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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
Educated Rooster.

"Spizzerinktum" is an odd name
even for rooster, hut this rooster is
no ordinary fowl. The bird comes
from strain of Barred Plymouth
Rocks, was Matched last MAY and
weighs six pounds. He is owned nv
H. H. Bennett of Hartford City, who
refuses to part with his prlze-winner
at any price. Judges ut various fairs
where Ire has been shown, have told
inc owner that he is a most promising
n'ri' ara this is borne out by the fact
That 500 has been offered for him
Spizzerinktum" is also an educated
FOWL One of his chief delights is rid
ing the seat Of specially constructed
wagon and holding the relns over eight
boys who act as steeds for him. He
Grove this tenn In the centennial M.
rade at Hartford City.-Indianapolls
News. '''''
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10

was greatly confused. He didn't know
what 1t was doing there, he said. Then
she saw large rock with a rope at
tached to 1t, and she wanted that ex-
planned. Sullivan was more embar-
raised than ever. He didn't like TO
explain that 1t was meant to sink her
body In the water. But the girl had
no suspicion Of evil. She was merely
curious. After while they reached an
inlet cut off from human view, and Sui
Ivan set about his task. He stood up
with the club appraised, to dash out
her brains, and she looked at him and
smiled. She thought he was fooling.
Sullivan threw the club overheard, took
the oars, and rowed back home without
q word.
Il couldn't do It," he explained to
Seaman, who upbraided him bitterly
to his failure; "when that poor g'rl
smiled at me my muscles seemed
turned to water"
There was no pity in Scanlan's gal
vanized iron heart, however. He was
determined upon the girls death. His
sister was becoming impatient, and the
heiress was growing FESTIVE, and dele
cation might arrive any time, to see
what was holding him at Gin. A few
evenings later he and Sullivan and the
bride went for another boat ride, and
she was seen alive no more. Seaman
told the neighbors that he had sent
his wife for sea voyage, but few peo-
pie believed his story. There was
general impression that something was
wrong, but nobody knew just what.
The whole community knew, though,
week later, when the body of Ellen
Seaman was washed ashore. She had
been SO mutilated that Identification
was difficult. Most of her bones were
broken. Her sku1l was shattered, as
though beaten in with q club. Her
teeth had been knocked out and her
once beautiful face was one great
bruise.
Seaman made an effort to escape but
was 0vertaken. His trial was the SEN
sation of the time, and he was found
guilty. He was ordered to immediate
execution, so that his powerful rela-
tives would have no time to exercise
their pull in his behalf. Those rela-
tives used all their influence, but in
vain. If ever capital punishment was
justified, 1t was when this man ap-
peared upon the scaffold.
Sullivan escaped for the time. After
selling the dead woman's clothes, and
some small articles of jewelry she had
owned, he fled and concealed himself,
but the law was looking for him, and
found him twelve months after the
crime. After being Jailed and brought
to a realization of the fact that his
door of hope was everlastingly closed,
he made full confession, and in due
season was operated upon by the pain
less executioner.
The story entitled "The Poor Mans
Daughter" in the once famous ''Tales
of Irish Life" was one of the innumer-
able printed narratives founded upon
the atrocious murder of Ellen Scan
Ian.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
PROUD OF THEIR MODEL SON
OF Course He Was Young, but Just
Then His Habits Were Abso-
lutely IrreproachabIe.

"Ah, well, wife," said John Rumbles,
the honest farmer, though our corn
was stricken with quinsy this year,
and our pigs all got the ear disease,
and our cabbages were all hollow, and
our wheat had appendicitis, We have
the consolation of knowing that we
have model son. Just think, Roland
has never smoked a cigarette in his
whole life"
"Nor anything else, for that mat
ter replied Susan, his honest wife.
"And he would no more think of TAX
ing strong drink than he would of fly
ing"
True" asserted honest John, with
a sickly smile. "And the regular hours
he keepsl"
Eyes" put in honest Susan, eagerly.
ITO bed right after supper every night
regular as clockwork.
And for while John smoked in con-
templative silence, while Susan knit
ted away in her easy chair.
But, of course, there's this" said
John at length. "We can't tell how
he'll be later on. We must remember
he's only six months old"
"Ah, John, we mustn't borrow trou-
Bile. We have enough already, good
ness knows" snickered Susan.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
PUBLIc's DEBT TO DRUGGIST
Many People in Community Fail to
Give Him All the Credit That
Is Coming to Him.

From the nature of the problems
considered by the druggists In their
national convention 1t is plain that
they take their business with the Sc
robustness that its intimate relation to
practically the entire public demands.
They seem especially interested in
combating the trend of public opinion
in favor of restricting the freedom of
the druggist to handle his commodities
about as he pleases. The druggists
point of view is, of course, not that of
the public. Long association with dam
gerous drugs breeds a certain con-
tempt for their dangers. Yet the drug
gist is morally-when not legally
obliged to protect the public against
its own folly and incompetence.
An INSCRIPTIONS druggist can be
the means of spreading almost as
much evil in community as an I'M
scrupulous physician. And a dishon.
est physician working in league with
dishonest druggist can become pos
tive menace to the health and morals
of any community. The druggist is
called upon to observe many laws.
This state of affairs has come about.
not through any public desire to sin
gle out particular line of business
for careful regulation, but because a
certain class Of druggists themselves
have in the past abused their RESPONSE
bility. Thus the laws have been forced
upon the people by druggists, para
doxical as this may seem.
The average druggist is far moro
important person in the community
than he gets credit for being. His
store is kind of combination pharm-
acy, cafe, club, cigar store, news stand.
waiting room, post office and tele-
phone station. For many of his favorH
to his patrons he receives no pay, and
he is not to be blamed for trying to
educate the public to its obligations to
him. In his business competition IS
strong. He works early and late, Sun.
days and holidays, and still the drug
gists who grow rich are very rare. The
difference between the reward the
druggist gets and the reward the same
devotion to business would earn In
other lines is his contribution to pub
lie welfare, and this the public should
not forget.-Indianapolis News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
He stood Up With the Club upraised.

the wife of q nobleman, in which she
notified him that she had engineered
a great match for him. There was an
heiress in the nobleman's neighborhood
who was prepared to surrender as soon
MS Seaman laid siege to her. There
fore, his sister reasoned, it was his
duty and privilege to get busy at once.
None of the young mans relatives
knew anything of his marriage. That
had been made profound secret.
He must have been a peculiarly cold
blooded individual. If he had heart
at all it was made of galvanized iron.
Even while his beautiful girl-wife law
ished her caresses upon him ne plotted
her destruction. One day when she
was in the garden gathering roses
Seaman called Sullivan into the house
and told him, in so many words, that
the woman would have to be put out of
the way. 1t Is creditable to Sullivan
that he made a protest, and was
shocked. But Seaman was his heredi-
tary lord, so to speak, and obedience
to his master was the first principle
of his life. He soon yielded to his
masters persuasion, and the inhuman
butchers sat planning the crime, while
! the victim, smiling and singing, was
ransacking the garden under their eyes.
Seaman had pleasure boat on the
river, and riding in 1t was one of his
wife's chief pleasures. They took an
| excursion every evening. On July
evening in 1919 Seaman explained that
he had been called away ON business,
but Sullivan would take her for the
customary boat ride. She took her
seat In the boat, and Sullivan took the
oars, and presently she noticed heavy
club in the bottom Of the boat. She
asked what that was for, and Sullivan
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
Nanishinn Trick.

Two local friends of a noted magi-
clan were his guests at dinner.
You do some wonderful things on
the stage" one of the friends observed,
"but l am inclined to think YOU are
handicapped when you are away from
your apparatus"
ITO an extent, yes" the magician
admitted, but there are many things
l can do anywhere on moments ma
tice."
Let us see you do something now"
"All right, take for instance this
steak, the Brussels sprouts and the sa.
lad"
'Yes-"
In very few minutes we will cause
all OF them to entirely disappear"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
Mixture Of Many Races.

Not only in their features, but in
their language, do the natives of Sar-
DINA retain traces of the many races
which have occupied the island through
the centuries-phoenicians, Carthagin-
ians, Romans, Saracens, Italians and
Spaniards. Many dialects are spoken,
but italian is now laugh; In the
schools and the men acquire the Off.
cial language during their period Of
compulsory military servlce.-- National
Geographic Magazine.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
CUTICURA COMFORTS BABY
Suffering From Itching, Burning
Rashes, Eczema, etc. Trial Free.

Give baby bath with hot water and
Cuticura Soap, using plenty of Soap.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura Oint-
ment gently to all affected parts. In
slant relief follows and baby falls into
refreshing sleep, the first perhaps
in weeks. Nothing more effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
FormaIItIes DISCOURAGED

roliteress Is always desIrable.u
Ut used to be. hut now when Won
say please yo'i ARE simply wasting
'he telephone operators time"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10

Pimples, boils, carbuncles, dry up and
disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid.
ADV.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
Shop Talk.

kate is bundle of nerves"
Il thought she looked done up
Boston Transcript
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
1'utt's Pills
Gave 1t a Dose.

"You naughty child! Why did you
pour your tonic into the clock?"
"Cause that was run down, too"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
Care Of Pastures.

Very little labor is necessary to
Ieep a good pasture in first-class con-
dition. All loose stones and rubbish
that are removed give that much more
space for grass plants to grow. All
brush or trees not needed for shade or
other purposes should be cut or dead
ened by girdling.
In addition to the above suggestions.
all tall-growing weeds should be movn
at least once a year, preferably Just
before they form seed. 1t is a COM
mon practice in central Kentucky and
in some other sections of the bluegrass
region to NOW the weeds. This is
done with a moving machine If the
fields are sufficiently smooth; other
wise. by man with scythe. The diff
ference in the appearance of fields in
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10
SAVE YOUR MONEY.

One box of Tutt' pills save many dollars in doc
tor r. bills. A remedy for diseases of the liver,
sick headache, dyspepsia, constipation and
bilousness, a million people endorse
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13
Be Happy; Keep Young

You want to be happy You wnt to Keep yOung7 OF course
Try to make others happy Think less about yourself Think
more of how you can brighten the lives of Others
In home circle remember anniversaries Keep track of
the birthdays of father mother wife, children brothers and
ters This doesn't spending necessarily CHEEKY
word of greeting and if away
foregoing of uxies and spending the money thus
saved for another will also do you good
Do observe your wedding anniversary? If try it.
worth while couple that started life very poor observed
their wedding by purchasing needed thing for
the home They planned ahead for it, After 30
things in their home speak to wife and husband daily of their
and mutual hepfulness. ss4tIf
They think the plan has contributed much to their happiness
and success. 81
There 2OOOOOO able bodied in the United States
tween the of Is and As years. special report
bureau This number represents what is called the
total available unorganized strength of the country
Military experts reckon so to IS per nations avail
abes its electives This would give the United States total
war strength of between 1O0OOO and 100000 in great
extremity
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13
Votes Going to Waste?

Congressman who supported the Hay bill because or
the national guard vote beginning believe they stepped
their feet, so to speak
The bill provided to crack open the pork barrel to
the tune of 500O0OO0 for equipment and PAY FOR OF
FICERS AND MEN of the militia.
Would the mitiamen be gratefu7 Would the 10000 ma
tona guaren give their votes to the who voted
them from $40 to $500 year?
Yes, they probably would
So the national plan tossed into the discard and
the Hay BILL tmeserving and political placed the
statute books.
Now these congressman wondering if they did not leap
before looking The national guard the nation admnsra
ton plans do not will be down the Mexican border
until after the November elections The guarden won't be able
to home to vote for the congressman who voted for them
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RACHEL | said quickly.

RACHEL l said quickly.
You are a very ungrateful
girl, Paula said Aunt Rachel
furiously. when you can make a
grandstand play like giving VI
this house to pay your fathers
creditor you do 1t, but you are
not above exacting the last cent
when you know you will get nc
popular praise for being gener-
ous.'
Let me try the frocks on,
interrupted Georgette, and Sarah
went and brought them in. They
were certainly prettier than any
she had ever purchased herself
and of course Georgette was
crazy to have them.
" What do you want fol
them?' she asked.
" They cost $500 apiece
said. and l have never worn
either of them. I think | should
get at least $50 EACH
My goodness, Paula, you
uoh mOoh thdt, w youi GA
claimed Aunt Rachel.
" Listen, Aunt Rachel, unless
/ can sell some of my belongings
will have only about $40 wher
/ leave this house a few days
hence. 1 mean after all the little
personal bills are paid. Georgettt
has given me an idea and I think
/ will try to sell some of my new
dresses to some of my acquaint
ances. The money would give
me a start.
ct can't pay you the whole
$500 today, Paula said Aun'
Rachel, 4 have not SO much
money with me-
That's all right, just give
me a check for it. Aunt Rachel
looked daggers at me, but she
wrote me a check.
"'Oh, mother, come here and
see this cutie sport coat called
Georgette. Just as Aunt Rache'
went out the maid brought in
the card which read Mr.. Charles
Montgomery.
Continued Tomorrow
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Continued Tomorrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13
:. The ::
Confessions
Of a Wife
ANY GIRL-AS TOLD TO
MARGARET WAVERLY
(COntinued.)

l took Dicks advice and told
Pat that he might start my
story, before I knew that the doc
tor from Vienna was coming so
soon, and now l am writing
against time, for l want to get
this story ahead SO that it will
keep while l am in the hospital.
l think that it is good thing
that l have 1t on my mind for it
takes my thoughts away from
myself.
Pat commenced the serial
about week ago, so now instead
of writing each little story as I
write 1t on your pages, little
book, | am going to paste the
parts as they come out on your
pages.
am sure you will be as inter-
ested In Paula's story as l was,
for as she said. IL don't think
my life is much different from
that of any girl who has to earn
her living. Almost any one of
them could tell You a story that
in the main was like mine"
THE next day." continued
Paula in the next installment, II
signed all the papers giving up
the house and all that it con-
tanned except a few articles that
belonged especially to me. This
would certainly clear dear old
dads name from some of the dis
grace. My tears fell thick and
fast on the paper as | signed, and
! whispered to myself, Dearest
mother, you see | am doing just
as you would wish me to do"
Aunt Rachel got here Just
after l had signed the papers and
she was perfectly furious. 1 al
ways knew you were a silly girl,
but l never had an idea that you
could be as big a fool that you
have Just shown yourself to be.
You have chosen your life
against my advice. You know
my house is very small and 1t
will be impossible for me to find
more than temporary room for
you"
Can you tell me. Miss Paula,
about the packing?" asked my
maid, Sarah.
Yes, you may put all my
afternoon and evening frock, all
my clothes of ceremony In one Of
the packing trunks
Aunt Rachel looked up
quickly, II you are going to
pack all your evening dresses
away you might give that white
embroidered tulle and the green
pussy willow taffeta to Georg-
cite
"I'll sell them to you, Aunt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13

Are you giving your children the Fighting edge they will
need for the battles Of peace9
Do you have them clean their baby teeth and keep those
teeth in repair?
Do you feed them coarse crisp foods that chewing will de-
op their jaws and their second teeth will not be crowded when
they come?
Do you give them nourisng, body building diet that they
will have the stuff in their blood to make sound teeh
Do you take them to the dentist often you afford
Does this community that ALL children thus prepared
in
Is dOwnO on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13
No Man-Eafers Here

The distressing death of two bathe and serious injuries
tanned by third while swimming in New Jersey waters Wednes
day again gives Puget Sound residents thankful
that maneating sharks not native to this section.
few mud sharks have been caught the bay dog fish,
species OF dwarf shark Puget Sound
would venture to attack baher and neither equipped do
human injury if it were so disposed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13
TIMES EDITORIALS
"The Fighting Edge''

When Theodore Roosevelt used preach about the necessity
of having he fighting edge he seemed bit vague Now
think know what 'the fighting edge" is 1t is teeth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13

MANY recruits
for M e x i can
service were re-
jected because
of bad teeth.
Civilized man
does not use
his teeth as a
weapon in that
strange institu-
ton civilized
warfare. Yet
sound teeth are
essential to the
good health re-
quired for the
strain of that
warfare.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13
Observation-Disclosures

q Miss Grey answers all letters
Df inquiry by mail when postage
10 enclosed.
q Letters of general interest are
answered through this column un.
less tho correspondent requests
that they not be.
q Miss Grey receives callers at
tho office from II o'clock to 3
o'clock on Wednesdays.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13

that he will sleep at night and be
"eady to meet the problems of the
coming day. Tell him if he loses
all he has you are ready to stand
by him and begin all over again
il necessary.
A man who is struggling
against any kind of adverse cir
cumstances needs sympathy at
home, not complaints and tears.
o. have been calling on
a young lady for some time
and enjoy her company very
much, but when we are go
ing any place sha expects me
to take her sister along. The
sister offered to pay her own
way, but of course | would
not let her do that But
do feel the expense and can
not keep 1t up. | have
friend who calls on another
young lady. These girls want
me to get him to give up the
girl he goes with and have
him take the sister out. They
seem to think she would
stand chance to meet some
one IL he would take her
around. Now I'm in doubt
about this. Please help me
IL you can.
RICHARD.
A.-You can easily escort your
friend and her sister to some
places where they are both in
yited. This is a different thing
from taking her to paid enter
tainmcnts. You should not bur-
den yourself with this expense.
As for your friend who calls ON
the other girl, do not Influence
him I'm any way as to his choice.
WARMING!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13
WARNING!

WARNINGS!
The man or woman who fails
or refuses to examine the prices
on our stock of groceries willfully
throws their money away.
PACIFIC GROCETERIA
1916 Pacific Ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-13

Q.-Red ants are in my
garden and seem to be eat
ing my tomato plants. Can
you tell me how to destroy
| them? c. l.. B.
A.-DrOp some quicklime on
their nests and pour boiling wa
ter over IL. Pour into their re-
treats water in which camphor
or tobacco has been stepped.
Q.-My husband has lost
/ lots of money lately and is
greatly discouraged over bus
mess. He is as cross as
bear around home and
doesn't sleep at night. | can't
stand it any longer. 1t makes
me sick to have a crouch
around the house and to be
kept from regular sleep.
Don't you think he ought to
be more considerate? Would
you advise me to go home 10
my mother for a time?
AGGRAVATED WIFE.
A.-You have strange ideas of
a wife's duty at time like this.
Instead Of deserving him, you
should do your utmost to help and
cheer him. His burdens are your
burdcns--the great big business
burdens, not the little imaginary
ones you are troubling yourself
about.
When you know that your hus-
bands mood Is the result of trOu-
BILE and anxiety, why don't you
ignore IL completely and talk TO
him In such an encouraging way
The Farmington times., 1916-01-21
THINK OF MERGING
TWO CHURCHES

Rev. J. W. Manuel, who recently ac-
cepted the pastorate of the M. E..
Church at this place, rendered his res
ignation last Friday night which we
understand has been accepted by the
district superintendent, Rev. Crissman.
The resignation of Rev. Manuel ac-
cording to his own statement with re-
CARDS to the matter is due to the in
ability of the membership of that
church to support resident pastor
The membership of the church is
small and has had trouble for a num-
Der of years in raising sufficient funds
with which to keep resident pastor.
Since the resignation of Rev. Manuel
there have been rumors that move
is on foot to merge the two Method
list organizations and instead of hav-
ing Methodism divided make one big
strong church. If there has been any
official action in the merger nothing
has been given out and local people
who are in a position to know say that
the matter is not yet in shape to make
public. There is however current talk
that some action will be taken in the
near future.
Many members of both the branch
es of the Methodist Church have ar
gued long time that it would be bet
ter for all concerned to make united
church of the two. The day of many
small churches is past. Like every
other enterprise it is being learned
there is strength in union and the
two wings of the old church are be-
ing brought together in many places
--Bonne Terre Register.