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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10
caravaaalo Picture Found.

An important find has been made in
the art collection of Marchese della
Stufa at France. 1t is a painting by
Caravaggio. which had been lost sight
of for many years. The painting was
known to connoisseurs through a print
In the Galleria degli Ufizzi-
Sig di Pietro, the secretary of this
gallery, was determined to find the
picture. 1t was known that in the
year 1900 it was in possession of the
Cerretani family. which is now ex-
tinct.
Sig di Pietro, while examining Mar
cheese della Stufa's collection saw the
painting and Immediately identified it..
The Ufizzi print is an exact reproduc-
ton of the picture. which is typical
Caravaggio. 1t depicts six youths, one
of whom is playing violin, one a lutte
and one a flute, while two are singing
and one is listening New York Sun
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

Trees furnish one of the most strfk-
ing and permanent forms of beauty.
What stately grace, what fine proper
lions, what variety of expression, and
what unconscious dignity may be seen
in well-developed tree. How they
beautify and glorify every landscape.
Trees improve the climate and con-
fiuenee of trees and forests on climate
is not definitely known, the effect of
an all too reckless destruction is be-
ginning to be felt Springs and streams
are falling that never failed before;
soil droughts are more severe and pro-
tracted. Untimely frosts are more
ruinous to all the more delicate fruits,
and wind storms are more damaging
than in former years.
Trees furnish safe shelter and
natural resting places for birds. Birds
are the best allies we have in fighting
insects. but the removal of the forests
has greatly lessened the number of in
sect-eating birds. Trees furnish 6
great variety of miscellaneous, usefu
products, such as fruits, nuts, sugar
honey, tannin. pitch. turpeItine, dye:
and medicines.
AS the only source of wood supply
trees touch the welfare of every man
woman and child, but their influences
goes much farther. 1t underlies th'
great questions of soil preservation
/ and soil fertility; the use and contro
of rivers and streams; the water sur
ply OF towns and cities. II short, civ
ilization and progress are based largel
on trees. There is no crime agains
nature that draws down more certain
or severe punishment than that o
stripping the earth of all her trees
William R. Lazenby, Professor of Fol
estry. Ohio State University.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10
TREES HAVE HUMAN TRAITS
They Possess Some of the Same Char
acteristics That Belong to
People.

Trees have the power of suggesting
thoughts and feelings. These thoughts
and feelings are attributes Of people.
In other words. trees are sometimes
thought of as being possessed of some
of the same characteristics that belong
to people. The oak tree. because of its
size and shape Of limbs, suggests
strength. The elm tree symboltzes
grace and beauty The birch is some.
times called the Lady Of the Forest"
Some trees are weeping. some gay.
some Quiet and retiring. Sonic, such
as the sycamore. are ghostlike. Others.
like the honey locust, because Of the
great array OF thorns. appear warlike,
The Lomhardy poplar, which grows SC
! tall, suggests precision. One of these
4 trees standing by itself like . lone sen
tineI is one OF Natures most inpres
sive sights.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

gard them as of little use. if not
actual enemies. A little study will I
reveal some of the things that trees
do. Animals grow and become larger. !
This is due to the food they eat |
Trees also grow, but they use differ
ent food, and take it in quite diff
ferent way. They live upon mineral
matter-that rs, air. water and soil, |
which they change into their own |
substance. BY gradual addition of new
material, trees become larger and
larger each year, for growth is simply
the increase of living thing in size
and substance.
Trees help to keep the air pure for
man and the lower animals. How do
they do this? The element of the air
that makes it fit for breathing is a gas
called oxygen. About one-fifth of the
volume of the air is oxygen. and at
every breath animals take in some of
this oxygen and change it into carbonic
acid gas In other words, the oxygen
is breathed in, combines with the car
bon in the blood and this makes car
bonic gas, which is breathed out into
There is a small amount OF carbonic
acid gas in the air everywhere, and at
all times; the usual amount is about
one part in every $500 parts of air.
This carbonic acid is unfit for the
breathing of animals, and wherever it
Increases in the air. even to slight
extent above the usual amount found,
animals cannot live. Trees and other
plants prevent the carbonic acid from
accommodating in dangerous quantities
in ordinary air. They do this by abb
sorbing this gas through their leaves.
1t is their principal food. 1t makes
trees grow, for little more than one
half of the trunks and branches of
every tree is carbon. and this all comes
J from the carbonic acid from the air.
Trees supply large part of all the
fuel in the world. The real wood of
trees is of little or no use as food.
but it does largely serve to cook food
! and serve as protection against cold.
Even the coal dug from the earth, as
] well as the coal and gas now SO gen
] orally used for fuel, come from the
vegetable matter and are largely the
j remains of trees in forests that -four
( ished before man existed on earth.
: Trees give us wood, and wood fur,
! nishes building material, furniture,
I implements. utensils. tools and ot5er
r useful things in great variety Wood
e is one of the necessities of life. We
0 are rocked in cradles made of wood
J, when we sit down, it is in chairs OF
$ benches of wood; every day we eat
from wooden tables; the papers and
: books that we read and study are
i printed on paper made from wood;
$ whenever we ride out it is in wagon
5 carriage or car made largely OF wood
d More than one-half of the houses IL
e the world are built of wood and thu
other half use wood for doors, floor
e and other interior parts: nearly al
it barns are made of wood. We ship Gu
e fruits, vegetables and many othe
IS products in baskets, barrels and crate
e made of wood; we pack our butte
ii and pork, and buy our nails and salt i
lie frkins, kegs or barrels made of Woo
q Wood is Indispensable to our comfor
n convenience aud happiness.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

will tell you that cooperation natu-
rally begins with cooperative credit,
rather than with cooperative market
ing. 1t does not necessarily follow,
however, that in America cooperative
credit associations should precede CO.
operative marketing. Conditions In
Germany differ greatly from those in
the United States.
In the first place. the privately
owned banking houses of Germany did
not serve the German farmer even as
adequately as the American banker is
now serving the American farmer.
In the second place, marketing in
Germany presents practically none OF
the difficulties encountered in Amer
lea. Germany has by high tariffs forced
the consumer to depend upon domes-
tic production. The local demand Tor
almost every farm product exceeds the
| supply. AS result there are two
buyers demanding butter, for example,
when only enough butter for one IS
available.
There are no long hauls, as in Amer
lea. no long distance commission bust,
ness. The producer more nearly meets
the consumer face to face and gets his
price. German marketing as compared
to American is direct, simple, and free
| from complexities.
We must take the counsel of tbs
German who ranks cooperative ccedi
| as more important than cooperative
marketing with caution, since he hai
dealt with reversed conditions. W.
are firmly convinced, after q careful
survey, that at least in America, tn,
more prosperous scheme of co-opera
tive marketing is more important thai
cooperative credit
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

testimonial. - Mrs. LAWRENCE MAR
TIN, IL King St, Westbrook, Maine
Mansion, Wis. -" At the Change Of
Life suffered with pains in my back
and loins until could not stand. also
had night-sweats so that the sheets
would be wet / tried other medicine
but got no relief. After taking one bot
tie of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound began TO improve and l
continued its use for six months. The
pains left me, the night-sweats and hot
flashes grew less, and in one year was
different woman. I know I have to
thank you for my continued good health
ever since. " = Mrs. M. ]. BRowNELL,
Mansion, Wis.
The success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled in such cases.
III You want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii
be opened, read and answered by .
woman, and held In strict confidence.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10
WHAT Do WE PLANT7


What do we plant when we
plant the tree?
We plant the ship which will
cross the sea,
We plant the masts to carry the
sails,
We plant the plank to withstand
the gales.
The keel, keelson and beam and
knee,
We plant the ship when we
plant the tree.
What do we plant when we
plant the tree?
We plant the houses for you
and me.
We plant the rafters. the shin
giles, the floor,
We plant the studding. the
laths, the door,
The beams and sidings, all parts
that be,
We plant the house when we
plant the tree.
What do we plant when we
plant the tree?
A thousand things that we daily
see.
We plant the spire that out
towers the erag,
We plant the stafr for our coun-
try's flag.
We plant the shade, from the
hot sun free,
We plant all these when we
plant the tree.
Henry Abbey.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

audit which leads to good accounting
systems and good business methods.
The central office serves rs a bureau
OF information and advice. In case of
marketing the central society, by rea-
son of its size and financial resources.
gets into markets which would be al
together inaccessible to the little To-
cal concern. Without Capitalization
German cooperation would be much
less effective than it is.
Increased Quantity.
Here In Germany, as elsewhere, CO.
operation has not only enabled the
farmer to make the most out of what
he produces, but has increased the
quantity and improved the quality of
the product itself This has been true
in every line where cooperative or
CARNATIONS have become active. The
results in dairying are fairly repre-
sentative. In Bradenburg tests were
made in 1908 which covered the pro-
duction OF over 1000 cows. The av-
erage yield Of milk per COW was found
to be 1861 Kilograms. producing 95 kill
ograms of butter, and netting profit
of 108.06 marks per COW. In 1910 the
average yield had increased to 1855
Kilograms Of milk, producing 101 kilo-
grams of butter, and netting 1926
marks profit for each COW, an increase
of 24.59 marks per COW, matter of
$4,000 on the 1000 cows.
German Cooperation Democratic.
German cooperation is, to para
phrase the recognized formula for
democracy "of the members, by the
members, and for the members" No
body thinks of German cooperative
society as organized for the purpose
of declaring dividends. The utmost
returns that those who hold shares
II a creamery, for example, finds it.
/ self with undivided profits it does not
distribute them to the members in pro
| portion to the shares they hold, but
to the members who as patrons bring
in the milk and cream, and they go tc
them in proportion to the quantity and
quality furnished by each. These
profits constitute as it were an add
tional price, which the patrons receive
for their product. All, too, are man
aged upon the 'one man one vote
plan. The member who holds only on'
share and brings in the milk of onl.
one COW has the same voting power a.
the farmer with thousand shares ant
thousand cows. Cooperation is mos
emphatically democratic.
Good Quality and Good Business.
German co.operators themselve
ascribe the success of their societie
largely to good quality and good bus
ness methods. The societies prid
themselves upon the fact that thei
output is better than that of privatel
owned plants. Their goods are in de
mand, they say, not because they ar
cooperative goods, but because the
: are good goods. The societies almos
i without exception have required ths
managers shall be skilled men wit
: both experience and training. Thes
: positions pay good salaries, and cal
} didates spend time and money quail
{ flying themselves to hold them A
, a result these concerns are most bus
) nesslike in every particular I'll
plants are efficient, the employer
i competent. and most excellent a
: counting systems are in vogue.
5 Cooperative Credit.
q 1t is noticeable that in German
there are more cooperative credit s
8 cieties than marketing societies. Nor
/ over, the average German enthusia
a
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

REEFS are among
the most common
things in nature.
They either cover
or have covered a
large part of the
e art his surface
that is suitable
for human life.
They are the nat
ural friends o I
man. yet we often
treat them with
s c MT courtesy
and sometimes re.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

pains IN my back
and side and was so
weak l could hardly
do my homework
! have taken Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
it has done me a lot
of good. / win re-
commend your med
icine to my friends
and give you permits
sion to publish my
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10
Not Much.

Bess-Do you think much Of Jim
ME?
Tess-No only about twenty-four
hours a day.-Judge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

Most of the fun we have is in the
anticipation, which never causes a
headache.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

Tomorrow never comes, but the
morning after the night before always
shows up.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

Marriage is never failure-but one
or both parties to it may be.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

But many a slip occurs soon after
the cup has been to the lip.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

Putnam FadeIess Dyes are the
brightest and fastest Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

A usr fSSov wilisend you complete Instructors
"a dig UEH8F for manufacturing six articles, big
sellers you sell by mail and through agents re-
peaters. send dime to pay postage and packing anu
HOME PUBLISHING CO., Box 25s, Idaho Fails, Ida
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10
BENEFITS or TREES
Natural Friends OF Man Treated
With Scant Courtesy.
They Furnish Building Materials, Fur
niture, Implements, Utensils, Tools
and Other Things In the
Greatest Variety.

Come forth into the light of things:
Let nature be your teacher.
Wordsworth
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10
WOMEN FROM
As to s. TESTIFY
To heMerit of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound during Change
of Life.

Westbrook, Me. 81 was passing
through the Change of Life and had
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18
Two Home women
TALKED ABOUT HAIR

Two women met in our store the
other day, when one of them said
my, how pretty your hair looks!
What have you been doing to ito"
why, have been using Harmony
Hair Beautifer for the past two
weeks" was the reply
Why, indeed" replied the first wo-
man, that is just what I am using
Isn't it great and don't you think my
hair shows a lot of Improvement"
Harmony Hair Beautifar is becom-
ing all the rage among both men and
women who are particular in the care
of their hair. 1t is just what it is nam
ed-a hair beautifier. 1t seems to poll
ish and FURNISH the hair, making it
glossy, solky, soft and more easy to
put up in graceful, wavy folds that
stay put" Contains no oil and will
not change color of hair nor darken
it. Simply sprinkle little on your
hair each time before brushing it.
To keep your hair and scalp dandruff
fee and clean use Harmony shampoo.
This liquid shampoo gives an instaa-
taneous rich, foaming lather that i'm
mediately penstrates to every part OF
the hair and scalp, insuring a quick
and thorough cleansing 1t is washed
off just as quickly, the entire operation
taking only a few moments Har-
mony Hair Beautifier, $1OO Harmony
Shampoo soc. Both guaranteed 10
satisfy you in every way, CT your money
back. Sold only at the more than 1000
Rexall Stores, and in this town only 3y
US Murrays Pharmacy, Lamar ST.,
opposite Postofice, Americas, Ga.
adyt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18
CINDERS

give got cinder in my eye," How
frequently we hear this expression il
the street, especially when the air is
filled with dust and smoke. While this
may seem a trivial mlshap, and often
is if the foreign substance is immed-
lately removed from the eye, yet it is
often a most serious thing, and the
public at large little realizes that d
seemingly unimportant accident OF this
sort may result in serious and perm
anent impairment of vision. The mem
brane covering the eyeball is a very
delicate structure, and when even a
tiny speck of any foreign substance
lodges en- it it quickly becomes i'm
bedded The irritation thus set III
causes the person to wink the eye fire.
quently, and each time the lid closes
rubbing against the particle, it tends
to imbed it still forther into the mem
brane. The efforts of sympathizing
friends to remove the offending specl
with handkerchief or a wooden
toothplck, instead Of helping the stu
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18
Established 1879.
Advertising Rates Reasonable.
Promptly Furnished on Request.

Memorial Resolutions, Resolutions
of Respect, Obituary Notices, etc..
other than those which the paper may
deem proper to publish as news mat
ter, will be charged for at the rate of
cents per line.
All advertising copy requiring two
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Of day prior to date of issue in order
20 insure it's prompt insertion. All
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umns should be submitted not later
than 6 o'clock of the day, two days
prior to date of issue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18
A One Crop Country is One
Generation Country

The following is taken from the cur
rent issue of Farm and Fireside:
Probably there are very few of US
who do not know what a legume IS
but many of us might be at loss tc
tell whether or not some particula,
plant falls under that head Here is 3
list of the important legumes, as given
W the U. S. D. A.
"'Red clover, alfalfa, cowpeas, alsik
lover, crimson clover, white clover
oy beans, peanuts, Canada peas, hairy
etch, common vetch, velvet beans
Japan clover, sweet clover, bur Glove:
md beggar weed
This list of sixteen leaves out some
which are not very important as field
crops The Department publishes this
statement, which is worth while for ali
of us to memorize:
Among various causes which haze
led to the abandonment of lands one
cultivated, there is no doubt that the
greatest single cause is the failure &c
utilize legume crops
This failure is almost certain t.
take place in a one-crop country. A
one-crop country is a one-generation
country"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18
Why Pay Congressman to Ser
Ont Farm, Seeds?

In the current issue of Farm an
Fireside appears an editorial man
ing that halt be called in the fle
distribution of garden seeds by Cor
gressmen. Following is an extra
from the editorial
The peddling CT garden seeds is
small business for a statesman, but
we pay some four hundred Congress
men $500 a year each and mileage
Tor doing it. Of course they do other
things, but all the time spent in seed
peddling is paid for at the rate u
$500 a year. AS voters we ought to
be too economical to hire seed dis
tributors at that price. When We plan
our garden we spend some time on it.
We pick out the seeds carefully. If
our Congressman spends any time IN
studying our individual needs it mus.
make the seeds they send us very ex.
rensive indeed, if we count only the
Congressman's time, to say nothing Ct
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18
MARKETS
Jay Bond & Co.'S. Cotton Letter

New York, Feb. 17.-Today's cot
ton market has been steady with trad
ing very limited. Southern spot mar
kets remain generally unchanged. The
trade is awaiting some fresh incen-
tive for operations on either side Sell
ipg pressure is restricted by expecta-
tons of an improved demand for
March shipments and price advocates
are doing little on account of the
dearth of outside participation in the
market. JAY BOND & co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18

Relocating reads is not an en-
cheering problem alone. One must
also consider the effect of the road on
those who live upon it. Many farmers
dislike to have the road placed back OF
their house or out of sight of t. It re-
quires tact and good judgment to Sc
cure a suitable location without arous-
ing harsh antagonism-Mo ultrie Oh
server.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18

The only way to make state prohibit
ton effective is to step all interstate
traffic of every kind and cut the state
off completely from it's neighbors. The
only way to make national prohibition
anything but a farce is to forbid all
international commerce and build a
Chinese wall around our whole vast
territory-Macon Telegraph.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18
THE DEATH OF SENATOR BACON

years in the senate he was again ell
ected a member for a term of six
years in 1912, which term began in
March of last year. Consequently he
still had more than FIVE years to serve.
1t is a notable fact that Mr.. Bacon
served longer in the United States sen
ate than any member of that body
from Georgia Although past three
score and ten Mr.. Bacon was in the
best of health until about three ives ks
ago when he was stricken with the
disease which resulted in his death. In
the prime of mental and physical man
hood although advance in years he had
promise of more years of usefulness.
In that great body in which he hal
attained such signal distinction he will
be mourned as few other men, on ac-
count of his high character. splendid
ability and rare integrity.
In The passing of Senator Bacon,
Georgia loses one of the most notable
men who has adorned the history q,
the state. From the Rayburn Gap to
Tybee regret will be sincere and uni
yCrEal
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18

The announcement of the dsath OF
Augustus o. Bacon. senior senator
from Georgia which occurred IN
Washington Saturday afternoon was Il
shock not only to Georgia but to the
nation. His career had been a long
and notable one. An officer in the
Confederate army, member of the leg
islature and speaker of the Georgia
house of representatives for several
terms, a candidate for the governor
ship in the campaign of 1888, he was
elected to the senate of the United
States in 1896 and has since been a
member of that body. During his
eighteen years in the senate, Mr. Ba-
con took leading part in that body.
At the time of his death he was chair
man of the committee on foreign re-
lations, and was president pro tenn
pore of the senate during the sessions
of 1912. He was an authority on the
constitution and international law. AS
a debator he was without a peer in
the greatest deliberatiye body of
statesmen in the land. After seven
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-18
Call Money.

New York, Feb. 7.-Moneys steady
81 to 2; ruling rate 1 ga; closing
ga to 7-S. Time loans easy; G.
days 1-2 to ga; 80 days 2 ga to 9; 6
months IA to 1-2. Mercantile paper
ga to 1-2.