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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
London MiIIiners Now Oppose Use Of
PIumage in Hats-Probably
Will Become Law.

London-The next session of parlia-
ment is likely to be enlivened by an
interesting debate on the plumage bill
in reduced before the close Of the last
session by a private member for the
purpose of prohibiting the sale or ex-
change o. plumage birds. which are
sacrifice in enormous numbers on the
altar of fashion.
The rumor that Queen Mary herself
inspired the bill is sufficient to prom
Use an active ar / successful campaign,
since the great millinery establish
ments which had formerly opposed
such measures are not likely to offer
any opposition. Indeed. the interviews
obtained by the London press from rep
resentatives of the millinery trade
have brought forth some curious state
ments which are Numerically opposed
to those uttered in the same quarters
a year ago. Then the trade cited the
Partisan milliners and the demands oi
their own customers. The former
they said, set the fashion, while the
latter were slaves to it, Now they sins
different tune. Said one fashionable
milliner of the West end:
We think it wicked and shameful
that so many beautiful birds should
be killed and the countries they inhah
1t deprived of them, Very little ohiee
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
Light Keeper Who Died for Uncle Sam

and carry the mail to the beIea-
guered islanders Such a man was
Captain Ed" No day was too cold
or wind too strong to keep him at
home.
Since entering the lighthouse serv-
ice Captain Ed" had some of the
most arduous assignments Uncle
Sans men get. For IL years he was
in charge Of the lighthouse on Stan
naFd rock, in Lake Superior. This Is
the farthest from land Of any light
the government possesses. and be-
cause OF the storms in the spring and
fall furnishes about the hardest work.
1t stands on the top Of submerged
mountain, which Is only six feet be
low the surface. Many boats had
been wrecked on the rock before the
government established the light.
There are eight months Of each Of
these IL years Captain Chambers and
three assistants lived in the light.
house. practically cut OF from the
rest of the world except for the coca
sionaI visits of the supply boat Al
one time. because Of storms, this boat
did not reach the lighthouse for three
months.
Captain Chambers was in charge
Of the following lighthouses during
his service: Waugoschance. three
years; lroquois. IN Lake Superior
nine years. and Spectacle Reef. in up
! per Lake Huron. six years.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
Merchants Offer Inducements to Wed

Church deacon TO pass the hat for
collection for the welded pairs ben
eft.
Brass band to play the wedding
march and other appropriate music.
Bridal dinner
Bridal presents. mostly useful arti,
Giles for furnishing home, particular.
ly the nursery.
Motor launch for the honeymoon
trip.
Steady employment for the bride,
groom.
Employment for the bride every au
tumn at screening cranberries If she
desires 1t.
Four physicians 10 give tree sery
ices al intervals
Lawyers to give legal advice on an,
subject except divorce.
Free shayes for the bridegroom. hi,
clothes pressed without charge-nC
by his wife. but by a tailor.
To further its purpose and 10 max,
I the path to happiness even smoother
/ Nareham has established a weddin,
bureau, They will consider appliaa
lions Of those yearning to be marie,
from every point of experience. th
wise city fathers consider
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
Tin Stops Sound.

Berlin.-Peopie who use telephone
booths often have difficulty hearing a
message because the sounds from out
side the booth cause so much disturb
ance. These booths usually are made
of thin woodwork. and the walls act
almost like a violin, so that the
sounds are by no means deadened, but
are in fact caught up by them and
passed on.
A German writer has lately been
making some experiments. and has
found that If, in such cases the booth
is lined with tin the sound vibrations
are almost totally killed. Architects
are recommended as result of this
demonstration TO make use of thin
metal sheets .or deadening the walls
and floors OF houses, etc Human in
genuity has been exhausted in trying
to mad methods of construction which
/ will make modern apartment houses
:, that The tenants of one nat viii no
/ oe kept awake all night by pianos OF
phonographs kept going twenty-foul
/ hours a day in the adjoining fat
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
MACHINE TO SEPARATE COINS
Simple Device invented by Pennsy''
Vania Man Great Convenience
in Bank.

Harrisburg, Pa.-At the age OF IS
years. Daniel Drawbaugh. the prolific
Cumberland county inventor, to whom
many people give the credit for being
the originator of the modern tele-
phone, is organizing company and
planning to erect big factory for the
manufacture of coin separator which
his brain has recently evolved.
The separator consists of a series OF
brass plates, one above another, per-
forated with holes sufficiently large to
allow a coin of a certain size to slip
through, and no larger. Mr.. Draw
Uaug1's model works to perfection. he
dumps in a shovelful or so Of dollars,
halves, quarters, dimes, nickels and
cents, gives the crank a turn and the
dollars drop into a tube; another turn
and out come the halves, etc. Pressure
of a button in the tube separates the
coins into piles of five, ten, twenty
ETC.. for easy rolling into packages.
Mr.. Drawbaugh says two sizes OF the
separator will be marketed, one re-
failing at $50 and the other at $Io'
The price, he claims. will bring the
machine within the reach OF every
financial institution or counting room
which needs one, while previous sep
arators have been so complicated or
so expensive as to be either prac
tically useless or beyond the reach oil
the average individual or firm.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
Making Ice Water From the Sunshine

In northern Mexico ola making Is q
very profitable industry to the in
habitants. who carry them over into
Arizona on the backs of burros.
The ola is made from crude clay
ish mortar In drying the compost
tioD becomes very porous. and II is
this essential characteristic which con
tains the secret of the cooling process,
II is filled with water and hung up.
preferably in some place which is eG-
posed to the wind If there be any,
The moisture seeps through the poT.
Gus composition. The process is very
slow, and the moisture which exudes
sYaporates into the receptive, dry al.
mosphere in such equable proportion
that scarcely more than a drop a min.
ute trickles away from the bottom oil
the ola,
1t is this continuous and fairly rapid
evaporation which produces the cold
Immediately the sides of the ola be
come chilled, and the water within
grows gradually cooler. In less than
an hour from the time the phenomena
is begun the water Is cold enough fol
drinking purposes. no matter how
warm Il might have been when pour
ed into the receptacle. Two or thret
hours later il is cold enough to I'LL thi
ordinary requirements Of refrigeration
for bottled milk, butter and othe
culinary necessities.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16

block has upon its face three circu-
lar projections. also hammer finished,
the central one being less in diameter
than the other two and each project
ng three-quarters of an inch.
AS the masonry OF the caiFn is not
continued up behind this block there
may have been a similar stone there
and removed either by accident or
design. This conjecture seems rsa-
sonable. as within the center of the
cafrr is imbedded a substantial stick
of native red cedar several inches in
diameter and fractured at the upper
end. Evidently this was flagstaff or
signal pole: and its breaking may
nave caused the Iousening or fall of
a similar capstone at the reverse OF
the one described
As seen by the illustration. this
capstone is dressed squarely. This
leads to another conjecture. which, in
the absence of evidence to the con
trary. seems reasonable. namely, that
the granite block was formerly in Use
as a Intel in some large building. its
posifion reversed, as shown by its
! hammered faces.
No inscription of any sort is to be
/ found about or upon fit; and nothing
| save the broken cedar stick gives any
clue to its identity or the purpose OF
/ its erection; while the loosened NOR.
] tar and discolored and time-worn
/ stones clearly indicate that its build,
] ers have passed on.
Inquiry at the Cambridge observa
/ tory ELECTS the information that q
/ stone monument was erected in Med
ford at about 1850 as meridian marx
for the adjustment of the old transit
/ circle in the east wing OF the oS
! servatory. The eldest member OF tbs
stan gives the information that ''i
! supported a simple board spiked Il
the masonry. on which was a mari
that could be seen from the obserya
tory"
The old transit circle was replaced
by another in 1870, and the use Of th'
cafrn as q meridian mark was discon
tinued
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
New York Children Are Taught to Play

were hard at work in shops or facto-
ries after they came here. They had
no traditions of play to hand down
to their children. To them play was
a fooIishness.
Their children. unable to breathe in
the tenements. take to the streets,
which are dirty or infested with per
sons and things that are not good for
little people to see and hear. Chill
dren who have no play places but
the streets are apt TO absorb IN
healthfuI ideas as well as microbes.
Pfckpockets and loafers are develop
ed that way Besides. there is little
OF play that children can do in the
streets. That ogre in cap and blue
coat, the policeman. is always snoop,
ing about.
These are studies that folks with
big minds made for themselves in
past years. Little by little they got
the. city government interested and
persuaded a very practical minded
school board that it was worth while
to provide play places for the chill
dren who had none. so the board o.
| education has now in this city a4t
| Fairgrounds for children, day ana
night Fairgrounds. where the Httlt
| people are carefully instructed how Il
] frolic
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16

nETRofT.-The big lighthouse at
~ Windmill Point is sending out its
warning to lake mariners every night.
as It has for many years past, but no
more does Capt. Edward Chambers
attend the big lamp that for two
years has been his care He died
recently. With the passing of Cap
tain Chambers. or Captain Ed, as
he was known among the lakefaring
people. one of the most picturesque
figures of the great lakes is taken.
His was strenuous life, given al
most entirely to the caring for light
houses.
He was born on Mackinac island in
1852. When he went to work il was
for the government. as mail carrier
from Mackinac City On the mainland
to the island. In summer this Is a
simple task But I'm the winter Il Is
different The storms that sweep the
lakes In the cold months find a clear
! passage in the Straits Of Mackinac
and sometimes travelling over the ice
/ is impossible. II takes a strong and
| resolute man to face these storms
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
|DOULIR NOIEe.

When litter becomes soiled remove
il and put in 6 fresh supply.
If desired to store eggs for long
keeping take away the roosters at
once
In nearly all cases the hens that
moult early make the best winter
layers.
Fowls cannot thoroughly digest
their food unless they have plenty OF
grit
Substantial brood coops with good
floors that will protect the chicks
from the damp are always best.
Feeding frequently and little at 3
time is always better than ovsrfeed-
ing.
A chick which cannot get out Of the
she'll without help is too lacking in vi
/ talify 10 make profitable fowl
This Is the season when lice hold
| conventions in the hen houses. Keep
busy with the insect powder and the
whitewash- Clean the houses and
rcosts as often as possible.
Get rid of all your surplus old stock.
/ You VIII not only gain money by their
/ sale. but also have more room for
I your young stock TO thrive on
Can't you raise a pound Of goose
meat as cheaply as a pound OF pork!
II yon have q piece Of waste land, with
water in il, why not raise geese2
Sonoma county, California, is said
to Weld q greater number of eggs than
any equal area in the world Last
/ years record was $4,000.
One advantage with late hatcher
pullets is, that IL kept growing thes
are ready to begin laying at opening
Of the breeding season.
Fowls that must be fed in summs.
should be fed regularly, If fed twics
I ! day. feed lightly in the morning and
all they will eat at night.
The way 10 kill contagion is to xii
! the very sick birds, isolate those tina
4 are not so had. and use preventive:
on those which are apparently II
/ good health,
For sweiled eyes. battle the beat
with a warm solution made by dis
solving a teaspoenfal Of boracic aeis
in a pint of water, and then anoina
with a few drops Of glyeerine.
Scali out the water receptacles &C
.asioraIly TO Kill disease germs
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16

NEW YORK.-There are places
IN where children have to be taught
how to play. You might think that
the youngsters wouldn't need in
structton of this kind. You would
be mistaken Here in New York men
and women spend the better part of
their lives teaching thousands of
children how to play. not only with
their muscles, but also with their
minds, writes a correspondent A
great many thousand dollars are spent
annually by the city just for that pur-
pose. and experience has proved that
the time and money are well spent,
The tall tenements of the East side,
as full of people as a warren Is OF
rabbits, swarm with eager children
Their fathers and mothers were i'm
migrants. Most Of them had no boy,
hood or girlhood. as most people think
of it, They worked for a living be
fore they came to this country; they
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
FARMER HAS NEW VEGETABLE
Tennesseean Says He Has at Last
Raised Peppernato-Peculiar
Combination.

Humboldt TeRn.-Henry r. Cole
a prosperous farmer of this vicinity.
promises to rival the great Burbank
in marvellous feats OF plant raising
His latest innovation is a combina-
ton tomato and pepper plant. which
viii enable the lover of the delicious
fruit to abandon the Anticipated meth
cd of using pepper, 1t being only
necessary to slice the new product
and it is ready for use
The tomato patch from which the
freak tomato was taken is in close
proximity to field of peppers. and il
is supposed by the plant raisers Of
this section that the pollen of the
two was mixed during the blooming
season. The physical construction OF
the "peppermato. as it has been local
" dubbed, is peculiarly interesting
AS if taking into consideration the
tastes of every one. nature SO ar
ranged the fruit that the pepper part
may be separated from the tomato
and those who fear the i'll effects o
pepper upon human vitality may raise
the fruit for market purposes and al
the same time remove the pod from
the few which they may personally
consume.
The "peppermato'' resembles the
poyerbiaI Siamese twins. being a per
feet specimen of tomato species. tt
which is grated a full pod of pep
| per. 1t is thought that the new plan
involves principles which will be o
| interest to scientists.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
Know Any Boob Catchers?

are about to dine and tries to worF
YOU for a dinner. If re is able TO get
your auto Tor little outing with some
of his friends he is boob catcher.
The male boob catcher must BE-
well dressed and plausible in his talk
His success requires the same quail
ties which are NEST appreciate by
the fim- Hammers who once worked
TIE Brooklyn bridge for victims
There are a lot of male boob catcherS
in the vicinity of Long Acre square
and they are always on the lookout
for new victims,
The term. however, is used more
generally in connection with chorus
girls. In fact. It is supposed to have
originated with the chorus, In theat
rical slang the girls refer to stage
door Johnnie or any "masher as .
boob.
Boob" is supposed TO be an ao'
hreyiation of booty" which requires
no further translation since every one
Knows the use of the word IN connee'
tion with euchre. in which the poorest
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
Help Queen Mary's Bill"

ton is urged by our customers against
using the plumage of birds killed for
food, but these customers are discour-
aging the slaughter OF humming birds
and birds OF paradise By steadily re.
fusing to purchase hats in whose dec
orative schemes they appear"
You would be surprised" remarked
another millinsr, TO know how the
sentiment against the indiscriminate
slaughter of beautiful birds has de
veloped among our fashionable pa.
irons. There are many, of course, who
will have feathers at any cost. and ii
the bill prohibits the importation OF
birds of gay piumage these ladies, in
stead OF patronizing London millinery
establishments, will go over to Paris
for their headgear.'
These two extracts from interviews
in quarters least expected show that
Queen Mary's BILL" as it is coming &c
be called, will probably become Law
without much opposition.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
Male Specimen Must BE Well Dressed
and Plausible In Taik-Fhs
Chorus Girl.

New York.-There Is new sians
term in town and it is eloquent anu
pregnant with meaning. It ism very
respectful, but it means a whole lo'
when applied to any of the frequent
ers of upper Broadway. where 1t orig
mated
The idea. declared an indignant
chorus girl as her dearest chum pass
ed her by without even nod. 10
you know what that girl called me
yesterday when suggested that we
call up Harry and get him to take US
to dinner? She said J was pretty
good boob catcher.
That's it; boob catcher. If you hap
pen to be chorus girl and ger some
one to take you to dinner then you &c
a female boob catcher.
The male boob catcher is the frieno
who is waiting in front of the bar tor
you Ia buy him q drink. He Is tns
chap who always coughs when you
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
MARKED A MERIDIAN
interesting Massachusetts MOnu-
ment Of Sixty Years Ago.
Now but Rarely Seen and but Little
known BY the Residents and
General Public Who Pass
That Way.

Boston.--There are in New England.
IN many places, monuments more or
less artistic, erected to mark historic
spots or to commemorate events Of
local Importance. Such are generally
well known and easily accessible, but
the old Meridian monument in Med
ford Is but rarely seen and but little
known by the residents and general
public.
1t Is safe 10 assert that Of the many
that pass it daily. but few have ever
noticed II, owing To its peculiar loca.
ton and the proximity OF the hill on
which II stands to the street that
curves about It's base. Inquiry OF many
residents reveals their ignorance Of IL,
and, indeed, the writer had been q
resident for over thirty years and had
many times passed that way. wheE
by casual upward glance at just the
right instant he caught glimpse OF
il. Soon after be made a visit there
to and secured view Of its weather
beaten outlines and began inquiry al
/ to its history II is situated on the
slope Of the hill that rises steeplg
northward from Winthrop street and
! midway between the Medford citl
/ farm and the Whitmore brook road in
! 10 Mi6dIesex feIls.
What is itZ' and What was i
+ burt orr
/ This caiTn or monument is a trun
/ Gated pyramid. feet vide by l3 fee
! long at its base, tapers to about ant
( at the top and is feet high.
was built by powders with spill
| granite blocks at its corners.
! Across the top and facing south
ward is a single block Of granite
smoothly dressed upon two sides. Thi
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16

latter make desperate attempts tc
earn livelihood in Paris, city that
ohers employment only to the most
Partisan Of foreigners. On the boule
Yards you frequently are accosted by
an obvious American, who either sells
questionable picture cards, offers tc
show you what you shouldn't see. or
asks you for money that you probably
haven't got.
In fact, the begging American is
now an institution in Paris. He halls
from the same town that you do: be
knows OF your father; perhaps he
once worked on the stan Of the lead.
Ing daily. There Is only one dodge to
get rid Of this broke" compatriot-
give him the address Of some one you
know or don't know, who, you tell
| him, will be interested In his case
The name you give should be, oil
course, that Of an artist who is starY
ing and who has sense Of humor
and there are plenty OF them.
Though the willing prisoners are or
the increase, II is fact that this yeal
comparatively few Americans havs
been stranded in Paris through fail
ing to engage their return passage
The actual number ia a record.
Nowadays not only do many Amer
leans pay their European hotel bills
railroad fares and steamship tickets
before leaving New York. but their ex
penses are figured so closely that the!
arrive back in New York with jus
about uptown carfare In their pockets
To those who figure too closely tn,
rawnshops Of Paris are boon.
J watch often pays for an emphati
! cable.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16

VIZ REHAM, Mass.-The merchants
wv af this ambitious Cape Cod town,
sgsfrfng to increase its fame and popu-
iation. present and prospective. offer
extraordinary Inducements to sweet
hearts to marry here. The merchants
could offer no more. save to marry the
ladies themselves. and the Law against
bigauly is very strict
Of course certain conditions are at
tached 10 these generous PROPOSE
tions; the chief is that the married
couple must reside here wareham is
a!truistic. but IL does not propose to
help to add to the population Of any
other town
These are some of the marriage In
dncemeRrs offered by Warsham:
A free wedding. including marriage
license and clergyman's services.
BASS soloiSt 10 sing I'm Glad I'm
4i-ried" al the ceremony.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16

roofing, which costs about SITS per
100 and exclusive Of the paper viii
cost about SIS. The features ] ike
best about the house are the sanitary
method Of feeding and watering. the
am iiness in cleaning, the store room
entry. the covers for nest boxes
to keep out the droppings, and the ex-
ira warmth given by the building pa.
ter. There are six cne-sash windows
along the front between roofs AFFORD
ing sunlight 10 north side.
The ground floor plan Of the house
IS explained as follows:
Ground dimensions is By "A feet.
South side of house feet inches to
caves. North side feet inches
Two compartments On south side by
10 feet. One on north by is feet.
Alley 2 feet wide. Entry can be used
10 store feed in. No. 10 heating stove.
pipe ranging along down one side Of
alley way and up the other. Nos. 5.
are nests for sitting hens. Nest boxes
/ may be added clear 10 roof Partf-
/ lions are made of poultry netting ex.
sept along alley way. Netting stops
/ rs inches from floor and partition Is
! finished with strips Of wood 1 inch
/ square and inches apart. Chickens
.an reach their heads through 70 eat
/ and drink from troughs placed in al
/ ley. Nos. 4. :, I. are doors for chick
/ zns. Above these doors are one-sash
barn windows on hinges 70 permit d
ssshrowing ont manure. Nos. s. S, 8
are light STAT doors between apart
ments No 3. entrance
The following is an explanation o
the end view Of the house.
Perches are hinged to studding ant
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
Mishap often Occurs to Amer
leans in Big French City.
Many Tourists Fail to Engage Return
Passage and Are Unwilling Pris-
oners-steamship Companies
Unable to Carry Them.

Paris.-It will come as surprise
TO many Americans to hear that every
year a few of their compatriots are
actually prisoners in Paris and Lon
don. There are two classes of pris-
oners. the willing and the unwilling;
neither is to be envied. even though
confined IN a city of pleasure.
There is no DOUBT that the number
of Americans touring in Europe is
greater this year than ever before.
1t is impossible to obtain the exact
figures, but one can realize the mag
nftude of the invasion when it is
known that up to date more than