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The Washington herald., 1911-06-04

,@H, dear, dear! do wish the examina-
nI tion was not SO near, for ] have not
half gone though the history; and
IO tn there rs,s are nniS the other bo0ks Il ought
The speaker was Carrie Holmes, a
tall girl, with hair falling round her shoulders
in golden curls. Carrie was one of group OF
elder girls who had denied Themselves the
take an extra peep at their studies, as the
dreaded examination was to take place in
III you like" said n voice the other side of
they are all correct, and il will save you
much time and trouble to read them"
Carrie looked up in surprise. for she knew
the speaker was Fanny Gordon, her rival in
her her se5ooIfeows, for she w" was "a shy, reserved
friendship. She was now sitting little apart
from the others, with her arm on the table,
face. She had taken no part in, the conver-
sation between her companions, but had con-
tinued to pore over her books until the re-
mark Of her rival reused her.
any reply to Fanny's offer. but the next mo-
ment the answer game in a stiff, proud man
"No. thank you; I prefer not to get knowl-
edge on the subject through your exsrtGns; ss
comes"
Fanny looked disappointed, but continued her
work without any further remark. She was a
truly unsel6sh girl, and although she knew that
her only chance Of surprising Carrie was by
her superior knowledge of history, she was
quite ready to help her rival as far as it
lay in. her power. She saw by Carries face
that she was sratiied by the, offer, but that
her pride was too great to allow the girls to
say that she had won the prize by any but
her own exertons. Fanny was right Carrie
would indeed have been very glad to avail
herself OF the useful notes, but she was the
head OF the school, and did not wish to lower
herself in the eyes Of her admirers by taking
advantage Of her rivals kindness History was
her one weak point, and she was afraid that
Fanny-that here she would fail.
Carrie sat for sometime trying to persuade
herself that she had moi, spoken, unkindly to
Fanny; but finding that dates and events were
farther of than ever IN fixing themselves in
schoo!room, intending to, find Miss Percival,
the principal, as she had promised to assist
her with some school accounts
Not finding her in her room as expected,
Carrie tapped at the door of small study
where she knew Miss Percival sometimes spent
her afternoons. On looking in she found the
room empty, but remembering that n volume
OF Froudes History, which she wished, was
on one OF the shelves, she advanced in to get
It., As she was turning to the door, her eye
lighted on pile of papers lying on the table.
Being OF rather an inqusitive turn of mind,
she; without thought read the first words
III large black letters Midsummer Examina-
The Washington herald., 1911-06-04

H, dear, dear! I do wish the examina-
Ss% @ @ gone Gi though s1 , the 'oh history; e and and
there are the other books 4 ought
to read up!" - .
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-09-22
Big Clean-Up Sale.

Because of failing health | have
decided to leave the country,
therefore, will sell at public sale.
Wednesday, September q, 1911
at my ranch 8 miles south and :
mile east of Star, !! mile east OF
Dunkard church, in lower FAIR
view district, l mile north and J
mile west of McDermott Station
on Boise Valley car line, beginning
at 10 o'clock q. m, the following
described property: Farm impIe-
ments, hay, ten head of horses,
fourteen head of young cattle, .
months to year old. six head OF
mich COWS, chickens, turkeys ana
geese, household furniture etc
Ladies are especially invited.
Terms of sale: Twelve months
time with 6 per cent interest
Free lunch at noon.
LEWIS ], CREAsoN, Owner.
Dickens g. Miller, AuctloneerS
j. E. Roberts, CLERK
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-09-22
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of the Nampa-
Meridian District will meet as a
board of Correction at the Office of
the District, in Nampa, Idaho, on
Saturday, September l6, 1911,
Anyone desiring a correction OF
their assessment must appear be-
lore the Board on the abyve date.
q. A. REMINGTON,
Secretary.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-09-22
For Sale

At private sale, two colts, two
cows, wagon, top buggy, harness,
sulky plow, garden plows, woven
wire strechers, white Leghorn
chickens, household and kitchen
furniture. Many articles too
numerous to mention. 100000
to loan on good realty, farms first
mortgages.
F. NJ. GIsH,
mile north Of Meridian,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-09-22
Republicans Gather

Tie republican state central
committee and prominent repub-
leans from every county in Idaho,
attended meeting at Boise, We'd
! nesday, and made preliminary
nlans for the state campaign next
year. A this time a full set Of
state and county officers will be
elected. and a successor to United
states Senator Hepburn selected
Idaho will also be entitled to
another representative in con-
0ress. and Ex- Governor Brady's
name was mentioned for this
nlace. For Governor, Auditor
TAYLOR was suggested by several
individuals, although no endorse.
ment was made by the meeting.
as the time is too early. Speech
es we're made by Senators Hey
burn and Borah, Representative
French, Chairman Heitman,
Auditor Taylor, Ex- Congressman
Hanler, General Roberts, Lieuten-
ant Governor Sweester and others.
Captain Davis was selected as
secretary, and offices will be open
ed by Chairman Heitman at once.
There was an optomistic feeling
as to the success ofthe state ticket
next year State Auditor Taylor
stated in his address that Cover
nor Hawley's full-value assessment
farce will cost the farmers of Idaho
nearly half million dollars this
year, and that said farmers are not
likely to return a democratic
governor to power.
Senator Heyburn's speech was
Characteristic of the man, mostly
an eulogy of the republican party,
and protest against any change
in principles, platform or methods.
On the other hand, Senator Borah
said the republican party must
meet the new conditions or it
would be relegated to the rear,
and that taste of this was given
year ago, when the lower
house of congress was won by the
democrats. Senator Hepburn
favored the convention system, as
against the primary, and spoke of
the danger of independent
thought, Senator Borah, taking
directly opposite stand, asserted
that the people in the privacy of
their homes land particularly on
the farms) were thinking about
the questions of the day, and
were capable of solving them by
means of ballot, cast independ-
emily Of any convention.
Congressman French made a
good talk, and stated that the
next congress will consider an
adjustment of the tariff. AS COM
petition has to a great extent been
eliminated, he said protective
tariff for infant industries such as
was needed years ago, was not
necessary, and that proper ad-
lustment would be such as to give
the American manufacturers only
enough margin to pay the wage
scale of this country, thus elm
mating the competition of the pau
per labor of the world. ...
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-09-22
The Boise Fair.

Boise, Idaho, Sept. 22-Among
the meritted attractions which
viii appear on the Fair grounds
this year at the Intermountaip
Far, and one which will be con.
ceded by all as worth while, is the
Ostrich farm, the eggs and baby
birds, plumes, plume exhibit and
lecture.
These ostriches deserve A visit
from everyone admitted to the
Igrounds. Those who have seen
the farm declare it to be genuine
treat, not fake show. not farce
but something really worth while.
A Competent man in charge will
explain all about the eggs. the
birds and plumes, These ostrich
specimens which will be here are
the finest ever exhibited in Amer
lea. The lecturer tells you how
they hatch, how the plumes are
picked, how the ostriches eat and
sleep, and how they drive and
ride them.
| People usually and generally
fail to appreciate the terrible
strength required when the owners
attempt to crate and move their
ostriches. One can drive horses,
cows, sheep, etc, but you can not
drive an ostrich. He must be
carried around, and it requires
all the strength of three or four
men to hold the bird and keep
away from the bulls eye kick in
front. Nothing kicks harder or is
more certain of its victim.
In Portland where these birds
were shown, it took the men, Just
two hours to get ready for ship
ment the two largest birds on
earth, while it took the largest
dray in the city to haul them, and
then the drayman requested abso-
lute protection. These birds are
African stock standing over eight
feet from tip to tip, and weigh
about three hundred pounds.
Those who visit the Fair this
year will have the rare privilege
of seeing these curious birds, the
finest specimens of African ostrich.
They are IN every respect superior
to anything ever shown at any
place in the Northwest, and will
be shipped at great cost and labor
from the big Bently Ostrich Farm,
near San Diego. California.
The ostrich is exceedingly diff
ficult to ship on account of his
fierceness. They are dangerous
in the extreme, and it is not often
men can be found who will assume
the responsibility involved in car
ing for them.
If you have never given this
peculiar cross between vicious
animal and a timid bird close
scrutiny, you have missed an en-
tertaining afternoon or evening.
They are as peculiar in their
habits and disposition as they are
in build and appetite.
Very few visitors feel they have
seen all in the west unless they
take in one or other of the ostrich
farms of California.
At the big Fair this year are to
Ebe shown the best specimens, In
fact the largest specimens OF
strich ever exhibited in the United
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-09-22

Horses and COWS wanted to
pasture. Enquire Of Frank Helm,
adloIning Meridian.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-07
THE WRONG DOOR
By Frank H. Williams.

AS the door ominously closed
behind him and he heard the lock
click, Harry Askew realized, with
something approaching a feeling
of fear, that he had entered the
wrong door. The spot where he
stood was in total darkness, but
he had the feeling of something
alive and deadly near him, in a
little panic, which he could not
control, he turned frantically to
the door and furnbled over it, en-
deavoring to find and unfasten
the lock. The lock he found in a
moment, but his efforts to unlock
it were in vain.
At length, after he had assured
himself beyond any doubt that
exit through this way was inn
possible, Harry took a fresh hold
of his courage and crept forward
cautiously. Again he had the
feeling of someone, or something,
alive and deadly, near him,
watching him and ready at any
moment to.pounce upon his fear
stricken body.
Presently Harry felt the wall
which he was following come to
an end, and further investigation
showed that he had come to a cor
ner in the passageway. Further
more at the end of the hall he per-
ceived a pencil of light lining the
bottom of a door. Even as he
looked he saw the door open and
a gigantic negro entered the
lighted room. The negro then
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-07

ry renewed courage and he
bounded into the room.
The scene which met his glance
was odd in the extreme. Seated
before an open fire was an ex-
tremely pretty young woman
attired in overalls. Near her
stood the negro whom Harry had
seen, and the big black was slow
ly waving peacock fan over the
woman's head: For a moment
Harry stood amazed, and then all
the stories he had ever read in-re-
gard topeople who inadvertently
entered the wrong house flashed
into his head.
Madam" he said, politely. Il
presume, basing my assumption
upon what | have read in stories,
that it is now up to me to marry
you, to rescue the family jewels.
pose as your husband, or do
something of that nature"
The girl turned her face toward
Harry again, and he was struck
by her unusual beauty.
why do you think SOP" she
asked.
Because" Harry replied, chat
seems to be the obvious, the nat
ural,' the inevitable end to such a
meeting as this
The girl nodded understand
ingly.
"I'll acknowledge" the girfre-
piled, 'that there is something |
would like to have you do"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
Heart Of the HaiIstone

II 1t were not for the countless tril-
ions OF dust particles that float, sep
arately invisible, in the atmosphere.
there could be no rain drops, snow
crystals or haflstones. From a per
fectly dustless atmosphere the mois-
ture would descend In c~easeless rain
without drops.
The dust particles serve As nuclei
about which the yapor gathers. The
snow crystal Is the most beautiful
creation OF the aerial moisture, and
the Maidstone is the most extraordi-
nary The heart or every hailstone is
a tiny atom Of dust. Such an atom,
with a little moisture condensed about
It, is the germ from which nj grow
a haflstone capable of telling a man or
smashing a window.
But first Il must be caught up by a
current Of air and carried to the leveI
OF the lofty cirrus clouds, five or si1
Or ever ten miles high. Then, contin
ually growing by fresh acessions OF
moisture, II begins its long plunge te
the earth. spinning through the clouds
and flashing In the sun like a diamond
bolt shot from a rainbow.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
girls trot the Lord only knows

girls trot the Lord only knows
where.
Give me a church membership
that is living right and ! will
show you a church that is ready
for a revival.
You can't build happy homes
out of brick and mortar. Happy
homes are built out of loving
hearts.
Don't you be bothering about
Gains wife. You better take
care of your own. Leave other
mems wives alone.
If some of you quit your mean
ness and change your way of llv-
ing and 60 home, your wife
wouldn't know you.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
Wasps Against Flies.

In the war against noxious insects
the employ ment OF insect allies is a
measure thai is coming rapidly into
vogue. Among these allies n OF
the most important is the wasp BEN
bex," because II has been found to be
an in%veterate enemy cd glossina flies.
which are the conveyors OF infection
for the incurable sleeping sickness OF
Africa. It has been called The Clos
slna Hunter Of Dahomey,' and, accord
ing to the observations Of Doctor
BounArd 1t Bsanaku, It is the only ny
m~enopteroas insect which attacks
these dies. The bembex performs its
work In true knight-errant fashion. ny
ing round animals that are prosecuted
by the hiea, dArting upon them with a
speed that almost defies the eye, and
t~ransnxing them with it's sting. aftsE
which It carries the victims to tt
nest ~ food for larvae.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
TABERNACLE MEETINGS.
Large Attendance and Constantly
Increasing Interest.

The tabernacle meetings being
held in the temporary building
erected for this special purpose,
on the lots between the Metho
dist church and the Review Of.
fee. have been constantly grow
ing IN attendance and interest
during the past three weeks,
and the tabernacle is pretty well
filled nearly every night.
On Sunday the services We're
particularly we'll attended-large
numbers of people driving in
from the country. eating their
dinners in the tabernacle. where
hot coffee was served. aud re
naming to the afternoon meet,
ings, and some to the evening
services.
The Sunday afternoon lectures
of Mr.. Bromley to men are
shown to be of a popular and at
tractive character by the attend
ance which they draw, last Sun
days lecture bringing together
probably the Observation-Disclosures
clusively men, that ever met ID
Milbank. In the evening the
seating capacity OF the building
was over taxed, and some had to
be turned away for lack Of seats.
The large and interested au
diences that gather night after
night to hear the gospel message
as presented by Evangelist
Bromley, and the splendid Choir
vi singing which Prof. Myers
has succeeded in developing, is a
tribute to the character of the
meetings that speaks for itself.
Every night numbers of persons
make public profession of their
deter minaliou to start on the
Christian life, and already near.
~ two hundred persons, youn,
and old, are enrolled ia the con
verts meetings. A good work
is going on that Will leave its i'm
press on the moral tone Of thu
com munity.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
NOT SAME OLD WORLD
SCIENTISTS CHANGE THINGS IN
LAST HALF CENTURY.
scarcely a Day Passes but What Sci
ence Takes a Pot Shot at Some
Picturesque Phase Of Our
Earlier Lives.

II is queer, but seemingly science
knocks all the picturesque out of life,
and If science were In a shooting gal
lery and the picturesque were a tar
get, the bell would never stop ring
ing.
The old oaken bucket has given
place TO the galvanized iron vessel.
Inc gourd dipper is now a tin cup
with a handle soldered on.
The moss-grown we'll curb IS no
more, and over the we'll is a solid
slab of cement, while in a bright red
building a sizzling, humping gaso-
line engine is industrlously pumping
the cool water into an elevated metal
tank on stills.
No more the ~ploughman plods his
weary way from the field. He rides
back on the plough which now has
wheels. The country doctor now has
an automobile and Dobbin has been
made into sausage.
And i'll the city it's worse. The
scissor grinder used to have a con
traption made of wheels and wood and
leather and stood up and ground the
things. Now he has an automobile
with a scissor grinder attached. and
the auto power runs the thing.
h shoemaker used to squat on A
polished leather seal IN his Uttered
shop and cobble shoes while you sat
with your cold feet on a
Now you go into a miniature shoe
factory where they can make you a
pair OF shoes In the time 1t ooh him
to put a heel on. and the buzz of ma
chinery is only broken by the rattle
OF the cash register.
Where merchants used TO put a gun
or a mortar end pestle or something
above their shops to show what they
sold. the merchants now have. reoc-
curing, alternating, h~it-orIniss, come
and-go sort of electric signs that make
you blind TO gaze upon.
No more the seller Of feather dust
ers and whisk brooms strolls about
the streets with weird cries. You get
these things at the store and twenty
n seconds later q motorcycle youth
delivers them.
No more the vendor OF apples cries
nercely on the streets. Apples are
now sold at a nickel apiece at the fruit
stands. and the fruit has to be pol
ished daily to keep it bright
The hydrant has displaced the town
pump; the barber shop is now a place
where they do ~manicuring and give
baths. no longer a ~lounging place for
gossips.
It's all beer changed by science. and
scarcely a day passes hat science
doesn't take q pot shot mt some pic
turesque phase Of our earlier lives
and knocks he feathers out OF its
Tall, for there's no room on this earth
Tor both the scientific and the pic.
~turesque, and something had to go
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
Chervblnl'o Advice.

A young man with an extremely
powerful voice was In doubt what
branch Of musical art to adopt. He
went to the composer Cherubini for
advice. Suppose you sing me a few
bars" said the master. The young
fellow sang 50 loud that the walls
fairly shook. Nov" said he, what
do you think ! am best fitted for?"
"A,sctioneer," dryly said C~berubini.-
Old Farmers Almanac. 1887
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
Sayin9s'of the Evangelist.

There are too many brothers-in
law to religion.
The most appropriate thing in
a church is religion.
Some Of you women need Zoe
worth of calico to.finish out your
dress.
Arevival doesn't depend upon
the sinners, but upon the people
of God.
Christ Graves the cooperation
of every protesting Christian
ought he not to have it:
Some parents will tie up the
dog at night and let the boys and
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
SAD RErRosPEcT,oN.

I used to know a married man
Who toiled from morn to night
And looked just like an also-rah
A poor, down-trodden wight.
lie shaved and shaved and all ne got
He gave unto his wife.
Who still complained about her lot
And led him such q life,
"a
1t seemed to him a thousand years
A thousand and a day, y
Since he made love to pretty dears
And'threw his coin away. 2"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27

Apparently the automobile had pass.
ed directly over him. yet he picked
himself up unscathed. ITO what do
you attribute your marvellous escape
they asked as he stood busting him
self off in the middle of the pavement.
"To the fact" he said. that my
names MacAdam."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27

Most men are not geniuses. They
cannot hope to paint great pictures.
10 write great novels or to inspire mil.
lions with strains of noble music. Per-
haps they ought to be grateful, for
usually the work that is required to
develop talent is ten times that neces-
sary for ordinary commonplace sue
cess. The latter is within reach q;
most men who are willing to work for
It. But work they must. There Is
40 easiest way.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
Adversely and Prosperity.
We become wiser by adversely:
prosperity destroys our appreciation
of the right.-SenecA
Nay Teach Monkeys to Talk.

The monkey Is not only more In
elligent than the parrot, but is even
nore initiative. 1t is excepting mani
he only creature on earth that IS
.apable Of articuiate speech. Prof.
Bell believes hat apes car be taught,
t all events, TO say a few words
t first by manipulation OF their
MOUTHS and threats, as Is done with
he deaf born. We may live, he thinks,
0 hear chimpanzees talk, and with
ONE degree cl understanding of their
lwn remarks.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
Cut Short.

The late Sir Charles Hammond. who
won a parliament seal at Newcastle
In 1892, scored neatly off a heckler who
ventured to Interrupt his discourse.
Get yer air cut, Charlie" cried the in
%terrupter, Sir Charles, who happened
to be a magistrate, adjusted his glasses
and, calmly scrutinizing his interrupt.
er. remarked: MY friend, IL | am not
having your hair cut before today
London Globe.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
To Go With EN-.

Have YOU got all the nuts and
cakes and candies for Willie's birth
day.
II think so"
Then let's go home"
There is something else | ought to
get him that | would like to ask your
advice about?'
"Weli?'
Which do You think he would lIko
best, c~a>toria or castor oil?'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
The Peaceful Man.

First keep myself in peace, and
then thou wilt be able to bring others
to peace. A peaceful nan does more
god than one that Is very learned. A
passionate man perverts eve good
into evil, and easily believes evil. A
good, ~peaceable man turns all things
to good.-Thomas q Kempis.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27

Il shall never forget" nays the
eminent mar Of wealth, during the
course Of his little speech on How
to Become as l Am" Il shall never
forget how l saved my first hundred
dollars"
At this juncture a weary individual
In The audience, who had heard this
str y many times and has read It
ms times more. interrupts:
well. II you can't forget It, for
heavens sake give the rest of u .
chance to-"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27
A Serious Phase.

"How's the patient this morning: l
heard he was In a semi-conscious cor.
dition from toxic food"
Not that exactly: doctor said he
was In a catamose condition from pota.
maine poisoning"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-27

A party, Uer,uG some tor
" five persons. came up from
Big Stone aud OrtOnvillt on the
Afternoon Train last Sunday and
attended The evening SER, ices at
the tabernacle, J.. turning home
on the mjdnivh, TRAIN.