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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19
A slloht ModifieatIon.

You said you were in sympathy
with me in this fight!"
was" replied the man whose
mind changes. Now / have sympathy
tor you."-Washington Post.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19

Netherlands usually produces enough
hay for home consumption.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19
crlticIam.

Books fall from the publishers
presses like autumn leaves"
Yes, and some of them are fully
as dry
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19
His Pediqree,

Mamma, have found out my dogs
pedigree"
What is it, dear?"
Uncle Jim's hired man says he's
fullblooded mongrel!"-Harper's Ba-
zar.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19

Molten zinc instead OF cement was
used to bind together the stones in a
bridge recently built in France.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19
For sunburn. Insect sItes,


Ivy Poison or any other skin infiam
nation US Tyree's Antiseptic Powder
and get quick relief CSC. at drug
gists. Sample sent free by ]. s. Tyres
Washington, d. C.--Ady.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19

Mrs winslow's Soothing Syrup for ChiIdren
teething, softens the gums reduces infiammar
tion, allays paincures wind coiic, Csc bottle-a&
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19

Norway is to have one of the
worlds greatest hydroelectric plants.
developing 216,000 horsepower.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19
His Position.

rs Jim the manager in his matri-
monial firm?"
mo; think he is the fioorwaIker."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19

Beautiful scenery is to be found in
the great dividing range traversing
the entire length of Victoria, Austria.
liza, and known at different parts as
the Grampians. the Pyrenees and the
Australian Alps. There are at least
sixteen peaks over 5000 feet high. one
Of these being Mount Buffalo, 5,645
feet. The illustration shows Egg Rock
in Buffalo Gorge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19
These Two Women Prove Our Claim.

Cary Maine7'sI feel it OF
all suffering tell shall
a suffer-
N in bad
My ached, had
appetite
could would
me
thought would
Pnkhas Vegetable
dcould do
Now answer this question if you can Why should wo-
submit to surgical operation without first giving Lydia
E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound trial? You know that
it has saved many otherswhy should it fail in your casea
years Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable NS6-GN
Compound SNH/
male ills. mt 49, ~SANM
" Np
m nd III gY . w II
has restored suffering II ~ q H
WaMay@Writet co. (\ A.S3 II
MN
letter will be
a held in strict confidence
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
THE LAST OF THE PHALANx.
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.


The battle of Pydna, fought POSI-
years ago, was dOubly decisive-it
ended the Macedonian rule and com
pletely established that of Rome.
In 176 B. c., the Romans, claiming
that Perseus, the king of Macedon,
had violated his treaty with Rome, de-
clared war against Macedon, and soon
the legions were in motion. First
Crassus, then Hostilius and then Phil
ippus, were sent out, but only to be in
turn defeated by Perseus, For three
years the Macedonian held Rome at
boy, and it began to look as though
in Perseus a second Hannibal had
come.
Finally Rome, sent out her great
Emilius, with 10000 of her finest SOL
diers. Emilius met Perseus at Pydna,
and the tug of war began.
Extending across the plain in solid
ranks, bristling with the long spears
a huge human wave-the Macedonian
Phalanax came sweeping on and bear
ing down upon the silent Romans. In
vain did the Romans try to stem the
""NNs II Nbhlu hub bN Nutthtns
" Face to the rear and retreat, " shout
ed Emilius. The order was obeyed,
and with perfect discipline the men
retired to the broken ground beyond
the plain. After them followed the
Macedonian, until the hills were
reached, when their lines were broken
by the roughness of the land. Seeing
his opportunity, Emilius ordered the
trumpets to sound, and instantly the
legionaries faced about, rushed into
the gaps of the Phalanax with their
stout swords and put it to utter rout.
Twenty thousand lay dead on the field
and 1000 were made prisoners out Of
a total force of 10000.
The legion had annihlated the Phal-
anx. The mighty military machine,
with which Alexander the Great had
conquered the world, was no more 1t
had fought its last battle-and that
Empire of Alexander, established by
the victory over Darius at Arbela one
hundred and sixty.three years before,
passed forever out of existence.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
THE LOBBYIST.
BY w. ]. Montague.

DJ W. nlOlJdSuOs
Now what is lobbestl Who can say 2
And where can the creature be
found'
They re. searching in Washington day
by day,
But there s never a one round.
Twas said they were thicker than
fleas on a dog,
In the days of the G. 0. P.
But now they're as rare as the bander-
log,
As the spark and the whoopedee.
"I doubt if the lobbyist really exists, -
One senator said as he winked;
" You'd better consult anthropologists
To learn if he ism extinct"
"l've heard of the beast" another
one swore
"The story was told to my page,
That the lobbyist lived with the di.
nosaur,
In the old silurian age"
And another senator says says he,
tive heard of the brute, of course; /;
I've read in my natural history
Both of him and the woody horse;
But truthfully can say, eftsoons,
But once have I seen the brute
A beautiful specimen stuffed with
prunes
In Smithsonian Institute.
owe had them once in Washington
In the age of the fe.fo.fum,
But they passed away till there ism t
one,
And now instead of the lobbyist pest,
We're frequently running across
The man at the head of the interest
The former lobbyist s boss, "
The president heard and he smole a
smile,
And they talked of the diploloccus
wild,
OF the mammoth and mastodon,
For the people can spot lobbyist Is
plan
To iuggle a measure for pelf,
Whether he works through hired man
Or he gets on the job himself.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
APPLE METHOD IN
WILLAMETTE VALLEY.

"Apples in the Willamette Valley
have been grown largely as a side line.
and as diversified crop, and in many
years they have not proved very salts
factory" said Professor C. ]. Lewis,
of the Oregon Agricultural College, IN
addressing the State horticultural So
eiety.
FThis is due in many cases to
lack of proper methods of culture and
to the choice of the wrong varieties
The whole valley needs to get to-
gether and consider the question Of the
right varieties and of improved meth
ods of handling the soil. Prices of ap-
pies this present year were far from
satisfactory, but it does not follow that
such conditions will continue indeti-
nitely.
"The Willamette Valley can produce
certain varieties of apples to the fin
est dgree of perfection. There are
other varieties that the growers should
leave absolutely alone"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
"THE GLORY OF POLAND.
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.


John sobieslti, the "Glory of Po-
land, " died two hundred and seventeen
years ago, and with his departure there
went out from the ways of men one
of the greatest kings and battle win.
ners that ever sat upon throne.
Sobieski's supreme ambition was to
drive the Turks out Of Europe--a fact
that is somewhat interesting at this
time. But in Sobieski s day the Turk
was a power to be reckoned with. 1t
was but the fag-end of that power that
was recently routed by the combined
armies of Greece and the Balkans
In 1878, at Choezim, Sobieski defeat
ed Turkish army 100000 strong, and
ten years later he dealt the Crescent
blow at Vienna from which it never
fully recovered. Under the celebrated
Kara Mustapha, one of the mightest
armiest ever seen upon the continent
Of Europe raised its standards about
the walls of the Austrian capital. All
Christendom trembled. The. most pow.
erful of the kings felt their thrones
shaking under them. It was feared
even by the most courageous and hope.
full, that the crack of doom had sound.
ed, and that at last the children Of
the Prophet were to be masters Of the
white man q continent.
But they were reckoning without So.
bieski. In his despair, Leopold appeal
ed to the Polish king for help, and his
appeal was not in vain. SObieski mar
shaled his forces, and with the fury
Of the tempest threw himself upon the
Turks at Vienna, "Allahl" cried Mus.
tapha, as he saw Sobieski leading his
men to the charge, "the king is sure
ly among them. The Poles swept ev-
erything before them. Six Pashas were
killed, multitudes Of the Turkish rank
and file were slain, and the vizier fled
with the remnant of his army. Imme-
diately after the rout of the Moslem
divine service was held the preacher
taking for his text, "There was a man
sent from God whose name was John. /"
John Sobiesd had saved Vienna, had
saved Europe. The power of the Turk
had been broken. Never again would
he be real menace to Christendom.
And II was Austria--the Austria that
Sobiesd saved from the Turk in 1888
that later on helped to eonsummate
the crime of the ages--the partition Of
Poland Such is the gratitude Of ma.
tionsl
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05

the schemes for fertilization for per
manent plant production has been due
to the fact that it was believed that
crops removed but little from the soil
and consequently the supply was am.
pie for the continuous growing OF
plants. The amount of sulphur in soils
is low. In many instances there is
present in the long cropped soil only
half the quantity which was present in
the original virgin soil.
"In the state of Oregon it is a conf
mon practice to use land plaster (gyp-
sum, sulphate of lime), as fertilizer,
especially for the growing of clover
and alfalfa. The beneficial results OBJ
tanned from the use of this material
have often been explained on the ba'
sis of its action as a stimulant. 1t
has been shown that it aids in the lib
Grafton of potash from the soil. Yet
it is a notorious fact that its beneii-
cial effect is often far in excess of
that which might be ascribed to the
potash liberated. 1t has its best eff.
feet on those crops which require a
goodly amount of sulphur
every little attention has, as yet
been given to the supplying of sui
phur as fertilizing material. a few
experiments were tried last year in
this and foreign countries and at this
time but little of the data obtained
is available. 1t is subject for fur
ther investigation by the chemists and
agrOnomists. y
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
ON WRITING NOTES.
By Mrs. Frank Learned.

by MIS- EEdIk hodIH6u'
Auther of ''The Etiquette of New
York Today"
The fnice note" is not the outcome
of a hasty moment, but the result of
education, culture and practice. Time
and thought have been given to its
perfection. Nothing can be done well
without compOsure of mind. In the
haste and restlessness of life in these
days, and with the many inventions
for saving time and trouble, the art of
underwriting is sadly neglected. The
telephone, the telegraph and the ubi-
quitous picture postcard aim to destroy
courtesy.
Every one experiences at some time
the pleasure of receiving a charming
and gracious note, showing the writer s
courteous consideration for the person
addressed. The care given in the writ
ing of the note indicates also the
writer's own self.respect. No one
would wish to give an impression of
being slOvenly, indifferently educated,
or unfamiliar with good fom. A hasty
scrawl, indefinitely expressed is a re-
Election on the manners of the writer.
Occasionally it may be necessary to
write note very quickly. Then one 3
skill is shown in summOning concentra-
tion Of thought, clearness of express
sion and in writing with brcvity but
perfect courtesy.
without doubt it is an accomplish
nent to he able to write a charming
note, TO say the right thing and % say
it in well chosen words. 1t is almost
a fine art, and like any other art,
must be practiced in order to acquire
facility.
Note.writing holds an important
place in social affairs and the rules
for it should be studied deliberately
ANY one with good common school
education should be able to master the
elementary parts of correspondence
Handwriting should be clear and legi'
BILE. Great care should be taken in
spelling, grammar and punctuation. In.
correct spelling is objectionable, If one
is uncertain in spelling a dictionary
must be consulted, The habit Of read
ing and observing words in print will
aid those who are uncertain in spelling
II is not correct to seem saving OF
stationery or to use sheets torn from
pad Plain white notepaper Of
rather heavy quality, folded once (
| fit the envelope, is in good taste
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
TALKS ON THRIFT.

No. 27,--Financial Independence.
81 know Of no greater indepen.
dence than this thing Of having
little lump sum Of money snugly
put away, be Il ever so small. A
sum that is kept in reserve and
only In very extreme instances
drawn upon. - Daniel Barnes,
President Seamen's Savings Bank,
New York.
Every Fourth Of July our thoughts
turn naturally to the subject Of inde.
pondenco II we are really thoughtful,
we will not stop with a consideration of
the joys and benefits Of political free.
dom, great as those are, Unjust kings
and governments are not the only ty.
rants that oppress,
We still have with us tyranny of
extravaganza and debt that holds
countless thousands in subsection. But
there is way out Of this thraldom, The
first step is to make a DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE by starting a
savings bank account. This may mean
n Revolution in your manner Of living,
but the peaceful and happy consumma.
tion Of your struggle few years hence,
when you have reached the goal Of fin.
ancial Independence, win we'll reward
you for your present toll AMI self.sacri.
flee.
A man who is financially dependent,
whose daily resources ARE sufficient on.
" for daily needs can never enjoy the
fullest measure Of freedom and self
respect.
His ambition is curbed, his hands are
tied, his spirit is broken,
On the other hand, the man who has
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05

money ahead has learned that he can
make his money work for him. He looks
every man squarely in the eyes, owes
no man anything, and is free from wor-
~ for the present and anxiety for the
future,
In short, he Is a better citizen and a
stronger man in every way
A Los Angeles savings bank pub
lished this "human interest" advertise
ment: 3Ss
We know "a young man who re-
Gently lost his position.
He was steady and competent
but an unforeseen combination Of
circumstances threw him out of
job.
He had saved no money whatever
found himself without work, pen
niless, with a family to maintain.
Friends helped this young man.
But he was two months idle, and
had to wait another full month be-
fore drawing any pay in the posi-
tion he finally secured. 2
1t will be year at least before
this young man pays what he owes
provided he observes the strict
est economy.
That he had friends was unusual
ly fortunate.
WHAT A DIFFERENT POSI-
TION HE WOULD HAVE FOUND
HIMSELF IN, IF HE HAD saw
ED SOME MONEY WHEN HE
HAD TT
There are various paths that lead to
fortune, but if you expect to acquire a
competence through your own efforts
there is only one starting point-the
regular saving of a portion of your in
come.
As an illustration, one of the common
roads that lead on to fortune is judi
cious investment in real estate. To buy
land you must have at least some cash
Many a man has made profitable deals
because he had more or less cash on
hand to take advantage of an oppOr-
tunity when it presented itself, while
such profits are rarely for the man who
has no money saved.
Saving money is practically indispen
sable for business success, not only in
itself and in the credit which it brings
but also for the good mental, moral and
physical effects that habits of thrift
have upon the individual himself.
1t takes some backbone, some genu
inc courage, to Withstand the tempta
tion to spend more money than you can
really afford, but you'll feel better to
keep out of debt and then you'll be
working today for tomorrow's satisfac
tion, and not to make good on account
of yesterdays extravaganza.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
DISTRESS IS TERRIBLE.

st, Petersburg, July 5.-Pitiful
stories Of distress are coming from
LODI (Poland), where 10000 workers
in the textile industry are locked out
and 10000 others are being employed
on short time. Starving men are sue.
cumbing on al slides. Many are dying
in the streets; there has been an alarm.
ing increase in suicides, and the in
FAINT mortality is the highest on record.
These conditions are alleged to be due
to the Balkan war, which has caused
stagnation in the textile trade general.
ly. Social democratic members Of the
Duma have demanded that the govern.
ment take up Immediately the work Of
relief of the unemployed, and this has
been promised, but little effective as.
sistance is expected The government
meanwhile has actually forbidden the
worldngmen TO organize relief meas.
ures for their stricken brothers and
comrades.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
Of MOVING
LAWN IS HEFTY ONE
Maybe Commissioner Beckwith's Goat
Suggestion Is Best One That Can
Be Advanced.

With one lawnmOwer strictly on the
"bum" (as the janitor of the court
house puts it), and the other so badly
disabled that to cut grass with it is
like trying to give man a hair cut
with pair of sheep shears, to prop
erly keep the green sward around the
cOunty's house Of justice is becoming
quite a problem with the county court.
To add to the inconvenience caused
by bucking grass cutters, Old Jupe
kindly lends hand at times by wet
ting up the lawn to the extent that
the green spears fairly squeak so rap
idly do they grow.
County Commissioner Daddy Beck
with, from jefferson, has attempted
to solve the question, but just what
action the court will take remains to
be seen. Commissioner Beckwith sug-
gests this;
First-You drive thirty Or forty
goats or sheep from the Beckwith
ranch.
Second-You let them feed on the
courthouse lawn all day.
Third-The ;anitor, Cal Morgan, can
look after the grass-eating animals,
and keep them from blocking traffic on
the streets adjacent.
In this way, believes Mr.. Bechwith,
the grass can be trimmed down nicely,
while there will be no charge for
mending lawnmowers or paying for the
hire of the sheep and goats, as the
former will not be needed and the
latter will throw in the work for the
feed that is in it.
"It may be good scheme" says
Judge Bushey, " but am afraid Beck
with will want to charge for his sheep
soaring the dogs off the lawn.U
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
Prince 10 Mnko visit.

Copenhagen, July 5.--Princc Eric,
the 2i-yoarold son Of Prince Valdemar
Of Denmark, today announced he will
shortly isit England and probably at
later date win 20 to the United
States aud Canada to study farming
methods in those countries, Like al
memlms Of the Danish royal family
Prince G.ic has made special study
cf agriculture, and POSSESSES large
aud profitable farm Of MS own. Ne
proposes taking up an estate in OK
fordshire, England but before start.
ing serious work he will visit his aulnt,
Queen Mother Alexandra, and look
over her model dairy at Sandringham,
and then visit his "cousin George Is +"
farms.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
lBy Yirrinia Terhune.l

NDJ NlIBlnld l6IuunSs)
"What is the dangerous age for a
married womani" was asked of
group of people. Several answers were
given-answers prompted by observa'
tion, experience, or, as is sometimes the
case with talkative persons, by ignor-
ance.
One opinion was that the dangerous
age for a wife is when she is so young
as to be attractive to the opposite sex
and while she is still learning that the
man of her choice is not all her fancy
painted him in the way of perfection
her very Disappointment making her SIS
ceptible to attentions shown her by
other men.
Another speaker declared that the
dangerous age is that in which a wo-
man is caring for her little children,
as any diversion instead of the drudg-
cry of the nursery assumes undue i'm
portance in her stiN young eyes.
To my way of thinking neither cf
these statements is correct as applied
to the majority of women who do have
what has been called Dangerous
age"
I firmly believe that there are many
wives who never have such period
to ruffle the calm of their welded
lives.
They are most normal, clear-headcd
or Unconditional women, who either do
not demand great devotion from their
husbands, or who are so sure of tie
love of their liege lords, and so deeply
in love with them that they are SAFE
from all outside influences.
There are other women who are in
capable of excitement and of deep rc'
gret or great anticipation, and these
too, are in little danger.
The person who stated that the first
few years Of married life were the
most unsafe for women hardly looked
deep enough.
These years are, it is true, filled
with conflicting emotions; the wife
I-does find that her husband is not per
| poatson ool sbo ,,,,,s4 alec lawn 4f
adjust herself to a new scheme of ex
istence, to bear and forbear, to accom-
modate her views to those of her life
companion.
But at the Same time many of these
experiences are so new as to bring
with them a kind of pleasurable ex
citement, a sense of personal import
ance, an appreciation that one is nov
meeting the trials of which one hal
been told by other matrons, and fol
which one is, therefore, to a certain
extent prepared
Moreover, one is still young enougl
and pretty enough to see The look o.
admiration in the eyes of ones hus
band, and one finds happiness in tina
look.
With the second opinion-that tn,
years when a woman is caring for he
little children constitute the dangerou
age-I do not at all agree.
The woman who really loves he
small children finds in her care of then
so much to occupy hands and hear
that her thoughts have little time t,
stray into "ways dark and dim"
The person who watches women, ant
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
SULPHUR AS PLANT
FOOD is DISCUSSED.

"Will sulphur finally be considered
a critical plant foodlh asks Professor
H. V, Tartar, chemist Of the Oregon
Agricultural Experiment Station in
the May Oregon Countrymau, publish.
ed by agricultural college students,
"No one questions the absolute neces.
sity Of sulphur for plant growth. II is
as necessary as is potash, nitrogen or
phosphorus.
"Thc apparent reason why so little
attention has been given to sulphur in
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05
po111NAT1oN BULLETIN OUT.

A bulletin on "Gross Morphology Of
the Apple" by E. ]. Krause, No. ]
of the series on "The PollinatiOn of
the Pomaceous Fruits" is just off
the press of the Oregon Agricultural
College Experiment Station.
The bulletin covers 2S pages, with
Is fine illustrations 1t is a serious
and valuable contribution to horticul.
tural literature.