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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
MIGHT HAVE MADE A MISTAKE
cindy Claimed Caller Was Her Bro.
Their, But She Was Willing to
Take Another Look.

The woman left the girl arranging
the dinner table and went to the
kitchen for something. A great, hulk
ing negro was sitting in the kitchen
rocker. Indignant, the woman hurried
back.
"Cindy," she demanded, what have
! told you about having your beaux in
the Kitchen"
Laws, miss, he amt no beau Why,
he's muffin but my brudder."
Somewhat Modified. the woman
went back to the kitchen.
so you are Cindy's brother?" she
said kindly.
Law bless yo' no, miss" he an.
swered. 81 amt no 'lation tall to her.
Use jes' keepin' comp'ny wifi her"
The woman sought Cindy again.
"Cindy," she asked sternly, why did
you tell me that the man was your
brother? He says he's no relation"
Cindy looked aghast.
"Fo de Lawd's sake, miss, did he
say dat? Jes' yo' stay here a mint
an femme go look ag'in. Chicago
Record-Herald
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30

bloom. For the first few years, and
until after the war, the custom was
only custom, and had not been or
ganized into an institution. 1t had
nothing like authority back Of it; but
it was persisted in with that tender
feeling for the departed that by sheer
public opinion it became one of the
strongest kind OF laws, that born Of
custom.
1t requires the authority OF the rep
resentatives of the people to enact a
law making certain day legal holi-
day. but It does not require anything
more than custom to get the people to
turn out and pay public homage; and
they did turn out. carrying their arms
filled with flowers to lay on the little
mounds in the graveyar6s and little
cemeteries.
But while this was going on in the
south there was in the north, which
was quite natural, a similar feeling.
1t. too, grew spontaneously. 1t did not
require much to arouse the enthusiasm
of the people TO duty of this kind, and
the first marked instance Of large
movement to honor the dead who had
fallen in battle may be said to have
been sounded at Gettysburg. when, on
November 10, 1868, the national ceme-
terry there, on the field where thou
sands had fallen on both sides, was
formally dedicated.
That occasion was one of those sim
Il &c, nh oh for Of N
looked upon as anything more than a
mere formality, but which have in them
the seeds of great popular movement.
There, too, was delivered that address
by President Lincoln which, for it's CON
else summing up of an entire epic
which the times of strife were still Pre-
viding with incidents, remains un
equaled in its quiet majesty, its simple
language, in the whole range of Eng
fish literature.
The shouts of joy at the surrender
Of Lee had scracely been lost on the
winds until the news Of the assassina
ton of Lincoln spread dismay through.
out the nation, south as we'll as north,
The funeral services over the martyred
president, and the professions and tho
| lyings-in-state in the cities through
which the funeral train was taken,
aroused in new sense the idea OF
| tribute to the fallen. In certain
sense the death of Lincoln at that
time may have FASTENED the sentiment
which finally took shape In Decoration
day. There Immediately were projects
for monuments to the great emanct
Pator, and the general tendency was
towards the debt owed to the faliaH
soldier and his best friend.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
HANDS BURNING, ITCHING

sos Lowell Place, Chicago Ill
THE trouble began by my hands burn
ing and itching and / rubbed and
scratched them till one day | saw lit
tie red sores coming out. My hands
were disfigured and swollen, and trou-
bled me so that I could not sleep.
They were cracked and when the
small sores broke white matter
void come out. could not do any
hard work; if I did the sores would
come out worse For two years no.
body could cure my eczema, until one
day I thought would try the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. used warm wa
ter with the Cuticura Soap and after
that | put the Cuticura Ointment on
my hands twice a day for about Ave
or six months when I was cured. "
tSigned) Sam Marcus, Nov. %, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
NHTION'S TRIBUTE
Decoration Day in the United
States Sprang From Spon-
taneous Desire to Dc
Honor to the Heroes
Who Had Fallen.


1t is not difficult to understand just
what that meass. Here was de-
termined war that had sent to their
graves brave men from every part of
the country. That meant that in every
large town and in many village there
were men who went to the front who
never returned; many who did return,
only to soon be borne to their graves
at home.
The country was affected by the
sight. so many men were caught in
the enormous bloody strife, in this
Moloch's NAV, that nearly all who re-
NAMED could point to the grave of one
that had fallen, who was either rela-
tive or a dear friend.
The cost of that struggle to keep
the Union has, indeed, been put in dol
lars. but the real cost, the lives lost
on both sides, places the sacrifice in
another light, and cannot be estimated.
for the sufferers were not only the
fallen ones, oTt those who remained at
home and suffered, too.
The south, naturally, was most se-
verely shaken, and suffered the great
est loss, for the scene of the carnage
and of tie greater part of the destruc-
| ton of both lives and property lay
| south of Mason and Dixons line.
| Therefore 1t seems to have been poetic
justice that there, in the south,
the first steps should be taken to an
nually pay tribute to her fallen sons,
who, 1t must be remembered, also were
brave men, and where there were, too,
homes rendered desolate by the loss OF
sons, fathers, husbands and brothers.
Within year or two the Union
troops had gained possession of the
gulf sections of the south, and it may
be said that it was in this section that
the southern women first turned their
attention to decking the graves of their
soldiers. The idea may be said to
have been spontaneous. and like many
another custom, may be said to have
been instituted by public opinion in
several places at the same time. Ger
tainly it would be work of much diff
ficulty to decide just where the custom
really originated in the south.
Spring visits the south full month
before its first harbingers appear in
the north, and as consequence it be
came customary to strew flowers over
the graves of the fallen soldiers in
April. when flowers were fresh and in
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
Loss an Illusion.

James G. McReynolds, who inves-
tigated the tobacco trust for the gov
eminent, thereby bringing on a lot
of things, says that just after he
started practicing law in small
town down in Tennessee. few years
ago. a stout billsman came into his
office one day and announced that he
desired to sue neighbor for $4,000
damages.
Two years ago he stated. he
called me hippopotamus.
'-Tmo years ago!" echoed Mercy
nolds. why didn't you sue him
sooner"
We'll, suh,' said the injured party
until that there circus come through
here last week l thought all the time
he was paying me compliment. -
Saturday Evening Post.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
Valuable Beetle Now.

Not long ago a Washington scient-
list, an enthusiastic student of natural
history, captured fine specimen OF
beetle. On reaching home he, in a
moment of haste, pinned the beetle
to a library table with his diamond
scarfpin.
When he returned to the library
from his dinner, he found the captive
had got loose and was flying about
with the diamond pin glistening from
his back.
Man and bug made rush for the
window at the same instant. says
Harper's Weekly, The beetle got
there first and triumphantly sailed
away, barely Guiding the scientists
hand. Neither bug nor pin has since
been seen.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
BE Happy Today.

He that hath so many causes of joy,
and so great, is very much in love
with sorrow and peevishness, who
loses all these pleasures, and chooses
to sit down upon his little handful of
thorns. Enjoy the blessings of this
day, if God sends them; and the evils
of it bear patiently and sweetly; for
this day only is ours. We are dead to
yesterday and we are not yet born TO
the morrow. But if we look abroad
and bring into one days thoughts the
evil of many, certain and uncertain,
what will be and what will never be,
our load will be as intolerable as it
is unreasonable.-Je Taylor.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
Kent In Susnense.

Someone of the piers at South
ampton. A group of boys playing in
dangerous proximity to the edge. Sud
denly an old salt, who has been
fidgety onlooker of their gambols,
leaves his favorite post and proceeds
soundly to cuff one of the lads In
question.
Surprised by his actions several in
terrogated the old tar thereon
We'll, sur" was his reply, sit be like
this. 'Tisn't as ] care hang whether
they fall in or whether they don't, but
it's the bloomin uncertainty about II
that can't stand!"-Pi Pittsburgh Cbronr
icle Telegraph.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
Easy Barqain.

Having tried unsuccessfully various
highly recommended recipes for dis
lodging selfish passengers from covet-
ed seats, the woman who swung from
strap in front of the sandy man
tried talking at him to her husband.
AS peroration to her harangue, she
said impressively:
IF you, James, should ever be pig
gish enough to sit down while there
was a woman in the car left standing,
would never speak to you again as
long as live"
The sandy man looked up then.
Lucky devil" he said. mot many
of us could purchase peace at that
price"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
Aged Survivors of Our Wars.

l am informed by the United States
pension Office that the last soldier OF
the rebellion will die in 1866. That
is the estimate made by those who
make study of vital statistics. II
the last veteran survives until that
date he will have lived ninety years
after the surrender of Lee.
Kronk, who died a couple of years
ago in New York state, was the last
soldier of the War of 1912, and he
lived considerably more than ninety
years after peace had been signed.
Brakeman, the last soldier of the
Revolution, lived for eighty-six years
after the peace of 1783.-Phi,adelph
Public Ladger.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
LincOln's
Gettysburg Address

EOURScORE and seven years
ago our fathers brought forth
on this continent a new nation,
conceived in liberty and dedicated
to the proposition that all men are
created equal.
Now we are engaged in great
civil war, testing whether that
nation, or any nation so conceived
and so dedicated, can long endure.
We are met on great battlefield
of that war. We have come to
dedicate a portion of that field as
a final resting place for those who
here gave their lives that that
nation might live. 1t Is altogether
fitting and proper that we should
do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can
not dedicate, we cannot conSe-
crate, we cannot hallow this
ground. The brave men. living
and dead, who struggled here have
consecrated it far above our poor
power to add or detract. The
world will little note, nor long
remember. what we say here, but
1t can never forget what they did
here. II is for US, the living.
rather, TO be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far so nobly
advanced. 1t Is rather for us to
be here dedicated TO the great task
remaining before US; that from
these honored dead we take in
creased devotion to the cause for
which they gave the last full
measure of devotion; that we here
highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain; that
this nation, under God, shall have
new birth OF freedom, and that
government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
Considerate.

My little brother William had been
staying up rather late and went to bed
without saying his prayers. Mother
said to him: Why, Willie, I'm sur
prised at you! You haven't said your
prayers" Jaw, gee!" he answered.
What's the use of waking the Lord up
at this hour of the night? Chicago
Journal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
Heritage of Glory

MEMORIAL DAY is an an
nual baptism of patriotism
that makes the heart throb
with pity for the tragic sacrifice
of precious lives in the awful strife
Of so years ago. 1t was titanic
struggle, a harvest of death on
blood-soaked bsttlefields in which
grim, determined men in blue and
in gray contended for mastery
with equal bravery and stubborn
courage. North and South, they
have left US aheritage of deathless
glory, the example of men who
knew how to die for the cause
they believed to be right. Ittested
the mettle of a world-conquering
race. Out Of this gigantic conflict
the nation staggered, gasping, ex-
hausted, bleeding, but still one
people and under oneflag. ltgave
US Lincoln and Davis. Grant and
Lee, Sheridan and Forest TO add
to the nations scroll of fame, and
II showed a doubling world that
the young American republic had
bred race of mon inspired by
ideals. They sleep well and nobly,
the men who did this work.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30

s e rlou 5 d1Splace-
ment. / had back
ache aud be q ring
down pains SO bad
that I could not sit
in a chair or walk
across the floor and
I was in severe pain
all the time. / felt
discouraged as / had
taken everything 1
could think of and
was no better. i
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30

ceremonies will show that 1t merely
is an adaptation of a custom that is
so old that its origin is lost in the
misty past.
How long ago it has been customary
to strew flowers over the graves OF the
dead may not be asserted with any
degree of certainty. From the earliest
times OF civilization it has been Gus
tomary to pay tribute to the dead,
whether fallen in battle or died in
peace. There is something about the
custom that is inseparable from the
practices OF civilization.
Our decoration day, or Memorial
day, as it is customary now to call it.,
was only the, result of the spontaneous
desire to pay tribute to the thousands
of brave men who fell in the great
Civil war. There was something ex-
traordinary which called forth this
spirit---a something that the present
generation may find difficult to thor
oughly comprehend and appreciate at
its true value.
A four-years' war had kept the ma
ton. both north and south, In state
of commotion and excitement The
whole country, both north and south,
had contributed its young men, its
youths. and even many of It's men of
maturer years to the terrible struggle.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
His Business.

From the way that fellow has been
talking to you. judge he is hot air
artist"
so he is advertising agent for
new furnace"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
Ringing a Change.

Coin to move again this year?"
asked the Office pest.
Nope. Can't afford to-
What cha goin' to do, them
Well said O'Beetle, we've made
arrangements to have new street num-
bers put on the houses on our block. "
Judge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30

began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and now am strong
and healthy. Mrs. ALICE DARLING,
RID. No. 2, Box n, Pentwater, Mich
Read NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. says:
Peoria, nl.-"I had such backaches
that could hardly stand on my feet. l
would feel like crying out lots of times,
and had such heavy feeling in my right
side. l had such terrible dull headaches
every day and they would make me feel
so drowsy and sleepy all the time, yet
could not sleep at night
After / had taken Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound week began to
improve. My backache was less and
that heavy feeling in my side went
away. / continued to take the Com
pound and am cured.
"You may publish this if you wish. "
Miss CLARA L. GAUwTrz, R.R. No. 4,
Box 62, Peoria, III.
Such letters prove the value of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
woman's ills. Why don't you try it?
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30

Opportunity probably knocked al
your door while you were out gossip
ing with the neighbors.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30

That $4,000 prize for fight across
the Atlantic might safely have been
made $50,000,000.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
The Drawback.

Il don't like to attack a fat
man."
Why not fat MANI"
Because he is apt to offer a stout
resistance"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
One Of Man,

One of Many.
DO you believe in the saying that
success is sweet?"
Really. I never tasted it,"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30

Some people never seem to lear
that the impossible is impossible.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
WOMAN COULD
not WALK
She Was So Il-Restored TO
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Pentwater, Mich IA year ago was
very weak and the doctor said I had
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30

KE many another mod
ern institution, Memo
rial day really is of very
ancient origin. And like
these other celebrations,
too, it has received,
through the process of
time, a new Specification.
Every reader knows
that Memorial day which
for more than 40 years
has been religiously Gel
ebrated each year in the
United States is the ex-
preston of a new idea.
Yet, a closer view of the
celebration and of its
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
CORN SHOW BOOST
TO STOCK RAISING
Winning Club to Get Valuable
Bull as Encouragement to
Cattle Industry,

Encouragement of the livestock
industry is to be made part of the
annual Georgia Corn Show.
The Georgia Corn Club which
makes the best showing will become
the owner of a fine, thoroughbred,
short horn bull, and probably the
next step will be the offering of prizes
at the corn show for the best bred
cattle.
This prize, valuable one not only
in itself, but from the standpoint OF
encouraging cattle growing in Geor-
gia, is offered by W. H. White. Jr,,
president of the White Provision
Company, in d letter to Secretary
Walter G. Cooper.
The Corn Show Committee will
take up at once the matter of the
rules under which the prize is to be
given.
Last year out OF 10000 head of
cattle which we slaughtered 5000
We're Georgia raised" said Mr. White,
speaking of the growth of the cattle
industry in this State. "This is more
Georgia grown cattle than were ever
before shipped into Atlanta in sim
liar period, and is indicative of the
gradual growth of the industry in
the State. The farmers are coming
to realize the value and importance
Of using only the best stock, and this
policy should be encouraged
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
WIFE FINDS LOST
RACER IN ATLANTA
Dramatic Reunion When Famous
Auto Speeder Liedtke Is Lo-
Gated After Long Search.

Thursday morning WAS like the
dawn of another honeymoon to Paul
Albert Liedtke, celebrated motor
racer, and his wife, who met in dra-
matte fashion the evening before,
when Mrs. Liedtke, having lost track
Of her husband through no fault of
either, found him in Atlanta.
D. Y. Bussey, manager Of the Pre-
mier Automobile Agency. brought the
separated pair together.
Mrs Liedtle, who had been left in
New York By her husband when he
came South to seek business connec-
tons in new field after reverses of
fortune in the East decided uney-
pectedly to follow him.
Wife Starts Search.
He tried to communicate with her
at New York and, of course, failed.
She knew he had gone TO Savannah,
and, arriving there with their little
son, found he had come to Atlanta.
She spent two days making a round
of the automobile agencies here, and
finally Mr.. Bussey was reached.
He at once arranged meeting, in
rather a romantic fashion. Taking
Mrs. Liedtke and the little boy in a
car to the Aragon Hotel, he sent for
Liedtke
"oh, Daddy" Shouts Boy.
I've got a prospect downstairs
whom l want you to talk TO-" he said,
and the unsuspecting husband fol-
lowed him.
Mrs. Liedtke was heavily yelled,
| and Mr.. Bussey introduced Liedtke
| to Mrs. Jones"
Mr.. Liedtke bowed and raised his
hat, and then the little boy shouted
"Oh, Daddy"
Then there was one of the reunions
that rarely take place outside Of nov
| els.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13

Government official" aroused much
interest. The Fuerst Bismarck viii
sail from Vera Cruz Saturday.
Hear Orozco Is Shot.
Governor Mercado, the military ex-
ecutlVe of the State OF Chihuahua, re-
ported to War Minister Banquet to-
uay that the rebels who attacked Chi
nuahua City have been driven off.
simultaneously private report was
received from the North that Chihua-
nua City and Ciudad Victoria had
Ialien into rebel hands and that Pas
cual Orozco, after being captured by
lnsurrectos, was shot to death by
Francisco Villa.
senior Moheno, Minister of Foreign
Analrs, to-day issued an official state
ment to the International News Serv-
ice, declaring that relations with the
United States We're unchanged. 1t
was the only official statement given
out following the precipitate departure
OF Envoy John Lind. The Minister
said:
"Mr. Lind was in Mexico City with
out coming in contact with official
circles, and he has gone away with
out having had a conference with a
single Mexican official. Our relations
with the United States have not been
changed in the slightest degree, and
therefore the public may rest abso-
lutely tranquil.
This is not a diplomatic excuse. but
an expression of the most absolute
TRUTH
When this statement was issued
General Huerta was reported to be at
his home in Liverpool street recov-
ering from a nights debauch All
entrances We're guarded, causing a
report that General Banquet had Or
dered the dictator's arrest, but this
was officially denied.
Germans Advised to Leave.
Germans living in Mexico were add
vised by the Legation here to- day to
leave the country. The warning was
directed particularly to residents OF
TorreOn and Durango, but those in
other sections were included.
This indicates that the German
Government expects widespread hos
tilities in Mexico within short time.
Financial aid will be given Germans
unable to leave otherwise
Every train leaving for Vera Cruz
is crowded with passengers. Few of
these are Americans, but all citizens
of the United States who remain are
making arrangements to leave at a
moments notice.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-13
STOCKS
BY CHARLES w. STORM.

NEW YORK, Nov, 13.-Growing Sc
robustness of the Mexican situation
caused heavy tone In the stock mar
ket at the opening to-day and sent
Mexican Petroleum to 41%, a new low
record. However, this stock was infiu-
enced to considerable extent by the
passing Of the dividend yesterday as
well as by the pessimistic news from
At the end of half an hour there was
slight rally and some stocks made
recovertes Among the other losses
We're Union Pacific, IL United States
Steel common, |; Canadian Pacific, IL
AmalSamated Copper, / /; American Can
y; Chesapeake and Ohio, 2. Reading
l12, and Southern Pacific. Il.
Union Pacific was one Of the most
active issues on the list
Inc curb was under pressure.
=. Americans in London showed light
llquldaton, but the American rails rose
above their lowest. Canadian Pacific
moved in sympathy with Americans
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET,
Stock quotations to noon: