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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
MESMERIZED
A Poisonous Drug Still Freely Used.

Many people are brought up to be-
lieve that coffee is necessity of life,
and the strong hold that the drug,
caffeine, in coffee has on the sys-
tenn makes it hard to loosen its grip
even when one realizes its injurious
effects.
A lady writes: II had used coffee
for years; it seemed one of the ne
cessities of life. A few months ago
my health, which had been slowly fall
ing, became more impaired, and |
knew that unless relief came from
some source | would soon be physi-
cal wreck.
81 was weak and nervous, had sick
| headaches, no ambition, and felt tired
of life. My husband was also losing
his health. He was troubled so much
with indigestion that at times he could
eat only few mouthfuls.
ssFinally we saw Postum advertised
and bought a package. ] followed d.
rections for making carefully, and
added cream, which turned it to the
loveliest rich-looking and tasting
drink i ever saw S6TNSu dL 1hy e1DAS,
and we have used Postum ever since.
Il gained five pounds in weight in
as many weeks, and now feel well
and strong in every respect. MY
headaches have gone, and am new
woman. My husbands indigestion
has left him, and he can now eat
anything"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be vel
boiled 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum-is soluble DOW
der. A teaspoonful dissolves qricBl
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious bevef
age Instantly. soc and SOC tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds i
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
Told AT the Card Club.

"A little girl sitting next me in
church was coughing" said Mrs. Jones
at the card club. $50 | whispered to
ser mother for permission to slip her
a cough drop. The child held 1t in
DER mouth a moment and then swal-
lowed it,"
Would you kindly give her an
cther? the mother whispered.
I'm sorry, but had only the one,
answered.
Coming out of church l felt in my
pocket and was Mortified to fish out
the cough drop. You see, had had
cough drop and a button in my
pocket"
And what did you dor chorused
the women at the table. did you tell
her mother?"
mo, | didn't. I was mad It was
a very unusual button from my new
suit"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
For Itchino. Rurnino skins.

Battle freely the affected surface
with Cuticura Soap and hot water.
Dry without irritation and apply Cuti-
cura Ointment with finger or hand.
This treatment affords immediate re-
lief, permits rest and sleep and points
70 speedy healment in most cases OF
eczemas. rashes, itchings and irrita-
lions of the skin and scalp of infants
children and adults. Free sample each
with 32-p. Skin Book if you wish. AID
dress postcard: Cuticura, Dept. X
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18

continent would loom and melt into
and yet between a million Christmas
homes were seen and gifts uncounted
were bestowed from Santa's rich and
boundless load.
Though upon the top reposed |
was in no way discomposed, for magic
wonders multiplied that night upon our
snowy ride. The greater wonders,
though, to me might have been traced
to Santa's tea, sophisticated by his
cook, and of which he so much par
took; for at the homes of wealth,
where boys and girls had much,
he left few toys, while poorer
| children's wishes found complete full
| fillment on his round; and to strange
humors he gave vent as here and
| there we quickly went.
Some me- by others well esteemed
got prison wear the while they
dreamed; and others, poor and fur
nished ill, of good things must have
found their fill; and many men OF
lean estate awoke to find their riches
great, each one admonished that his
door should always open to the poor
Fantastic tricks, too, Santa played
on men and women, boy and maid. In
one old spinster's stocking thin saw
him slip a manikin; in one old bach's
dingy place woman's form of won
drous grace. Twas wax, of course;
but twas a hint that ought to stir 9
heart of flint. A man with millions
| strangely made Old Santa left hoe
and spade; to one knew ill-hap hat
struck he left parcel labeled
Luck" to pals of mine that For
tune bars he gave next seasons mo
tor cess. This got my goat, and tt
see just What he purposed giving mt
quite foolishly the silence broke, anc
empty-handed I awokel-Judge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18

And then looked around for a chimney to
enter,
And seeing but one let himself down the
Twas pretty tight fit for saint of his
size,
And the SCOT made him smutty and got
in his eyes,
But when used to flying one won't mind
a fiue,
So he kept on a sliding that long chimney
through,
Then he paused, for the dolls in his pack
shrieked you'll burn us!'
Alas! he's arrived at the steam-heating
furnace!
In fright all the Teddy-bears squeaked
out in chorus,
"a too warm reception What fate is be-
fore us?"
The toy cars and engines all ratified and
bumped,
The stuffed cows and lambs mooed and
bleated and jumped.
"a pretty scrape, this" said st. Nick;
''but before
Giving up let me see if can't force the
door!'
| Happy thought, for the door opened out
ward with ease
| And he wriggled right through, as neat
as you please!
| Then he rushed up the steps to the hall
ways above
And stopped at each door where lived
| children to love,
And selecting their gifts, whether useful
| or handsome
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18

He hurled them with skill right in
through the transom;
And what is most strange-all untruths 7
think shocking
A lot of them landed in each small ones
stocking!
At length to the flats next the roof he
assembled,
Where he paused when his last distribu-
ton was ended
And, laying his finger aside of his nose,
And winlzing one eye, he struck gay
pose,
And burst into laughter that shook his
round belly
You remember, Of course-like bowlful
of jelly:
"Apartment-house architects truly are
clever,
But can they contrive to keep me out?
Never!"
Then he climbed to the roof. shifted the
air, made a dash,
Bounced into his sleigh, and was off like
a flash!
Copyright, Frank A. Munsey Coz
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
A CHRISTMAS DREAM
By j. A. WALDRoN.

n d Shl iotilAcD CfC thdb ~ oiANS
surely, will believe. All will
discredit it because in 1t i
SEszfY was with Santa Claus and
W. 81 witnessed many things so
TS1D queer / hesitate to tell them
here.
Old Santa had just filled his pack
and made it ready for his back. 1t
holds a million things or more from
Santa's rare and endless store, and
like some basket magical, though TAX
en- from tbs always full.
Though I saw Santa plainly, he
seemed not at all to notice me. He
sat in silence with a map spread out
upon his ample lap to mark his course
Ger land and sea while waiting for
his evening tea.
His cookie has no wife, you know
came in and said she meant to go.
She said her job did not quite suit and
he must find a substitute. Cooks
everywhere just grump and CAD, and
with most folks they get in bad.
Well, Santa's smile quick left his
face and he ripped up dress of lace
perhaps intended for this cook, who
gave him then wrathful loci; and
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS

If you will go to the crossroads be-
tween eleven and twelve on Christmas
night you will hear what most con-
Germs you in the coming year.
If on Christmas eve you make lit
tie heap of salt on the table, and it
melts over night, you will die the
next year; if, in the morning, it re
mains undiminished, you will live.
If a shirt be spun. woven and
sewed by pure, chaste maiden on
Christmas day it will be proof against
lead or steel.
If you are born at sermon time on
Christmas morning you can see spir-
its.
If you burn elder on Christmas eve
yod will have revealed to you all the
witches and the sorcerers of the
neighborhood.
If you eat raw egg on Christmas
morning, fasting, you can carry heavy
weights.
1t is unfortunate to carry anything
forth from the house on Christmas
morning until something has been
brought into it.
If the fire burns brightly on Christ
pnac naorninC IF hptoEanC nr0cnpritv
if it smolders, adversely.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
On the Trail Of Friend Husband.

Mrs. Fury-Has yo' seed anything
O. muh husband, Brudder Lopp?
The Night Owl--W'y, howdy, Sistah
Fury; howdy! Nome, isn't seed him
since long bout ten o'clock. But what
brings yo' downtown at dis time O.
night?
Mrs. Fury-Lookin' for dat man o.
mine. And hopes to de Lawd nuth n
happens to him befo' l finds him,
uh--kaze rs gwine to bust his head wild
dis club when / kotches him!-Kan
sas City Star.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
Biggest TaIker in the British House.

Biggest TaIker in the British House.
Mr.. Lloyd George, the chancellor OF
the exchequer, is the greatest talker
in the British parliament.
The chancellor spoke ITO columns
of "Hansard," while the prime minis
ter comes sixth down the list with 1OS
columns. The member who asked the
most questions was Mr.. Fred Hall OF
Dulwich, who put 359.
In one sort of contest Mr.. Will Hall
Is easily beaten by Mr. Will Thorne
the Socialists. The ordinary rate of
speaking is 100 to $50 words minute
MIR. Will Thorne puts his questions to
the government at the rate of about
six hundred words a minute. Mr
Hall cannot do better than a mere 45C
words a minute.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
a Doubtful Frame Of Mind.

do you believe in unpreparedness
for war as a powerful influence for
peace?"
I'm not sure about that" replied
Senator Sorghum. Il can't see any evil
dence to the effect that no monarchy
would have the heart to shoot zip an
unarmed nation"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
a comparIso,,n.

There goes the Widow Blym. She's
haen married three times and she's
still as pretty as a picture"
THAT shows the superiority OF a
woman over an automobile"
In what respect?'
After a car has changed hands
two or three times it's sight to be-
hold"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
Up-to-the-Minute.

HE has modern ballroom in every
way"
THAT so?"
Yes. The smoking room has been
enlarged three times to accommodate
the husbands who don't dance the
new steps."-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
Selling the ADVANTAGE.

What are you boys making such
a racket down there for?"
why, we're two big nations gone
to war"
But what are you both pummel-
ing poor little Freddy for?"
.'Oh, he's a neutral so he can't
fight"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
Bessie's Plea.

Say, mamma, please don't make
any fire in my bedroom CRATE" begged
little Bessie.
Why, you'll freeze"
Il don't mind being cold. just so
long as Santa win be able to get
down the chimney all right"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
a Husky Fowl.

Willie came in from the shed where
Uncle Rufus was picking Christmas
chicken for his small city nephew's
dinner.
AUNT Sue!" he cried as he entered,
what do you think? Uncle Rufus is
out in the shed husking a hen!"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
Reversible.

Stella-I take my husband along to
help choose hat.
Bella take hat along to help
choose a husband.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
No News.

Did you ask little Jimmy Wombat
about the fight over at his house the
other night?"
Yes"
And what did you get out of him?"
Not very much. His mother is
evidently an exceedingly strict CEN
sor."-Judge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
A Misanthropic Reader.

Il don't believe more than half OF
what see in print, said the incredu-
lous man.
Trying to be on the safe side?"
YES. And even at that, generally
pick the wrong half"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
"WatchfuI Waiting

What are we to do for fashions, if
the war in France continues?"
Wear as little as we can, and
wait" cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red Weak, Watery
lust Eye comfort Write for Book of the Eye
81 mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18

Speaking of angels in disguise but,
what business has an angel to wear
a disguise?
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18

Methuselah had grudge against
his wives, perhaps, and kept on living
to beat them out of the Insurance.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
St. Nick in the Citu
b GEORGE JAY SMITH

WAS the night before Christ
10 @w~SI mas, and through the
apartment
m 4 The rooms were so still you
n could hear how your heart
n went;
The janitor banked all tina
M7Sym fires ere he slept,
XNAI And the heaters no more
kzsgs8-l Kissed and hammered and
wept.
The stockings were hung by the steam
pipes with care.
In hopes that st, Nicholas soon would be
there,
And In their small bed, in a room eight
by ten,
The children dreamed Christmas had
dawned once again.
And now on the roof from his air-sleigh
alighted
Dear jolly ST. Nick, who no good child
eer sighted.
He turned off the sparker and slowed
down the motor
His RENDERS he'd sold for a new auto.
fioater-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18

1t isn't always love that makes a
man attentive to his wife. Maybe he
Is afraid of her.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
Like Bread on Water.

He-I gave poor man dollar yess
terday and told him to come around
and let me know how he was getting
on.
She-That was good of you; like,
casting your bread upon the waters.
He-Yes, something like that. Any
way, he came back this morning.
soaked. Boston Transcript.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18
Weeks Break Up-A-CoId Tablets

A guaranteed remedy 1or Colds and
La Grippe. Price Csc of your druggist.
It's good. Take nothing else.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-18

The skipper of this freighted craft
Was quite careless sort.
The cargo he did not espy
Till he hove into port.
And then upon the portside bow,
In raptures he did kneel.
For Santa Claus is no mere dream,
And Christmas toys are REALl
GENE MORGAN.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-19
MERELY COMMENT

As live, Up-to-date war news Rich
ard Harding Davis, war correspond
ent Of the Daily News, is wiring re-
ports Of cock fights in Mexico.
It's now UP to MediU Mccormick to
come across with a graphic story
about bull fight.
What's the use of having war cor
respondents unless they run up tele-
graph tolls?
In the meantime, the peace news
will come from Niagara Falls or
thereabouts. ...-
The newspaper reports from At
lanta tell us that the Judge PANIED
certain" detectives for their tactics
in that Frank case.
Certain" detectives means Burns
detectives in this case, but for Ger
tain" reasons certain" newspapers
left out the name.
Do YOU remember how Burns
Dragged about how he knew who kill
ed the Phagen girl-and how he was
going to prove it wasn't Frank?
The story runs that Influential Jews
all over the country hired Burns to
save Frank from the gallows, and
that Burns. didn't get away with it.
The main thing about this case
isn't whether Frank is Jew OF a |
Gentle.
But whether or not he is guilty.
And Burns doesn't appear to have |
shaken the opinion in Georgia that |
Frank is guilty.
The campaign made by the news
papers all over the country for Frank |
was due largely to the fact that the |
papers thought they would please a
lot of big advertisers.
Judge Ben Hill at Atlanta has in
structed the jury to investigate the
charges against Burns detectives.
Louis Frank Boswell, another son
"a T1Vs,,,s- rrr,e IrsIInJ ~ W., Ct,-,,--
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-19
U. S. INITs BEST HEALTH

" D IN ] = PEOI TlEHL n
Washington, May 19.-The United
States is in better health than it ever
was before and it's inhabitants are liv-
ing longer, according to figures for
1918 given out by the census bureau.
Washington was the healthiest
state, with a death rate of 8.5 per
thousand, and North Carolina had
the highest mortality rate, 1853.
Memphis, Tenn, was apparently the
unhealthiest city. Its death rate was
POS. Seattle was the prize good
health town, with a rate of only ga.
New York city showed the biggest
death rate reduction in five years
with PAT per cent drop in that period.
The death rate per thousand in
Chicago was ISL.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-19

Wasn't Boswell as much a hero as
Meisenberg?
And couldn't the state have spared
a few soldiers when Coulterville didn't
have any Of her own?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-19

Explorer (seeking to impress ma
tive) To-day am going to command
darkness to fall over the land.
Native-Cut the bunk! Every time
there's a solar eclipse scheduled,
some Caucasian attempts to make
capital out of it among us simple
minded Africans.
The oVerdress of some of the very
newest costumes is as light and flmy
as air, almost.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-10-02
Order Limiting Time to File
Claims, and for Hearing
Thereon.
Ihereon.
Estate of Thomas Thomason

Estate of Thomas Thomson
State of Minnesota. County of Stevens,
in Probate court.
In the matter of the estate of Thomas
Thomson, decedent.
Letters of administration with the will
annexed this day having been granted
to Carl Buckentin,
It is ordered, that the time within which
all creditors of the above named decedent
may present claims against his estate in
this court, be, and the same hereby is,
limited to six months from and after
the date hereof; and that Monday, the
22nd day of March, 1915, at 10 O'clock, "a.
NJ. in the probate court rooms at the Court
House at the city of Morris, in said coun-
tyss@be and the same hereby is, fixed and
appointed as the time and place for hear
ing upon and the examination, adjust
ment and allowance of such claims as
shall be presented within the time afore-
said.
Let notice hereof be given by the publi-
cation of this order in the Morris Tribune,
as provided by law.
Dated Sept ii. 1914.
probate Court seaD A. L. STENGER,
Judge of Probate
JAMES B. ORMOND.
Attorney for Administrator.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-10-02
GIVES KEYNOTE AT RED WING
Democratic Candidate Opposed to Use
OF Veto Power.


The keynote speech Of Winfield 5S.
hammond, Democratic candidate for
governor, which was given before
an immense crowd In the Red Wing
opera house, was featured by a chal-
lenge to hts opponent to make more
specific his charges that the brew
ers and other special interests con-
lrol politics in Minnesota.
II the charge is true, said Mr.. Ham
mond. It is a serious charge against
Mr.. Lees own party, which has had
all but two governors during the iaat
two decades, all other state ofices
and control of both branches OF the
legislature. Mr.. Hammond discussed
county option at some length, making
It plain that he would not veto this
or any ether Measure that had been
before the public for general discus
sion. He urged extenslon Of the non
partisan primary to state ofRcera, ap-
proved the general plan for reogeAni-
zation Of state departments proposed
by the efficiency and economy com
mission, declared that increases Ia
state taxes must stop and advocated
a policy Of establishing state forests
and developing state lands.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-10-02
Citation for Hearing on Final
Account and for Distribution.

Estate. of Johonna King Dece-
dent.
State of Minnesota. County of Stevens,
in probate court.
In the matter of the estate of Johanna
King, Decedent
The State of Minnesota to Alfred Fl,
King: Emil A. king: J. Henry King:
Hannah G. king: David T. king: Nellie
A. King and all persons interested in
the final account and distribution of the
estate of said decedent: The. representa-
tive of the above named decedent, having
filed in this Court his final account OF
the administration of the estate of
said decedent, together with his
-DetitiorIs Drawing for the adjustment and
ailowar1ce Of said final account and for
distribution of the residue Of said estate
Go the persons thereunto entitled:
Therefore. you, and each OF you.
are hereby cited and required to show
cause. liz any you have, before this Court
at the probate court rooms, in the Court
HoI1se in the City of Norris, County Of
Stevens, State of Minnesota, on the 10th
day of October 1914. at two o'clock b. M,
why said petition should not be granted
Witness, the judge of said court. and
the seal of said court, this oath day of
Septembe 1914
Court SeaD A. L. STENGER,
Probate Judge
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-10-02
GIVES KEYNOTE AT RED WING
Democratic Candidate Opposed to Use
of Veto Power-Says Increase
Of Taxes Must Stop.

Red Wing, Sept 28.-The keynote
speech Of w. S. Hammond, Democratic
candidate for governor of Minnesota,
which was given before an immense
crowd in the Red Wing opera house
tonight, was featured by a challenge
to the Republican candidate, w. e.
Lee, to name the public officials which
Lee charges have been dominated by
brewery or other special interests. II
there are any such officials, Mr.. Ham
mond said, they must be in the Re-
publican party, which has had nearly
all the offices and of which Mr.. Lee
now claims to have the united support.
The challenge came near the end of
a speech in which Mr.. Hammond had
stated his views on q number of state
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-10-02

by some IL Is said This question
has no place In politics The answ@
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-10-02
FRANKLIN HEADS CHARITIES
Faribault Man Elected President at
Hemidii Conference.

The twenty-third conference of Min
nesota Charities and Corrections at
Bemidji closed with addresses by
Katherine BemiS Davis Of New York
city and DR.. ]. T. Fulton, superintend-
ent of the state training school at
Red Wing. The next meeting will be
held year hence at New Ulm.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: President, G. A. Franklin,
superintendent of schools, Faribault;
FIRST vice president, o. M. Larson,
county commissioner, Madison; Sec
ond vice president, Mrs. c. L. At
wood, president State Federation of
Womeu's Clubs, ST. Paul; secretary,
Otto w. Davis (re-elected), Minneap.
Oils; treasurer, c. E. Vasely, chair
man state board of control.
Executive members at large, in cd
dition to twenty-five former pRAGi
dents: Miss Edna Meeker, general SEQ
rotary Associated Charities, Duluth
S.. T. Mcknight, president Associated
Charities, Minneapolis; G. c. Stillman,
general secretary Associated Chart
tiles, ST. Paul; DR.. w. ]. Marclay,
MINNEAPOLIS. a,I
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1914-10-02
Order for Hearing Petition for
Conveyance.

Estate of A. III, Merlien, Deceased
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF STEVENS.
In the Matter of the Estate OF A. II
Merlien, Decedent, vi FS ~
On reading and fling the petition of
Theodore G. K1inger and Wilhelmina
Klinger representing that A. H. Merlien,
deceased, in his lifetime by his Contract
in writing agreed to sell and convey to the
petitioners certain real estate therein
described, upon the terms and conditions
therein stated, that they have fully per
formed said conditions and paid the pur-
chase money for said real estate and are
now entitled to conveyance thereof.
and praying that the executrix of the
will of said A. III. Merlien, deceased be
authorized and directed to convey the
same to them.
It Is Ordered, that said petition be
heard by this Court at Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House in the City of
Morris, County of Stevens, State of Mimi
esota, on Monday the 18th day of October,
LIZA at one O'Clock p. NJ, of said day.
Let notice hereof be given by the pub
LEGATION of this order in the Norris
Tribune as provided by law.
Dated September 18th, 1914. By the
Court.
probate Court SeaI A, Z. STENGER,
Judge of Probate Court.