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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-19
SYNOPSIS.

curious crowd of neighbors invade
county judge and eccentric recinse. fol-
lowing yelled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates Of the high
double barriers surrounding the place.
Tile woman has disappeared but the Judge
- found IN cataieptlc state. Bella. his
servant. appears In a dying condition and
prevents entrance 10 a secret door. Bella
Sxplhlua 10 him what has occurred during
hif seizure He secretly discovers the
whereabouts of the yelled woman. She
proves 70 be the widow OF man tried
uefoFe the Judge and eiectrocuted for MUIR
der years before. Her daughter IL en-
enked TO The judges son, from whom he is
eslranged but tho murder ~ between the
soNefF She plans 10 clear her husbands
memory and asks the judges aid,
CHAPTER V--contInucd.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-19
Self Denial.

Ernest" she gasped, choking bach
her tears, father has lost ALI"
Father has lost all" she reiter
ated, sobbing.
Not all?" he exclaimed.
yes, ALL"
"Never!" he said, bravely, pulling
himself together. You, Miranda
still are left to him. could not be
so cruel as to take the last of his
wealth."
Ernest"
MOI" Firmly he held her on
Tell him. Miranda, tell him from
me. that his generosity towards me
demands that | leave what little lies
in my poweri"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-19
A Reason.

Two neighbors had a long litigation
about small spring, which they both
claimed The judge, wearied out with
the case, at last said:
What is the use of making SO
much fuss about little water?"
Your honor will see the serious
nature of the CASE replied one of the
lawyers, when | inform you that the
parties are both milkmen."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-19
How He Got II.

Say, pop, may | have another piece
of cake?'
Yes, Bobby, if you won't tell your
mother"
Gan interval of mastication.)
Pop, may have another piece OF
cake?"
NO
Then I'll tell mamma"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-19
His FOLLOWING.

Friend-"When you delivered your
lecture on Browning in that little
western town, you said you were go
ing to last summer, did the audience
seem to follow your"
Lecturer-"Oh, yes; they rose as
one man and followed me to the near
est freight train. Florida Times
Union.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-19
For Sanitary Reasons.

we are going to give up having
Johnny get an education"
For what reason"
Wen, we can't get him sterilized
every morning in time to go ia
school. Southern Woman's Maya,
zine.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-19
Cause for DAMAGES.

Say, Tom,' said Jack, did you
know that Bill was going to sue the
company for damages?"
No, you don't say!' was the answer.
'"Wot did they do to him?'
Why explained Jack, they Slew
the quittin' whistle when e was car.
ryln' heavy piece of ircn, and "a
dropped it on is foot"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-19

WANTED MEN AND WOMEN to learn barber
ssnNs ss trade. Excellent opportunities open
sA@A for you. Tools furnished and COM
mission paid while learning. Only eight weeks
required. Call or write for particulars and cat
alog. Is Commercial Street. Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-19

The man who would be truly happy
should not study to enlarge his estate,
but to contract his desires.-Plato.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

Now that the return Of spring lures
everyone to the out-of-doors, devotees
of motoring are happily busy getting
together their motor toys" Coats
and headwear for rain-or-shine driv-
ing must be considered from every
point of view, and let no one think
that becomingness is not al impor-
tant in motor apparel as in any other.
But this is a hint hardly needed for
the buyer Of headwear. Women are
accustomed to placing becomingness
as the paramount essential when
choosing any kind of millinery. In
the choice of motor hats there is so
great a range this spring that one
can afford to be exactihg and to look
until the very best model is found.
Two motor bonnets are pictured
here that may be depended upon for
good service. They are made of silk,
One of them boasts a brim and is quite
like a hat in shape. 1t is developed
In pongee with brim-rever turning W
at the back over the ~folded-oveI
crown. A silk cord and fan of fringed
braid supply the decoration and these
are supplied in any color demanded.
The bonnet at the left of the picture
is made in changeable taffeta pipeC
with a dark color in the same silk
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

A separate coat, which becomes a
suit-coat when worn with it's par
ticular skirt, but is available for
wear with various frocks, viii COM
mend itself to every woman, espe-
cially to her who contemplates a jour
ney. Many of these coats have been
designed this season, and they have
been enthusiastically welcomed. They
are shown in tans, grays, black and
white mixtures, and in checks. In
these neutral colors they go well with
frocks or skirts in any color.
One of the newest and smartest of
coats of this kind is shown in the
picture. 1t is cut with almost
straight lines at the front and back
and trimmed in braid and buttons
with a crisp military precision. At
each side, a little below the waist
line, there is an insert of fan plaits,
giving the desired fare, and the
double turnover collar, set on at the
back, is another concession to de-
mands of the vogue.
The skirt to match is plain, fitted
about the hips and with a very con
sentative flare from hip line to bot.
tom edge. 1t is a little longer than
ankle length, but short enough to be
a correct tailored model.
In nearly all coats of this kind the
mt is vague, the waist line either
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
New Towels.

Some of the newest Turkish towels
have an initial quite four or five inches
long, worked in French knots at the
left of the towel, above the border, in
stead of in the center, as is usually
done. For a mans use towels worked
with these large letters are very good
looking.
Among the newest designs for small
guest towels is one of a fine damask of
a very small pattern without a woven
border. The latter is hemstitched on
and consists of an inch-wide hem of
colored linen, pink or blue.
The initial may be embroidered i'll
white on the hem or worked on the
towel itself in a color to correspond
with the hem.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

The body" possessed by this silk
makes it especially well suited to soft
crowns Also, in the better grade, it
has fine resisting qualities against
dampness, and sheds dust readily.
This bonnet is finished with broad rib
bon ties in a soft weave that will not
crush. A buckle, made of the silk
used in the pipings, over a foundation
of buckram, and two fat buttons Of
the same, are used for trimming.
Many of the new wells are large
squares of chiffon hemmed all around.
Among them is a novelty showing a
square insert of net or lace in the
chiffon at one side. This is placed
over the face, when the veil is not
needed for actual protection, and al
lows the wearer to see clearly.
JULIA BOTToMLEY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
choate on Lord Aberdeen.

A characteristic remark of Mr..
Choate was made about Lord Aber-
deem at a dinner in New York, where
the then governor,general of Canada
was the principal guest, appearing
in kits, in honor of his Scotch en-
tertainers. Aberdeen had made a neat
speech, and the applause had hardly
ceased when Choate was introduced.
and proceeded to say some compli-
mentary things of the last speaker
and to declare that If he had known
that he was to be permitted to sit
next to his distinguished Scotch
friend, the governor-general of Can
ada, this Gordon of the Gordons,"
he, too, would have come without his
trousers. 1t was audacious, but the
killed guest was soonest TO catch its
humor and led the laughter it pro-
duced.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

ought to be good for fifty if we can
work him right. Had a son who run
away and was wild, or something of
the sort, and he's got the idea that
he's in the summerland and thinks
he didn't treat him square. Work the
game for all it's worth tonight. pro
fessor."
Sure answered the professor.
"Karpen is his name-Henery Kar.
pen, and he's got a mint of money,
We might manage to stay over a few
days, and perhaps give him private
settings. Shrewd old fellow he is,
too, they say, in the law. But Lord,
that's the kind that we catch the
easiest. So work him, professor"
II will" muttered the professor, ris-
ing and going into the cabinet, which
was set with the accessories for the
Madame Ida had advertised ex-
tensively, not through the newspa-
pers, which was apt to bring down the
attentions of the police, but by means
of handbills, and by letters addressed
to persons whom she had learned,
through underground channels, to be
enthusiastically inclined. AS a re-
suit there was a fairly full house at a
dollar apiece, among the audience be-
ing old Mr.. Karpen. Watching him
narrowly out of the corner of her eye,
Madame Ida decided that the old law
yer could be worked as easily as
the rest.
She had instructed the professor not
to permit the spirits to approach the
old man that night, this being the
method adopted to pique and stimu-
late the curiosity. So while the pro-
fessor, attired in flowing robes, ca
pered about the assemblage in the
dim light for the benefit of most OF
the audience, %eliciting EXPLANATIONS
of awe by his shrewd FISHING" proc,
esses, Mr.. Karpen saw no spirit Of
his son.
At last the spectators fled away
but the old man fingered. Presently
he was alone with the woman. the
medium being presumably entranceC
within the cabinet.
Now, Madame Ida" he said, ="
came here to see the spirit OF m!
son, and | generally get what l wan
in this world"
"Ah, Mr.. Sharpen-no, the spiri
tells me your name is Carp?-thanl
you, Karpen-you see, 1t is difficult L
get the spirits invariably at the frs
attempt. Spirits are like human be
ings. They are just ds suspicious a
we folks are. They, too, want to b
sure that the parties who call on Their
are the real parties. The astral iniu
ence-"
would fifty dollars bring up m
sons spirit for me?" asked the oil
man eagerly.
Madame Ida's mouth watered, FIT
dollars! That was just the sum sh
had longed for. Even a medium
human, and she had seer a sprin
euit-but why prolong the story
Madame Ida thought that the spirit
might be induced to bring up his SO
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

Copyright, 1915, by w. q. Chapman)
Business is mighty slow, Profess
sor Nahum" said Madame Ida, the
medium, to the latest satellite whom
she had picked up in the course of her
journeys up and down the length n
breadth of the land.
TT might be better admitted the
professor, gloomily.
Madame Ida, driven out Of Iowa,
and at her wits end, had considered
herself fortunate in securing the serv-
ices of the starving young man who
had agreed to work for her on the
basis of a division of the receipts in
stead of on salary. They had had
quite a successful tour in Ohio, stop
ping for a day and a night at the
little country villages, where the gull
lible are just as numerous as they
ever were in spite of education.
Queer business, amt it, profess
sor?" soliloquized Madame Ida. But
Lord, all business is a graft. It's re.
spectacle, and it don't do no harm
and does do a lot of good, that's
what l say. At least, it makes some
folks think they're seeing the spirits
of their beloved dead, and even il
they amt sure that it's true it helps
That's what l say-it helps. Never
had no folks of your own, did you
professor"
Not since l was a boy" answered
the professor gloomily.
Well, listen now" said Madame
Ida. There's a rich old guy in thiI
place that's crazy on spirits. l got f;
line on him and I've sent him an ad
vertisement of tonight's meeting. HI
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

a modern and up-to-date elementary
school to properly car for the over
crowded conditions which now exist.
The city councilman recently ap-
peared before the school board with a
colored delegation and after the needs
of such a school had been pointed out,
the question was referred to the com
mittee On increased accommodations.
Mr.. Binswanger has been assured that
the best efforts possible would be put
forth to obtain the school.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

A favorable report from the COM
mittee on increased accommodations
of the Baltimore school board for an
elementary school for colored pupils
in the Fourteenth ward, which COM
prises all that territory between Penn
sylvania avenue and the Fallsway and
North and Lafayette avenues, is X
pected shortly. The committee has
had the question of such a school un-
der Amusement for several months due
to the activity of City Councilman A.
c. ~BiIswanger.
There is a Negro population in the
ward of approximately 10000, and of
this there are between 1900 and 1900
Negro children of school age. The
present accommodations are not only
far from that section but are made
quate in every way. The nearest
school is an annex to the building at
Fremont and Pennsylvania avenues,
and this school has long been over,
crowded.
The need of either a colored high
school or an elementary school for
colored children has long been agi
tated and as the high school is prac
tically assured City Councilman Bins
wanger has endeavored to also have
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

In response to the advertisement of
the United States navy department
for 10000 teak decking logs, a
Manila lumber firm has submitted an
offer of 100000 feet of yacal. a Phil
ippine wood resembling teak, which
is regarded as the equal Of teak for
construction purposes. This is the
first time that such offers of Philip
pine woods have been made to the
navy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

st. Louis business men forgot their
work for two hours at the City club
when Maj. r. r. Motion, Negro COM
mandant of Hampton institute, ear
Old Point Comfort, addressed them,
following a score of songs by the
Hampton quartet. Major Motion is a
real Negro and is proud of it. He be-
lieves the Negro should be trained to
work with his hands and told of the
work Hampton institute is doing along
that line. He said the problem might
we'll be expressed as a question Of
how the two races may live together
as brothers in Christ and yet not be-
come brothers in law.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Money.

Money makes the mare 60" OF per-
haps it's vice versa, as a ~well-known
gambler and race-horse owner once re-
marked. We presume money is desir-
able or else such a gigantic number of
people would not be so busily engaged
in the attempt to make some or make
more. But the irony or justice OF
great wealth is that when we have
everything hat money can buy we
awake to the realization that money
cannot buy everything.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

ostrich, the ostrich cut round. A
small cluster of pink roses has leaves
of white ostrich edged with tiny rhine
stones. Long clusters are sometimes
arranged across the shoulder or across
the ccrsage, while in other cases they
are arranged on the skirt.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
sprIna, Waists.

Spring waists are both novel and
wearable. The most noticeable fea-
lures are the continued use of high
collars and the return of jabots and
rufies. That the jabot has returned is
good news, for never did women look
more attractive than when they wore
jabots and ruties Of crisp linen and
lace.-Vogue.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

airmen, all of whom seem to regard
their work as much less hazardous
than that of the fighting man on the
ground, have lent interest to reports
of the surprisingly small number of
casualties suffered by hiers since the
war began.-Popular Mechanics.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

p odfeT IMAM iTcHSnee-
Is an aeroplane the safest place for
a soldier in war?
The English newspapers recently
reported that an officer of the Royal
Flying corps had applied to be al
lowed to rejoin his regiment in his
former capacity. When inquiry was
made as to his reasons he replied that
he could not bear to see his brother of,
hcers running all the risks Of the
trenches while he himself was in safe
ty flying in the air above them. SINH
lar remarks by other British military
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
contrastIna Innings.

Contrasting Innings are a feature OF
many of the new street suits in covert
and other light wooden fabrics. Blue.
cerise, black and white, broYn and
green are all effectively used.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Keeps Butter Sweet.

Housekeepers who get butter by the
jar or tub will find that a little char.
coal placed in a paper bag and then
put into the tub or jar will keep the
butter sweet
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Separate Coats.

Separate coats are receiving a great
deal of attention; motor coats con-
tinue to be full length or seven-eighths.
Some of the newer coats are of Uneven
length.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

Buzz" Hopgood is considered the
biggest fool in u town. The Hop
goods spent the winter in California.
Before starting Buzz" bought a pair
of arctics and a fur-lined overcoat.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

Vertical circles of electric lights
have been erected at Berlin to guide
aviators, who can tell how near
they are to the ground by observing
the angles of the circles.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

You probably had noticed that the
loan made by the man who knows peo-
pie pretty well is nearly always Sc
cured by mortgage.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

A Springfield (Mo.) man took out
homestead papers the other day on an
S9.acre tract of land 100 miles from
that city. Before applying at the land
office for the paper he walked the en-
tire distance and back in order to visit
the property. When he got back he
had just money enough to pay for the
land and cover the necessary fees.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

raised above or dropped below the
normal, and only a suggestion, at
most. In many of them lines are
perfectly straight or show a gradual
flare from the shoulders down.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Wells Are s.

Wells Are cobwebs.
Thin meshes.
Hexagonal design.
They look like hair nets.
Sometimes they have designs.
These are In allover effect, wide
apart.
'Floaters" have a wide border on
the bottom.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

For every quarrel a man and his
wife have before others, they have a
hundred when alone.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

A good deal of the dope is mislead-
ing, If you really want your secret
kept tell it to a woman
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

A tale from the Pacific relates that
a steamer whose rudder unexpected
ly broke was steered for several days
by packing boxes hung over the sides.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

sizing our virtues and letting u vices
go into the general cauldron of crime
without special label.
Applaud us when we run, console
us when we fall, cheer us when We
recover"
The organization has membership
in every state in the Union and In
many foreign countries. Melvin j.
Chisum of Okmulgee, Okla, is presi-
dent. His administration is supported
by two executive committeeman from
each state where the newspapers JUS
tify it. They are to hold their next
executive committee meeting in Bos-
ton, but the regular session is to be
held in some centrally located place,
like st. Louis, Mo-, Louisville, Ky,
Nashville, Tenn, or Cincinnati, Ohio.
This matter will be decided at the
coming Boston meeting.
A throng of colored men and wom-
en-, which packed Bethel A. NJ. &.
church at Baltimore to it's doors, was
stirred to conduct an active campaign
III ACNOShlNlOh IL Nv oNuNN w
their health conditions and properly
care for their sick and intirm by sew
eral prominent speakers.
1t was the opening session of the
first public health conference of the
Maryland Colored Health association
under the auspices of the medical and
chirurgical faculty of Maryland.
Resolutions were adopted by unani-
nous vote to petition the next legis-
lature for adequate provision in the
state for the isolation of all classes of
colored people suffering from pulmon.
airy tuberculosis.
Among the speakers we're DR.. Will
medical men of the country, and DR.,
Booker T. Washington, n of the
greatest Negro educators in the coun-
try. The meeting vas scheduled to
begin at eight o'clock and $3.50
o'clock there was a crowd outside
the church. Within ten minutes after
the doors were thrown open, shortly
after seven o'clock, the editice was
filled. So dense was the throng out.
side at eight o'clock that 1t was neces'
sary to lock the doors. 1t was esti'
mated hat several thousand persons
were turned away from the doors.
A direct appeal was made by all
of the speakers to be clearly and tt
guard against disease as well as tc
continue to make strides for ad
vancement. Doctor Washington con
graduated the Negroes of Baltimore
on their educational facilities. What
you get from the city in the way Of
education is in the right proportion
he said, "as the total population o.
the colored man is 10 per cent anC
the money spent on the education o
the Negro is Is per cent of the tota
b. appropriation for schools"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Handaome Floral Efects.

Buttercups and daisies form a pretty
cluster for a lawn frock. A novelty
Is 4 small pink ross mounted on white
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
INTERNATIONAL
LESSON

CBy e. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
Sunday School Course, The Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago, IIl.)
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
LESSON FOR APRIL rs
DAVID AND GOLIATH.

LESSON TEXT Samuel 1881.
GOLDEN TENTH God be for US, who
Is against us2-Rom. S:31 r. V.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

ought to be good for fifty if we can
work him right. Had a son who run
away and was wild, or something of
the sort, and he's got the idea that
he's in the summerland and thinks
he didn't treat him square. Work the
game for all it's worth tonight, pro