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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10
YIELDS apple or SoDoM"
Curious Plant Which Grows on the
Borders Of the Dead Sea Pro-
duces This Fruit.

The Dead sea is situated In the
southeast part Of Palestine, and is
called by the Arabs Bahr Loot, or Sea
of Lot. II is about AZ miles long. with
an average breadth Of nine miles. Its
depth varies considerably. 1t is fed
by the Jordan from the north, and by
many other streams, but has no APP
parent outlet, its superfuous water be
ing supposed to be entirely carried on
by the evaporation. The north
shores Of the sea are marked by the
bIackened trunks and branches OF
trees which are incrusted with salt, as
is everything that is exposed to the
spray Of this sea.
On the southern shore is the remark
able mass Of rock called Udsum tSod-
om). It is a narrow. rugged ridge OF
hill extending FIVE miles northwest,
and consisting Of rock salt To the
north Of Udsum, and at no great dis
lance, is the supposed site Of the an
cient Sodom.
On the borders Of the Dead sea a
curious plant grows which yields fruit
called the Apple of sodom." beautiful
on the outside but bitter to the taste,
and. when mature, filed with fiber and
dust.
The mean level Of the Dead sea Il
1892 feet below the level Of the Medi
terranean. The water contains from
"a to &c per cent Of salts, Of which
per cent is common salt. A salt-wate
fish put into the Dead sea perishes a
once. Owing TO its density due t
salt the water Of the sea Is very buo!
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10

writer in the form Of books. It means
the pleasure giving efforts of the mu-
stefan in the opera or concert. II
means musical instruments for the
home. educational opportunities in the
schools, publicity in the press, inspi-
ration In the church, fun and emo
tionaI relaxation in the theater, police
protection on our streets and justice
in our courts. Money means cleanli-
ness, good appearance, self-respect.
Money is the source of good just as il
may be the source of evil, hut in
either case only because of what II
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10
Detachable Collars ON Coats

Navy serge and black and white
checked worsteds are popular fabrics
in the development of spring coats for
children. And for girls six years or
less detachable collars of embroidered
heavy linen or white pique are nearly
always featured. The wise mother
neither minimizeS nor eSGggerares the
Importance of having her small daugh-
tiers correctly dressed.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10
Money is Life.

Money is no more the root of ey!f'
than are the good things that It rep
resents. whether these take the form
of personal service, labor, or the ma
terial products of labor. Money means
work. IL means production. it means
the things that have been made oy
mems brains and hands. It not only
stands for the things we eat, the
clothes we wear, and the houses we
live in. hut It stands for works OF art
and for the services Of the artists. 1t
means the services Of the entertaining
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10
Agriculture Stands First

At the head Of all sciences and arts,
at the head Of all civilization and
prngress. stands not militarism, the
science that kills. nor commerce, the
science that accumulates wealth, but
agriculture. the mother Of all indus
-rv and the maintainer of human life
James A. Garfield.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10

Mr.. wise-why did you stand right
next TO Mrs. De AS~Saa all through the
recention? know you can't abide her.
Mrs. wise-I know, my dear. but
didn't Won notice how my black nes
gown Killed her brown dress?
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10
snrn.thIn, Retter rhar Mods

Election AEent-That was good
long speech our candidate INSIDE on the
farming question, wasn't III
Farmer-Oh. ave, Il wasn't bad: but
a cpupla g. nights gcni rain I'D q
done sight more good,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10
How the Cats Went.

Little Frank had an amusing way Of
initiating the mewing OF cats, so one
night. when there was company at din
ner, his father asked him how the cats
went.
"On their feet" was the unexpected
reply.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10

stands for. And so, as somebody's
great-grandfather used 10 say, If
money is the root of al evil, give us
plenty Of the root Physical Gull
fryre
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10

of the corset line, so ugly under thin
blouses and frocks.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-10

chance IL the Germans only knew! But
the shells continued 70 drop In front of
us and on either side, but none landed
among us. and after waiting there for
three hours. expecting TO be blown to
bits any second, we finally moved for
ward. Just as we left the copse. from
behind US, up over ridge. came
stream Of galloping horses.
Its the cavalry" someone shouted,
but soon / made out limbers and field
guns.
They galloped past US, going Ike
mad. took up a position to our right
swung into position, numbered, and
in two minutes were blazing away. It
was q thrilling sight.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-12
Americas Amer
By r. w. Lila 4

L1y VI LltttU-1
Written after the death of Lieut.. Col. McCrae,
author of ''In Flanders Fields.'l
Rest We in peace, We Flanders dead
The fight that We so bravely led
We've taken up And we will keep
True faith with you who lie asleep
With each cross to mark his bed,
And poppies blowing overhead,
Where once his own life blood ran red.
So let your rest be sweet and deep
In Flanders fields.
Fear not that We have died for naught.
The torch We threw to us we caught.
Ten million hands will hold it high,
And Freedoms light shall never die!
We've learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders fields.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-12

Kilauea. On the eastern side of
the island of Maui, the second in
, size of the group, is the great
mountain Haleakala, House Of the
Sum- Upon this mountain. from
which five of the other islands are
visible. exists the largest extinct
crater in the world, having a cir
cumference of twenty miles and an
area of ten square miles.
1t is impossible in few pages
to give more than a glimpse of this
wonderful country. The island of
Oahu, upon which the capital is
situated, has many points of in
terest, Honolulu itself being YER
liable fairy city of exquisite beauty.
Its parks and shady drives and its
world-renowned Waikiki Beach
have often been described in books
of travel. On the beach at Kapio-
lani Park. five miles south of the
city, is a very wonderful aquar-
ium. The brilliant colors of the
fish in these tropical waters are
said to be found nowhere else.
The most unbelievable pinks and
bright blues and greens flash like
jewels in the sunlit water. One
traveller describes a pale-blue fish
with "gauzy ribbon-like streamers
trailing far out from his back and
tail"
Those visiting the Hawaiian
Islands find subjects of interest on
every hand, but perhaps nothing
clings in ones memory more per-
sistently than the musical tongue
of the natives. The repetition of
vowel sounds without consonants
between, the repetition of a sylla-
BILE at the end of a word, and the
excessive use of the consonants h,
K, ], M, ~, p, and 10, are some of
the characteristics. When a writ
ten language was acquired after
the advent of the white man, the
Latin sound of the vowels was
adopted. Their vocabulary is not
large, one word doing duty for a
number of distinctly different
meanings, For instance, the IA
miliar word Aloha is their saluta-
tion alike for meeting and parting,
and also for the expression of love
and remembrance. The words are
musical and lend themselves hap
PLY to the plaintive form of
music which the rich native voices
render so pleasing.
The delights of Hawaii are con-
slant. Summer skies are always
breaking through the clouds after
refreshing showers; verdure
abounds from season to season,
and blossom and fruitage follow
in perpetual abundance. It has
been aptly named The Paradise of
the Pacific
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-12

Bear your own misfortunes with
half the resignation you bear other
peoples and you will be happy all
the time. 1t is so easy to tell
other people how to be heroic and
SO difficult to be courageous our
selves.-E1.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-12

SOAhVA 40 AOO hCAOoA CAi oO0AOys WILL
its wealth of tropical vegetation.
In some of the canyons, which they
call 'gulches, the underground is
so thick as to be almost impossible.
The haw tree bends over the brook,
and when it's big lemon-yellow,
bell-like blossoms ripen and turn
Venetian red, they fall into the
water and make bright patches of
color on it's pebbly bed. The wild
morning-glory goes rioting to the
tops of the tallest trees and fiecks
them with blossoms of pale pink,
or violet, or blue. 1t runs along
fences and rusty wires until every
unsightly object is glorifed. There
are rare blossoms on the ginger
plants. These white and straw
colored flowers have masses Of
feathery stamens and are delicious
ly fragrant. The scarlet hibiscus,
a shrub in temperate zones, grows
into a tree in Hawaii, and gor-
geous bit of color it makes in the
landscape.
This Paradise of the Pacific is
a fairyland of ferns of innumerable
varieties. Most interesting is the
tree-fern which grows to height
of thirty rect, and retains all the
grace of the bracken. At it's base
grows a beautiful silky fibre re-
sembling locks of bright auburn
hair. 1t is not surprising that a
use for this has been found in max
ing downy pillows. Our lantana,
so nurtured over here, grows wild
there, and is even an unwelcome
intruder in the sugar-cane fields.
Among the strictly tropical trees
of Hawaii, the breadfruit is one of
the largest and finest, with its
glossy leaves rivaling the fig in
size and beauty. The fruit is curl.
GUS, because it is not properly
speaking one of the fruits, but is
used as a vegetable and, when
roasted, resembles the sweet pota.
to or squash in appearance. 1t is
very solid and heavy, round ir
shape, and four times the size o1
an orange. It has a hard scaly
rind of rich yellowish- brown color
when mature. But the mango tree
| is the most beautiful of all, with
its luxuriant foliage and over.
hanging branches.
Although the charm of Hawaii
lies in it's mild climate and luxuri.
ant vegetation, yet tourists and
scientists are much attracted to its
shores by it's great volcanoes.
Situated on the island of Hawaii
is the active crater Kilauea on the
southern slope of Mauna Loa,
(Mauna is the Hawaiian word fol
mountain.) This is the next lar.
gest volcano in the world. Its
crater is in the general form of an
inverted cone, and the huge pot.
like cavity in the side of the noun.
tain is eight miles in circumference
and covers an area of six hundred
and fifty acres. The summit OF
Mauna Loa is an active volcano
also and ranks next in size to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-12
HE Ike Mining & De

&44H FolOpInS OOLuk'duy was
.HSV1gH sluicing the slope of
&gy Black Butte for gold,
and No. l was the latest location.
Below lay the principal works,
where dozens of giants" spout
ing their powerful streams against
a gravel bank, gradually washed it
into the sluices and carried it away;
far above lay the storage reservoir,
from which a mountain stream and
a huge iron pipe ran side by side
to the works below. The giant
Of No. 1, in appearance somewhat
like a big fire nozzle, tapped this
pipe about about five or six hun
dred yards above the main mine,
ready at the touch of Tom Nor
gan's hand to shoot it's white
stream into the side of the noun
tain.
Before beginning work Tom
made sure that everything was
ready. The placer was a high,
shrubby bank that sloped up steep
ly from the stream and that was
closely skirted by a stout plank
sluice or waterway. Fifty yards
below the nozzle the brook and
pipe made a short drop of thirty
feet over a vertical bluff.
Tom examined the gravely soil
closely for trace of COLOR" but
was disappointed. The only thing
of interest that he could find was a
monstrous hole in the bank, twen-
ty yards on the upstream side of
the giant and about fifty feet
above the base of the steep en-
bankment. He climbed up to ex-
anime it; the hole seemed to have
been long deserted, for sticks and
herbage lay in the entrance and
the hard soil showed no tracks.
After hastily peering in he climbed
down, turned the nozzle valve and
began to wash away the bank.
The water = roaring, sizzling,
sputtering - spurted against the
placer from its two-inch nozzle
with the tremendous force of a
pressure of four hundred pounds
to the square inch; and wherever
Tom directed the stream of water,
it ate its way into the embank-
ment and caused it to cave in. The
jet loosened big rocks and rolled
them down; it uprooted brush and
dwarfy scrub cedars and tumbled
and washed them into the sluice.
Once in while Tom shut off the
valve and cleaned away the rub.
bish. And so he worked, until in
the late afternoon he was under
mining the mouth of the hole.
The irresistible stream. cutting
farther and farther back into the
bank, chiseled out great caverns
until the overhanging lodges fell
of their own weight and we're
washed into the sluice. Ten feet
of the hole had fallen and Tom had
just turned off the water to clean
away some brush. when a big mass
of dirt broke loose and tumbled
down. But not dirt only! Riding
the tap of the landslide was a huge,
dark, furry animal that was MAX
ing the canyons and woods echo
with its roars and snarls. Down it
rolled, over and over through the
mud, sometimes on top and some
times underneath rocks and soil,
until it finally plunged fiat on it's
back into the sluice, sixty feet
away. 1t scrambled out-the wet
test, maddest grizzly in the entire
Rockies.
Toms first impulse was to laugh;
then the seriousness of the situa-
tion came to him. As yet the big
brute had not seen him. 1t was
shaking its great body to rid itself
of water and mud and looking
round for the cause of its misfor-
tune. Hoping to escape notice,
Tom covered behind the ''giant." !"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-15
Noble Spy Suspect
Besieged by Bills
Self-Styled Marquis Also Says
He Introduced Gaby to
King Manuel

Edmond Rousselet de Castillo, French
Marquis and Spanish Count by his own
admission, under arrest on charge of
violating the espionage act, succeeded
admirably yesterday, during an all-day
grilling by Assistant United States At
torney Amman, in shrouding in mystery
his real identity.
The dapper, suave young Frenchman
was picked up Saturday night at his
apartments on East Twenty ninth
Street, accused Of posing as foreign
diplomat on various occasions. Incl
dentally, dozen judgments, amounting
to between $4,000 and $4,000. filed
against him, give point to the belief
that he was diplomatic in manner if
not in fact.
The Frenchman always rode about
in empowered car, and when the
Automobile Club of America could re-
ceive no satisfaction for judgment of
more than $1,000 on bi,;s he had run
up the motor was attached. De Castii-
10 promptly released it by paying 5000
from large roll, with a promise to
settle the rest thereafter
1t was really this automobile which
finally brought about De Castillos ar
rest. According to the Federal au-
thorities, he was arrested last Febru-
ary in Brooklyn for speeding. Brought
before magistrate, he was asked to
explain the letters I'D. S." on the front
of the car.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-15
Supreme Court Sustains
Convictions for Con-
spiracy Against Draft
Five Others Lose Cases
Appeals of Kramer, Becker
Baker, Ruthenberg and
Wagenknecht Overruled

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Convction
Of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk-
man on charges Of conspring to pre-
vent the operation of the selectivc SER
vice act by urging men of draft ages
not to register was to-day sustained
by the Supreme Court.
Conviction of Louis Kramer and Nor
ris Becker on charges Of conspiracy to
prevent persons of draft ages from
registering in New York was also af-
firmcd. Kramer was sentenced to two
years Imprisonment and fined $4,000,
and Becker to twenty months imprison-
ment.
The court sustained Ohio DEGREES
sentencing Charles r. Ruthenberg.
Alfred Wagenknecht and Charles Baker
to one years imprisonment for violat-
ing the draft law
Miss Goldman and Bcrkman we're
convicted in New York and SEN
tenced to- serve two years in
prison and pay fine Of $4,000
each: Both contended the act was un-
constitutional, but the Supreme Court
last Monday upheld the law, although
the court at that time rendered no opin
ion IN the cases involving conspiracy
charges.
Ruthenbcrg and the other Ohio men
were convicted on charges of con-
spring to prevent Alphons J. Schue
from registering under the selectivc
service act.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-15
The Great War-1&63d Day

pheric conditions, French and British
aviators wero very busy alo"g the
whole 'front.', and brought down mum
Der Of hostile planes. Air raids into
the interior of Germany were crowned
with success.
Halted by Snow in italy
am Italy the enemy has been i'm
mobilzcd by the deep snow in tho
mountain zone. Fresh snow has fallen
throughout the Alpine region, blocking
the passes and rendering active opera
tions impossible. Nevertheless, the
Austro-Gcrmuns arc cndeavoring to
continue their bombardments of the
Italian positions along the Asiago
plateau and Monte Tomba.
"Whilc information reaches us that
tho Austro-Gcrmans purpose under
taking simultaneous otfcnsives in Italy
and in the West, it is to be noted that
within the Central Empires great cf-
forts arc now being made to spread
broadcast the news that the Germans
have fulfilled their widest objectives
il. the Italian theatre and that no fur
ther forward movement could be Of any
advantage to their interests.
ain Russia, the military situation is
for the time being overshadowcd by
the peace negotiations which have been
instituted.
"No conclusions can be safely drawn
from the latest Incidents"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-15
Irish Home Rule
Convention Near End
Great Good Accomplished,
Declare Men Back of
Gathering

DUBLIN, Jan. 14.--The Irish Home
Rule convention will hold its thirty
first sitting tomorrow. All the pro-
ceedings of the grand committee of
twenty are now before the convention,
and definite, conclusive agreement
should, it is believed, be reached, and
its announcement may be expected al
most at once.
Whether or not the convention sue
ceeds in bringing the Ulster Unionists
into an Irish parliament, Irishmen
think the proceedings have accom-
plished great good in bringing to-
gether the Nationalists and Unionists
OF the south and west and determining
the principles on which irishmen of all
sections could come together I'm
large scheme Of autonomy.
1t is we'll known that substantial
agreement has been reached by the
representatives of Nationalist Ireland
and the unionists outside Ulster and
Labor. Sir Horace Plunkett, chairman
of the convention, has publicly de-
clared his belief that tho work of tho
convention, however it ends, will mark
an epoch in the history of the Home
Rule question and that any govern
ment, in future legislation, must profit
by its labors,
There is rumor of an impressive ma
jority report by the delegates Of all
crecds and politics outside Of Ulster.
The press OF Belfast remains steadfast
as ever in opposition to any com
promise with home rule.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-15
Must Cut Red Tape,
Clemenceau Declares
French Premier Orders Ac.
ton Rather Than Long
Correspondence
Tho NeW York Tribune
Foreign Press Bureau

Foreign Press Bureau
Red tape has been one of the most
baneful influences on the war in France,
just as it has been in the War De-
partment in Washington The only diff
ference is that in France the express
sion is "pilcs of old paper" In the
second year of the war it was shown
in the Paris papers that soldier had
to get thirty-nine Endorsements of his
claim for 2 cents bounty for killing
rat in the trenches. while the re-
quisition made voyages aggregating
approximately 100 miles.
Premier Clemcnceau, says "Le Jour
nal" has just issued an order dispos-
ing of the piles of old paper" in the
French government Offices. Henceforth,
his circular requires, written reports
must not be handed on from Office
to office. when the matter can be dealt
with by telephone.
Employees in adjacent Offices must no
longer ignore each other or resort to
conversation will settle the question
in hand Decision must be taken in
most cases before there is any writ
ten report at all, and officials must
assume their'proper responsibility. The
order reads:
81 estimate that of the affairs trans
acted 80 per cent can be gone into and
settled very quickly. My instructions,
therefore, are that in future all bust
ness not necessitating long inquiries
must be transacted within three days,
all told. Inspectors will pay surprise
visits to ascertain if these instructions
are being carried out and any remiss-
ness will be severely punished"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-15
Forces at Front
Eager for Fray,
Baker Reports
Health and Fighting Spirit
of Men in France Ex-
tremely Good
Camps Well Heated
Conditions at Home Praised;
Russian Situation Called
Doubtful
Camps Well Heated

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Only minor
developments at the battle fronts are
recorded in the weekly review of
military operations, made public to-
night by the War Department. Wintry
weather is interfering with operations
in Italy, France and Flanders
OF the American forces in France,
the department announces that their
preparation for tho ordeal of battle is
being steadily pursued, and that Cen
eral Pershing reports their health and
fighting spirit extremely good.
General Improvement in health and
equipment conditions in training
camps at home is reported, and the
department says, in spite of abnormal
cold, the camps have been adequately
heated and soldiers have had suf-
ficient supply of blankets.
"On the active fronts in the West
and in Italy the equilibrium of battle
has been maintained," says the review.
The usual engagements so repea tedly
recorded daring the last weeks, which
are merely everyday occurrences in
the normal course Of modern warfare
raids, reconnoitring thrusts, patrol
encounters, artillery duels and disturb
ing fire-arc operations of no uterior
strategic value, and can have but little
influence on the general situation.
Attacks Mask Troop Movements
During the period under review the
enemy has concentrated his attacks
against the British in the region north
OF the Cambra, area and in the Ypres
salient, and by continuous harassing
fire and miner offensive thrusts en-
deavored to mask tactical readjust-
ments and new dispositions of units
"Owing to the intensely cold weather
which has prevailed along the entire
Western front. operations have been
impeded, though the terrain in Elan
ders and Artois, normally so muddy and
water logged, has been frozen, which
will facilitate operations as soon as
clear weather returns.
"The Identification of Austrian units
along the Western front is of interest.
For some time past we have ben re-
ceiving information to she effect that
Austrian howitzers, which had been
participating in the offensive in Italy
were being detached from the Italian
theatre and transported to the west.
"ln spite of unfavorable atmos-