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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
ALCOHOL MAKES MARE FIGHT
Seeking Cause of Racket In Barn.
Owner ExpostuIates and Gets
the Worst Of It.

Bremerton, Wash.-William Bra
ken, Colby farmer, placed a quart
of alcohol intended for horse liniment
above a feed box in his barn. Short
ly after midnight Mr.. Braken heard a
commotion indicating that somebody
was pulling the barn apart. When
he peered into the stall and gently in
quired whats the matter, Molly?'
that spirited animal kicked him.
Mr.. Braken returned with scantling
and slipped into the stall. The first
kick missed Mr. Braken's head, but
knocked the scantling out of his
hands. Then Molly kicked him be-
hind the door and kicked the door on
top of him.
When Mrs. Braken arrived and re-
moved the door Mr. Braken announced
that he would call the battle a draw
for the night.
In the morning it was learned that
Molly's indiscretion was due to the
splitting of the alcohol in the feed box.
Aside from exhibiting some eagerness
to get to the pump, Molly's morning
after" was uneventful.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
ERUPTION DlsFIGURED FACE

Lock Box 35, Maurice, Ia.-"In the
spring of 1911 our little daughter, age
five years, had breaking out on her
lip and part of her cheek that we
took for ringworm. 1t resembled a
large. ringworm, only it differed in
that it was covered with watery bis
tiers that itched and burned terribly,
made worse by her scratching it..
Then the blisters would break through
and let out a watery substance. She
was very cross and fretful while she
had it and had very little rest at
night. When the eruption was at it's
worst the teacher of the school sent
her home and would not allow her to
attend until the Disagreement of her
face was gone.
Il wrote and received a sample of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment, which
we used according to directions, and
they gave instant relief, so we bought
some more. 1t gradually grew better.
We kept on using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and in three or four months
the child was entirely cured"
(Signed) Mr. Henry Prins, Oct. %,
1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
HIS SELF-CoNcElT
Young Lady's Reason for Choosing
Escort Not Exactly What He Had
Imagined 1t to Be.

Mr. Blank we've got to call him
that because he's really very decent
fellow, and he'd kill us if we told
his real name) is first tenor in glee
club. He sings in a choir. too. Every
body likes him.
The other night bunch of young
people met for social session at a
certain house in the suburbs. They
ate and danced and they sang. And
when it was all over the prettiest
young woman there-she hadn't been
escorted thither by any chosen cav
alier-said:
Il walk home, but it's a lonesome
walk and I'm afraid. There have
been holdups in this part of town. So
l choose Mr. Blank to see me safe
home" On the way home Mr.. Blank
was considerably swelled up. The
prettiest girl had chosen him from a
crowd of personable bachelors, and
his feelings of self-satisfaction were
excusable. He couldn't resist saying:
why did you think | was the
strongest and bravest man there to
night?"
Il didn't" answered the girl. Il
picked you because knew you could
holler the tl"-Cleveland Plain.
dealer.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Principal Carlsbad Spring.

come to take the cure. Absolutely
you are looked upon as being a per.
feet heather if you are not consider
ing the cure, for poor man gets sick
and takes the cure and rich man
takes the cure and gets sick.
l arrived in Carlsbad about four
o'clock in the afternoon and after hav.
ing been comfortably established in
one of the hotel apartments / hap
pened out on my balcony and there
witnessed streams of people, all bound
in the same direction and each and
every one carrying little red bags.
My first thought was that an Ameri
can circus was in town, but then why
on earth was everybody carrying their
own refreshments Instantly I caught
up my hat, dashed out on the street
and said: Declare me in. I'm a
sure-enough." Nobody in the crowded
thoroughfare heard me, so I declared
myself in. l walked and walked I'M
til finally l reached a place called
Kaiser Park. There's hundreds of
these supposed to be ihvalids, instead
of keeping to their strict diet Of
about LOG glasses of water day and
merely enjoying the music, were graft
flying themselves with coffee and a
superabundance of cake, which con-
stituted the contents of the little red
bags. Well, it was worth the long
walk to hear such wonderful music,
the time fairly flew, but the orchestra
leader did beat it.
You go through the same routine
about four times day, or first walk.
ing yourself to death, then eating
everything in sight. Then first thing
you find yourself tipping the scales
far beyond your own approval and in.
stantly you wish to make a quick get
away before you increase another inch
in diameter. The only thing that de-
tains you from taking the first train
out of town is you must report to the
constable Of your intentions to leave,
then gently slip him the lower half
of your letter of credit for taxes on
the water and music. Then you may
leave with a light pocketbook, but
plenty of excess weight Twas ever
thus
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Fo9 HOME THAT is HOME
Writer Sounds the Praises Of the
Suburban Residence Over That
of the City.

In the suburbs most of the people
in the same neighborhood are of the
same sort and standard of character,
and in the suburban school which
your children will attend, the pupils
will be the children of people in your
own walk Of life, the sort OF children
with whom your own should grow up,
associate and mate, The buildings
are not oyercrowded, because the
population is not dense enough to
cause overcrowding.
In the last analysis the home own
er is what God intended him to be, a
normal, healthy man, raising his chill
dren in a normal, healthy way; do
ing 1t in a home that allows for the
fullest expression of his individuality
and that of his family subject to an
environment of his own making that
brings out the best that's in him.
II you haven't thought of this
point before, call on fellow fiat
dweller and feel the limpid, aenemic,
howdy-do handshake and the lack Of
enthusiasm. Then call upon some
friend living at the edge of a city
or deep in the suburbs, and when you
ring his bell you'll get hearty
greeting and heartier handshake
from man with the light Of the joy
of living in his eye.-Exchange.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Home bun|
! 7 Helps Y |
BUSINESS POWER OF BEAUTY
"'soelpnla Ledger Makes a Point
which Railroads Would Do
Well to Observe.

y you get out at the railroad 90.
s'on AZ Lancaster, you want to get
away from that town as quickly a.
possible, says the PHILADELPHIA Ledg.
~ why? Because of the comnlata
usllness, aloon-side-ent-anc look to
.ne whole surroundings of that first
shmpse Of It. After you have gone
away from the station you get over It
soilieWhat, but never quite. The first
IMPRESSION Is the most lasting
II you get out at the station of ono
q the subsidiary lines Of the railroad
a. rorest Hills Gardens you exclaim.
TOW perfectly bully" and you don't
tear yourself away from the spot nm.
vi you have satisfied the instant de-
mana Tor the study and enjoyment Of
tne station. its approach and its sur.
roundings
winch pays? Does it pay Lancas-
Ter 70 nave that first impression never
quite removed? Does it not nav For.
est Hills Gardens to have that first
Impression always emphasized?
Which costs? Ugliness or beauty?
how many cities lose millions by
mere ugliness? How many millions
are made by Berlin, Paris, Vienna "
mere beauty?
what an egregious fool is the gut
ter scoffer who sneers at the idea of
beauty and urges that the gutter is
good enough. 1t is ignorance that de-
crys the business power Of beauty.
And beauty tells on the business Of a
town nowhere more than at its por-
tal-at its railroad station.
The new station at Montclair, N.
j., is an example of how vigorously
the axiom Of city planning that the
first impression must be a good i'm
preston is being put into practice.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
With All That Was in Him.

Nose was hodcarrier, black as tar,
bandy-legged and glad of it. He was
relating to some white men on the rear
Of car the results of a fight he re-
Gently had INDUCED in.
dat niger tole me to keep muh
hans often dat pile of sewer pipe" he
said, but de boss done tole me to
fetch 'em in, an | suttinly were gonter
fetch EN-. So de big coon ups and
takes hoP of muh ahm and says, mig
gah, beat it, he says"
did you beat it?" came sympathet-
ically from listener.
Did All beat it? Cose All didn'
All jes' raped dat coon on de jaw"
did you hit him hard?" was an
other desultory question from the
white men.
Hit i'm ha'hd? Man, I jes' nacher-
ly put everything in dat lick Gawd
Almighty evan did gimme.
1t was agreed that it was some
blow.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
CARLSBAD AS HEALTH RESORT
Humorous Resume of One Pllaram's
Visit to the Famous Water
Ing Place.

London.--It is not necessary to
have a map to find a health resort.
Just jump on train and look stead.
lily out of the window. You may ride
day and you may ride a week.
Eventually you will come to a place
where every person looks the picture
of health. You will see streets crowd.
ed with men with thick necks and
broad backs. and women whose
shapes could be revised ad lib. The
glow of health is in their cheeks and
their clothes are expensive. 1mme.
diately you will recognize this place
to be Carlsbad. All these people have
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
The First rhino.

You are always talking about the
foolishness of the rich and telling US
what they ought to do with their
money. Let US suppose that you were
in some way to become the possessor
Of million dollars tomorrow. What.
in that case, would be the first thing
you would do?"
Il would rent an office where
could have an anteroom with a strong
man on guard to shield me from peo-
pie who desired to waste my time Dor
ing me with recitals of their own
troubles and by asking me foolish
questions"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
THE IMPREssIoNIsT SCHOOL.
crazed Artist Believed in the Simple,
Suggestive and Unpretentious.

painter of the ''impressionist'
school is now confined in a lunatic
asylum. To all persons who visit his
studio he says, Look here, this is
The latest masterpiece of my compost.
ton"
They look, and see nothing but an
expanse of bare canvas. They ask:
What does that represent"
THAT? Why, that represents the
passage of the Jews through the Red
Sea-"
beg pardon, but where is the sea?"
1T has been driven back
"And where are the Jews?"
They have crossed over"
And the Egyptians
will be here directly. That's the
sort Of painting like-simple, sug.
gestive and unpretentious. London
lTit-Bits.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
How II Happened.

$50 you broke your engagement
with Miss Spencer!
mo: l didn't break It,"
"Oh! she broke ft?
mo; she didn't break It."
But 1t is broken?''
Yes; she told me what her clothes
cost and | told her what my income
was. then our engagement sagged In
the middle and dissolved.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
unplc asant Encounter.

Il was told young Staylate had quite
an encounter with Maude Browns.
father"
yes. He did. He met the old man
lacking home from the club just as he
was leaving and in trying to avoid one
another they both fen down the ter
race and broke 81 garden vase. And
now the old man says he was assaulted
by two burly ruffians, and Staylate
doesn't dare to go near the house for
fear he'll be recognized as both of
them"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Shameless Men.

Dainty maid full of woe;
Clinging skirt; breezes blow.
Mems remarks maid invites;
Might as well be in tights.
Dainty maid, cheeks afiame,
Thinks that men have no shame.
IF she pleased. maiden might
Wear a skirt not SO tight.
Couldn't think of it, though;
Let 'em stare-let 'er blow.
Naughty men. thus to smile;
Maiden must be in style.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
All is Fish to the Net.

Catch anything while you were
away on your vacation?"
Sure, did. 1t weighed % pounds.
You catch anything?"
'Uh-huh told you l would. She
weighs $50 and her dads worth half
of a street railway company, an cleo
trio lighting plant and two brewer
les"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
o Temporal o Moresl

Il want you and your wife to come
and have dinner with us next Thurs
day evening"" said Mrs. Wammsleigh.
I'VE are going to have some friends
from Cincinnati in"
Thank you. 1t will be a pleasure
to meet your friends. I'm sure. What
time will you expect us?"
"Oh. about half past six And please
don't dress. None of us are going to"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
One on the Butcher.

Bobbie-Will you send mother a
leg Of mutton, please, Mr.. Bones?
Bones-Yes, my boy.
Bobble-And mother says if it's as
skinny as the last the man needn't
knock; he can put it through the let
Ter box.-Cleveland Leader.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Found a Flaw.

Little Pierre had been taken to the
seaside and expressed himself on his
return as disappointed with the ocean.
What's the matter with the sea?"
asked his surprised father. Isn't it
big enough, my boy?"
"Yes-but it has only one shore"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
seIf.sustained Humor.

How did Horum get his reputation
as raconteur? His stories are not
amusing and he doesn't tell them very
WE'LL"
NO But he can laugh at them in
way that makes him sound like a
crow, Washington Star.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
One BY One.

"One by one our children leave u.s.
she sadly said. when their fourth
daughter had started on her wedding
journey.
YES" he replied. little more sad
ly. land one by one they bring our
sons-in-law back to u.s."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
She Knew.

struggling author (who has Just
a gau his latest story to his wife)-
A., anere! There's the best thing |
=, ms wife-"Yes. dear. What maya
le Shall you send it to first?"-Puck.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

take time to tell you about all Of
them. But there was one thing we
didn't do"
Huh! There was. was there? What
was it?"
I'VE didn't sing Hail. Hail, the
Gangs All Here"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

Senior Ducked for Shaving Mustache.
Chicago.-John Green, senior at the
University of Chicago, was ducked in
the gymnasium tank because he yio-
lated the rule prohibiting the shaving
Of mustaches.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Her Thrift.

$50 Maude caught the rich old guy.
after ALL
yves: she always did say her honey
moon was going to be OF the harvest
kind"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

Runaway Horse DemoIishes Saloon.
Chicago.-Detectives in a saloon set
Ting the matter of a stolen overcoat.
were suddenly interrupted by the
hasty entrance of runaway horse.
Several persons were injured and the
saloon demolished.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

Up and Down and Far and Wide.
YES, believe in seeing America
first"
How much of 1t have you SEEM 20
"A lot I've travelled from Upper
Sandusky. o.. to Lowville. N. Y, and.
from Longmeadow. Mass. to Brod-
head, Wis"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Saved.

!, Jones fell out of the window of
as 2oth story office yesterday"
roor chap. When is the funeral?"
no funeral. You see he landed
"a the top of the 1s-story building
next door"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
OMITTED THAT.

We'll, snarled
Stephen Crouch
erlot, what did
you do at your
suffragette rally? ?"
"Oh, we did a.
lot of things" his
wife replied; so
many that | can't
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Enough.

Teacher.-What do you know about
George Washington?
boy-He never told lie.
leacher-Is that all you know
soy-Ain't that enough?-Chicago
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Not to Improve His Looks.

homely Patiently face pains,
doctor. What shall do?
poctor-rm sure don't know. You
Aieht try beauty specialist.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

ouizzo III understand that your
,riend Bronson is a vegetarian.
ouizzed-Yes. He has such pro-
nornced views on the subject that be
married a grass widoN.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
The Point of View,

lis only a goat" murmured the
an' as he strobe into the strange
lis butt man." retorted the goat,
- ne went at it in a business way.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
tion, allays pain,cures wind collie CSC bottle.Aas
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

A simple remedy against coughs and all
throat irritations are Deans Mentholated
Cough Drops-5c at all good Druggists.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
Advance Information.

Young man, we need brains in our
business"
Il know you do That is why I'm
looking for a job here"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
WOMB Make chloaoo nprvv romn.

Won't Make Chicago "Dry" Town.
Chicago.-By vote of 81 to 80 the
societies of the city have
decided not to attempt to make Chi
cago dry" city in the spring cam
paign of 1914.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

There is no need of guide posts on
the road to ruin.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

Some men are almost as much
afraid of microbes as some women are
of mice.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

brunette may be fairer than a
blonde in some ways.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26

A teaspoonful of gossip will faint a
kettleful of pure truth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-30
FOR SALE.

5 acres. 1-2 mile south city limits on Sulphur Springs road, new Groom bungalow, large barn, good tile we'll, strawberry patch. Will sell or ex- change for residence in city. Price s2,00O.O0.
 40 acres, miles from town, 3-4 miles from Little Rock road and school, Broom house, 15 acres in cul- tlvatiOn ............................... $400.0 %
 40 acres, 20 in cultivation, room house. good wire fence, 6 1-2 miles from town on Sulphur Springs pike. Can sell now for $1,5O00O.
 1110 Laurel, 3 rooms, hall, bath, gas, electric lights, large lot and ser want house, $3,0CO.0O.
 Corner 18th and Linden, lot 62x240 feet, 3 rooms. ? halls, modern every way, good outbuildings. Sell S1,5OO.OO cash, balance 1, and years, per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-30
S1OO REWARD, S1OO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that lhere is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Ca- tarrh being a constitutional disease, requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly. acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitu- tion and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address sF. J. Cheney & Co.,. Toledo, O.
 Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for con- stipation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-30
FOR RENT
 --BY- c. s. M'NEW

lO6 PINE STREET PHONE 971 7O9 Main street, rooms, electric
 light and bath ...$2 $2S .00 1909 w. 5th, six rooms, hall, electric
 lights, bath, gas, modern in every
 respect on best street in city, ser
 wants house -.--.-.--.............-..--...$3O .O0 Two Groom houses, East 9th, near
 Sanders mill modern in every way.
 Good outbuildings, each........$2O. .0O 115 Idaho St., ..... 900 l9Oo E. Pullen .-----.......-...-...... 500 1904 D. Barraque ............ 50 1902 Linden, rooms. hall, city
 water $12.50 115-17 17th St., 5 rooms, hall, city
 water, on car line ......................$8.O .O0 1908 w. Third, 3 rooms and hall, city
 water, electric lights ...............$12.50 300 Utah St., rooms, city water, con
 venient to school and churches, 2
 blocks from car line ..................$S.0 40 E. 5th, 6 rooms, lights, bath, gas newly overhauled, papered, etc., $17.50 616 w. 3rd, rooms, lights, bath, gas,
 blocks from business center $3O.00 1718 D. 5th, 8 rooms, hall, large back 1905 E. 5th, rooms, city water $13.50 115 D. 17th, rooms, city water 5000 l19 E. 17th, 4 rooms, city water $10.0O 14OG Mag, 3 rooms ..................-....$6.O0 707 Pine 5 rOOmS mOdarn clOse tC
 business section ..S22.50
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-30
BRADFORD CLAIMS
 TO BE INCAPABLE
MAN WHO WAS JAILED FOR FAIL. ING TO PAY ALMIONY WOULD
 WIN SYMPTHY.
Says He MOrtgaged Property to Pay Wife AlimOny-Remains
 In JaiL

The statement that the reason he had not conformed with the order of Judge J. M. Elliott of the Chancery Court, and pay his divorced wife ali mony in the sum of $50 per month, was the fact that he was laboring for $1 day and was therefore not mak- ing $50 a month, was made yesterday afternoon by M. l.. Bradford, who is now in the county jail.
 Bradford was arrested Wednesday on orders of Judge Elliott who con- handed that he be arrested and put in jail until he made bond in the sum of $200 as guarantee that he would pay the required amount every month. Bradford stated yesterday that there was nothing left to do but lie in jail until Judge Elliott saw fit to turn him out, as he realized that it would be matter of impossibility for him to raise the required $50 each month and live.
 My friends would make the bond of $2OO for me, am sure," said Bard ford yesterday, but they have done so very much for me during my trou- ble that do not want to impose upon them and I know that could not pay the $50 each month.
 "I am being persecuted unjustly and undeservedly and 1 regret very much to have to make statement in my own defense. All my friends and every one who is acquainted with the affair know that I have proven myself innocent. I was ordeded to pay the $50 month alimony which I was un- able to do and 1 was given the pri- vilige to furnish suitable place for her to buy her groceries and dry goods When her account ran so high that 1 was unable to pay it I was forced to mortgage all my stock and property to raise the money and now I am left with nothing. On account of my health I am unable to remand much salary and live on my daily wages.