
hook has been properly adjusted
More than once steeple climber has
seen when within ten feet Of the top
| that corrosion of the iron and the col
lection of SCOT have so thickened the
wall that the hook is merely balancing
| on the top, so that the slightest pull
In the wrong direction would drag II
off. Again, the bricks are often loose
| at the top, and the hook is likely to
tear. them away.
one OF the natural ulmcuItleS W cOH'
cuer is the swaying of all high stee-
pies and chimneys. In gale steeple
point will sway foot and half
Usually it sways from seven to nine
inches. Painting it means reaching
for a spot on the right side, and find
ing it on the left. and. when making
dive for 1t on the left, to see 1t sway
back to the right Yet in spite Of ths
constant danger born steeple Jack ex
ults in his work and is at home. like
the ironworker on the skyscraper. onll
when high above the world He cal
stand triumphantly at any height. L
he can have two and one-half square
inches to bear his weight.-Harper'i
| Weakly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
Kfssinq In Iceland.

Among old time laws against kissing
those of Iceland appear to have been
the most severe. Punishment was the
penalty laid down for kissing another
mans wife, either with or without her
consent The same punishment was
enforced for kissing an unmarried wo-
man against her will; If 1t could be
proyed that she had consented to be
kissed the offender was still liable to
q fine Of a great quantity of cloth for
each ofnen6a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06

Only little cold in the head may be
the beginning of an obstinate case of
Nasal Catarrh Drive out the invader
with ElY's Cream Balm applied straight
to the inflamed stuffed up air-passages.
Price SOC. If you prefer to use an ato-
mizer, ask for Liquid Cream Balm. 1t
has all the good qualities of the solid form
of this remedy ann will rid you of catarrh
or hay fever. No cocaine to breed a dread
full habit. No mercury to dry oct the
secretion. Price zoe, including spraying
tube. All druggists, or mailed by Ely
Bros. Sc Warren Street, New York
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
poN,Ts.

Don't buy much cracked corn except
for immediate use. Hot corn, mold
moldy corn, dead chicks.
Don't get the blues and loaf and fret
Just keep real sweet and push and
sweat.
Don't expect eggs to be at Christmas
price in May The hens in sunshine
now make hay.
Don't look on the preacher with sus-
picion every time he looks with adj
miration at your pretty ROSTERS.
Don't forget the bees are a good
side line with hens. though inside a
duck they bring bad luck.
Don't turn chickens on ground where
ducks have been penned before it is
well cleaned and disinfected
Don't brag nor chew the rag. A big
open mouth often reveals an empty
head.
Don't bother with a brooder that is
not first class. Poor brooder. bad
stock; bad stock. stumbling block.
Don't let the cluck be worried with
crawlers. She matches best with no
lice In the nest.
scALDED OR DRY Picked
WHICH,
Shippers of dressed fowls sometimes
get tantrums over the way they are
treated by the fellow at the other end
of the deal when he refuses the con-
signment or sends them a check for
low grade stock.
They will swear and a cloud of wit
nesses will swear those chickens were
purity as a pictur' perfectos when they
were shipped, but really if they had
seen them unpacked in the city ware
house they would have taken oath
those weren't the same fowls at all.
What did it? Scalding.
Boiling water destroys skin struc-
ture
If you don't believe it dip your hand
into some.
Scalded fowls have a parboiled sur
face
Billions of bacteria are everywhere
waiting for an entrance to destroy.
A fowls perfect skin is bulwark
against them
A bad rub tear, a softening Of the
skin, and in they go by the millions.
Chemical decomposition quickly sets
in. There's change in a day.
The clear, bright color leaves the
skin, the flesh loses its firmness, hob
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
OPPOSITE Cal T7MAN'Q ..- ..a.,.
TIE FOUNTAIN OHLl LWAV y "oO"' TWILL

only dry PICK. but have ceased to chill
the animal heat from fowls in wafer
They use cold air, claiming that the
skin soaks up water. which jeopardizes
the flavor and keeping quality. The
former may be proved by weighing the
carcass before and after immersion
and the latter by an inspection of a
dry picked, air cooled bird aXl one that
was sealded and water cooled.
A carcass dry picked. air cooled and
stored fresh shows little change in six
months.
Scalded fowl in cold storage are an
uncertain quantity; they often go bad
quick. For quick consumption scald-
ing win do; for distant shipping it will
do you
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
is YOUR POULTRY YARD SICK

is YOUR POULTRY YARD SICK?
Lady, your ground is sick,' exclaim-
ed the chicken doctor who was called
to diagnose disease that was killing
a flock by wholesale.
1.-THE ground siek?" she gasped
Eyes, this yard is polluted 1t is
alive with disease germs foot deep.
You'll have to lime it, pillow it down
and grow crop before you'll have
healthy hens fit to eat and breed
from"
"Well, 1 never~ she gasped
That's true. People never think OF
the excrement constantly dropping in
poultry yards.
A hen drops eighty pounds a year.
Then think what some yards are
where hundreds of fowls run, where
rots the accumulation of years.
Such yards are so full of fertilizer
that pumpkins couldn't grow a s1uasf
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
"a xou couNrRY hAMl

OH. YOU COUNTRY HAM!
Oh, for slice of the good ham
That mother used 10 make.
That was SO red and smelled so sweet
When she cut off a steak
1t wasn't painted with shellac
Nor cured with benzoate.
1t wasn't fixed with nasty dope
To kill or nauseate.
1t hung upon the rafters
Above the fragrant wood,
Where mother smoked it Just the way
She only understood.
Oh, when smelled that country ham
Upon the morning air
And knew fresh eggs and ham were fried
And ready down the stair
No need to pull me out of bed,
For hungry as a bear,
hustled on my cambria shirt
And sprinted down the stair.
Why, when l got humps in the neck
Or stumped my toe I'd yell,
Here, mother, slap on some ham fail"
And. presto, it was we'll
C. M. BARNITz.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
Maxine Il Plain.

Pepper" said little Willie BillupR,
what does the paper mean when It
says that when 1t comes to getting
next to the people, Colonel Blinks has
all the other candidates dashed to the
mast?"
THAT Is the slang way of saying. my
son." returned Billups. that for keep
ing his eye peeled old man Blinks has
his opponents skinned mile.
There are people in this world for
whom the English language is not
good enough when they come to the
expression Of what few ideas they
have in their mental garages. liar
nor,s WQnkIy
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06

through the end of the tail, points ex-
tending down. Bend the two legs of
the hairpin so they cross each other
and slip in the eye Of the parachute.
The hairpin thus forms a kind of
clip, which will just hold the para
chute. A little extra weight caused by
jerking the kite string will cause the
eye to pull out and the parachute to
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
The Kind Needed.

"Dear me-" said the first young VIZ
man, taking her initial lesson In golf.
"what shall 1 do now7 This ball is In
a holeP'
ssWell. let me see," said her compan.
ion, rapidly turning the leaves OF q
book Of instructions. Il presume you
will have to take stick of the right
shape to get 1t out"
ooh, yes; of course" was the some
what cynical reply. "Well. see If you
can find one shaped like dustpan and
brush."-New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-06
Ea%.rt,ino Reply.

An English country bookseller sent
to London for copy of book called
.Happy Husbands" The work was
out Of print. but the wholesale agent
certainly might have intimated the
fact difseently. He replied that
saThere arc NO Happy Husbands In
London.a-xOndon Tit