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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-08-18

stories told in club smoking-rooms
and at bar messes always net with Z
reception from Russell which did not
encourage their repetition; and though
he was by no means suueamish in his
language, he carefully avoided all talk
which even lay on the borderland OF
lmpropriety In the course of a
chequered life 1 have known many
men whose conversation was void of
offense. but then they We're not. as a
rule. men who had lived in the So
ciety in which Russell by the exisen-
cies of his position and By. his tastes
had necessarily passed the greater
part of his life. | always attributed
his distaste for loose conversation of
any kind to the influence OF religion.
which had taken strong hold of his
mind from the days of his early edu-
cation. was the more impressed by
this peculiarity from the fact that
Russell was so emphaticallS. in all
other respects. a man With all the
tastes, ideas, convictions and preju-
dices of i, strong, vigorous. manly ma
ture, and with nothing of feminnity
about him unless it were In almost
womanly kindness of heart"S
Even setting aside the teStimony of
st. James on the perfection#of Il man
who is blameleSs With Ills tOnsue
everyday experience testifies to the
strength of character to keen a con-
versation free from fault under certain
circumstances. Many a ma,, will face
Il cannon who has not the courage
to frown down loose talk, and will
lead Il forlorn hope with more euuan-
unity than he will check blY,zen
scandal monger. In moments of re-
taxation" says Barney O'Brien. "he
was fond of gossip: but never during
twenty years of our friendship have
l known him to tell a scandalous
story, hardly ever have heard him
say an unkind word of anyone. a
poor creature was the strongest ex-
preston Of denunciation ever heard
him use. Scandal was repugnant to
his virilc nature, out of harmony with
character whose dominant feature
was manfulness. and dstasteful to
mind singularly simple and pure
The concurrent testimony of Prot
nd Cnth hr,li frin
dence sufficient of the religious up
rightneSs OF Charles Russell. 1t is re-
markable that two independent wit
nesses should give almos, tIenticai
testimony on the same phase of prac-
tical. everyday morality which sprung,
according to these friends, from deep
religious principles. Charles Russell
had the dictionary with him. or the
habit it began, and carried it through
life. He had also his Lives of Saints"
with him, or at least lived Out in prac-
tice the theories it exemplitied. The
scene enacted near Rostrevor BY the
young lad of ROstrevOr was 4 miniature
of the larger canvas flied with the
sayings and doings of the great Eng
lish lawyer. 1t is to be wondered
that Il friend said of Russell: "Hc
is a good lrshman and good Cath
Ollie. He would not temporize in the
smallest way about his country or his
religion to be made Lord Chancellor
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-08-18
HUSBANDS coMRADE.
Wife's Self Possession Wins Her Many
Happy Years.

The wife who is her husbands com
rade has little to fear 1t is one of the
greatest factors in keeping him always
hers-that of being friends with him
in being truly interested in all he
does and plans and wishes for, and
having the cOmr;tde sense of humOr
that can always laugh ut his jokes
ana make merry by the way, instead
of taking account of everything with
terrible seriousness. If you can smile
openly with him at his fancy for an
other. and even tease him a. little
about it, the fancy isn't likely to ever
amount to very much. What is for
hidden is, we know. always more
tempting. Many and many situation
has been saved because ,y:re was 50
true a friend Of her husband that she
persistently refused to regard 1t seri-
ously. There are women who go hero
ically further, who never betray the
slightest knowledge of the unspoken.
women who win renewed empire
over some lovable but morally weak
soul by wonderful self-pOsscSsion;
who see a husband not only in danger
Of falling in love with someone else,
bu, deeply, terribly infatuated. Such
wife invites her rival to her house.
is seen with her everywhere, so that
| there is no permitted scandal. She
! knows that an infatuation from its
very nature will die If it is not op-
posed. A wife like that suffers mar
tyrdom all along the way-nut she
may have happy years afterwards"
Mary Stewart Cutting in Harpers Ba
zar.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-08-18

the man with the family portrait gall
!e:E I" ;ae oiir with the t%enty-tive-
cent tintype
1t is truly comforting To feel that tn,
possibility Of inheritance lies on tn,
side of good breeding. and not on tha,
OF Ignorance. 1t was With some such
sentiment that the lady quoted in tn.
San Francisco Chronicle" made her
claim of ancestry.
"Oh, yes" she said proudly. I'VE can
l don't know who. but we have been
descending for centuries"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-08-18

II wouldn't be fool if 1 were you,'
said Bonar to a friend.
"1f you were me you wouldn't be 4
fool" was the reply.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-08-18
Still Descending.

DR.. Holmes says it is better to be
self-made than not made at all, but,
all else being equal, he would choose
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22
THE WAVERLY BEET FACTORY
IS IN A PROSPEROUS CONDITION AND
And the Growers are Well Satisfied with all
Condtions-Are to be Paid Sc per Ton
at Receiving Station this Year-Farmers
Anticipate an Immense Crop this Season.

A dispatch from Waverly to the Sc
attic acknowledgement, says:
"Business along the line of the new
electric road from Spokane, through
the Palouse country, is active. Hun
dreds of acres of sugar beets for the
factory at this place will be planted
this season. The management has
been holding meetings throughout the
Palouse, and has asked the farmers
along the line of the Spokane & Inland
to plant 5000 acres to beets. If this is
done they promise to pay the grower
So Der ton, f. o. b. the receiving station.
For several years the factory has paid
So % per ton for beets. and the farmers
declare that there is more money in
raising beets than wheat, growers hav-
ing made So per acre more raising
beets than wheat at that price. The
farmers anticipate making big profits
on beets at Sc, and it is now certain
that the 5000 acres will be planted.
The coming of the Spokane & Inland
road throughout the wheat belt OF the
Paleuse has opened up new territory
sufficient to insure the number of acres
desired, and probably 1000 acres, in
stead of 5000, will be planted
"This is said to be very encouraging
to the factory interests of Waverly and
to the business men.
"The soil this spring is in an excel
lent condition and the prospects for a
large yield per acre are good"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22

to dissolve two ounces of corrosive sub
Innate (bichloride of mercury in two
gallons of boiling water; then add wa
ter enough to make fifteen gallons,
stirring thoroughly. The seed pota-
toes may be suspended in grain bag
in the liquid, and allowed to remain
there for an hour and half after
which they should be dried. The
tubers may be cut either before or af-
ter this treatment.
For Fastening the growth and ma
turity of early potatoes the budding
method is sometimes followed. This
consists in planting tubers that already
have strong, stubby sprouts or buds.
In preparing for these sprouts, the po-
tatoes are placed stem end down in
warm, light room or under green
house bench. Several days, or even
weeks, can be gained in this way, as
the seed potatoes are ready for imme-
diate growth when put into the soil.
The way to increase the stock of a
new or high-priced potato is to cut it
half and lay it (cut side down on few
inches of good soil in box or flower
pot, and cover with sand or mellow
soil to the depth of two or three inches
AS the sprouts appear they are pulled
up and potted separately, and after be-
coming strong are set in the hill or
row. Many sprouts will appear before
the tuber is exhausted, and a very few
potatoes can in this way be made to
produce bushels of seed for the next
season.
New varieties of potatoes are obtain
ed from seed. 1t is we'll to remember
however, that the process requires
several years, and that there are more
blanks than prizes.
March is an excellent month for set
ting out trees, shrubbery, bulbs and
perennial plants, and for making
changes in the arrangement of the
lawn or the garden. This class OF work
usually extends into April.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22

For myself | am proud to be a resi-
dent OF community that provides such
school privileges for the children.
The children of this county are not
"born savages." l have found them
clean, well clothed, and we'll nourished,
and ga Teachers" charge that the
mothers OF our pupils do not provide
proper food and maintain sanitary con-
ditions in the home is libelous and with
out foundation of fact.
The majority of these mothers are
women of education and refinement and
their usefulness and the unsel6sh de-
votion of all of them to their children s
interest is beautiful to behold.
ga Teacher" says we expect him to
be u mother of forty or fifty boys.
There are some large families in this
county, but was that stipulation OF
his contract?
Mr.. Teacher, you say linen are in
debted to you for about all the COM
mon sense they possess"
What a ridiculous statement. Com
nonsense is the gift of nature. You
cannot get $500 raise in your salary
on that account.
A child of school age is old enough
to wash his own hands.
You need not complain because of
the childish ills of your pupils, the
school laws direct you to send sick pu-
pills home, many parents prefer to have
their children treated by the family
physician. A pupils earache or hol.
low tooth is poor argument for an in
crease of the tax rate.
Mr.. Teacher, you say "you want two
rooms and some flowers in the window"
A man who draws $500 for a month
of twenty working days ought to BE-
able to buy the rooms and flowers too.
Why not throw away that third grade
certificate A third grade is good for
one year and you say that without
you twenty years would see US in bar
ISM" You surely have an opinion con-
corning yourself. Please live long.
S. f. MONTGOMERY.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22

THE season is now at hand when all
nature seems to spur us on and on
to do the the things in farm life
that makes fer the better.
Spring work starts in earnest in
March. Flowing begins from the first
to middle of the month, and there need
be no idle days. 1t is not too late to
make hotbeds and SOW seeds of the har-
dy vegetables, like early cabbage and
lettuce; and it is the rigt season for
sowing such tender things as tomatoes
and peppers.
A little forethought will 60 long
way toward success, even in case OF in
experienced persons, for it is only neces-
sary to consider the habits of plants in
order to know when to SOW seeds
Pease, potatoes, beets, onions, lettuce,
radishes, spinach, kale, cabbage, cauli-
flower, celery, parsley, lesk, ETC., be-
long to the hardy class. Tomatoes,
peppers, cucumbers, melons, beans,
sweet corn, elephants, ETC., belong to
the tender class.
Too much care cannot be taken with
the seed potatoes, to have them free
from scab. 1t is a great disappoint-
ment to farmer, after the labor and
expense of growing crop, to find his
potatoes covered with unsightly spots
and blemishes. Not only are the tubers
injured in quality, but their market
value is much impaired. Nor is that
all, for the spores of the disease are
apt to remain on the farm, to the dam
age Of future crops of potatoes.
Prevention of scab is far better than
cure, and hence it is wise to treat the
tubers before planting them. To kill
the infection on the tubsrs is an easy
task, at least in comparison with that
of killing them in infected soil. Soak
ing the seed tubers for ninety minutes
Ia solution of corsosive sublimate(tw o
ounces in fifteen gallons of water is a
safe and sure way of killing the infec-
ton, and there is no danger that the
poison will injure the young potato
buds or sprouts. But it should never
be forgotten for minute that the So
luton is a>deadly poison.
10 make the solution it is necessary
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22
Pauline Hall In "Dorcas"

If present indications go for aught
the engagement of the celebrated
Paulioe Hall Opra Company at Ellens-
burg Theatre on Tuesday Feb. 9th
will be made the biggest society-theat-
rical event of the present season.
Although the advance sale of seats has
not yet been opened, Manager Elwood
has already received sufficiently
large number of orders for seats by
mail to warrant the prediction that
the house will be entirely sold out.
Indeed the attraction must play to
capacity business if Managers Nelson
Roberts and Frank B. Arnold, under
whose direction Miss Halls present
tour is being conducted, are to make
money, as it is without questions one
of the most expensive attractions that
has visited this city in a number of
seasons.
"Dorcas' in which Miss Hall is ap-
pearing this season is by Harry and
Edward Paulton, authors of "Erminie"
in which Miss Hall achieved everlast-
ing fame during its long and memoir
able run at the casino in New York.
That the new opera will duplicate the
success of "Erminie''. therc can now be
no doubt. Like the later opera the
great beauty of "Dorcas" lies in its
catchy and dashing music. Its story
is delightfully."- told, its comedy quaint,
but fairly scintilating. The stellar
role not only affords Miss Hall unusual
opportunities for the exploitation of
her marvellous voice but gives her an
equal chance to display the exception
al histronic ability she is known to
possess.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22

THE following editorial from the
Oregonian on the death Of John
A. Mccall is considered worthy of
reproduction:
John A. Mccall, some time president
of the New York Life Insurance Com.
pany, is dying. The doctors say his
complaint is congestion Of the liver and
acute"nephritis; he is really dying OF q
broken heart. McCurdy is also ill and
will not live long. They perish more
sinned against than sinning-tbs scspe-
goats of wicked system which they
did not originate and in whose opera
tions they were tools rather than prin-
cipals. Socially ambitious, but OF me-
diOcre intellect and feeble will, they
were used by ADLER and less scrupulous
men to work out schemes whose pur.
port they did not understand and whose
iniquity they could not fathom.
The Oregonian has remarked recently
that the procession of human events is
through vicariOus sacrifice. The
wretche6 end of these two sad but On.
lovely men illustrate the truth Of the
observation. Their disgrace has di.
verified public indignation from the
more potent and far more guilty men
who played with Mccall and McCurdy
like puppets in a pantomime and who
now flourish in social esteem and
financial splendor while their forlorn
victims perish in poverty and shame.
The earthen and the brazen pots set
out to float down the Gauges in con-.
pany. The waves dashed them togeth-
err. The earthen pots were shattered
and sunk; the brazen hoated gaily out
to sea.
The ethical drama of high finance
which occupies the stage Of the world
today repeats with manifold variations
the tale of Faust and Mephistopheles.
Mccall and McCurdy played the pitiful
role of Faust. Perkins, Morgan, Ryan
and others, whose hands have been fe.t
but not seen, play that of Mephistc-
pheles. The ingenious and invincible
devil deports himself in all freedom
upon the arena of American life. In
Gus legislatures he finds plenty Of
Continued on page q
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22

M r. EDITOR: the attack upon the
A1A taxpayers and the patrons of the
public schools of this county by
ga Teacher" in the last issue of The
DAWN shold not pass unnoticed.
Your correspondent says he is w0-
man-teacher and taxpayer of this
county. | have reviewed the list OF
names of the women teachers who are
also taxpayers and | am firmly con-
WINGED that no one of those ladies would
be guilty of making such gross mis-
statement in regard to our people,
believe ga Teacher" to be man
who thinks to escape the consequences
of his insulting speech by claiming to
be an antique female of ''stagnant mind
and fading charms"
That description is enough to give
him away for everyone knows th at our
lady teachers are the handso NEST,
smartest and best paid girls in the
state.
ga Teacher" says the taxpayers Of
this county are gamblers and debauch-
ers who transmit "ignoble traits to
their children.
Mr.. Editor, you should endeavor to
correct the erroneous impression such
reckless statements are calculated to
make upon people living at a distance
and into whose hands this paper may
chance to fall.
The people of our county form de-
cent, respectable and law-abiding COM
munity and their morals will COM
pare favorably with any people in
the west: l have known no place where
greater liberality is shown in sup
port of schools. In Kittitas county
we have cOmmodious school buildings
equipped with the best systems of
heating and ventilation, good libraries,
pianos, organs; gymnasiums, and other
good things now being planned.
When | observe all this enthusiasm
and Improvement | believe that ga
Teachers" statement that the tax-pay-
err ''has not been aiding and abetting
the destroyer of human happiness" (by
the way who does he mean?) has no
force. and an accusation of parsimony
and Indifference cannot be against the
taxpayer.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22
Praises The School System Of
our County and Gives Our
Correspondent Advice From
Another View Point.
THINKS THE SCHOOL MA'AM IS A MAN

Says the Article will Have A Tendency to
Convey Wrong Impression to People at
DISTINGUISHED the Sick Pupils Home So
The Family Physician May Care for Them.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22
MCCALL AND McCURDY ONLY VICTIMS

or the Other FeIIow-Made to Suffer for
Dying OF a Broken Heart-With no Che
To Remove the Thorns and Bria.s.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22
A Treatment FOR DISEASED POTATOES

That is Well Worth Trying and Those Who
Trv Il will be Pleased With the Results
1T Is Far Cheaper and Better to Treat
Tubers Rather Than the Diseased Soil.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22
Vol. XIII.
WORK FOR MARCH
SPRING WORK OPENS WITH

Renewed Vim and Visor and
Our Resolutions and Plans
Made are to be Executed
During the Month of March.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-22
ABOUT CONDITIONS
AN OREGONIAN EDITORIAL
No. 8.

On John A. Mccall Late Of the
New York Life Insurance
Company Explains Coalitions
in a New Light.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

and see that there are no air holes,
which will quickly cut way through
the ice.
In describing building which can
be utilized as an ice-house and cool
ing chamber combined, the Ohio Far
mer says: The dimensions of the
building as well as the cooling cham.
Der could be made to suit the require.
ments Of the builder. The building
described Is II #. wide, ii it. long
and IL It. high, with the chamber s
it. long and #. wide. Fig. I shows
the chamber with ice on three sides
of it,, The ceiling is sloping to bet
ter support the weight of the ice and
secure the necessary drainage. The
floor should be Of cement and placed
about about feet below the surface
Of the ground so as to take advan-
tage of the GOODNESS of the earth. At
C in Fig. pipe is placed to take
the drainage from the ice into a trough
in; which cooling cans for milk may
be set.
Fig. shows a cross section of the
building. The door of the chamber is
protected by a porch, and should be
on the north side of the building. TO
further protect the chamber, vesti,
bule might be built at the entrance
and two doors fitted. This building,
If properly constructed, furnishes a
cheap and serviceable storage room
for summer use.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21
princess C,ou;Se of Orleans

time and cause him to change his
mind, or if his royal mother does not
change it for him.
Such an outcome of the present en-
gagement would not be at all surpris-
ing, considering Alphonso's past rec
ord. From the year; he entered his
teens, and he is now almost 20 years
of age, he has at one time or another
made love or flirted with nearly all
the royal girls of manageable age
in Europe. Processes, duchesses and
archduchesses have attracted his
fancy, and he has been the despair of
matchmaking mammals and states
men.
THE champion royal hearth breaker
] of Europe" is the title that has been
bestowed upon him as result of his
flirting escapades, and royalty will
breathe sigh of relief it Princess Ena
finally becomes his bride.
The way that Bourbon BOY is carry
ing on with the girls is something
shameful. No one knows how often
he has laid himself open to suits for
breach of promise, but he certainly
has led a lot of them to think that
they were going to be asked to be
Mrs. Alfonso, and then SHE'D off in
some other direction.
His First Affair.
There was the case of Donna Maria
Del Pillar ofiBavaria. That happened
when she was only third daughter OF
Prince Louis Ferdinand. and her
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21
HACKER, ON COW CARE.
Handling Of the Heifer When Shd
First Comes 1nto~ Milk Of Great
'\ Importance

aTE > \
When a#5scow comes fresh in milk
every effort should be made to have
her start her lactation with a large
flow Of milk. To this end she should
be brought to a high physical tone by
good and kindly care and proper feed
says T. L. Hacker, of Minnesota.
Oats are a good milk stimulant, 50 she
should be fed a few days on oats that
has been softened with hot water an
hour before feeding. A mixture Of
bran and oats, equal parts, would also
be good. The calf should be removed
the first day, so she will quickly for
get it and transfer her affections to-
her feeder and mixer. Those things
should be done which will make her
comfortable and contented. All no.
tons that a COW needs exercise and
daily exposure to discomfort to
make her hardy should be abandoned.
Keep her quiet and comfortable. Feed
and milk regularly, and in this way
the flow can be held at the maximum
are followed, you will be in a fair
way to become successful dairyman.
Few cows need more than from
seven to eight pounds of grain daily,
and not more than half Of this should
be corn meal: better make mix
ture of five parts bran, or oats, and
three parts corn meal, and feed a
pound of the mixture to three pounds
Of milk yielded. Feed meal according
to the quantity of milk she gives.
Alfalfa and fodder corn are ideal
roughage for cows, but prairie hay
is also good. Too much has been
said about balanced rations and too
little about kindness and regularity,
declares the Prairie Farmer; too much
about dairy-bred COWS and too little
about dairy-bred men. First learn
how properly to care for a scrub cow
and after you have thoroughly learned
this it will be time enough to think
| Of getting better COWS. Serve your
dairy apprenticeship with the scrub
COW; then you will not make a fail
ure when you employ the dairy grade
of pure breed.