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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
FORCING GROWTH OF PLANTS
Intelligence Of Man 10 Enabling Him
to Become Master Of Nature and
tho Seasons.

BY degrees man is becoming mas
ter Of the seasons. Light and cleo
tricity are being pressed into his serv-
Ice, and he can already force on plant
growth so rapidly that he can beat
the ordinary process Of Nature by
many weeks.
One method is to treat seed, be-
fore planting 1t, with small doses OF
high-tension electricity. In 1910 trial
was made of this method near Burn
ham-on.Crouch, in Essex, England.
Spring wheat Is usually sown in March
or April. On this occasion the wheat
of which the seed had been treated
by this special process, was not sown
until July 10 II was up in five days
and on September 10 was in ear. 1t
was reaped - weeks from the time II
was sown, whereas the ordinary time
for wheat TO mature In that country
is s weeks.
to run current of electricity through
overhead wires. In this way the yield
OF oats and beans has been nearly dou-
bled. Experiments tried last year at
Lincluden Mains farm in Dumfries-
shire, were practically successful. A
third method Is to use artificial light,
either electric or, better still, acety-
lene. Plants are thus made to grow
by night as well as by day. Cabbages
and lettuce are easily forced in this
way, but other plants such as carrots,
seem TO resent 1t. Flowers bloom ear
Her under artificial light, and are more
hrillinr,h
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
Keeping II Up.

A maid servant applied for a week
end off, as her home was distant, for
the purpose of being at home on her
parents silver wedding day.
The leave was granted, and the maid
returned.
"Well," said her mistress, "did every
thing so off satisfactory"
"0h, yes, thank you, ma'am," said
the girl. "and mother told me to say
she is very grateful to you for letting
me off"
"And what did your father sayT'
asked the lady.
"Oh, lori ma'am," replied the girl
"he wasn't there. He's been dead this
20 years."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
subtlety wins but wisdom holds.
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been household remedy all over
the civilized world for more than half
century for constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling that accompanies
such disorders. 1t is most valuable
remedy for indigestion or nervous dys-
pepsia and liver trouble, bringing on
headache, coming up of food, palpita-
tlon of heart, and many other symp-
toms. A few doses of August Flower
will relieve you. 1t is a gentle Taxa,
tive. Ask your druggist. Sold in all
civilized countries.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
A DIAGNOSIS.

on, doctor" said worried looking
agrarian, MY wife is in an awful CON
dition From medium fat woman she
mas been reduced to skin and bones.
she talks necessarily in loud souawlS-
ing voice, begins a sentence and never
finishes it, and jumps from subject to
subject without uttering anything that
has the least sense to it."
HIN! | seer returned the physi-
cion. 60 home, Mr., Gabbleby, and take
OUT your party line telephone at once.
1our wife has been listening in on il
100 much."-Kansas City Star.
Lots OF people make fortunes ont Of
other peoples curiosities -
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
MgMoRIAM.

A year. a month. Memorial day.
Like tinted snow the bloom of May.
Crowns Boys in Blue.
Sweet flowers. types % life and death
Bathed by Mem'ry's living breath.
Their work renew
While Love and Duty. linked by tears.
Knock In the name of yester years
On Mem'ry's door,
To offer with the scent OF youth
Their tributes TO patriot truth
For eyermore
So years creep on-a Nations fame
Gems each loyal sieeper's name
In fairest hue
And our Flag shall ever wave
Requiescal DER each Patriots grave
The Boys In Blue
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23

II
and advise all ailing women 70 try
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and 1 will guarantee they win
derive great benefit from H. - Mrs.
FRANK FITZGERALD, 25 N. 4ist Street,
West Philadelphia, Pa.
There are thousands Of women every.
where In Mrs. Fitzgerald's condition,
suffering from nervousness, backache,
headaches and other symptoms of q
functional arrangement. 1t was .
grateful spirit for health restored which
led her 20 write this letter so that other
women may benefit from her experience
and find health as she has done.
For suggestions In regard toyour con-
dition write Lydia X. Pinkham Medicine
Co, Lynn, Mass. The result OF their
40 years experience Is at your service.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23

liberated a race and saved nation
there has been but one. That unique
distinction attaches to the four years
strife in which these veterans bore
their part, and the glory of that un-
precedented achievement gilds their
grazing hair.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
That EriendI

Mother doesn't think she'll go to
the theater with us tonight, Albert"
is that sof have got three tickets.
What shall do with the third one?"
"Give it TO the man you always go
out to see between the acts. He can
sit with us and you won't have to go
out and see him"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
Complimentary to Him.

He-But l asked you, dearest, to
keep our engagement secret for the
present.
She-I couldn't help it. That hateful
Miss Oldum said the reason l wasn't
married WAS because no fool had pro
posed to me, so up and told her YOU
had.-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
PITY the Manlonrlst.

OF course you have your little wor-
ries and moments OF vexation while
going about your daily tasks, but sup
pose you had TO listen 10 all the
fiubdub and mushy talk manicurist
has TO listen 10 while she goes about
hers - Macon Telegraph.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23

the battle OF Get
tysburg. Yet there
is a consolation
which should not
be forgotten. These
veterans fought the
m ost successful
war the world has
ever known. Wars
which change the
allegiance of prov
inces or add TO or
subtract from the
d o m tnions OF
princes are COM
mon enough. OF
wars which ut once
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
Remember Ones Limitations.

In the moral world there is nothing
Impossible, if we put thorough Will
to IT, Man can do everything with
himself; but he must not attenpt 70
do too much with hers.--Humboldt
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
GOODBY,
WOMEN'S
TROUBLES

The fortunes and discomforts Of
weak, lame and aching back, swollen
feet aud limbs, weakness, dizziness,
nausea, as a rple have their origin Ia
Kidney trouble, not female complaints"
These general symptoms Of kidney and
bladder disease are well known--so is
the remedy.
Next time you feel twinge OF pain
in the back or are troubled with head
ache. Indigestion. insomnia, irritation
h the bladder or pain IN the loins and
lower abdomen, you viii find quick and
sure relief ia GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oh Capsules This old and tried REM
edy for kidney trouble and allied de-
rMngements has stood the test for hum
dreds Of years IL does the work.
Pains and troubles vanish and new life
and health win corls as you continue
their use. When completely restored
70 your usual yigoi, continue taking q
capsule or two each day
GOLD MEDAL Harlem OH Cap
sules are imported from the labOrato-
ries at Haarlem, Holland. Do not ac-
eept substitute. In sealed boxes,
three sizes. ADV.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23

Deeu III Ddu HehttM
and had several at
tacka Of nervous
proatration until IL
seemed as II the
organs In my whole
body w ere worn
out. | was finally
persuaded 20 try
Lydia r.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and II made
o well woman of
me. | can now do
al w..ss AAaNaasrfr,wlf
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
NERVOUS
PR0STRATlON
May be Overcome by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound ~ This
Letter Proves IL.

West Philadelphia, Pa. - During the
thirty years ] have been married, have
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23

Why isn't a man a thief when he
books his wlfe's dress7
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23

service OF these grizzled veterans is
less important than the one which they
performed In the morning Of life?
II Is a mournful thing 10 watch the
Inevitable depletion OF their ranks,
caused by the slow, unfailing process.
sion of the years. In the last year for
which figures are available the Grand
Army lost by death 11,3Ss members
four times as many MS We're known to
have been killed In the Union army at
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23

Til prodieul son went wrong, but
came hack M right,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23
MEMORIAL DAY AGAIN
Once More the Nation Honors Those
Who Died That Their Country
Might Forever Live.

HE gray and dwindllng
ranks Of the Grand Army
OF the Republic march
once more TO lay flowers
on the graves Of those
who died that the nation
might live, and to keep
alive In youthful hearts
the fires of patriotism
which burned so brightly
In 1861. In view of the
hurrylng commercial age
In which we live, who
shall say that This hitter
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23

Columbia weayes a wreath OF fame.
Her hands the blossoms spread
shS knows her sons, she calls by name
Her living and her deadi
Beneath the banner OF the stars.
In solitude'a array.
she crowns her heroes OF the wars
On loved Memorial Day
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23

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The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
Bamboo Needle of the
Phonograph-Process
Wood Must Go Through

It was F., D. Hall Of Chicago who
discovered the bamboo needle Of the
monograph. The Scientific American
relates the many woods with which
he experimental before he found the
right one and describes the intricate
processes that the bamboo goes
through before becoming needle.
The hard point of the needle is
formed from the enameled cOrtica1
surface of the cane. The poles, 20 feet
long and from 21a to 31z inches in di-
ameter, carefully selected, are sawn
into pieces about an inch long and
split in two. Machines split these
again into prism-shaped blanks for
needles. To force out the sap and re-
place it with Oil and wax in the myriad
cells of the cane, the bits are put in
drip kettles and lowered into vats
laden with an oily mixture at $40 de-
grees Fahrenheit, where they remain
40 hours. Then they go into tumb1fng
barrels containing hardwood sawdust,
where they get cooled and polished.
Each needle is inserted by hand into
a cutting machine that ships the point
into the familiar triangular form at the
rate of 10000 needles a day.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
Value of the Hands and
Fingers Provided for by
European Insurance Scale

In many cases surgeons have to
estimate the chances of saving in
jured hands and the comparative value
Of hands and fingers. According
to a scale Of value furnished by the
Miners Union and Miners Accident In
surance companies of a European
country, the loss of both hands is val
ued at 100 per cent in the ability to
earn a living. Losing the right hand
depreciates the value Of an individual
as worker 20 or 80 per cent, while
the loss of the left hand represents
from so to 70 per cent of the earnings
Of both hands. The thumb is reckoned
TO be worth from 20 to 80 per cent of
the earnings. The first finger of the
sight hand is valued at from II to 10
per cent, that of the left hand at from
to 1919 per cent. The middle finger
Is worth from 10 to 16 per cent. The
third finger stands least of all in value
although, like other useless members
2f the community, it is surrounded by
9ehess its value being only from to
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
Pigmies Are Suspected
to Be More Ancient Than
Any Other Race on Globe

A most interesting puzzle to anthro-
biologists are the pfgmies: Apparently
Of single racial stock, they are scat
tered over many parts of the world,
and nobody gives q plausible guess as
to how their distribution was accom-
P1ished.
Wherever found they seem to be the
earliest people-veritable abOrigines-
and all of them are much alike phys
ically, though different somewhat in
complexion. They are suspected to
be more ancient than any other race
now surviving on the globe.
To this race belong the so-called
monkey men" of the mountainous in
terror of India. Likewise the pot-bel-
lied natives of the Andaman islands,
in the Bengal gulf, who are said to
"lOok like babies all their life" These
latter wear their hair in frizZly tufts
and adorn themselves with necklaces
made from the bones and teeth of de-
funct relatives.
In Madagascar are the Behosy,
black dwarfs, who when pursued jump
from tree to tree like monkeys. They
are so timid that sometimes they die
of fright when captured.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
Belgium Recuperatinq.

The rapid growth of the railway
services in Belgium Is helping restore
normal conditions in that country,
which was regarded as having among
the best means of communication be-
fore the war. At the beginning Of
December, 1918, Belgium had available
only 3O5 cars with a tonnage of 300.
At the beginning of June, 1919, Bel
GUM had in service 9,1O4 cars with a
tonnage of 123,361. Now 1855 freight
trains run daily in Belgium.
Agitation for a plebiscite in Dutch
LimbUrg under the direction of the
League of Nations is going on in Bel
GUM, where expressions in favor of
this movement are being made by
every commune under the leadership
of the committee on national politics.
They set forth that the Belgians in
Dutch Limburg are in the majority
and never were Dutch.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
Deadly Mosquito
Female Does All Deadly Work
Of Fever Propagation

The male mosquito does not bite
his bill is so blunt that he could not
be a bloodsucker If he wished. It is
the female mosquito that does all the
deadly work of fever propagation, &C
cording to a writer in the Scientific
American.
In the autumn the males die, and
the females seek winter quarters.
They hibernate in dark corners of
cellar and garnet, and on the first
warm day of spring are out laying
their eggs. Save when extended by
the arrival of this alternating period,
the life of the female is one or two
months; the male, on the other hand,
lives but a few days. The food of
the mosquito is the juice and nectar
of plants and, of course, blood
though not necessarily that of man ;
animals, reptiles and even caterpil-
lars are bitten with the same freedom.
The female mosquito lays from 50
to 100 eggs at time, on any quiet
bit of water. In about three days
they hatch, and though at first the
larva is very small, it grows rapidly
and attains full development in a few
days. We have then the familiar
wrigglers of, the Old-time rain barrel
and the uncovered cistern.
During the larval stage, which lasts
from seven to fourteen days, the
malarial variety can be distinguished
from all others by the curiously in
clined, by virtue of the fact that 1t
lies with it's body parallel to the sur
face of the water while the other
species hang with their heads down
ward.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
Women DRY Fish Nets.

1t would appear that every line of
labor is open to women. They are
now seen on the wharves in Portland,
Maine, as gill-net spoilers. Each day,
after a trip to the fishing grounds.
the gill-nets have to be dried, and
these reels are so arranged that the
nets lie across them and are wound
up similar to a piece Of thread on a
spool in fact, they are gigantic spools.
One reel will hold a great many nets,
which are ready for use again in
twenty-four hours Women are now
doing this sort of work. Many Of them
are wives of local fishermen. They
receive fifty cents for each box of gill;
nets they spread on the reel. The
women average from 81 to $3.50 a day.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
Airships for Commercial Use
British Experts Agree That Is to the Craft of Rigid Con.uc-
ton We Must Look for Usefulness in Business

experts seeking the future potentiaes of
craft that it to the airship of rigid construction not to
look the Of commercial useful
foreign correspondent Of the Ohio State Journal
The limitations of pnes designed principles def
Technically accepted fact that airpane
produced which capable of transporting commercially adequate
lead nonstop flight than 1000 miles practical purposes
miles regarded the workable limits
prospects arshps much less diagnose It
recognized rigid shps distances miles carrying
commercial load of approximately fifteen and that they enabled
undertake long flights believed be impossible of by
arpanes.
ahp accompanied by greater
efficiency the meduzed arsh have advantages
said than generally supposed For example the North Sea" class Of
transporting load
fourenged giant apane of 110Oho power able
and burns much gasoline.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
IT'S NOT YOUR HEART; -.
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

signals that the kidneys need help
You should use GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Oil Capsules Immediately. The
soothing, healing oil stimulates the
kidneys, relieves Inflammation and de-
stroys the germs which have caused it.
Go to your druggist today and get o.
box of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oh
Capsules. In twentyfour hours YOU
should feel health and vigor returning:
After you feel somewhat improved
continue to take one or two capsules
each day, so as to keep the frst-clasg
condition and ward of the danger Of
other attacks.
Ask for the original imported GOLD
MEDAL brand. Three sizes. Money re-
funded If they do not help you.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30

Kidney disease is no respecter of per-
sons. A majority of the ills affecting
people today can be traced back to the
kidney trouble.
The kidneys are the most important
organs of the body. They are the fl
terers Of your blood. H the poisons
which are swept from the tissues by the
blood are not eliminated through the
kidneys, disease OF one form or another
viii claim you as q victim.
Kidney disease is usually Indicated by
dependency, backaehe, stomach trou-
BILE, pain in loins and lower abdomen,
gall stones, gravel, rheumatism. sciatica
and lumbago.
All these arrangements are natures
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
Chinese Credited as First
to Discover DistiIIinu Art

Discovery of the process of distilling
is attributed to the Chinese, who i'm
parted the knowledge to the Arabs.
Spaniards got the secret-for it was
kept a secret for a time-from the
Moors and in turn gave it to other
European countries. Use of distilled
liquors in the old world became gen
eral and drunkenness common.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
Magnetic Eyes Needed to
Make a Good Impression

A winking, blinking, and wandering
eye will never influence people; there
fore it is of great importance that these
organs should be trained to their best
condition. The person who would use
the power of fascination. says G. H.
Brately, in 'TThe Art of Fascination
must acquire a determined look. An
empty stare should be avoided, for it
can never carry any influence; neither
will fierce and impudent one fasct-
nate, though it may repel. The magnet
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
LaVan Proves Big Help
to. Cards as Shortstop
An Aggressive Player

Johnny Lavan has been q big help
to the Cards since joining the team.
The shuttle of the inf1eld which shift
ed Hornsby to third, Stock to second
and Miller to first, with Lavan at short
stop, improved the st. Louis club con-
siderably, and if the pitching had held
up, the Cards doubtless would be high
er up than they are today. Lavan is an
aggressive player, fine infelder, and
his batting is hard and timely. He and
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30

newspaper. Anderson first became a
physician, but in 1889, after having
performed many deeds Of heroism
fighting the yellow fever epidemic Of
that year, he abandoned medicine and
made engraving his life profession. He
died In Jersey City at the age Of nine
ty-fOur, and a vast number of books
illustrated by Anderson vouch for the
ability and industry Of the pioneer in
the art Of wood engraving in the new
world.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30

Take a cunful of chopped raisins,
cover with one cupful of boiling wa
ter; mix one tablespoonful of flour
with half a cupful of sugar, the juice
and rind of one lemon, a little salt
and a tablespoonful of butter. Beat
the yolks Of two eggs and stir into
the mixture. Bake in one crust, cover
with a meringue made from the two
whites beaten stiff.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30

down and got so
weak / could hardly
stand, and had head
aches every day. I
tried everything I
could think Of and
was under a ply
sician's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compoundand
she told me about
it. From the first
day / took It'll began
to feel better and
now / am well and
able to do most any
k in d Of work. I
have been recon-
ma0diDp the Conn
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
The Loving or Grace Cup.

"The loving cup or grace cup as II
Is called at English universities, is a
survival from the days Of the Greeks
and Romans, who drank it in honor of
their gods. Every time they venerated
their defties or wished health and
prosperity to their friends it was in
pure wine, and the Roman gallants
were accustomed to drink as MANY
cups to their mistresses as there were
letters In their nanAeRs
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30

ic gaze must be steady, quiet, pene-
trating. and determined I'm converse
ton, look into the eyes Of the person
calmly and steadily, or fix your eyes on
the organ of individuality, which is be-
tween the eyebrows. Speak all your
thoughts clearly and distinctly. Think
them as we'll as speak them.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30
Johnny Lavan.

Branch Hickey, manager of the Cards,
have long been intimate and when La
van grew weary of pastiming with the
Senators, Hickey arranged for him to
join the Cards. He was to have fig
ured in a three-cornered deal, also in
volving Davey Robertson and Mike
Gonzales, but the transaction was
blocked by Barney Dreyfuss.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30

per cent. The little finger is worth
from to ~ per cent. The difference
in the percentage is occasioned by the
difference in the trade; the first finger
being, for instance, more valuable to a
writer than to a digger.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30

Take one cupful of crushed fruit,
one cupful of sugar, two tablespoon
fuls of water and one of flour, the
yolks of two eggs. Cook and fill a
baked shell, cover with a meringue of
the whites, and brown. This pie may
be more quickly made by putting the
filling uncooked into an uncooked pas
try shell and baking quickly at first
to cook the pastry, then slowly to
finish cooking the currants. Currants
that have been canned fresh by crush
ing with equal parts of sugar, may be
used in this recipe, using a pint can.
Pie plant may be used in place Of the
currants for this pie, making a most
dainty dessert.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-08-30

pound ever since and give you my per-
mission to publish this letter.
Flo KELLY, 476 So. 18th St., Newark,
N. ].
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, was so successful in Miss
Kelly's case was because it went to the
root of her trouble, restored her to a
normal healthy condition and as q result
her nervousness disappeared.