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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
CREDIT TO IT'S BUM
Frame Meeting House In haN
With Authentic Record FIJI
1853, Is still Standing

The old Quaker meeting hOusea|
ton, Md, is probably the Oldest
building standing in the United !
just where it was built and
was built, without any chang
tions or subtracttons and with Y
thentic record since 1883 All
sional replacing of the shingles
roof and of the weather board
all the repairs 1t has had. Isl
Inside and woodwork, and some
Notwithstanding are the I'D
when built about the same tiH
William Penn, who visited tR'
ing, was trading with the ncia
laying out Philadelphia.
The only preservative used
wood has been old-fashloned
wash on the outside. Seven
original plank seats and tns
work inside have had no PAM
ever. White oak, white plns
and southern pine from the y
forests were the woods uaea
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18

". n. w. salt Lake cry :,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
SHE DYED A SWEATER,
SKIRT AND CHfLD'S COAT

Each package Of Diamond Dyes" con-
tains directions 90 simple any woman can
dye or tint her worn, shabby dresses,
skirts, waists, coats, stockings, sweaters,
coverings, draperics, hangings, everything,
even if she has never dyed before. Buy
Diamond Dyes'-no other kind- then
perfect home dseing IS sare because Dia-
fade, streak, or run. Ten ycur drwrxist
whether the material you wish TO dye IL
wool or silk. or whether it is linen. sosAeu
or mixed e6pds.---sdvertisemea
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
summer Birdie Of Mlsssa

Very few people realize "
Der of different kinds o. O'l y
make their home here during Y
mer. Some time ago the 8
Missourian published a list ?. ! !
dozen species. but one o. Y Y
scribers took exception 70 y
list, and sent In the folioS' ~,
he had personally seen: T.. =
red-winged blackbird, plueDn !
Jay, indigo bunting. bizzara' :
catbird, chickadee, cowo,l .s..
cuckoo, dove, field lark, hiea ~
finch, rose-breasted grosus ~,
humming bird, martin, moe. X
nuthatch, owl, Baltimore T.
chard oriole, pewee, phoeOs !,
quad, robin, sparrow, snip'
scarlet tanager, suinlnel IAN
brown thrasher, whippool ~ II
woodpecker and wren.7
rfer.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
A Civil War Vets''||
Advice
s,.arr1.rNc WORTH REV

SOMETHING Wonhn nj
Plentywood, Mont. 'Uysl IN. n
AFRO / had an awful bad oo'' v Nj
ave years. / was advise. sId,a "
mine to try DIR. Pierce,s VI. go I'd 1
Discovery and one botss y. VI a 1
cured me entirely. have .. 49,
sdy ever since and have - "a
20 many, and it hiss been
"a en- old Civil WI ss, Mi l
y@ass af age and san s ~. sssle
aens ~ bo6sve there Is . Dess n 4
isspe ssssn Che DiscoveiJ Eea
Psysssise VIM. /. Plssss' AZ
A6k yesr druggfst, ~ ~ = 81 II
MSslSed Discovery, whss y. i
ser ever 20 years. y can n " H.
= ssss,let as well as in hqa,s, n
Dr.. Pirse, president ms 80 /
Dalsais, N. Y for ifes -
w. Nd. u salt Lake Cry
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
Necessary.

Fafn, ] sofd you TO keep rhat
dachshund sut Of Che iiaing-rcom.r
Part of htm has to project into
the dlninssre my dear. when feed
him in the Observation-Disclosures
Courier-xournal
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09
Fish's Nest in a Clam She'll.

The goby (of which there are many
kinds) selects the clean valve Of a
clam and uses this as the ready-made
nest. The pair (for the goby mates
with but one and is jealous of any
rivaD hover round an inverted valve
and then the male scoops out the sand
from underneath it, forming cavity.
the Shell being slightly tilted and
pressed into the sand. The female
then enters the cavity and deposits
her eggs on the lower (nner) surface
of the shell. These eggs are some
what cigar-shaped structures, fixed at
one end by Il glutinous network that
secures them firmly to the shell. Hav-
ing done her work, the female then eX-
changes places with the male who
remains on guard, keeping up con-
stant current of water over the. eggs
by movements of the pectoral fins.
and darting out at the approach of aD
intruder.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09

10 sight aud hearing in less than II
minute.
II was not until after the train was
switched aud gone that we discovered
that two of the bandits had been left
behind. These two reset the switches
for the main track. leaving everything
as they had found it, and then
crossed over TO the auto.
was just thinking that all TINS
mystery and kidnapping and gun play
must be sort of hard on the young
woman and the girl, but, though my
half of the allotment was shiVefihs
a little and smuggling up Just Il gram
closer to me. she proved that she
hadn't lost her nerve.
Did you see the name on that car
when the engine went past to get in
behind it," She asked.
NO" said tie boss; and l hadn't,
either
II did" she asserted, showing that
her eyes, or her wits. were quicker
than ours. Il had just one little
glimpse of it. Tie name is 'A-l-e-X-a. "
spelling it out.
Mr.. Norcross started as if he had
been shot.
"The AleXa? That is Mr.. Chad
wick's private car-they've kidnapped
him. Then he whirled short on me.
Jimmie, are you man enough TO 90
with me and try a tacflIe on those
fellows over there in that auto?"
said I was: but | didn't add what
| thoueht-that it would probably he
case of double suicide for Us two to
20 up against a pair Of armed thugs
with our bare hands. The young wo-
man put in her word
"You mustn't think of doing such Il
thing :" She protested; and she was
still telling him all the different rea-
sons why he mustn't. when we heard
the creah and grind Of the stolen en-
CINE coming back down the old spur.
After that there was nothing to do
bur to wait and see what was going
10 happen next. What did happen was
as blind as all the rest. The engine
was stopped somewhere in the gulch
back of us and out of sight from our
hiding-place. and pretty soon the two
men who had gone with her came hur-
rying across ont of the hill shadows,
making straight for the auto a min
ute or two later they had climbed
into the machine. the motor had sput-
tered, and the car was gone.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09
CHAPTER II
Mr.. Chadwick's Special

Of course, as soon as the skip-out
of the four hold-up men gave us a
free hand we knew it was up to US to
get busy and do something. It was a
safe bet that the AleXa was carrying
her owner and in that case Mr.. John
Chadwick and his train crew were
somewhere back in the hills. without
an engine, and wits a good prospect
of staying put" until somebody should
90 and hunt them up.
"NVe've got to find out what they've
done with Mr. Chadwick" Mr.. Nor
cross broke out. And then: at can't
be very far to where they have left
the engine, and if they haven't Grip
pied it" He stopped short and slung
a question at the two women: "Will
you two stay here with Jimmie while
I go and see what l can find in that
gulch?'
They both paid me the compliment
of saying that they'd stay with me,
but the young woman suggested that
it might be just as we'll if we should
all go up the gulch together. so we
piked out in the dark, the boss help
ing Mrs Sheila to hobo along over
the cross-ties of the spur and the lit
tie girl stumbling on behind with me.
We had followed the spur track up
the gulch for maybe short quarter
Of mile when we came to the en-
gine. AS we had feared it might be.
the big machine was crippled. There
was a key gone out of one of the CON
necting-rod crank-pn straps; one
miserable little piece of steel. maybe
eight inches long and tapering one
way, and half an inch or so thick the
other; but that was a-plenty. We
couldn't make Il move without ii.
| thought we were done for, but Mr..
NorcroSs chased me up into the cab
for a lantern. With the light we be-
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09

shock; said they were tieketed to
Portal City-and to find that out he
must have asked the train conductor
adding that when we reached Portal
il would be the neighborly thing for
me 10 do to help them off with their
handbags and see that they got cab
if they wanted one.
Sure l will" says l. THAT is, if
the lady's husband isn't there to meet
them. Her suit case has her name
Mrs. Sbeila Macrae. on it."
The boss has a way Of making two
up-anddown wrinkles and a little
curved horseshoe line come between
his eyes when he is going to reach
for you.
There are times, Jimmie. when You
see altogether too much,' he said,
sort Of gruff.
Macrae,' you say: that is Scotch.
And so is 'sheila Most likely the
names, beth of them, are only hand
downs. She looks straight American
to me"
"She is pretty enough to look any
thing" / threw in, just to see how he
would take it.
fright you are, Jimmie" he agreed.
I've been looking at the back of her
neck all day. There are so many
women who don't measure up 10 the
promises they make when you see 'em
from behind. You catch a glimpse of
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09

place. Then, with one to boost and
the other TO pull, we got our two
passengers up into the high cab. |
threw few shovel-fuls of coal into
the fireboX and put the blower on !;
and when we were all set, the boss
opened the throttle and we went care
fully nosng ahead over the old track,
feeling our way up the gulch and keep
ing Il sharp lookout for the AleXa as
we ground and squealed around the
curves.
1t must have been four or five miles
back in the hills to the place where
we found the private car, pushed in
on an old mine-loading track at the
end of the spur. The other members
of the crew were off and waiting for
us; and standing out on the back plat
form, in the full glare of the head
light as we nosed up for coupling,
there was a big, gray-haired man,
bareheaded and dressed in rough-look-
ing old clothes like a mining pros
pector.
The big man was "Uncle John"
Chadwick. and If he was properly
aStonished at seeing us turn up with
his lost engine, he didn't let it inter
fere with our welcome. Mr.. Chadwick
seemed to know Mrs. Sheila; at any
rate, he shook hands with her and
called her by name Then he grabbed
for the boss and fairly shouted at
him: "Well. well, Graham of all the
lucky things this side of MeSOpota-
mia How the dev-how in thunder
did you manage to turn up here" And
all that, you know.
The explanations. such as they were.
came later. AS a matter of course.
the talk jumped first to the mysterious
hold-up and kidnapping and the reason
why. There had been no violence
the pistol shots had been merely
meant to scare the trainmen-and
there had been no attempt at robbery !;
for that matter. Mr.. Chadwick hadn't
even seen the kidnapers, and hadn't
known what was going ON until after
ii was all over.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09

pretty neck, and when You get
around to the face you find out that
the neck was only a bit of bluff"
If had been eating anything in the
world but ice cream | believe it would
have choked me. What he said led
up TO the admission that he had been
making these face-and-neck compari-
sons for goodness knows how long,
and l couldn't surround that, all at
once. You see, he was such picture
of mans man in every sense of the
word fighter and hard-hitter,
of that sort women are usually no
more than fluffy little side-issues. as
Eve said when they told her she was
made out of Adams rib.
That ended the dining-car part of
it. The sure-enough, Knockout round
was fought at the rear end of our
Pullman. which happened to be the
last car In the train. AS we walked
back after dinner Mr.. Norcross gave
me a cigar and said we'd 90 out to
the observation platform to smoke
When we reached the door we found
the young lady and the girl standing
at the rear railing to watch the track
unroll itself under the trucks. The
young lady was wearing coat with
a storm collar. but tie girl had a fur
thing around her neck, and her stocky,
chunky little arms were elbow deep in
big pillow muff to match, though the
April night wasn't even halfway
chilly.
The boss stepped out on the plat
form to close the side trap door which.
with the railing gate on that side, had
been left open by careless rear flag
man. Just then the big Pacific type"
that was pulling US let out a whistle
screech that would have walked the
dead, and the air-brakes went on
with a jerk that showed how beauti-
fully reckless the railroading was on
the Pioneer Short Line
Mr.. Norcross was reaching for the
catch on the floor trap and the Jerk
didn't throw him. But ii snapped the
young woman and the girl away from
the railing so suddenly that the little
one had 70 grab for hand-holds; and
when sheNdid that. of course the big
mutf VENT overheard.
AT this, bunch.of filings happened.
all in an eyerwink., The train ground
and jiggied to a stop; Nhe girl oqrealed.
"Oh. my muff" and skipped down
ts Sfens 70 disaf.ear IN the genera
,;4isriiah 81 Tie Pacific c.ast: ill..
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09
CIVIC ORDINANCE IN JAPAN
All Houses Have Tablet Telling Name
of the Responsible DweIler
Within the Walls.

In Japan you can learn a good many
merely by looking at his door. Ac-
cording to police regulations, says a
writer in Chambers Journal the ell
trance to eve4y residence must have Il
small wooden tablet affixed to it. This
tablet has the .Iame and tie number of
the house on ii, and on another tablet
is the name of the responsible house
holder, who in many cases is an in
FAINT, younger brother of a relative.
Sometimes, though rarely, the names
OF other inmates are placed over the
door, but there is no police regulation
that requires it. except in the case of
boarding houses, which have TO place
their bOarderS names outside for all
to see. A person fortunate enough to
possess a telephone always has the
number proudly displayed over his en-
trance. Near it you will often see a
quaint enameled or tin disk. That is
tie fire insurance mark. Every fire
insurance company has its own special
when it inSures house.
There are always several small
pieces of paper pasted over the door,
placed there by the police One is to
certify that the periodical oshoji, or
great cleaning, has taken place. An
other paper tells US. perhaps that tie
sanitary conditions are satisfactory.
What others stand for is known only
to the police themselves; that they
give secret information about the in
mates is cerfau.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09

ing. for we must feed our chIdsn
well and give them good food 50 they
will be strong and so they Will lHi
like playing.
"How we do enjoy squlds Squlas
are most delicious. Yes, squlds sA
every bit as good as ice cream sM
such things which children like
"Our great enemy is the old Vhse
known as the Killer Whale. from
his family name you can undefslaM
that he is a cruel creature. in'
would be quite clear to any one
"Our cousins, the sea-llons are 'e'
much like we are in ways and laps
and looks. -,
.arhev TOO travel in the spring an
In the fall, living one piace u
SUMMER and another in the wln'Tl'
-'The Mr.. Sea-Lions are NOISY y. !.
t,,res. roaring and talking at ine "
of their voices, always. They're Va. !.
bie of course. and | suppose 'l's
mako their voices seem equal TO 'Nsn
size. nd brsys
."rhey are all wilder anu U''% ~
than we are. but they're a e'e's ,n,s
7 do not mind admitting 1t O.'a ~,
of course, they're relatives u Il. N, N.
Sometimes they are known as D'
Steller Sea-Lion family. -, !,
"Put what l cannot underslang r., !
that people think it is stralE, ran von,. ,a
We can always tell our OWL W.. s'.rd .1d
when there are such couil,'s's as bssrh,
countless children seals on the .s,.I, 'ss,.,
''iI'',ro ~I would like to ask such ,,9 pep, Il,
this question, especially 'sors %Ou,D
TO ask any question Of mOli,s,s sasor,l,,
~ Would vo you not be able to ,hsss rss's s,'
vour own children even Il .s ~
thousands of children aOou', ~ nick %
"wouldn't you be able 10 ,lsst p,st sI i,
vorr own children in .al s,s tbOu
school where there were se'''
sand children about! tell vol
"Wouldn't you be abe " marchln
own children if they were r mani
in a huge parade with many
many other children % toll ycu
"Wouldn't you be able ~ ~ the chi
children on the beach wilen aa hsach va
dren we're Aocking to 'he
hundreds? lid, I'm qnll
"Of course you would u can ih
sure YOU would! Ana > 81 =. her os
Mother Seal tell when aie her own
children. For she knows now rou see. pc
onv mother would. Don .r 10 unds
ME- that that is quite easy
stand?"
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09

light. There wasn't much of a scrap.
There were two or three pistol shots,
and then. as near as we could make
out, the hold-up men, or some of them,
climbed into the engine.
Before you could count ten they had
made a flying switch with the single
car, kicking it in on the siding. Before
the car had come fully to stop. the
engine was switched in behind it, cou-
pied on, and the reversed train, with
the engine pushing the car, ratified
away on the old spur that led OIL into
lie Hills, clailered Away and WAS loSi
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09
"Pve changed my mind, I'm
Gle John-I'll take the job"
(TO BE CONTINUED

Formerly it was the rue that, II
there was well upon the T emises,
the fact had to be proclaimed by a
square board marked with the charac-
ter for well-ido. This was to show
where people could obtain water in
case of fire in the neighborhoOd. The
regulation may still be in force in
country places but owing to water now
being piped, it is no longer enforced
In the cities.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09
By
FRANCIS
LYNDE


gan to hunt around in the short grass.
I had been sensible enough to show
the little girl the other connecting-rod
key, SO she knew exactly what to look
for, and il did me a heap of good
when it turned out that she was the
one who found the lost bit of steel
'T've got tive got it !" she cried !;
and sure enough she had. The hold-up
people had merely taken it out and
thrown il aside on the extremely prob
able chance that nobody would be
foolish enough to look for it 50 near
at hand. or, looking, would be able to
find it in the dark.
1t didn't take more than minute
or two, with a wrench from the en-
gineer's box. to put the key back in
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09
Satan Tempted Her,

Little Jessie had peen had told lsf
thing which her nlain'ha nad been eafips
currants ard of course so - way she s''
all stained. That's the w.
found out. :, .you know :
we're lrei forbidden to eat tempted Sn. u'.'
Put. mother Satan an .'ti,,t Get thee =, E
why, didn't you ), say y aid say fh.i
him hind na me vtat sa'9a and got behind e. s ss =
pushed pls me right Int into press. res
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09
IlItIIljig!||lI
E39>i3d1gl
~zAR1 Us se:'R2AalA7!AM ; al7!.Aa \, B@S11'
MOTHER FUR SEA,

,,',I They think it is t,,.
Mother Fur Seal, aths. ,unny'
,ssosnize n", or know my my a,a an ~. y
out l would tbipk !, 0sn data
couldn't. iunay 1
of course every ,,..,
TER. u ABOUT tbs =
II funny that | know nr s nlat
=, ,,,a 'ecause we mothers stsv rl 'la Salas
,hensa ,be sallle great beach and ,1s.a ssa
ABOUT. "u elldrl
.,i b1t | always would know :,
said Mother Fur Seal. N4'' 10y "
Our children are snch ).
t,'l, tnavlne merry creatures. Especial, y y
uey re very young, and er@A Va
,i ,ile hrst four or five Years !, 'sl' y
lives there is nothing thay ". !" "
nn mueh as swimming and playing .'% X
and playing tag and Other ,as' aas.. qEAs
. We're known as the AI,,s,
Seal family, and We live sa iDfs. y
lives. H'e'etls|
Nv ere quite fashionable and !, s
WINTER we go to coast lines tr,s.
south than in the summer.
I'm the spring or very earl, !, !
summer We travel sometimes ., =.
as TWO thousand miles. Co.
wouldn't it be an expense if vs IA
10 pay for our journeys the w,v . 3
pie do? y
But then people wouldn't car. !.
'he way we travel, through tbs ~
ocean, whether it's stormy q, -
whether there is rain or sn,sss,l
VI slllNlin&'
above.
I'VE go on and on, and no man.
hoW great the fog may be ve non.
lose our way, but 90 swimming ss,s
ly on and on until we reach the lsI,,a,
were going to for our summer
when we reach our summer ta,.
we begin to think about the ssI
babies who have arrived after =,
have been at the island homes Il.
awhile.
I'VE stay out of the water for IW,
periods of time. often to make sur N
harm will come to our babies Ara
we 20 back and forth for oar msrsH.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09

Jud Tunkins says If he had his life
to live over he'd probably make the
same mistakes, only OWN to improved
modern facilities he'd niebbe make
EN- faster aud more numerous
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-04-09
Grub Makes the euttsr's, y, ,

na"anss why is # is Dds the grub that makes :
butterfly.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-10
Measure III To-day

U..,r constitutional amendments
I. ..H. U,tur, the tDuut" THURSDAY
Include .,uHt, Joint resolution so Z"
..I...uI th, corporation commission
f. uU. member, senate" joint rDsulu-
.u $50. g. advancing the legislative
.sIuu foo June and pruNidinr Tor
.N, complete state budget syst'w'
m t, Joint resolution Nu H.
r.. .....H COL. un appoiutiy' state land
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