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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-02-20
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caught her, and ] guess looked
pretty wild.
IN get it," said. THAT'S one
OF the rules"
She put her hands in the pockets OF
her white sweater and smiled at me.
DO you know" she declared, the
old ladies' knitting society isn't 50 far
wrong about you! About your making
rules-whatever you want, whenever
you want EN-"
She put her head on one side.
Now she went on, suppose
break that rule and get my own glass?
What happens to me? l don't think
I'll be put out.'
/ | threw up my hands in despair, Tor
was about at the end of my string.
Get ii then." / exclaimed. and sat
down, waiting for the volcano to erupt.
4 But she only laughed and sat down
on a table. swinging her feet.
when you know me better, Min
nie,' she said, ''you'll know | don't
spoil sport. / happen to know you
have somebody in the pantry
over, / know it's a man. There are
4
| girl, not made BY your galoshes. Also.
my dearest girl. there's gentleman's
glove by your chair there.@ / put
MY foot on it. And just to show you
what a good fellow am"
She got on the table, still smiling,
and sauntered to the pantry door,
watching me over her shoulder.
Ny heart was skipping every second
beat By that time, and Miss Julia
stood By the pantry door, her head
back and her eyes almost closed. en-
joying every minute of it. If Arabella
hadn't made a diversion just then
think I'd have tainted.
Shed pulled the newspaper and tht
!. tights on the table and was running
around the room with them, one lei
! in her mouth
Stop it, Arabellai" said Miss Julia
Z and took the tights from her. Yours?
: she asked, with her eyebrows raised
/ "No-yes,' answered.
+ I'D never suspect you OF them," sh
remarked.
e Mr.. Sam and his wife came in a
r. that moment. Mr.. Sam carrying DO
n tie of wine for the shelter-hous'
d wrapped in paper, and two cans c
n something or other. He was too bus
trying to make the bottle look lik
. something else-whieh good man
" people have tried and failed att
= notice what Miss Summers was doinl
n and she had Miss Cobb's protector
stuffed in her muff and was standin
I very dignified in front of the fire B
the time they'd shaken on the snoN
T. Good morning." she said.
: Morning." said Mr. Sam, hangin
: up his oyercoat with one hand, and tr
ing to put the bottle in one of b
pockets with the other. Mrs. Sa
IA didn't look at her.
ID Good morning. Mrs. Van Alstyne
h. Miss Summers almost threw it at be
ay I spoke TO you before; ! guess "
didn't hear me"
IN '.Oh. yes, heard you. answer
ID Mrs. Sam. and turned her back on hs
Give me a little light-haired womi
i'm for sheer devilishness!
I'D expected to see Miss SSmme
Mt fly to pieces with rage. but she star
at Mrs. Sans back, and after m
in ute she laughed.
lut Il see!" she remarked slow
'or You're the sister, aren't you?"
Mr.. Sam had given up trying to hi
ep the bottle and now he set it on
all floor with a thump and came over
res the fire.
in "It's-you see. the situation is
las barrassing." he began. Under
ans
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-02-20
New idea for suspenders.

Suspenders which are supplied with
light weight metal springs instead Of
elastic, and thus do away with the
necessity of knotting the suspenders
when the rubber threads give out are
being used by an English manufacture
err. The metal springs are said to
give as readily as the elastic bands
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-02-20

brought Mr.. Dick out to the FIRE. His
sister would not speak to him.
Mike went to Mr.. Pierce that day
and asked for a raise OF salary. He
did not get it, Perhaps as things have
turned out. it was for the best. but 1t
is strange to think how different
things would have been IL he'd been
given it. He was sent up later. OF
course, for six months for malicious
mischief, but by that time the dam
age was done
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80 whare we're We? Pierce, you were
hooking your clothes! Doc, YOU
washing dishes!" he said 7 never
,raw before how extrayagant II is TO
have saucer under a cup!
aAnd IL" she went on. + julia sum
mers. was staring at q ceiling IN the
Ein,evville hotel. with face that
looked like toy balloon,
And now" said Doctor Barnes, you
are more beautiful than ever. am
. successful physician. And my young
friend here-Pierce-Julia. Pierce mas
now become young reprooate named
Dickv Carter. and may the Lord have
mercy on his souil.
/ tried to get out In time put wa
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-12-04
FL HOMBRE DEL DESTINO
(Viene de la Pag 1a.)

del escenario prOvisto de I'm
timbre O campanilla para dar
la senal del principle de la ce-
remonia, y de cada unO de sus
act0s, de acuerdo con ell pro-
grama de antemano acordado.
El gran fOrO del Teatro esta
ba severamente adornado con
negras draperias y crespOnes
de luto; y entire grandes cam
tidades de flores artificialeS,
Sc destacaban los retratos de
Madero, Pine Suarez y
Abraham Gonzalez, pintados
al cray6n de un modo detesta-
bic. Por todas parties abunda
ban focos el6ctricos verdes, ro-
JOS y blancos que formaban u
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A 3uatro miIIas.......
(Pasa a la Sa.)

sea una de las varias que
GegGn ell rumor publico, han
cruzado la Inca para reconcen
'rarse en- algdn punto flo y
amprender deSpues, ell conjun-
o, un verdadero ataque.
PerO de no ser asi va Sc com
0rendera entonces las eXage-
aciones de aquellos que solo
c ocupan en- lamar 'rumores'
la publicidad Y que los peri6-
icos acogen, unas wees de
1uena fe y otras por convenier.
ia.
Por nueStra parte, esperare-
nos la nOticia de nuestro CO.
responsal en- Brownsville, pa
a decir 10 que haya de verdad
IN ell aSunto.
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Villa no espira a la Presi-
dencia.

Parece incredible para a.
luellos que no cOnocen intima-
nente esta notable PERSONAL
lad politica y reyolucionaria
lie Mexico, que en- ell corto pla-
20 de tres amos sc ha levanta-
10 de la obScuridad de Su vida
lie bandolero, convirtiendose
an el mas prominente ciudada-
no de la Republca, que Villa
10 aspire a Ia Primera MagiS-
yratura de su pals; pero los
que 10 conccemoS eStamoS en-
5odo de acuerdo conque no a.
briga tai ambici6n, por que sus
ideas en- csc sentido correspon
den en- TODD a la sencilleZ de
5u caracter y a SUI natural mo-
destia.
Cuando es interrogado sobre
csc punto contesta invariable-
mente, con perfecto conoci-
miento de 81 mismo Y siguien-
do ell orden de ideas que encie-
ira la pregunta que Sc lie hace,
de 81 ambiciona a no ser Presi-
dente de Mexico, con estas sig
nificativas y sinceras palabras:
"Yo soy un guerrero y no un
estadista, Y no estoy 10 sufi-
cientemente educado para ser
Presidente. Apenas hace dos
amos que aprendi a leer Y es-
cribir. como puede, quien
nunca fue en- su ninez a la es-
cuela, abrigar la esperanto de
sostener una conversation con
los Embajadores extranjeros y
con los cultos y educados MEM
del Congress-? Seria ma
para Mexico que un
hombre inculto llegara p cor
Presidente. Solo una Co. 10
haria 20 nunca aceptaT Ia
posici6n para la que no ne
considero apto, y esta es ID mi
ca orden de mi jefe (Carran-
za) que 20 me atreveria a de-
sobedecer, en- Ell case que el
me ordenara que me hiciera
cargo del puesto de Presidente
de la Replblica.
(Continuara-)
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Sc han r~eCihido......
. (Viene de la lra.)

.:ompletamente del resto del
nundo, haciendose impossible
4 trasmisi6n de despachoS pa
a Ia prensa. Hoy las comuni-
,aciones fueron reanudadas
)Or IN solo hilo, entire Mexico
7 El Paso y POGO a POGO Sc iran
;abiendo los detalles de la es-
)antosa ,tragedia de los ulti-
nos dlas Y de la cual apenas
sc cOnocen detalles insiT"iG-
:antes.
Este despacho ha lleEa. a
2sta Ciudad precedent i
2aso y ha sido retardado cn ~
rasmisi6n por la censura cue
2xiste en- la ciudad meXicana
-ecina de aqueila. No eS dificil
lue hoy mismo sepamOS algu-
los datos importantes dc los
:ucesos a que aqui Sc hace men
ion, los daremos a cOnocer a
luestros lectores Immediate
nente.
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Tesoro de milagros de ora
clones de la Cruz de Cara
vaca. Verdadera joya del

Tesoro de milagros de ora
clones de Ia Cruz de Cara
vaca. Verdadera joya del
ocultismo. -. -. -. ..,, O.6O
Los admirables secretos de
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FiItros de Amor. -. . . ..,, 100
La Venus Magica. . ~ loo
Libro Magno &c San Cipria-
no. Tesoro del hechicero.
Edici6n unica y completa
del Famoso Grimorio, con-
siderada como la sola au-
tentica entire todas. . ~ 500
Secretos de Ia prestidigita-
cion Y de Ia magia. Leccio-
mes practicaS del eScamo-
teo Y prestidigitaci0n. ..y 100
La clavicula del hechicero o
sea ell Libro de San Gil
priano, con infinidad de
s]ecretos ca6a'iyticos. -, Csc
El Diccionario Isernal. Con-
tiene 10 ~ref--ente a las
apariciones, magia blanca,
roja V negra, concrete
del inferno, adiyinaciones,
]cienciaS ~secretas, etc. . -, 100
Secretos del inferno, para
hacer hablar a los muer-
tos, ganar a Ia l@oteria,
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por complete los misterios
de las ciencias ocultas.
Contiene el triangulo de
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los s~ecretos del Gxito, la
nigromancia, etc. 2 tomos
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fnita, conteniendo suges-
tones pricticas para los
amantcs del ocultismO.. - 200
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Tratadc complete de las
ciencias ocultas. Contiene
el Lbro de San Cipriano,
la clavicula de Solomon,
amuletos Y talismanes; Ia
magia suprema roja Y ne
gra, iuvocaciones, conju-
ros, sortilegios, ell Dragon
Rojo Y la Cabra Internal,
Astrologia, la Gallina Ne
gra, recetas de Ia reina
Cleopatra, etc. . . E. ..n O.75
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Cortiene pactos inferna-
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espiritus, encantamientos,
c~onjuros, modo de hacerse
invisible Y evocar al dia-
bio, etc. -. . . - 500
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HISTCRLA.

Fl Sol de Mayo Memorials de
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E. CerrC de las Campanas
Con retratos de los pe-sonaies
que iguracon durante e. imperio-" %
SacerCote ' CauCi!!o -OOra re
fecente q Ia irdepentencia---- 10
Los InsurEentes. Continue
ci61 del reiatO de Ia ins1rrec-
c.51 contra FsDaGa----"O 70
Memorials de IN GCerrillero
de- Rsfo-~a rs
La N4.e5Cad Caida -Novela
so
EDopeyas de mi Patria: BENZ
60 Ju&rez La RefOrma La
Intervention Francesa Ell In
9er;o FL triunfo de Ia Republi-
"a Memorials de Juan de Dios
Pea EIci6n delujo p-Cfusamen-
le i'ustrada con retraUOs = vistes
pasta teIa Y p!anchas doradas--- 200
Dor ZGrate sSBien empastada-'"OG
Episodes Miiitares MeXicanos
Nbrl De sumo inte-es para los a.
rectos 2 CCnOcer nuesc-as gran
dios2sluchas por Ia liberJadTrsta
de la GIerrade Independently Ia
Invasion Americana 2 tOmos-" 2 sc
Historic del Pueblo &eZicano
~-SOberDiO resGmen de historic
Daa-ia Edici6n enriguecida con
n~vnsrosos grabados de vistas,
monumentOs -etratOs, mapas,
etc { tomos pasta de tela--" 90
Historic de Mexico, por Yer
dc Co-Drende desCe los prime
-cs tiaanaOs hasta IA caidadel Sc
gu0dO IuDeri0. I'm tCDO teia-" 8 90
Historic Patria, por don Justo
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historic Universal, por Marn-
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zbucGan en6ilos grabaGOs de per-
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&p0cas passes EdiCion &c lujo.." 90
NOVELS a 10 CTS. CADA UNA.
81 becerro de GRO.
e GiiO ualGi-o.
La IucEG por el amor
e nan-scrito de nj msdrs.
Maria. por Jorge Issacs.
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Dora
AZgCena
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, tomos..............., $50
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de Ia Revolution France
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$ de venta en- la Liberia de lGNAClO E. LOZAN(
QUE MEME an MEJoR sURTDo YLA CUE vENDE MAS RARAgo.

~ CASA -E NPE5-sDs - MAS NTEl Ia c-Er E ET HE-s uM03A eE VWT4 -
DOS sE DEspACHAN pR coRREo, CON LOS GAsTos pAGADos Ell MBMo Ola QUE Sc RECIBE LA O.
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"p%i".0 0e oo'01eo e''D" I--
'"uy ss,;stI,
- rostos Ior dos
- L,,o.o. A. Abuobou
-
T Ak am;noi,;o
4:J:fw.. 49,
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oho,
rouo, /, +r;brro ,,uv on,ocio-
.oda. uo,ondo o., S,,s obios
IT, northumberland - ov+,ovo-
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s.aa1o aoh.o Los
noro .orr;s
&C., Josrar,.aron ron
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7Npii0o 'o''o p"O0
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COMMEMORATIVE ue uh Pe4ueAo
atahuo heTme'lcaineil'e ceil"-
40.
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HoS"' st SeH'"p" d pi"iio' ;
cuahoo enhpc|"o" p"S"i '"'
SiueSo' ue"o" poi q .e0l%00
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par" que "'"hA"I HAL" AUG
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Los sucEoS eXplicados, segun
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ANUNCIESE EN- GA PREM
SA" PARA OBTENER
BUEE RESULTADO
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-16
ONE OF IRVING'S POSES.
His Role of Defeated Candidate In La
boucheres Borough.

An amusing episode of the Middlesex
elections of 1868 was the error that the
supporters of Henry Labouchere made
in taking Henry Irving for their de-
feated candidate. The story is told by
Mr.. Agar Labouchere Thorold in his
Life of Henry Labouchere," as Mr..
Labouchere himself narrated it:
81 was the defeated candidate for Mid
dlesex. Those were the days of hust-
tings and election displays, and it was
the fashion for each candidate to go
down to Brentford in a carriage and
four to thank his supporters. On the
morning of the day when | had to per
form this function, Irving called upon
me. and l invited him to accompany
me. Down we drove. l made an in
audible speech to noisy mob. and we
re-entered our carriage to return TO
London.
'In large constituency like Middle
sex few know the candidates by sight
Irving felt it his duty to assume an
attitude of Importance He folded MS
arms. pressed his hat over his brows
and was every inch the baffied poiti-
characterized, sad, yet sternly resign
ed to his fate. In this character he
was so impressive that the crowd came
to the conclusion that he was the de-
feated candidate.
$50 woebegone and so solemnly digni'
fed did he look that they were over
come with emotion, and to show their
sympathy they took the horses out OF
the carriage and dragged it back TO
London. When they left us ! got up
TO thank them. but this did not dis
pei the illusion. Poor fellow heard
them say as they looked at Irving, MS
feelings are too much for him! and
they patted him on the back, shook
hands with him and thanked him."
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-16
GRANDEUR or ALASKA.
Bewildsring Scenic Beauty Of Our
Frontier Wonderland.

Frontier Wonderland.
Alaska should no longer be called
mo Mans Land" Alaska is our from
tier wonderland, and by united efforts
we must make 1t the empire of the
north. 1t is not Every Mans Land be-
cause 1t will not tolerate weaklings:
but to the thoroughbred it will offer
indescribable inducements. 1t is ter
ritory unique in its geographical situa-
tion, in its climate, in its physical
beauties. Point Barrow, its northern
most cape. is warmer than any point
in the world as far north of the equa-
tor. Its southern shores are likewise
warmer than any point in the world
in similar attitudes during the winter
months as the result of the influence
of the Japan current.
IsOthermal lines show that some of
the southeastern sections have eli
mate more temperate and more equa
BILE than that of Washington. Its two
climatic belts are known as the coast
region and the interior. The coast re-
gion is rainy, has mild winters and cool
summers. The interior region is, for the
most part. dry. has severe winters and
short but warm summers. The immense
quadrangle Is divided into three zones
by lofty mountains. which leave be-
tween them broad plains, through
which the Yukon, with more than
1900 miles of navigable waters and the
Kuskokwim with 600, open up its vast
interior.
Alaska can surpass all the scenic
beauty boosted by Norway, Sweden
and the Tyrol. Its mountains are
higher than Mont Blanc; its glaciers
dwarf the Mer de Glace. Unlike the
glaciers of Switzerland, which are in
closed by inland valleys, the largest of
the Alaska glaciers terminate on the
ocean border or interior rivers, with
towering fronts hundreds Of feet in
height and miles in width. Elsewhere,
in sharp contrast, are the peace and
silence of the rockbound fiords, clad in
green. with the snowy peaks Of faroff
mountains cleaning through the tree
tops on the sky line, pictures more
beautiful than the Hudson or the
Rhine can show.-Franklin X. Lane in
New York Tribune.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-16
AGASSIZ AND A HERRING.
And a Student Who Finally Succeeded
In Making a Discovery.

In Making Discovery.
A student enrolled in Agassiz's class.
For several days Agassiz paid no atten-
tion to him whatever. At length, tired
of standing around idle, the student
asked Agassiz to give him something to
do. Agasszs reply was to hand him a
herring and to say, STUDY this" The
student was bewldered. but set about
studying" it. The next day Agassiz
asked him what he had learned about
the herring. The student replied that it
had two eyes, so many fins and such
and such markings.
"No, nor Agassiz cried. Study 1t
more Those things are not important"
The next day and the next the expe-
rience was repeated. The fourth day
Agassz again demanded information
about the now rotting specimen. In
desperate attempt at humor the stu
dent replied, well, it's the same Cd
both sides"
That's itr' shouted Agassiz. THAT'S
It! A starfish isn't the same on both
sides, an oyster isn't, thousands Of
specimens of the sea are not. When
you find one that is, you've found
starting point in new stage in the
evolution of life"
Obviously. that student learned more
from that one lesson about the scien-
tlfic method of study than he would
have learned in a years reading and
lectures. The textbooks would have
taught him the facts; Agassiz taught
him the method of learning all facts
Worlds Work.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-16
Liuhtina a Picture,

The hall in the Rijks museum. in
Amsterdam, which contains Rem
brandt's 'The Night Watch" painted
in 1912, was specially built to hold the
picture that the lighting might be as
perfect as possible. The picture is al
ways lighted, the hall always dark.
Originally the picture was arranged
badly as to light and space. When. in
1715, it was transferred from the Doe
len to the town hall 1t was made to fit
into its new position by having strips
cut off the canvas on either side and
Off the top, which destroyed the bal
ance.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-16
A DREAM AND A LETTER.
Maybe Merely Coincidence, Maybe a
Spirit Message.


The following story of a dream was
told to correspondent by an acquaint-
ance who is about as stolid and unim-
aginative man as one could meet:
He had friend of whom he had lost
sight of for some time. This friend
committed suicide and one night, soon
after he had done so, the unimagina-
tive man dreamed that he was walk
ing along street after dusk when the
bust of the dead man appeared to him
and requested him to follow it. He did
so, and it led him to house, the door
of which was open, and then up some
stairs to room where there was a
table on which lay number of books,
all of which We're lying open.
The dead man had been great read
er and therefore there was nothing un-
usual in the spectacle of a, great many
books in his room. The bust turned
to the unimaginative man and begged
him to turn over page of each book
so that it might continue to read. He
did so, and he remembers that the
bust became petulant when he turned
over two pages in mistake. When all
the pages were turned the bust appear
ed to be happy.
The dreamer awoke and told his wife
about it. When he went down to
breakfast he found letter lying on
the table bearing the postmark Of
town of which he had no knowledge
other than its name. He had never
been there, nor, so far as he was
aware, had the dead man, nor had he
any friends or relatives in the town.
The only relative of the dead man of
whom he had any knowledge lived in
another city.
When he opened the envelope he
found inside it a small photograph OF
the dead man, showing his bust only.
There was not any letter inclosed with
it, nor anything to denote by whom 1T
had been sent and to this day he does
not know from whom he received it.
Manchester Guardian.