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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
SAW Future OF ELECTRICITY
tts widsspread Use Cor Light ard
Fe~er Was Confidently Predicted
In tina Wear 1881.

The American Society OF Mechanical
Engineers has JUST been celebrating
Its fortie b anniversary and lis Jour
nal has dug from It's archives the first
presidential address delivered By the
late Robert II. 1'hnrsfon early in 1881.
! The year before had been sIgnalIzed
BY the invention Of the Edlson carbon
nsamens lamp and Doctor Thurst0n
predicted 's.liat for the occasional mild
light Of the moon OF The yellow sick
" fare Of the gas flame will soon be
substituted the less uncertain and al
ways available. and always beautiful
and mellow. radiance Of the electric
flane."
Within three years there were 40
electric light stations in operation 10
this country.
Doctor Thurston saw still farther
He knew that the wizard Of Menlo
Park was working with problems Of
electric power transmission and he
yentured this prophecy:
THE distribution OF power by cleo
trieity Is nor unlikely 10 prove more
Important application OF this wonder
full force than II the electric light"
so new are the things we see as the
cominonplaces of life. Is there any
thing that Is incapable OF bettermentf
Wei. a famous maker OF musical in
Etruments says that no Improvement
has been made 10 the violin In two
centuries. From the Nations Busl
ness.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
. RECkL,ES
Now Il the Time to Get Rid Of.
These Ugly sjpots.

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed of your freckles. as Othine
double strengths guaranteed to remove
these homely spots.
simply get an ounce Of othine-double
strength-from your druggist, and apply a
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freolkles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom
that more than one ounce Ia needed to- COM
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion.
BE sure to ask for the double strength
Othine as this Is sold under guarantee of
money hack IL 1t fails to remove freckles.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10

One hundred and fiftv tho,.- =,
species Of beetle are represen ed Nv
the British museum. -" eu ID
Old sailors believe III luck vii, .,,
" FOLLOW u any one even accIIsr a"fe'
counts the number Of pergons , ~, ,.Iy
ship. vi BOARD
The iirst prize IN the bic Eno,,.,
whist tournament was won by ""s,isi
nan, who sat thirteen tines ~ ., ! Wo
table, ''' At NO 10
From time ifnfbeuoyiet ,.,...,.
lle Orient have been 10 tho XXI,
amounting themselves ior tb,. Ivy
health and beauty. "' saht -
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
MUCH IN LITTLE.

One ostrich egg will make an ONE.
iette sufficient Tor 80 people.
Some Of the copper coins used BY the
sHefests we're es large as dinner
plates.
tJEsS one sailing vessel and that 0
sieaii gseaf was iasDeEsd ii England
g@st geaE
The slump - tflS pFies Of Tin has
caused the closing d6ag o. me iia
ssiysts 1@atsa III tl5e Cornwall (Engs1
s5ssFsFsf
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
llu.tara a, ouIekly ldentlflsd.


According to Lord Haldane, mus.
tnrd gas Was not known In Europe
before ne var. set ss hours after IT
vas hrss used By the Germans, Brit
80 ehsmEsts bad run il 70 earth. II
nse ne discovered ~ the Germans
s.rfax re War. 81 has 80 % en- been
esrsMsealy stated When Lord Hall
eaae @1& q atB,ssn; AZ G0tsiHgen. be
asrsa walled Fva68 shs walls q The
aqasy s@sa ass a5fe3 ne ebern.
a.sI aaagasaFE fzst agtstde Pg0fss
ssT sfsasg war IN ehaFEs. and cane
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tNs gss mes ~ seseaee ssEaess-
ks,asf ~ 58ssr So ksgS wFfttsa sat
sss6s6 ts Esss sags tss Ea
igsesaage
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
Ereshen a Heavy Skin

With the antiseptic, fascinating Cutf-
cura Talcum Powder. an exqussitely
scented convenient, economical face,
skin, baby and busting powder and
perfume. Renders other perfumes su-
perfuous. One Of the Cuticura Toilet
Trio (Soap, Ointment, Talcum) ADV
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10

These symptoms often
show the whole system,
especially the blood, is
disordered.
Don't wait till you are
sick in bed. Almost ev-
cry ailment can be ward
ed Off if attended to in
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10

the vegetable blood tonic
Of fifty years standing.
Get SIS. from your
druggist today, and write
about your condition to
Chief Medical Advisor,
SAT Swift Laboratory,
Atlanta, Georgia.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10

The National Woman's party Is COM
Ing into Its own again and has bought
u new home which win be regular
political watch tower to the capitol,
which Is within a stones throw, The
home Is one of the most historic in
Washington, having been the meeting
place of congress from 1915 to 1919
while the capitol was being rebuilt, and
was the scene Of President Monroe's
Inauguration.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10

IntoIerabIe Shortages.
''Why is she suing him for divorce,
incompatibility?"
"Income-patibility, I should say"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10

When you are tired without good
cause, lack ambition and feel out
Of sorts generally, you may be
heading straight for a sick spell.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
self.denlaI.

$50 you saw the doctor today about
your indigestion. Did he ask you TO
give up anything" ''Yes, 81"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
sThat Tired Feeling" Often
Forecasts Sickness

time. Any doctor win tell you that.
Start at once to drive impurities
from your system and help enrich
your circulation with famous S.S.S.,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
Neiohbors, Luck.

Does your daughter play Beet,
hoven?" Il believe she does but I
think she prefers bridge"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
ALPS Well.

as the drama going back?"'
Il think not. Chorus girls seem as
shapely as ever"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-06-10
Won't DO,

. Won't Do.
"We must not wink at the law"
Particularly when ii is persOnifleG
in lady judge"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
WITHOUT AID OF MACHINERY
Laborious Methods of Getting "FIow"
~of Oil From the Rich Wells
Of MandaIay.

Oil lands above Mandalay are SO
rich and the oil so close to the sur
face that you see here and there among
the scatfolding forest of steaming,
drilling derricks hole, hand dug and
yawning, and at it's mouth a breast
nigh cross-pole carrying a creaking
wooden wheel. A long rope attached
to cumbersome bucket plays over
this wheel as four or FIVE coolie women
"haul away" over foot-hardened
path fifty yards long. Back and
forth, in and away, they trudge in the
baking Burman sunshine; up and
down goes the oil bucket; and, by de-
grees, fuller and fuller get the big
round earthen pots beside the well
that holds the days "iow."
These wells are dug by suspended
coolies, who loosen and pass up the
debris fifty, eighty, a hundred feet
from the soft sandstone earth and
shale. 1t goes on. antlika, with in
credible labor for almost a microscopic
wage. Many Of them, however, like
the pitcher of Philamon and Baucis,
year after year, produce the rich
black liquid, the heritage of the family
who owned the spot. Compare these
methods, time-hOnored but time out
worn, with those Of California and
Texas oil fields, where machinery
takes care of every minute process,
and muscle has more joyful tasks to
o."-Christian Science Monitor.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

Steel which has become rusty can
be cleaned by brushing it with a paste
composed as follows: Half an ounce
of cyanide Of potassium, half an ounce
of CASTLE soap, an ounce of whiting
and water sufficient to form the paste.
The steel should be washed after the
paste has been applied, in a solution
OF half al ounce of cyanide of potas-
SUM in two ounces Of water. On the
other hand rust may be prevented on
steel parts by applying the following
mixture with brush, Just as If it
were varnish: One part caoutchouc,
16 parts turpentine. These ingredi-
ents must be dissolved in a gentle
heat and then eight parts of boiled
Oil should be added. The whole is
now mixed by bringing them to boil
ing heat. This material may be se-
moved by the use Of turpentine.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

That Madison Square Garden is the
biggest parcel of taxable property in
the country housing various amuse-
meuts, principally boxing. is shown by
a report issued by Promoter Tom Rick
ard for the first six months he has
held the reins over the famous am.
phitheater
From September, 1870, to March.
1921, he has turned over to Uncle Sam
$172,391.38 federal tax, not counting
$105,616.1S for New York state and
city revenue tax, which includes real
estate tax of $35.34O, exhibition H.
censes of 5000, boxing club license of
$3.50 and the state tax for boxing of
SOS, 926.18.
The total attendance reported from
the various shows. as thereto an
pended, was 910,4 O2. Professional box
ing alone attracted 27OO76 persons.
Amateur boxing came into its own and
was unusually patronized, the five
tournaments bringing out 23,66a per-
sons for federal tax of S2,7S9.1e.-
New York Morning Telegraph.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
NEW GUINEA HEAD-HUNTERS
Periodical Forays Were Until Com
paratively Recently Regular
Thing in the Island.

Until six years ago head-hunting was
in full swing along the coast of New
Guinea, writes Rev, E. Cappers in
Catholic Missions, and describes one
Of these expeditions by the tribe o.
the Marind-anim or KayaKayas. The
practice, he says, has been consider
ably checked by military expeditions.
Nevertheless head-hunting is still quite
frequent in the interior. On the ap-
pointed day men, women, and children
would hasten to the point OF enlbarka-
ton. AT the approach of their goal
the boats were anchored, and the en-
tire party stealthily entered the forest,
taking care not to give the alarm.
Extra care was needed once the de-
signated spot had been reached. On
the day before the attack the hunters
kept hidden In the bush, and during
the night they advanced far enough
to launch the attack early before dawn.
Occasionally, the hunters were holly
received, but most Of the time the in
tended victims were reused from their
sleep by the sudden war-cry of the
whole attacking party, and had no
time to defend themselves. Victims
were felled by the dozen, many Of
them pierced through by the sharp
pointed arrows.
The victors yelled their war-cry and
repaired to their native haunts, where
days and nights of feasting awaited
them with song and dance, around the
gruesome trophy.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
SHOOT WATER HIGH IN AIR
Iceland Geysers Beautiful, but Un-
safe Places in Which to Llnger
for Long Periods.

The hot-water fountains of Iceland
are on mounds averaging seven feet in
height, the top of each of which forms
the edge of sort Of basin. From
these basins the steam of boiling wa
ter can be seen rising and the over
flow of water is continuous. The con-
tents Of these basins is as clear as
crystal and one can see to a great
depth, while just below the surface
are many wonderfully beautiful white
incrustations to obtain samples of
which many visitor to Iceland has
burned his fingers. The petrifications
caused by the boiling water streams
from the geysers include birch and
willow leaves, grass and rushes SEEM
ingly converted into marble.
At no time is it entirely safe to loi-
ter in the vicinity of one of these bot
tOmless basins, for the geyser has
way of spouting and gives no advance
warning. Sometimes there will be a
shoot of boiling water to a height of
10 feet, followed by a succession Of
jets. The highest shoot of which there
Is any record was 80 feet.
Occasionally a basin will for some
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
AmusinQ!

A Hoosier author was recently asked
what she regarded as her most humor-
GUS experience. She studied few
minutes and then related it. One sum
mer she lectured at a Chautauqua
where another woman lectured on the
subject of health"
zone night" laughed the author,
"she gave a wonderful lecture on the
care of teeth. We went home together
and as she was worn out l offered
to go with her to her room and read
to her. "That was a splendid talk that
you gave tonight l told her as she
finished making her toilet to retire.
Eyes, | think it is real good myself"
she beamed, and absent-mindedly
reached into her mouth and tool; from
it complete set of false teeth and
relaxed ready for the reading.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
GOT JOHN BURROUGHS GOAT
Great Naturalist Admitted That Iron
Wall Of Treasury Vault Had Bad
Effect on Him.

1t was while sitting in front Of the
iron wall of the treasury vault at
Washington that John Burroughs
guardian of the $50,OOO0OO the vault
contained, wrote his first book, wake
Robin" In that book it has been
thought that he got closer to nature
than In any of the others. perhaps
[ did," he said of it. 81 know / was
closer to it i'll longing That iron wall
reacted on me-"
Mr.. Burroughs realized, of course.
the necessity of money to provide the
comforts of existence, and his books
brought him a handsome return. And
this recalls an incident of fox hunt
in which he and his brother, Eben.
Joined about dozen years ago Eben
Burroughs lived at Hobart. in the
Catskills, and on this particular hunt
the honors went to Eben, who shot the
fox. At that time fox skins were
worth about S., and the successful
brother relished telling of his success.
Once when boaStir~ of it to q art Of
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
No Race Suicide Here.

Under the microscope the bacteria
found in peat are seen to be animals
of the lowest form, which reproduce
themselves by splitting into two parts.
Under favorable conditions two bac-
terra grow from one every forty min
utes. Those who wish to carry out
the mathematical progression will find
that a single bacteria will have in
creased to about 165,O0O,OOO, 100000 in
"A hours. Of course many billions of
them die in that time, or they would
soon overrun the planet and crowd off
every other form of life.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
Variation In Flower Coiors.

Variations in flowers are like varia.
lions in music, often beautiful as such,
but almost always inferior to the
theme on which they are founded
the original air. And the rule holds
good in beds of flowers, if they be not
very large, or in any other small as
semblage of them. Nay the largest
bed will look well, if Of one beautiful
color, while the most beautiful vari-
cites may be inharmoniously mixed
up. Contrast is good thing, but we
must observe the laws of harmonious
contrast, and unless we have space
enough to secure these, it is better to
be content with unity and simplicity,
which are always to be had.-Leigh
Hunt.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
Where Was It?

Miss T., a Terre Haute principal.
is a genius at finding things. Her boys
all know it now, too. The other day
a youngster was leaning over trying to
fix Il pen when he suddenly straight
ened up and announced that piece of
the pen flew into his eye. She accord
ingly excused him from work and gave
him all the attention accorded an in
valid. And he enjoyed it, too.
But that afternoon his enjoyment
was so evident that she grew suSpl-
cious. She called him to her and
passed a magnet close to his eye. OF
course- no piece of steel came out to
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

The real pearl-that Is the fine,
spherical, iridescent GEMS not O
product of the mother-of-pearl or nacre
lining of the oyster shell, as are the
barocque and seed pearls, but is form.
ed in the gills and never grows in
size. They begin as small blister
containing hyaline fluid which con.
denses slowly and gradually hardena
In concentric layers Tie 'r'dnscence
Is due to the minute tilIn> ~ ~ n
gas that are COM I'D between the
layers.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
Entrance Must Have Made "Hi.n

One Sunday morning a crowd was
standing on the depot platform, q
short distance from our home, waiting
for an excursion train. The night be-
fore we had hung curtains around the
broad front porch, and were sleeping
out there on our steel-winged cot, as
it was very warm. l was sleeping
close to the edge and when my wife
got up rather suddenly over went the
clad only in my nightshirt, in plain
view Of the waiting crowd.
didn't go with my wife to meet the
returning excursion that evening.-Ex.
change
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

Il saw Dubson dining with his
fiancee last evening"
did he look happy?"
"Not exactly. Her mother and three
older sisters were present. He looked
to me like young man who was
wondering if that was Just an isolated
~as liable 70 become a
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

friends he was halted by this from
Brother John: "You have Dragged
about that fox hunt long enough. You
shot the fox and sold the skin for SIS.
l wrote little account of the hunt
and sold it to. magazine for S75. So
there you are.'
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
superstitIona Of Siam

La Siam all babies receive the same
name at birth. This name is Dang,
which means red. and it is the only
designation for some months. At birth
a cord blessed by the priests is tied
round the outside of the house and
three balls Of rice are thrown in "lucky
directions"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
Two Mathode

Now that you are earning a bigger
salary" said the wife with social am
billions, surely we can afford a big
ger fiat7"
But the husband was a man Of sim
pie tastes.
Were very comfortable here" he
said But If you like Wen ask the
landlord to raise the rent."-Tft- Bits.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

The crystal, tourmaline, is capable OF
attracting small bits of paper and
straw in much the same way as am.
Der. This attraction is, Of course, due
to an elecrostatic charge
When the crystal is exposed to sun.
light of low temperature it loses its
electrical charge, but regains it upon
being heated again. If it has a mega.
tive charge at first, it will have q posi-.
tive charge when it is reheated.
Several other precious stones exhibit
phenomena along this line, but tour
maline is the most interesting and
spectacular of all.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
AIKEN MOderniY.

Mother, I just took a splinter on,
Of my hand with a pin"
"A pin! Don't you know that's
dangerousW
"Oh, no, mother, I used q safety
pin. and Invention,
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

unexplained reason become empty or
will give forth "steam shoot" which,
In the form of column of spray and
vapor at least 60 feet in height, pre-
sents a really magnificent spectacle.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

meet it, but there did come confess
sion from the youngSter that he was
playing soldier at the time, and that
70 piece of steel had gone into his
eye.-Indianapolis News.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

Chinese Nervous System Best.
The chinese have the most perfect
nervous systelo of any people In the
world
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-07-01

centers and secure the commodities
which he must obtain from these same
eenterS specialists Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture have
found. There has been keenly felt
need in many rural communities for
such a means of transportation.
While In most places trucks are
owned and operated either by the
farmers for their personal benefit. or
by private individuals who hold them
selves ready to haul for the public
generally AT an agreed rate, 1t is be-
lieyed that many rural communities
would find 1t more economical to form
motor truck cooperative associations.
Many farmers who live within 10 TO %
miles Of consuming centers raise ber-
res, fruit, and truck crops, ana most
OF them deliver their produce directly
to the city markets. During the busy
season this requires several trips each
week. To make the trip by team means
a long, hard day for both men and
horses.
Before undertaking the formation of
such an association, specialists of the
department advise that survey be
made to determine that an actual need
exists and that there will be sufficient
business 10 warrant operating at least
one truck. 1t must be remembered
too they say, that the personal factor
Will in large measure determine the
ultimate success Of the association.