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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-17
Village Festival at SilyerbroOk.

Great plans are beinG made for the
Village Festival" IL be held on Sill
vvrbrcok NJ. E. Church lawn tonor-
row afternoon and evening. The af-
fair VIII start, actually at 10 O'Clock.
with the sale OF pies. cakes, rolls,
bread. lellies and pickles. In the af-
ternoon there viii be amusements for
All ages, including sandpile. orange
trrs. popular contest. candies, ice
cream novelties. groceries, fish pond,
1Ancy work and flowers. In the eve
ning Hirshout & McGinley's oSches-
ira viii entertain from S 10 IL This
festival Is given by the classes of
Miss Ethel Hartman and Robert
Green for the benefit Of the new sun
dav school building.
II stormy the festival will be held
in the lecture room of the church.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-17
Albert stetser III.

Albert Il. Stetser. president of the
Levy Court. is confined To mis- home
by an attack of grip.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
One Good Point.

A very kind-hearted man could new
IT be brought to say an unkind word
lbout anybody. One day friend ex-
oostulated with him.
Look here" he said, SITS Ell very
we'll being charitable and all that, but
you can carry that sort of thing too
;ar. Now, there's Blank. Can you
honestly find single good point about
3lank?"
The kind-hearted man appeared to
be nonplused, for Blank was very
BAD man, and it seemed impossible to
ind anything good to say about him.
WELL" he said, at length, you must
admit he wears fine fur-lined coat !"
London Tit-Bits.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
October.

October is our tenth month. but the
eighth in the old Roman calendar, as
its name indicates. Our Saxon ances
tors called it Wynemonth, or the wine
month. In allusion to this name, an
old writer remarks: And albeit, they
had not anciently wines made in their
own country, yet in this season they
had them from divers countries ad-
Joining" In some Of the ancient Sax
on calendars this month is represented
by farmer carrying sack on his
shoulder and sowing grain, In allusion
to the practice Of sowing winter grain.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08

Il can imagine the rest" said James
worthy. you don't need TO hand out
the sickening details. a gang of old
beldames viii come to our place, for
instance. and pull about five cents
worth of dandelions and then sit and
have photographer make large pic
| tufe OF them; after which they'll eat
two dollars and eighty cents worth of
ice cream, and lot of sponge cake
and anything you happen to have in
tie refrigerator. One of the beldames
will be appointed committee TO write
up the affair for the newspapers, and
Mrs. Sidewinder win see that she gets
most of the glory as the originator of
the scheme, and next spring her hus-
band will be running for alderman on
the strength of it.
Nowadays the women never get
down to brass tack and do real work.
They must make society function out
of every little chore they do. They
won't carry dead cat out of the front
yard unless there's photographer on
hand to make a group picture of it.
II work can be reorganized so it looks
like game they will be industrious
enough, otherwise they strike and send
communications to the newspapers ex-
planning that no woman should permit
herself to be a drudge.
Zone able-bodied man viii destroy
more dandelions in half day than IS
women will in three weeks. The man
takes off his coat and gets down on his
marrOwbOnes and pulls dandelions. The
Is women lean against trees and fan
themselves with japanese fans, and
try TO look like so many Mary Ander-
sons, and wish there was somebody
around to set them 10 music.
women are becoming more and
more an expensive luxury since they
organized themselves into clubs. have
nothing to say against the club idea in
itself, Mrs. Jamesworthy. / want TO
see the females have as good a time
as they can, within reasonable limits.
The men belong to clubs and lodges,
too, but they have halls in which to
hold their meetings.
THE women wouldn't enjoy holding
a meeting in hall. They have TO as
semble in the home of one of their suf-
fering sisters, so they can size up the
furniture and fittings, and be able to
say, when they go away, that they
never saw such execrable taste. And
the suffering sister sees that her home
is frost, and she makes up her mind
to give her heart-sick husband no rest
until he has chartered a string of
painters and paper-hangers, decorators
and GLACIERS.
''But this isn't the worst of ii. The
suffering sister who entertains the club
is expected to set up refreshments, and
she feels it her duty, as good sport,
to furnish the best the market affords.
The last time the ladies of the Busy
Bunch club met at this house you
bought all the strawberries in town,
and at that period strawberries were
shipped in from points 5000 miles
away, and when the bill came in, at
the end of the month, / had stroke of
paralysis and an attack of paresis. IL
you get up dandelion party you will
want TO buy out the leading eonfee-
cioner, so I'll advertise for a man to
come and do the job"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
Chinese Carry Stoves.

Chinese women wear practically the
same clothes in winter as in summer.
In the NOSE severe weather, however,
they wear heating baskets under their
cloaks
These baskets are plain wicker ones,
such as we use for trash. Inside the
baskets charcoal warmers are placed.
They will radiate heat for hours. The
charcoal IS mixed with chemicals that
generate oxygen, and thus the char
coal VIII burn constantly even though
1t Is sealaa iu the containers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08

the most advanced races of the, Old
World were on the border line between
savagery and barbarism. 1t far ante
dates any but the simplest mechanical
arts. Yet, while our knowledge of the
laws of nature as they apply to ma
chimes has reached great magnitude
and completely, it has been compare
lively few years since the principles
Of breeding have been more than col
lection of unrelated traditional beliefs.
The same superstitions on which the
shepherds of Asia based their practices
at least 80 centuries ago are still wide
ly current, while the one sound princi-
pie known to the ancients-selection of
the best for breeding stock-is still
much neglected.
The principles of successful animal
breeding, as they have been learned by
practical experience in the United
States and older countries, and by care
ful scientific study along definite lines,
are outlined in Bulletin 905, recently
issued by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.
This bulletin goes into the first prin-
ciples of reproduction and follows with
the means by which certain character
istics of one or the other parent are
transmitted to the offspring, the meth
DDS of selection best suited to intensity
the desirable characteristics and weed
out the undesirable, the characters
tics which can with certainty be ex-
pected to continue from one generation
to another, those which are uncertain
and those which cannot be inherited.
Aside from mere increase in num-
bers, the purposes which the breeder is
likely to have in mind fall under two
more or less distinct heads. namely,
production of uniform product, and
Improvement. A uniform product de-
ponds on such control over the heredity
of the stock that matings can be made
with the assurance that the offspring
will be of certain definite type for
which there is demand. Improvement
is, of course, closely related to control
over heredity, but the methods which
5AhO thS S1SdtcSl GOulIOI dE6 Hut n6C6S-
Sarily those which lead to the most
rapid improvement.
In broad sense the whole subject
of practical breeding comes under the
head of selection. The most obvious
basis for such selection is the perform
ance of the animals themselves. IN
fortunately, the merits of most kinds
of live stock cannot be measured direct
iy. The study Of conformation as an
index of useful qualities has according
ly held high place as basis for Sc
lection of breeding stock. Live stock
judging has this for its purpose. An
animal of good breeding is better one
to breed than one Of equal individual
merit but of mixed or common breed
ing. Pedigree, though often misused,
is valuable aid to selection, apart
from following general policy of mat
ing. The soundest basis of all for Sc
lection of breeding stock is the record
of past performance as breeder. pro-
vided the record is sufficiently extern
sive to give fair test.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
Novel Pistol.

A Frenchman has perfected the In
vention of poison pistol" If one
is not permitted to carry firearms, a
poison pistol will do the work as eff
ficiently. 1t is like an ordinary gun in
appearance but without bullets or cart
ridges. The handle of the gun con-
talns poison gas fluid. If the trig-
ger is pressed a thin stream of the
poison fluid shoots out and acts in
stantly.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
SALT is HIGHLY IMPORTANT
Cows When Deprived Of It Become
Emaciated and Finally Suffer
Complete Breakdown.

DIR. Babcock, of Wisconsin, found
that cows when deprived of salt be-
came emaciated and were of low vital
ity and finally suffered a complete
breakdown. He recommended that
they be fed three-fourths' of an ounce
per day with an additional six-tenths
OF an ounce for each twenty pounds Of
milk produced.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
MANY cows NOT PROFITABLE
Ten Million "6oarders" in United
States Whose Yield Is Less
Than Cost Of Feed.

Not over a third of the so-called
dairy cows of the United States are
profitable to their owners. Ten mill
lion ''boarder" cows are MIXED whose
yield is worth less than their feed.
Their owners seem to keep them for
the sole purpose of milking them four
teen times a week, cleaning out after
them, and otherwise enjoying their
society.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
Condensation by
Nathan Haskell Cole

AIuIn Rene lie
Sage, author of
ONE of the worlds
most remarkable
books, WINS born
ON Dec. Is, 1858,
i'm a small town of
western France.
He died nearly
eighty years later,
in I747.
Unlike m my
men of genius, lie
Sage did not go
through life do
Ing spectacular
things. His ia
Their, who held
some responsible
lie g al positions,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
Effective Worker.

"He was very touching in the part
ing scene, and I'll confess"
mot nearly so much so as when /
saw him after the show and"
that paid his work the tribute OF
a tear"
IL paid his work the tribute of a
ten-spot."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
DAIRY
POINTS
RAISE STANDARD OF ANIMALS
Bringing Out Desirable Characters
tics by SeIeetise Breeding Re-
ceives More Attention.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of AgricuIture.)
The task of raising the standard Of
farm animals and poultry and bringing
out certain desirable characteristics by
selective breeding is receiving more at
tention as methods of farming for
profit become intensified.
The breeding of domestic animals
dates back to remote antiquity when
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08

left considerable fortune when LIE
Sage became an orphan ms a child. His
guardians either stole or invested with
criminal careIessness the lads money,
but he WINS given a good education and
was admitted to the bar. Fees came in
slowly and LIE Sage faced extreme pow
erty. Yet he dared to marry and turned
to the stage for means of support.
For years he wrote, never really sue
cessfnI, but never actually I'm want.
He WAS nearly forty years OF age when
a comedy gave him a ParisiaR reputa-
sion, and novel made him known to
France. The FIRST two parts of "Gil
BIAS" were published In 171S, but they
were mot liked SO well ms his earlier
story. lie Sage, however, knew how
good 1t was, and he labored over 1t as
devotedly as great sculptor over a
block of marble. The third part was
NOT published until 1724, and not until
1735 syns the last part put forth. Dur
ing these twenty years he, had also
turned ont play after play, ana numer-
GUS books. He did mot cease to write
until his Heventieth birthday had
passed.
Outside of France LIE sage viii nj
ways live because of his one book that
ranks among the worlds masterpiece.
AGN Blasv ls life itself, an animated
picture of Spain I'm its most coIorfuI
period. SIT lis a work, - says Sir Walter
Scott, (which renders the readerpIeased
with himself and mankind"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
NORTH CAROLINA

Np@t~-Ht lLe-SMNXI- iGlSlis IDE II WAS
MINI lE-AGkS Sir Walter Raleigh
Ws%9 49, who was respOn-
@ ~ eusNg sible for North
Cardinals first settlement. 1t was in
1884 that Raleigh obtained permission
from Queen Elizabeth to plant an
English colony in America, and the ex-
petitions which he sent established a
little colony on Roanoke island. There
in 1857 was born the first American
child of English parents. She was
named Virginia Dare, after the virgin
queen. This colony. due to England's
war with Spain, could not be properly
supported, and after a few years per-
iShed. Ii was not until over a century
later that permanent settlements were
made. Daring pioneers from Virginia
pressed south into the new territory,
and these, augmented by large COM
pany of Huguenots from France and a
greater number of Germans from the
Palatinate, founded the first North
Carolina town of Newburn in ITO. BY
the time of the Revolution the popu-
lation in North Carolina had increased
to such an extent, with an influx of
Scotch-Irish and Scotch Highlanders
who settled chiefly in the western
counties, that it ranked fourth among
the original thirteen colonies. Today
its population entities it to twelve
electoral votes for President. In area
it stands about half way among the
states with 52,426 square miles. North
Carolina was the twelfth state to
adopt the Constitution, the formal
ratification taking place in November,
1889. The derivation of the name
Carolina, as in the case of South Car
olina, came from the Latin CaroIus,
meaning Charles, and was given orig
inally in honor of King Charles TX
of France and retained by King
Charles II of England. North Carolina
is also known as the Old North state.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
a safe Bet.

Shelf fashion makes our dresses
any shorter don't know what wen do
Hell do. You win wear them.-
Boston Transcript.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08

worked together
at them. Things
that are tedious
when one does
them alone, are
interesting when
done by a crowd.
She pointed out
that the dande-
lions are becom-
ing a terrible
pest, running most
of the lawns in
towns. and sug-
gested that the
women hold dan
delion parties.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
MAKING WORK EASY

sSAE RS. SIDEWINDER made
IVA sensible talk at our club meet
Ing yesterday" explained Mrs. James
worthy. "She said. there are many
disagreeable tasks which might be
made easy and pleasant if women
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
The Reason.

Doctors do not exercise any dis.
elimination in their business"
''Why not?"
''Their patients are invariably all
chosen"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08

~H BIAS, the only son of an
n M old soldier, had reaehed the
age of seventeen when his
uncle, the village priest, who had
taught him little Latin, Greek and
logic, sent him off with 40 ducats and
bad mule to study divinity at Sala-
manca.
His adventures began Immediately.
At his first stop he was cheated out
of his mule; as he was eating his din
ner willy f1atterer invited himself to
be his guest and showed his gratitude
by the good advice never to be taken
in by praise. He had to pay an exor-
bitant reckoning and went on his way,
giving to as many devils as there are
saints in the calendar, the parasite,
the landlord and the inn."
He soon fell into the hands of BAN
dts, who made him Join them on their
raids. In one of them they captured
Dona Mencia, wife of the Marques de
la Guardia, and brought her to their
cavern. GIL Bias pretended to be i'll
and escaped with the grateful lady.
He was arrested as one of the BAN
dts and as he was wearing clothes
recognized by one of their victims, and
his pockets were full of money, he
was thrown into Jail. After several
weeks Imprisonment his innocence
was established, but the jailer had
robbed him of everything.
AT Burgos he sought out Dona Men,
cia who presented him with hun
dred ducats and costly ring.
He bought pretentious outfit for
twice IFS value and decided that in
stead of becoming a licentiate, che
would make his way in this world
rather than think of the next" A
second gift of a thousand ducats from
Dona MeDcia confirmed him to his re-
solve.
He bought two mules and hiring a
servant, set forth for Madrid. His
servant conspired with several rogues
to make fool of him. One of them,
Camilla, pretended to be related to
Dona Mencia, invited him to hired
lodgings as if to her own home, and
there he was Toasted and fiattered. As
a mark of special favor she exchanged
her ruby ring, which she declared was
worth 300 pistoles, for his, and pro-
cured him an invitation to great
country seat for hunting and fishing.
But when he arose in the morning,
his servant, his two mules, his port
manteau and Dona Mencia's pre-
tended relatives had vanished. The
ruby ring was cheat.
Fortunately he fell in with a boy
hood friend, Fabricio, at Yalladolid,
and by his advice became a servant
to clergyman, the canon Sedillo, at
whose house he led an easy life. The
canon soon died, leaving him his
worthless library, and the good for
tune of becoming assistant to his physi-
clan, the famous Doctor Sangrado. Un-
der him Gil Bias became particularly
proficient In his method of practice,
which consisted of nothing but blood
letting and "drenching of water" He
declared that he made as many Wild
ows and orphans as the siege of Troy (;
one of his victims was the betrothed
OF a giant Biscayan, who threatened
hiro with dire vengeance, and he fled
to Madrid, where he became valet TO
mysterious and wealthy Don Ber-
nartlo, his only duty being to keep
the wardrobe brushed and to tend
door. But he happened to fill in with
Rolando, captain OF the brigands; aud
Don Bernardo, seeing him in such sus-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08

river which now bears his name. For
at that early date an Italian naYi-
gator, Verrazano, exploring for France,
sailed into New York bay. This first
visit to New York made little stir and
was soon forgotten, and it was Hud-
sons rediscovery which tempted the
Dutch to send over colonists and OBJ
tain for the Dutch West India COM
pany monopoly of the Dutch fur
trade in America. The new colony
which was started in 1923 called it's
territory New Netherlands, after its
mother country, and their principal
city New Amsterdam. 1t is interesting
to reflect that Manhattan island, which
is now New York city, was purchased
from the Indians for S24 worth of
beads and ribbons. Even in it's earliest
days the settlement on Manhattan is
land was cosmopolitan. In 1913 it is
reported that eighteen different Ian
guages were spoken there. In 1864 the
English captured New Netherlands,
and King Charles III presented the col
ony to his brother, the duke of York,
who was later King James II, and its
name was then changed to New York.
New York played a leading part in
the formation of the United States.
1t was Alexander Hamilton who was
New York's representative in framing
the Constitution and it was New York
city which was selected as the first
capital of the new Union, where Wash
ington was inaugurated the first pres
ident. Ever since the Empire state, as
New York is sometimes called, has
held the deciding voice In presidential
elections. Though its size is only
49,2O4 square miles, not quite half way
In the list of states according to area,
its great population gives New York
forty-fiye presidential electors, the
largest number of any of the states.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-08
THE STORY OF
OUR STATES
BY JONATHAN BRACE
NEW YORK
&c Newspaper syndIeats.l

THE story Of New
4 York s h oul d
rightly begin with
1924, eighty-fiv e
years before Henry
Hu1son's voyage in
his little boat, the
Half Moon, up the
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-25
Makes q Family Supply E
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 EaViH and quickly prepared E
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 This Pinex and Syrup preparation gets risht at the cause of cough and Fives almost immediate relief. ls feessni the phlegm, stops the nasty throat tickle and heals the sore, lrrl- lated membranes 80 gently and easily that it ia really astonishing.
 A days use will usually overcome the ordinary cough and for bronchitis, erous. hearseness and bronchial asth- na. there is nothing better.
 Finex is q most valuable eoneen" t3ated compound of genuine Norway riae extract, and has been used for generations to break severe coughs.
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Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-25
ARMENIA STILL WAITS.

When President Wilson writes to the president of the council of tho league of nations council and declares that he awaits instructions before sending his representative 10 begin negotiations in behalf of Armenia, it indicates that the Armenian situation is bound to be sub- jected to further delay. In fact the president plainly sets forth that nothing can bs done under the present conditions, and in order to change them and open the way to accomplishing anything there should be established toward Russia a policy that will give assurance to the bolsheviki that they are not going to be subjected to attack by the big nations, directly or indirectly.
 President Wilson doesn't endorse the soviet government. but he recognizes the fact that Armenia is now under the con- trol of the bolsheviki and that there is little prospect of getting them to release It's hold until they can be given some as- surance that they will not be subjected to attack and be given to understand that the other nations are not waiting for the chance to pounce upon and crush soviet Russia by backing some one of ths small border states"
 From the note it would appear that nothing was to be asked as an expression of good faith from the soviet government and it would seem that the president felt that it was the border states that were | responsible for conditions in eastern Eu. rope and tsRatsa they can be expected tc pledge themselves against making any l attacks against big Russia without get | ting corresponding agreement from tn, l bolsheviki. And yet in view of the ex perience of Poland there is no certaint1 that they would accept any bolshevil agreement or trust tho bolseviki unde any terms that might be agreed upon.
 That the soviet government will b. pleased at the suggestion of tying tn
 hands of the other nations can be ex
 pected It has reason to interpret tn
 note as an appeal in it's behalf whethe
 it is so intended or not and it remain
 to be seen whether the other nations wi
 look upon it in. any different light. AT
 menia in the meantime faces a longe l wait.