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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
GARDEN Is VILLAGE PRIDE
Achievement of English Clergyman
That is by No Means ImpossI-
BILE of Duplication.

A charming and instructive picture
of what gardening skill may do for a
village is to be seen In one of the
most beautiful Of Hertfordshire ham
let's, writes an English correspondent.
The rector, who happens fortunately
to be owner of the ground divided in
to allotments, viii probably have won,
before the year closes, a hundred
prizes at the principal English flower
shows
The number he has already won ap-
proaches the greatest on record. The
feat has been accomplished without
the help of any skilled gardener; and
the whole of the two acres Is worked
by the rector and church official who
cannot give more than half his time
to the garden.
Yet in this old garden, over the way
from a rectory at any rate as old as
the reign of Henry VIII, are to be seen
French beans of a foot or more In
length, celery fifteen inches In circum-
ference, bleached to perfection in pa
per wrappings, sweet peas equal to
those that have won at leading shows
and quantities of roses up to the -four
point standard" of the national shows.
But the special interest of the gar
den is the part of it that has. so to
speak, overtiowed into the neighbor-
ing allotments. The rector's allotment,
with the prestige belonging to a prize
winning patch, stands as model; and
the example has already exercised a
surprising effect on the neighbor
plots.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
GARDEN CITIES OF EUROPE
English Idea That Has Spread Rapid
Iy-Some of the Main Points
of the System,

The garden city has had its COM
mencement and reached its highest
development In England but the idea
of 1t SO appeals to the other nations
of Europe that, one and all, they are
trying experiments on similar lines.
In Germany the most interesting cities
of this sort are Hellerau, near Dres-
den; Essen. which is already we'll
known, and Parlach, near Munich. In
Switzerland a new garden city is be-
ing created near Berne and there is
one in France at Dourges. All are
modelled on English prototypes, but In
their details of streets and buildings
they follow local traditions. Hellerau
is cooperative.
Many other suburbs similar to gar
den cities have grown up around in
dustrial plants. In every case these
are the result of private enterprise
and constructed by private capital.
but many cities are. as municipalities,
directly interested in the development
nf their suEr~hs and many own land
in their outlying districts or In their
immediate surroundings. This land Is
leased by the city or sold under re-
strictions for the erection Of dwelling
houses for the working classes. Stock
holm, Sweden. owns nearly so per cent
Of the outlying land within its borders.
and Just outside Of its borders 1t owns
a great deal more, with the result that
It very effectually prevents specula-
ton in land. This means that land for
workingmen's dwellings can be Sc
cured at price which makes possible
The erection of buildings with good &C.
commodation that can be let within
he amount that the workingman can
afford TO spend In Germany, Ulm Is
the leader In this work and not only
here does the city own great deal Of
land In its surroundings but 1t has
built a great many dwelling houses
of the cottage type which 1t rents to
working people at most reasonable
rates.-The Survey.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Treat PeeUish Zoo Python

python to eat So three husky keep
ers fearlessly took the creature from
Its glass cage out into the open. There
the reptile wiggled for a half hour
while the three keepers tried to
straighten It out so that 1t could be
stuffed. And they had to be extreme
~ careful, for II the python should
coil Itself around the body OF one of
them 1t could with great ease crush
MIN to death. After a hard struggle
the big snake was forced to swallow
two roosters which had been Dur
chased In Bronx butcher shop for
the banquet.
In captivity the regal python is
vicious and resents any familiarity on
the part of the keeper. While con-
hned 1t prefers to feed on poultry and
can engulf without difficulty, as 1t did
few days ago. two eight-pound
ROSTERS in full feather Two such
fowls usually constitute a square meal,
but very hungry snake of this spe-
cies will consume four chickens of
this size and be ready for more with.
in ten days time.
During the first few months of
confinement very large specimens of
this variety Of snake appear to suf-
fer from the restraints of captivity,
and refuse food. Whenever a large
serpent is thus languishing and ap-
preaching suicidal end. 1t is neces-
sary to feed it by force and thus coun-
teract its sluggish appetite. General.
~ young rabbits are killed and tied
together with twine; the snake is
then held by the keepers as nearly
straight as possible and by means of a
pole the meal is forced down its
throat distance of about six feet.
Food thus administered usually
changes the snakes demeanor toward
captivity. With such a meal once al.
gested, there comes an appetite for
food, which usually can be detected
by the snakes actions, although for a
time the reptile may lack SUFFICIENT
courage to feed voluntarily Atten-
ton on the part of the keeper usually
renders a repetition of compulsory
feeding unnecessary. although occa-
sional specimens are very stubborn. as
In the case Of Czarina at the park
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Big Harvest From Unredeemed Money

money issued the government escaped
payment on from one-tenth of ] per
cent to about one-half Of / per cent.
This. Of course. means that the gov
eminent makes on the paper money
ii Issues a commission varying be-
tween the percentages set forth. The
most definite result shows a gain OF
approximately one-eighth of per
cent. total gain to the government
amounting to si3.241.0 900 since the
beginning of our paper money-about
half century ago.
In its accounts the government. to
be absolutely safe" puts the per-
centage of destruction of notes at the
lowest possible point, so that there is
no chance of il finding itself worse
off than it had imagined in the event
of run on the treasury. In the
treasuTer's statement concerning
notes is always entered under the
caption unknown. destroyed" an
item of 81 600 600, in spite of its esti-
mate OF Si3,000.000 This is entered
in the redemntion column and sub
tracted from the amount outstanding
thus preserving the balance
All sorts of causes contribute to
increase the amount OF paper money
that will never be presented for re
demption. Fire is perhaps the most
important cause. though improved
safes and the more general use of
safes for holding the cash supply are
annually reducing the loss from this
cause Then there is sort Of inertia
that money seems to have which
keeps it out in the country once it
is started in circulation. even though
it be Of an issue supposed to mature
at given time. Shipwrecks, too, are
responsible for some of the loss.
Lastly, there are the collectors, and
it is probable that every fairly good
collection of United States paper
money accounts for at least one piece
Of every denomination that has failed
to come back to the treasury.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Average Pay of Ministers

A minister IN London who gets $4,000
year is near the top. In New York
he Is near the bottom.
The government shows the average
salaries of ministers in cities having
100000 population and over for the
principal religious bodies to be: Ban
fist, $1.79S; Congregational, s1,92S:
Methodist, s1.672: Presbyterian, So.
$50. Protestant Episcopal, s1,S73; Re
formed, s1,9SS; Roman Catholic, 1851
and Jewish rabbis, s1,491.
1t is estimated that in 1910 the sum
of sl0o,000,0O0 is being paid to minis
tiers of the United States in personal
salaries, and that congregational ex-
penses, missions and extensions in
volve an outlay this year of $780,
100000 more. These outlays are high
or than ever before.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21

WASHINGTON.-The United States
w government in fifty years has ac-
cumulated s13.00o.00 from uure~
deemed money. A long-standing ques-
ton, namely: How much does a gov.
eminent make through the failure of
its citizens to present its paper for
redemption? is answered fairly ar-
curately for our country in these fig.
ures- Expert mathematicians in the
United States have figured on the
problem, and the results they have
obtained by different methods are so
nearly identical as to lead the layman
to feel confident that they have hit
somewhere near the mark.
Obviously the difficulties surround.
ing the statistician wishing to tah1,.
late the gains of the government fror,
this source are almost insurmoun+a.
BILE, If accurate figures are what he is
looking for. The destruction of pa-
per money of all sorts goes on rand
iy throughout the country, vet this
loss is never reported to the treasury
80 the mRthematicians have had In
take the complete figures of the gov
eminent redemption division and he
comparing the average life of notes
the average percentage of actual re-.
demption. and other items OF that
sort, have been able TO work out
fairly accurate percentage of paper
money that is either destroyed or is
In such hands that it will never reach
the treasury for redemption in gold
Wellknown authorities who have
worked independently on the subjecr
found. when they compared notes
that they had reached substantially
the same reSmit-thaf of all rnra
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21

HALF a dozen resolutions authoriz,
III ing acceptance of gifts by Ameri-
can military men and diplomatic Of
ficers from foreign rulers were turned
down last session by the house com
mittee on foreign affairs. Accom-
paRying the rejection was a report
ending to discourage any such efforts
in the future.
In strong language the committee
pointed ont that the provision of the
constitution prohibiting the accept
ance of such gifts by Americans In
official life was drawn wisely by the
fathers OF the country in the interest
of the integrity and perpetuity of the
republic. Underlying the prohibition
Is the thought that those accepting
such gifts would be under more or
hess obligation to the giver. and to
that degree, at least, weaken his al
iegiance TO this country.
The most noted exception to this
rule by congress was the authorize.
Hon OF acceptance by former Prest
dent Roosevelt of the Nobel peace
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
HARD TIME PICKING A WIFE
Massachusetts Farmer AGVertises for
HeIp-Mate and Receives Sixty
Offers of Marriage.

Lenox. Mass.-Frank Armstrong, a
Lee farmer, who recently advertised
for a wife. has received sixty offers
of marriage. His second wife died
last March and he has not We! de-
cided upon No. 8.
Il am 81 years old and sound said
Farmer Armstrong, and want some
one | can call my own. prefer a
xoung woman from New York. The
contest is still open, as | reserve the
right to reject any or all bids"
Mr.. Armstrong has one Of the best
farms in Berkshire county. He has
his wedding suit and the minister en-
gagged for the ceremony as soon as he
can find the person who suits him. He
has received more than fifty photo
graphs of young women.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
PLANTS 27 KINDS OF WHEAT
Oregon Farmer Raises Many Varieties
on His Farm-Seeds From All
Over the World.

Cottage Grove. Ore.-Felix Currin. a
farmer residing four miles east of
Cottage Grove, has on exhibition here
q varieties of wheat grown on his
farm, planted as an experiment. from
seeds secured from different parts of
the world. each variety being planted
in single row 100 yards long
Among the different kinds is the
original wild wheat from the old
world. One variety. the Mediter-
ranean, has been grown on his farm
continuously in one field since 1853,
and this years yield will be heavy.
Among his other experiments, Mr..
Currin has $50 varieties of squashes
and pumpkins.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Art and AetuaJitv

Look, Marie. Look, There goes
Rantum Storme, the famous actor.
Don't you remember how gloriously
he plays the part of Monte Cristo, and
how lavishly he scatters the money
Ill about? Oh, he is just grand!"
And who is the little man with
him?'
Why, that is mean deputy sheriff
who has attached his scenery and bag.
gage and goes with the company I'm.
I'll he gets his money!
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Whut did yo' do
Al Il
A Hurry ors.r

The government requires immedi
ntely an air ship capable OF convey
'ng large body of men," SAYS the
English cabinet officer, entering the
Office of the inventor.
"Ah: You want a war machine?
Is 1t a secret order?" asks the in
ventor T
1t must be dead secret. but 1t Is
not war machine. We've got 10
nave some means of enabling parlla.
ment to escape the suffragettes.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
czarina, Star Monster Of Her Kind,
Forced to pevour Two Eight.
Pound Boosters.

New York.-The regal or reticula-
ted python Czarina, measuring "a
feet In length, Weighing 200 pounds
and possessing a color pattern of a
richness that rivals oriental tapestry,
had to be fed on two eight-pound
ROSTERS. feathers and all, at the
Bronx park zoo few days ago, and
now it is satisfied and preoccupied
with digestion.
Czarina, the star monster of her
kind, has been very peevish of late.
The keepers in the reptile house
notified Curator Raymond L. Ditmars
that the big snake had refused food,
and it was then decided to force the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21

When one thinks of the immeas-
nrable distance to the nearest star. il
seems almost impossible to grasp the
thought, doesn't it?" said the girl. as
they were walking beneath the balmy
stars.
Yes; the only way one can arrive
at an idea Of the marvellous over
whelmingness of it is to try to think
what 1t would cost to ride there in an
auto rented for FIVE dollars an hour
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Heaviest Girl Baby Born.

Franklin. PA girl baby weighing
Is pounds and IA ounces was born IN.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael McGinty. The
weight was taken on accurate scales
by DIR. H. P. Hammond. leading phy.
stefan Of Franklin. who says he be-
lieves this a record for girls in any
civilized country.
The medical records tell of a few
boys weighing I6 pounds. but no
girls Weighing within three or four
pounds of that figure at birth.
This Is the tenth child in the Nc
Ginty family. the others being boys.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
A Substitute

How is this?" asks the brutal hus-
band, looking over his wife's accounts
Here's bin for $40 for two switches
| thought / heard you and Mrs, Ma
soogfn talking about how glad you
we're that the new fashions had done
away with rats and pompadours."
So they have" explains the fond
Wife But don't you see, the switches
lake the place of the rats and pomps.
iours"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
A BRIGHT Student

During a recent examination In the
theology of the Old Testament the
following question was asked a young
clergyman: What language did Bal
aam's ass speak," After a moment
OF thought. smile flashed across his
face. and he wrote his answer.
looked at the paper. He had written:
'Assyrian "-Lippincott's.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Boy Carries Dog 20 Miles

step on entering Tacoma was to buy
meat for the dog at a butcher shop.
You see, the little fellow isn't used
20 the road and ii was rather tough
on MIN. so | carried him." said Ander-
son. You know he is only a dog and
doesn't understand why We should be
on this long hike. but he stuck to
ne nObly."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21

aquarium on her bach porch every
summer just to keep the mosquitoes
away After breeding they hang
around the porch all summer close to
the water where they were hatched.
and she never has TO use screens.
While | sat there on the porch under
the honeysuckle one evening / count
ed IS dragon flies on the wall or
vines-but never a mosquito"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
His Best Order

1t had been a dull season. and the
two young travelling statesmen were
comparing notes. Il had Just I'VE
good orders in the las month" said
enc. You beat me, anyway" said his
friend. Il got only three orders. and
the third one was from the firm ten,
ing me to come home."-Youth's Com.
psnion.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Glad PromIss

No" said the fair young thing tn
ne hald-headed newsboy on the train
! don't believe want TO buy that
COX Lovers Once, But Strangers
Vow. I prefer story with q happy
snding."
Why, miss, urged the newsbaw
the happy ending's right there II
the title, isn't itgr
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21

After some hours of earnest effort
the anxious fisherman straightens up
and says:
Confound It! The best day / ever
saw for fishing, and not a worm for
my hook. This is the result of Rock
sfeiiers campaign against the hook.
worm"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
oulte the other Mau

q am always worried about NV
financial affairs" confdes the man
with the undecided face.
Bothers you to have such a sman
incomeg" asks the friend.
Not at all 1t is the biz outso that
frets me
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
A Natural Inquiry.

This genius states that he attained
success through using the ideas OF
brighter men,"
And over what humorous column
did he preside?"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Easy to spot the Devil,

No man means evil but the devil
and we shall know him by his horns
Shakespeare.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21

The rights of busy people are not
recognized by loafers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-08

Forty years off for ROsner makes the
latter 81 years old.
..'And he never turned a hair said
Dillon, contemplating the sum-
lVlITH the exception of himself.
w E. NJ. Rosner. the leader. finds
W only KadIetz. the clarionetist,
and Logar, the flutist. of the original
Hungarians beside him now. They
have been playing in the Orpheum
orchestra of San Francisco for 23 years.
With Spiller gone, only three consti-
tute the old guard from Hungary.
Death has claimed six; the, rest have
scattered to many lands. wherever
music, Hungarian or otherwise occi-
dental, is enjoyed. Several of his other
instrumentists, however, have been
with Rosner many years. as Charles
Steffin. who entered the Orpheum or
chestra 10 years ago. spiuer says he
is content to retire.
Standing up beside a double bass
and drawing its deep tones for % years
| would entitle any man to q rest. Spill
Ter has earned his. He has saved up
a competency. modest but ample. and
says he may engage in some business
that will permit him to sit down. like
the other members of the orchestra
and bankers and tailors do at their
! work
Rosner says that music is good for
the health; that it tends to lengthen a
mans life keeps his pulses rhythms
regular, thus promoting the general
| health
1t is quite likely that there is some
thing in the theory. Color is found
to have many medicinal qualities; the
Finsen ray is the application of color
vibration to disease. Music, too, is
vibration. and thus there is a relation
between them, though music's vibra
tions are so vastly slower than colors
that the relationship IS not yet deter
mined, but only suspected.
But if there is any medicinal effect
in rhythm" said Rosner. "Spiller here
must have had the benefit of it. He
has sawed it out and plucked it for
81 years at stretch, and is as young
as ever
Think what psychological beneht
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-08

bass player, was looking at his mag
minated locket which had just been
handed to him as tokens; you were
saying. Rosner, that Spiper was with
you in your Budapest orchestra 27
years ago?'
Il was A years old when I Joined
Rosner's orchestra in Budapest" Spill
Ter volunteered.
THAT must have been a great night
for YOU when you opened the Orpheum
sitting on the stage, you and your
Hungarians,' remarked Morrisey ap
parentIy in a reminiscent. mood.
1T was that said Rosner. There
were Ferdinand Stark and Bernat Jau-
lus, Isadore Fenster. Valentine Huber,
poor Dyonis Romandy; Kadletz. the
clarionetist; Logar, our f1utist, and
Spiller here, who is quitting u.s."
Let's see. What was the date of the
opening night?" Morrissey asked inno-
Gently.
June 80, 1887 said Rosner, care
lessly.
For while Morrisey talked about
other things. He spoke of the mem
bers of the original orchestra; how
many of them had become leaders of
their own orchestras here and else
where and how members could be
found in all quarters of the globe. BY
and by he said:
'It must have seemed strange to
you, Mr.. Rosner, to have come across
the ocean from far off Budapest in
charge of so many of your country
men, responsible for them and their
welfare, in a way. and yet you must
have been a much younger man than
many of them"
Rosner pricked UP his ears like a
thoroughbred on live scent.
.'How much younger were you than
Spiller, for instance?" concluded Nor
risey, carelessly, and in an easy, OFF,
hand sort of manner.
"oh," said Rosner..'I was at least 40
years younger"
Morrisey computed and Dillon
checked.
Spiller was A years old q years
ago; that makes him II years old now.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-08
Speculation and Felicitation
In Orpheum Orchestra

~ URING the pleasant ceremonies the
other evening at the Orpheum,
when Francis Spiller, veteran of
the double bass, white haired artist of
the bass viol," said gooJby to his asso-
ciates in the pit, Manager Morrisey
made a brave effort to get at Director
Rosner's real age. It has been a vex-
ing problem to Local Manager. Nor
risey, to President Meyerfeld and it
has likewise worried Gerald Dillon.
Terry as the urbane publicity pro-
moter of the Orpheum's enterprises is
risey both guard the secret of their
birthdays as though they were some
thing to apologize about, and Rosner
has no hair at all to give his secret
away" Dillon's gray hair has been
SO long an argent frame to his physi-
ognomy that it has no significance of
time at all, and might belong, like
moonbeams, to any old epoch. Nor
risey evades with Celtic celerity all
subjects tending to establish his per
sonal activities of former times with
actual dates and each seeks to learn
what each hides. The ceremony of
last Thursday evening was fruitful of
opportunities of discovery.
You were saying" Morrisey re-
marked casually to Director Rosner
after the presentation speeches were
over and Francis Spiller, the contra
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-08

he was not at all conscious that it was
the role of Cyprienne in Divorcons'
turned other side out. Mr.. Brady and
cidence is merely accidental, and one
character is just as true as the other
Cyprienne who threatens to go astray
and leave her happy home for lieu
tenant lover, leaving her devoted hus-
band in the discard, and Mrs. Howard
Stanton whose husband is the tickle
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-08

its future elsewhere. I hoped that
Mr.. Brady would be able to come and
put the finishing touches TO the comedy,
but / doubt that he will be able to do
SO, although he will il he can manage
to respond afirmatively to my tele-
gram urging him to come.
Il will not have time to tell you the
plot of the comedy. but the principal
character. the role l will play, is that
of a society woman, somewhat veneered