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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-12
made to regulate the number
Of hours one should sleep.

Mexico is our American
Belgium. We send millions
ia money and food to the un-
happy and ruined people Of
the war-torn kingdoms Of
Europe, but we shut our eyes
and close our ears to the pit
eous plight of the fifteen mil
lions of poor Mexicans at our
elbow.
They ask for help and we
read them peace tract; they
ask for protection, and we
turn our backs on them; they
cry for bread, and we load a
hundred ships and dispatch
them to Europe.
We pay pleasing tribute
to our own national self-com-
placence when we give and
give and give; but we shirk
our plain duty when we refuse
to act, solely because Mexico )
troubles are not ours, but
theirs. So are Belgium's.
Mexico goes from bad to
worse, because all outlaw
Mexicans know we will not
raise q restraining hand, and
that We deliberately intend
That they shall be left to well
ter ia their cgn blood. Yet
there is no hope for Mexico
until we interfere, or permit
some other to interfere.
Yes, we have avoided per
forming a disagreeable and
costly task in Mexico, but are
peace and self-content,
achieved through avoidance
of plain duty, worth the price
we pay and must continue to
Portland Oregonian.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-12
St. Andrews Church (EpiscoIp aI.,
Rev. r. NJ. Johnson. Jr.

Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Morning prayer and Litany ut IL
O'Clock. Subiect-Firm in the Faith.
Evening prayer and Litany t7:3O.
Subiect-The Warning.
All are welcome.
1T was glad when they said lnto
me, let as 20 into the house OF the
Lord
Sunday, March 21st will be salary
Sunday and the offering morning aud
evening will go toward the salary Of
the Deacon in charge. Rev, Al O.
Saunders Of Pocatello, will conduct
both services on this date. HEoly
Communion at IL a. N. Evening
prayer and Litany at 30.
There will be services every eAen-
ing in st. Andrews church st ESQ
during Holy Week, commencing
Monday. March 29th and ending HAS
ter Sunday, April 4th. You ars In
Vited to attend.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-12

The split log drag has CON
tributed more toward the eco.
nomic maintenance of public
highways than any other i'm :
plement of modern usage, re
marks an exchange, and the
beauty about it is that it does
not require special acts of the
legislature, a bond issue or
expensive educational cam
paigns to make it available.
A drag can be constructed for
not to exceed $50 and is easily
operated by anyone who can
drive a team.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-12

1t is time to begin cleaning
up the rubbish which accumu-
latedduring the winter-don't
wait until fly time comes to
remove the piles of manure
and other rubbish which are
fly breeding places.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-12
Keep' Your Bowels Rsanl..

AS everyone knows, the bowels are
the sewerage system Of the body, and
and it ia Of the greatest Importance
that they move once each day. II your
bowels become eonstipated, take dose
of Chamberlain's Tablets Just after
oupper and they win correct the dis
riders. Obtainable everywhere.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-12
TIE MONTPELIER EXAMINER
Montpelier, Idaho. N arch IL, 1915

Judging from the number of
sumptuary laws that have
recently been passed by con
gress and the several state leg
islatures, the more highly civ
ilized the people Of a nation or
state become, the less capable
they seem to be OF governing
themselves. Tw enty years
ago. when Idaho was consid-
cred somewhat of a wild and
woolyn section OF the United
States, its citizens were gov
erned by but a fe " laws, yet
they managed to wiggle along
in pretty good shape. People
felt free to do somewhat as
they pleased, yet crimes of a
serious nature were seldom
committed. In fact, the resi-.
dents of Idaho 20 years ago
were about as peaceable and
law-abiding people as you
would find in any state in the
union.
But how different it is TO-
day, now that the state has
emerged from it's .wild and
woolly" stage and prides it
self upon being pne of the
foremost common wealths of
the nation IN all things which
go TO make up a highly civil
lied people. Now we have
laws governing almost our
every daily acts. In fact our
laws are so numerous that the
average person hardly dares
to do anything out of the or
binary for fear Oh violating
some law and thereby laying
himself liable to a heavy fine
or even Imprisonment in jail.
And what's more, il the fanat.
zeal refOrmers of today had
their way, our statutes would
be still further burdened with
sumptuary laws-laws which
would make hypoorits, liars
and criminals out OF men who
are honest, upright and law
abiding citizens.
If more and more laws are
required as the human race
advances in civilization and
enlightenment, one is caused
to wonder If man will have
any personal liberties at all
forty or fifty years hence. AT
the rate laws are being enact
ed in these days, it will not be
long until there will be laws
Il
to govern mans daily conduct
from the time be arises in the
morning until he Ietires at
night, and 1t would not be sur
prising II an attempt would be
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-12
First Methodist Church.

Services are held each Sunday as
follows:
Sunday School ct 10 a. m.
Preaching service II a. m.
Evening service 1850
A cordial invitation and welcome il
extended tOsevery one in the COM
munity to worship with as.
CHAs. r. WHEELER, Pastor.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-12

We claim all these things for the "Good Enough Sulky
and it has these qualities developed believe it has
justified plan selling which follows: any
able Lake county will sell these
pows days free trial.
We that trial of ten days will positively demonstrate
that it is the easiest handled old
handle the field easily this fact
will prove it's simplicity construction 1t is with
question the pillow built and stand
the good kind of land This proves
absolutely durable least
demonstration the field that it
ightest draft pillow wheels The price just right the
pows is.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
Liked "Musty" Ale.

Some Harvard students with thirst
for ale as great as, or more compelling
than, their thirst for learning, fell in
body upon Boston taverner, de-
manding "Ale!" Mine host informed
his guests, with punctilious regrets,
that the only ale he had ALAS was
musty." This mellow suggestion ap-
pealed to the callow youths who,
smacking their lips in anticipation,
ordered GLASSES round" These the
good man brought with some trepida-
tion, but the students, wagging their
heads like true cognoscenti, ordered
more, until closing time compelled
them to wend their uncertain ways
Cambridgeward. Returning the next
night with their ranks heavily recruit
ed, before the night was over the sons
of Harvard had broached and emptied
the first barrel of musty "ever." Our
boniface, equal to the emergency, Or
dered from his brewer an ale made
musty in brewing today IS no
inconsiderable commercial commodity
in the commonwealth of Massachu-
sets.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
NECKLACE OF HUMAN FINGERS
Remarkable and Gruesome Exhibit at
Present In New National Mu-
scum at Washington.

At the new National museum at
Washington there are many kinds Of
necklaces, and among the most curl
Gus and gruesome are three made Of
human fingers. Two are made almost
entirely of the first joints of fingers.
The third is much more pretentious.
1t is elaborately beaded, and hanging
stiffly from the collar Of the necklace
are eight fingers. These are eight mid
die fingers cut from the left hand of
hostile Indian warriors by their In.
dian enemies. The bone was deftly
withdrawn from the fingers, the flesh
cured, and stick, in lieu of bone,
was inserted in each finger.
Appended to the necklace are four
Or five tiny bags. This uncouth adorn-
ment was a medicine necklace, and
was once the property Of the Chey-
ennes and Sioux Indians. It's loss was
attended with great lamentation on
the part of the Indians. The necklace
was captured in campaign against
The Sioux and Cheyennes, in 1851.
In the old National museum, among
the leather goods, is a pair of boots
made from human skin. Nothing def
mite can be learned concerning this
unusual footgear.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
FAMOUS OLD MOUNTAIN
SEoEkT HAS A CONSPICUOUS
PLACE IN HISTORY.
CeEter Of Troubled Land Where Peace
Is Comparatively Unknown Guam
tity-Proud Record Claimed
BY Armenian Race.

"l.v1Lt Ararat, where there has
been hardly moments peace since
Noah and his ark grounded upon its
russive shoulder, is at present the
cage. troubled boundary mark be-
tween the Ottoman empire and Russia,
and under the shadows of the historic
peak the lighting ines of Osmanli and
Russian have been swaying back and
forth, never far beyond the lines of
the frontier" begins a bulletin issued
- the National Geographic society.
"Ararat is the hub of Armenia, of
the original home of the Haik people.
1t is also the center of what has ever
been the most troubled area on earth.
Tribes of Europe and of Asia have
fought each other here from the dawn
of history, and the remnants from the
battles have settled as neighbors, hat
ing, dcspoiling, massacring one an
other.
"Ararat is one of the most impres
sive of earth's mountains, for it rises
sheer to the clouds out of an immense
plain.
THE dominant mountain Is split
into two peaks, Great and Little Ar
arat. Great Ararat rises to height
of 1900 feet above the level of the
sea. Little Ararat, where the boun
daries of the Ottoman empire, of Rus
sia and of Persia meet. reaches an
~ 1f uh
snow line here is very high-14, 1000
feet-the dome of Great Ararat is Gov
cred with gliteripg fields of unbroken
white.
"A vast wealth of legend surrounds
the mountain, which has always deep
ly impressed the imaginatons of the
peoples who have wandered, passed or
settled beneath II. The Armenian
priests long believed that the wonder
full mysteries of it's summit might
never be surveyed by human eyes,
and all thought of scaling Ararat was
considered almost in the light of
sacrilege.
"The Armenians have also held that
they are the nrSt people a1ter the
food. the immediate descendants Of
Noah, so to speak; for the first vii
lage that Noah founded after abandon
ing the ark was Nakhitchevan. So the
Armenian thinks that his people were
the first race of men to grow up in
the world after the food.
"The name Ararat means high The
Persian name for the mountain Kohl
Nuh, means 'Noah's mountain 1t has
been determined by the natives that
the Garden of Eden was placed in the
valley of the Araxes.
"Noah's wife was buried in this val
ley near the mountain, and grapes are
still grown there whose vines are the
direct descendants of vines planted by
Noah"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
WORD FOR WANDERER
"VAGABOND" NOT ALTOGETHER
TO BE CONDEMNED.
Economic Problem for the Student,
but Also MysteriousIy Appealing
MAY Boast That He Calls
No Man Master.

We are apt to use the words vaga.
bond and vagrant INTERCHANGEABLE.
though there is degree of difference
in their meaning, says the Detroit
Free Press. The vagabond is wan
derer, an irresponsible person without
visible means of support, preferring
the open road to an occupation be,
cause of an unconventional dislike to
the embarrassment of possessions.
The vagrant is also wanderer, but
the element of viciousness enters;
given opportunity he may commit
crime. We usually lump the two to.
gether as tramps, hobos, Weary Will
lies, and are told there are about half
a million of them in our country.
Economists complain that their main
tenance costs about $100,000,O00 an.
nually-only 5000 apiece!-and that if
they could be made wage earners they
might enrich the community by about
$300,000,000.
The wanderer, now the vagabond
in our nomenclature, was once quite
a respectable fellow, even an honorcd
guest. The troubadours. the travelling
friars of medieval days, the ancient
harpists who brought their songs and
stories to castle and hall, Richard
Plantagenet, the poet Nillon, George
Borrow, were tramps Of one kind or
another. History and romance abound
in them, and we love to read of them
because of our innate fellow feeling
and sympathy.
The vagabond wanders from Some
where to Nowhere for love Of the jour
ney. His real reason is that he cannot
help 1t, having more wanderlust in his
blood than has fallen to the share of
the majority. After all, he merely
gratifies to an unusual extent primal
instinct which centuries Of conven.
tions have not subdued in humanity.
He casts off the limitations of civiliza-
tion because they cost him more than
he is willing to pay. He will pay
meagerly and sleep uncomfortably
that he may be free. No one owns
him; he calls no man master; he is
sublimely Indifferent to responsibility.
And who among us has not felt pas
sionate desire at times to snap the
chains that bind and chafe, and live
our lives as we wish? In spite Of
our respect for the exemplary virtues
we recognize the charm of irrespon-
sibility.
We like the vagabond in fiction
even if we scorn him at our back
doors, and regard him gravely as an
economic problem. The tramp is more
honest than most Of us; he despises
work and scorns the tasks we would
impose on him. Most of us pretend
to like it and sing its praises. He is,
moreover, mysteriously appealing
figure; there is something almost
heroic in his contempt Of what other
men so prize, and we wonder, If we
pause to think of him at all, what is
his story, what woman remembers him
and longs for news of him. There
is always at least one-his mother.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
Hertzian Waves.

Hertzian waves are electric waves,
so called from Heinrich Hertz (1S57-
1S94, a German engineer and scien-
tist, who first demonstrated the possi-
blity of wireless telegraphy. In the
course of his Investigations he DEM
onstrated some new principles regard
ing the transmission of light and elec-
tricity, and his premature death was
regarded as distinct loss to science.
Wireless telegraphy is sometimes
called Hertzian telegraphy. The pres
ent Marconi method of telegraphing
without wires is by means of "Hert-
zian waves which pass through the
ether-the medium that fills all space,
and remains after air has been ex-
hausted. The apparatus generates
and transmits these waves, the exis-
tence and operation of which were
first demonstrated by Hertz.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16

in our lives before. But nobody will
trust each other in these days Of de.
graded politics, and there hasn't been
man at the helm of the state worth
his salt since Grover Cleveland left
the White House, said father.
you've lent that fellow Ned at
least ten thousand" said mother, in
the anguished tones of Dinah, when
the outlaw of the plains lay dying.
Yes" said father. But that was
between brothers, you know"
you've started him three or four
times over. You've put him on his
feet, and now he can't keep there.
And he's coming to borrow some
more. Promise me you won't let him
have it,
The extent of my benefactions to
Ned will be measured by chicken feed
dimes and nickels," answered faith
er.
Tomorrow our wicked uncle starts
East.
The wicked uncle has arrived. He
Is younger than father, and reminds
me very strongly of Diamond Dick,
the Pathan's woe, though the look
in his eyes softens at times like that
of Bill Buffalo's when Dinah refuses
to become an outlaws bride. He
shook hands with me very frankly.
Certainly l have received not unfa-
vorable impression Of my fathers
brother.
Mother was cool toward Ned. Ned
that's what he has instructed me to
call him--confessed to me in an after
dinner confidence that she always
was cool toward him. Il don't blame
Matilda" he added, with mournful
sigh. "She knows I'm no good and
never likely to be any good in this
world"
laid my hand with gentle but
significant pressure upon the wicked
uncles arm.
Cheer up, Ned!" replied. "None
of US are wholly bad. There's SO
much good in the worst of us and SO
much bad in the best Of us, that it
amt the job of any of us"
ITO hit ourselves on the chest OF
u.s. said the wicked uncle. Yes,
yes, i know. Your words are infinite,
Iy consoling, my dear boy. But it's
hard to bear-hard to bear!"
Next morning he had long conver'
sation with mother. l didn't mean
to overhear the first part, but fell
low can't help it if he's making a boat
upstairs and people choose to hold
a conversation in the passage. Moth.
or was very angry with Uncle Ned.
| could tell that by the tone of her
voice.
MY husband ls ruined" she was
saying. Il want you to understand
4Ia
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
The Wicked
Uncle
9
BY
FRANK FlLSON


Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman)
was eleven yesterday and I have
started a diary. The first thing that
must go into 1t is about my wicked
uncle.
When father said, casually, to moth
er, "Neds written that he's coming
East to pay us visit next week.
mother sighed and flung up her
hands.
Il guess he wants some more
money, jim" she said. "At such a
time as this"
I'm sure Ned's settled down and
steadied himself during these seven
years." answered father.
1T isn't in the man." said mother
in curiously constrained voice, like
Bill Buffalo's after he had confessed
to the sheriff that he stole the girl to
keep her away from his rivals, the
outlaw Of the plains.
I must tell you now that while we
live in a magnificent mansion, with
four servants, we are fast approach.
ing bankruptcy. Father made some
unlucky deals on the stock exchange,
and the war has cut off exports, so
what is a man to do? AS father said
to mother yesterday, il those fellows
would give him time and his bank
would advance him only ten thousand
he could keep his head above water
and not have to take furnished rooms.
More than that, he said if that ship
ment comes through from Rotterdam
we'll be richer than we've ever been
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
His Needless
Fears
By
H. M. EGBERT
Copyright. 1915. by w. G. Chapman)

Copyright, 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)
The man who gets his salary from
distant city lives under the Damo.
clean sword. Jenkins was no excep-
tion to this rule. The leather COM
pany employed agents in several
towns, and Jenkins, newly posted at
Sequah, drew his forty dollars weekly
out Of the mailed letter with fear and
trembling What if the company
should suddenly dispense with him?
Once the letter failed to arrive, and
Jenkins, who always waited for the
check to pay his weekly bills, was in
despair.
To complicate matters there was
Mrs. Jenkins, frail, weakly woman
without the least ability to earn a
living if anything happened to her
husband. Jenkins had this possibility
upon his mind all the time. To crown
his troubles, he was "one-j job man.
He had been with the leather COM
pany, which was soulless concern,
since he entered their service as an
Office boy thirty years before. Shy
and retiring, he did not see the ghost
of chance to earn anything if ever
he lost his position.
No, that did not crown his troubles,
but he had another trouble mixed with
joy, the two so interviewer that he
did not know where one began and
@l1 InI Il In, IN
hospital, had presented him with a
boy, their first child. jenkins had
looked in awe, and partly in fear at
the extremely red atom Of humanity,
then at his wife's weak figure. He
saw the radiant happiness of mother
hood upon her face.
At such moment most men would
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16

have thought of anything but material
things. But into Jenkins brain there
flashed an appalling thought. He re-
membered that, having paid the hos
pital bill for only one week ahead, he
had exactly twelve dollars in the
world.
Suppose the check failed to arrive
next day!
He passed sleepless night. In the
morning he waited for the postman
with growing panic.
The usual letter from the leather
company was in his mail. But it was
typed instead of written by the cash
ier Jenkins tore open the envelope,
desperately hoping to see the familiar
pink check flutter out. Instead there
came formal notification:
"As you are by this time doubtless
aware, we have decided to discontinue
our agency in Sequah. You will there
fore close the Office pending the ar
rival of our representative, who will
take charge of the stock and fixtures"
Jcuhlllb lCJ LILO lSltcI hullcl w Iho
floor. He put the rest of the mail,
unopened, in his pocket, and went au-
tomatically up to the hospital. 1t was
always his habit to notify Laura when
any unexpected event occurred. But
when he looked at her he could not
tell her. He thrust the letters upon
the table, hardly knowing what he
was doing, kissed her with trembling
lips, and went away.
He was discharged! Fired! With
twelve dollars in the world. And next
day he must pay second twenty-five
for his wife's second week. He must
get thirteen dollars, then, by night
fall. He staggered into the street and
groaned.
He walked the streets all day, not
even troubling to think about closing
the office. There was money-two
hundred dollars in the safe. But that
did not tempt jenkins. He could new
er have robbed his employers. That
was not in him. But he must rob
somebody. He stood still with
clenched fists, needless of the passers-
by.
"I'll get it," he swore.
Then he thought of the doctor who
was going to charge him seventy five
dollars, in addition to the hospital fee.
The sleek, SNUG doctor, rolling in his
car, while Laura would be turned into
the streets with week-old baby!
jenkins rage famed in huge deluge
against the doctor. 1t was fiery de-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
All Are on Time at Sydney.

At Sydney, Australia, any telephone
subscriber can now obtain correct
standard time by calling up the Sgd
ney observatory, says the Scientific
American. IL he wishes merely to
check his watch or clock, he asks for
Time and is connected with an op-
orator who reads off the correct time
to the nearest half minute from a
clock controlled by the standard clock
of the observatory. If more accurate
information be required, he asks for
Exact time," and is connected with
a high frequency buzzer which trans
mits the actual beats of the observa-
tory clock.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
Old Center of Civilization.

Prof. Marshall Fl. Saville, director
of the Museum of the American In
dian, New York, announces the dis
covery of an ancient city in Honduras
which was the center of a high civili-
cation. Many relics were found, prin-
cipally potteries, and ornaments of
stone and jade. ''The remarkable fact
about the potteries and other Objects,
said Professor Saville, "is that they
represent at least six kinds of civiliza-
ton. We have not the facilities at
present to dig down Is feet, which
seems necessary, but it is evident
there is an opportunity for vast re-
search"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
OraWinQ to a Head.

My DEAR" remarked Grumbly, as
he opened letter at the breakfast
table the other morning, and mil
liners bill dropped out, this is the
third bonnet you have had in less than
six months. You must have bonnets
on the BRAIN
"Well,' queried MRS. Grumble, in
nocently, isn't that the proper place
for them?'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-16
Preparedness.

"Ye have turned very Industrious
lately, Tim," said one Tipperary man
to another.
THAT l have, bedad," replied the
other. 'T was up before the magis
trate last week for battherin' Cassidy,
and the Judge tould me If came back
on the same charge he would fine me
tin dollars
did he?" said the first speaker
And ye're working hard so as to kape
yer hands Oft Cassidy"
Don't ye believe it," said the indus
trious man. I'm working ha-r-rrd to
save up the tin dollars. buffalo Cour-
Ter.