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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07

The sale bill is all right as far as 1t
goes, but it does not 60 far enough.
Advertising In the newspaper beats 1t
two to one. A Nebraska farmer tried
the first plan, but was not satisfied
with results. Attendance at the sale
was not up to expectations, and it was
postponed for a season. Then a new
date was set and an advertisement
placed In the local paper. This time
people came from all directions-even
from adjoining States-and the crowd
was so great that the sheriff Of the
county thought he ought to be present
to keep the peace. 1t developed, how
ever. that that official was In attend
ance because his county town had been
deserted and he felt lonesome to re-
main there alone. II you don't be-
lieve advertising pays try to have a
public sale without telling the public
about it through the public paper.-Ex-
change.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07
EDUCATION OF THE UNFIT.

Too Much Attempted in the Present
Scheme Of Learning.
The education Of the unfit Is another
problem which has come up to bother
our pedagogues and it is one which is
bound up also in the great problem of
undertaking, says American Medicine.
There are so many men writing on this
topic as to give the impression that we
are attempting too much in our extern
sive educational schemes. 1t Is now
known that every brain has limit be-
yOnd which it cannot be educated-a
law as applicable to types Of men as to
types of dogs. Children, naturally,
drop out of school at certain grades
and those who are continued beyond
their proper limit are merely injured
thereby. Many a splendid mechanic
has thus been educated into a poor
preacher who half starves the rest of
his life.
1t is now even limited that many of
our new types of immigrants are mere
hewers of wood and drawers of water
as their ancestors have been from time
immemorial, and that any education
merely units them for the battle of life.
II all these surmises are true they are
bound to shake the very foundation of
our present order of things.
The theory that there are minds now
migrating to our shores which cannot
possibly be trained into a condition fit
for citizenship will naturally be re,
scented by those who have built up our
present school system to train men to
equality. Yet it is time to stop and
think a little.
Every autumn the papers of the
larger cities are much concerned over
the inadequate school facilities and
publish dreadful statistics of the thou.
sands of pupils who must be placed on
| half-time, yet it has long been Ahown
that in London schools the half timers
| who work half of each day really
progress faster than those who 60 to
school all day.
Have we not upset nature too quick.
| ly in our schools also? The mothers
who cannot care for their children send
them to school not to be educated, but
to get rid Of them. In admitting them
| are we not already far on the way
| toward that socialism with its free
lunches, which is so repugnant to
American family independence? Wheth.
er or not we are educating the unfit
| it Is quite evident that our lower.
grade schools are taking the place Of
the family. The feeding of the hungry
| among them is but little step beyond
| The dreadful physical condition OF
some Of them must be remedied some.
how and prevented in the future
Stewart Patton in his text book on Psy.
chiatry says it is the duty of physi.
clans to warn against educating those
unfit for it-most timely advice to
which it would be well to give heed.
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hate you I am rude in my speech. ab.
rupt in my manner. You must forget
it and-and me-"
A horses feet crashed upon the gravel,
and an instant after Maurice Frere burst
into the room. Returning from the Cas-
cades. he had met Treke. and learned
the release of the prisoner. Furious at
this usurpation of authority by his wife,
his self-esteem wounded by the thought
that she had witnessed his mean revenge
upon the man he had so UNANIMOUSLY
wronged, and his natural brutality en-
HANGED by brandy, he had made for the
house at full gallop, determined to as
sert his authority. Blind with rage, he
saw no one but his wife. whats this
1 hear? You have been meddling in my
business! You release prisoners"
Captain Frere!'' said North, stepping
forward to assert the restraining pres
ence of a stranger. Frere started, as
toniShed at the intrusion of the chaplain.
Here was another outrage of his dig
nifty, another insult to his supreme au-
thority.
"You here, too! What do you want
here? This is your quarrel, is it?" His
eyes glanced wrathfully from one to the
other, and he strobe toward North. "You
hypocritical, lying scoundrel, if it wasn't
for your black coat, ID
Maurice" cried Sylvia, in an agony
of shame and terror, striving to place a
restraining hand upon his arm. He
turned upon her with so fierce a curse
that North, pale with righteous rage,
seemed prompted to strike the burly
ruffian to the earth. For a moment or
two the two men faced each other, and
then Frere, muttering threats of ven
geance against each and all-convict,
jailers, wife and priest-fiung the sup
plant woman violently from him and
rushed from the room. She fell heavil!
against the wall. and as the chaplain
raised her he heard the hoof strokes of
the departing horse.
"Oh" cried Sylvia. covering her face
with trembling hands, ''let me leave this
place."
North strove to soothe her with in
coherent words of comfort. Dizzy with
the blow she had received, she chung to
him, sobbing. Twice he tried to tear
himself away. but had he loosed his
hold she would have fallen. "Why
should you be thus tortured?' he cried.
Heaven never willed you to be mated
to that boor-you, whose life should be
all sunshine. Leave him-leave him.
He has cast you off"
81 am going" she said family. II had
already arranged to CO."
North trembled. They looked at each
other; she comprehended the hatred
he had affected for her, and, deadly pale,
drew back the cold hand he held.
"Gov she murmured. Leave me,
leave me! Do. not see me or speak to
me again"
Ito be continued.)
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WATER ON THE PLANET MARA
Changes Of Season ~ They Occur 81
the Earth's NeiGhb0r.

Changes Of Season ~ They Occur OD
the Earth's Neighbor.
A beautiful scientific story Of
achievement that makes the reader
question the veracfty Of the writer. or.
at least, to doubt his expectation Of
being taken seriously, is recorded In
the Monthly Weather Review, the jour
nal published by the United States De
partment Of Agriculture. 1t refers to
the recent acquisitions Of knowledge in
regard to the planet Mars and publish
ed elsewhere would be regarded as
clever fiction by q man of scientific at
tainmentS.
The facts are largely the result of
observations made at the Flagstaff OBJ
servatory, In Arizona, which have sup
plemented the classic studies of Schiap-
arelli Of Milan, who laid the founda-
tons for current theories and knowl.
edge of the earth's nearest planetary
neighbor.
Modern astronomical equipment has
made it possible to recognize changes
In the seasons that take place in Mars
These vary much In intensity analogous
to mundane experience. But it Is best to
quote the author verbatim in order to
appreciate the almost incredible discov.
cries of the modern astronomical OBJ
server. He says: 1.-THE melting Of the
great fields Of snow around the planets
polar regions, as each Marian winter
closes and spring comes on, gives rise
to great streams Of water 1--WE call II
water In the absence Of any evidence
as to the specific nature Of the fluid
and as these streams flow toward the
equator band Of green, like grass OF
foliage, spreads out on both sides sc
that we seem justified In concluding
that the atmosphere and the vegetation
as well as the climate of Mars have
some analogy with our own period.
1T Is found, however, very strange
that we find no appearance Of cloud on
that planet, as though it were possible
for water, snow, Irrigation and vegeta'
ton to exist without clouds or rain. OF
course vapor could dinfuse from re
zion of water to one of snow, but not
vice versa. We must still study to find
out whether this occurs on Mars"
The Flagstaff observers declare they
can tell when the Marian winter be
gins by the appearance Of fields OF
snow or frost, which appear in the re
gions corresponding to our polar areas
Last year the first appearance Of win
ter was observed on May 10, the early
winter relative to the earth's being due
to a different inclination Of Mars axis
of rotation.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07

There is a firm Of decorators and fur
niture- makers in this city which stands
in the unique position of owning every
piece Of one kind Of wood that Il
known to the markets Of the world
It is called "comino," and was brought
to this city by an expert in rare woods
from South America twenty-five years
ago. He saw its beauty and value
while it was in the rough, and afte,
buying all the logs he could lay his
hands on he had them brought to New
York and sawed up into veneers, and
then stored his treasure away.
Some time later he interested thu
head of the decorating firm in tn,
wood, and the latter took tt all Off hi,
hands. The wood is now slowly beins
made into beautiful pieces of furni
ture that are the admiration Of OK
perts principally for the beautiful I'm
ish the surface of the wood takes I,
looks like superb piece Of light-browr
satin that has been woven to resembl,
MORE. Aside from Its interest from
the viewpoint Of beauty, the wood at
tracts the attention Of forestry OK
perts owing to It's extreme rarity
New York Press.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07

The report of the United States s....
corporation for 1905 shows an lnc' - :.
of over $46,OOO,OOO in net earnings OIL. OF
total of nearly s12o,OOO,OOo. The e .S.I
undivided surplus on Dec. 81 was s1 =.
73S 40. The gross receipts reached Inv
.ass total of $685., 331 ,736. There was ~
cided improvement in the export ,stsn..
both as to quantity and price IN u. c,,,.
of the practice of selling to ioreie. ,vs;l-
toners at lower prices than those - mi.
Ing at home, the report says tna' ~ ,hn.
way surplus stocks are disposed o. a,c+ion
preventing increase in cost OF pluuu sum-
and the shutting down of works; i 1I nc I nur-
Der of employees increased to 1oo, 100 ,.r I
ing the year 1926 employees suD ,sot At
for 23,9S9 shares of preferred s'0'-
Dar.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07
The Mule Marched Past.

The Derby dog" was in evidence, ar
usual, at the great maneuvers at Ra-
wal Pindi, only. to use an Irishism,
it was another animal this time.
The cavalry were marching past the
royal station in brilliant succession
when there occurred an episode which
was too much for everybody's risible
faculties. Following the Ninth Queens
Royal lancers was stray, NANCY
mule, walking with comical gravity,
and quite undisturbed by either objura-
lions from behind or the shouts of
laughter from the spectators.-India
Times.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07
1T TOUCHED HIM NOT.

Hts wifs's Sarcasm Went Past HI
Dulled Ears.
Mr.. Nippy Is reading the evening pa
per. He pretends to be listening t.
Mrs. Nippy's remarks concerning thu
telephone girl.
Mrs. N.-And this morning, when
went to call up the grocery she kept M
waiting half an hour. Said the line wa.
busy. I know 1t wasn't, but there
had to stand. And all the houseworl
put back SO far haven't caught up yet
Isn't there a manager or somebody t.
report these things TOT
Mr.. N.-Yes.
Mrs. N.-Will you do it for me. to
morrow?
Mr. N.-Do what7
Mrs. N.-Report the telephone girl
Mr.. N.-What for?
Mrs. N.-I've been telling you wha'
for this last half hour. You're not lis
tening.
Mr.. N.-Yes, am. I'll attend to 1t
Mrs. N.-And you might put In {
complaint about the way she rings u.
up and calls me from all parts of thu
house to answer, and then say It's {
mistake. 1t has happened three times
a day ever since they changed girls a
central. Will you register kick abou
that, tool
Mr.. N.-Mmm.
Mrs. N.-And will you tell tho super
intendent, or whoever he is, that YOU
wife Is married to an old, selfish, red
headed deaf-mute?
Mr.. N.-Um-hum.
Mrs. N.-And that he wears q glass
eve and a wooden leg and false teeth
Mr.. N.-Yes.
Mrs. N.-And you might add that
YOUR wife's husband has tho measles
VIII you do that, dear1
Mr.. N.-Yes.
Mrs. N.-That will be very kind Of
YOU. Besides, it's the truth. isn't 1T
Mr.. N-Sure.
Mrs. Simply smiles sardonically and
picks up her embroidery. Mr.. Nippy
goes on with his reading In blissful Is
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS News.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07
The Church in Insurance.

Rev. e. F. Blanchard of fateI' ~ The
J.. writing to the Christian Worh ~ ;nsrr.
recently exposed rascality in tn5 5.rlvius
ance companies, says that the unui !. an
motive of present-day insurance +he eu.
Christian. namely, selfishness' OF INC edvo-
richment of a few promoters. he aa :,
Gates a system of Christian ihsui I a pur-
one of the needs of the times !, the
poses would be to help people out - that
hard places of life. He su set, fol
churches adopt a system of 0enen'
their people.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07
BURGLARS USE OF SOAP.

1t Helps Him Get Into Safes and
Out Of Prison.
Cleanliness, next to goodness and
soap, is the right bower Of physical
purity. Yet the innocent bar Of soap
is of prime Importance in the kit of the
professional burglar.
The Importance Of soap in the raids
of yeggmen from the time the crime
is committed to the day the prisoner
escapes from Jail has been demonstrate
ed in a single case in Wisconsin. Soap
not only made the robbery of a post.
Office safe possible, but it was the prin-
cipal factor in the escape Of the leader
of the band after he was arrested for
the robbery.
The discovery of this use of soap
was made by E. E. Fraser of La Crosse
postoffice inspector Of the Chicago
district
The safe in the postofflce at Stod.
dard, Wis, was blown open and three
crooks were arrested for the crime
They were held in the La Crosse Coun-
ty jail pending trial in the United
States Court Two Of the trio es-
capped.
An investigation was made Of the
circumstances in connection with the
robbery. 1t was found that the safe
had been blown up with nitroglycerin
The explosive had been poured into the
safe lock through funnel made by
carving out q cake Of common laun.
dry soap.
Not long after the arrest the first
prisoner, Homer Earl Trainor, es
capped from the Jail by saving the bars
of his cell. How he got the saws was
a mystery only until the turnkey of the
Jail, ]. NJ. Childers. was convicted OF
assisting In the escape.
The noise of the saving was not
heard by the other attendants, and the
incisions made in the bars by the pris
| oner were not discovered in the daily
inspections Of the Jail. 1t was found
afterward that soap had been used tt
soap had been rubbed into the open
ings made, leaving the bars apparently
! intact during the operation.
But the most remarkable use o.
soap was in the escape of Andrew Gun
| ningham, alias Patsy Flanagan, 6
bank sneak. He was killed January
| %, 1906, in a running fight with 6
sheriff's posse after robbing a bank
at Montague, Texas.
He got tools from his confederate
the turnkey, and cut hole in the stone
floor of his cell. The work was discov
cred, but In an effort to get evidence
against the turnkey the authorities de
layed interference. They intended t.
stop Cunningham before the hole in the
floor was made large enough to permit
the passage Of his body.
Cunningham learned that he was be
ing watched, and here the soap figured
again. Though the mole In the fiooi
was only about eight inches in diam
eter. Cunningham escaped. According
to the story told by fellow-prisone1
on the witness stand in Childer's trial
Cunningham covered the edges Of the
opening with soap, lathered his naked
body, and slipped through.
So besides the innocent uses OF the
toilet, soap has properties which sneai
thieves and robbers appreciate. Since
the affair Of Trainor and Cunningham
INSPECTOR Fraser has found that soaI
has first place in the cracksman's KIT
Washington Post
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07

133O--Edmond of Woodstock, Earl q,
Kent, beheaded.
1529-College of France founded.
1549--Thomas Seymour, Lord High Adj
miral of England, beheaoed
1o.A'--Archbshop Cranmer burned a. Ok.
ford.
1903 Queen Elizabeth died Succeeded
by James l.
113O--British Parliament prohibited Brit
ish subjects lending money to for.
eigners.
1744-France declared war against Eng.
land.
Embellishments triumphal entry into
Boston. :. Congress authorized EN-.
ployment of privateers.
17S2-Spain acknowledged Independents
of the United States.
180l-Paul l., Emperor of Russia, assas.
sinated. Succeeded by Alexander |.
1SO4-Duke of Enghien shot by order Of
Napoleon.
1SOS-Murat entered Madrid.
1814-Battle OF Tarbes.
1S15-The Hundred Days Treaty" Of
Vienna concluded by England, Aus
tria, Russia and Prussia.
1S19-Augustus f. Kotzebue, German
dramatist, assassinated.
1S21-Naples Occupied by Austrian army.
disqualification of Sturbide.
1S29-Duel between Wellington and Win.
chelsea.
1S31-Insurrection of slaves in island Of
Antigua.
1S39-Anti-Corn Law league formed.
1S4S-Abdication of King of Bavaria.
1S49-Raditzky defeated the Sardinians
at battle of Novara.
1854-Two earthquake shocks felt at Ma
con, Ga.
1860 Cession of Savoy and Nice to
France by treaty of Turin.
1S62-Gen. Shields defeated "Stonewall"
Jackson at Kernstown, Va.
1S67-Winter Garden theater burned in
New York. :. Labor riots renewed in
France. :. u. Gathering of Fenians at
st. Adams, VT.
1S6S-Earthquake shock at San Fran
cisco.
1S71-Marriage of Princess Louise and
Marquis of Lorne. French Assem-.
bly, removed from Bordeaux to Yer
sailles.
1S75-Destructive tornado in Georgia.
1S77-John n. Lee executed for compile
ity in Mountain Meadow massacre.
lS78-Paul Boynton swan the Strait
of Gibraltar in FIVE hours and hvs
minutes.
1S81-Candahar surrendered to Ameef
Rahman. .Boer war ended; British
terms accepted. Potchefstr0om sur
rendered to the Beers.
18S3-Destructive floods in Halifax.
18S5-Earthquake shocks felt in Panama
and Aspinwall. >. Arabs defeated a
Hasheen.
lS86-City of Helena, Ark, nearly de-
stroyed by fire. Steamer Cafnae
passed through Suez canal at nlgnt
by electric light. Kansas Clty
switchmen's strike ended. .Grea'
strikes in Belgium.
1889-Chief Justice Fuller's daughter
eloped with Matt Aubrey.
1891-Prince Napoleon burned at lufin
st. Paul's Episcopal church y
New Orleans burned.
1893-Bering sea court of arbitration =
sembled at Paris.
1S95-German Reichstag rejected propoI
al to send birthday congratulations
to Bismarck. Sixty miners kli'eO
by explosion at Evanston, Wyo....
Attempted assassination OF LII nun1
Chang at Simonoseki, Japan.
nese-Japanese peace conference
gun at Shimonoseki.
1897-Blockade of Crete began.
1905 Fifty-eight persons killed oy D0'''
explosion at Brockten, Mass
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07

1t Is better to make one man lau9t
than to make a hundred weep
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-09-07

But the day worker acquires more
coin than the day dreamer.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-09
TAXING THE TOURIST

Deputy city assessors who have gone
about assessing automobiles owned
and used here by non-residents and
visitors may have shown commend
able zeal, but they exhibited poor
Judgment. 1t is. in fact, doubtful
whether they have the slightest au-
thority for their action.
Los Angeles invites tourists of every
class here and holds out lavish induce
ments for them to come, in the way of
special railroad rates, the greatest eli
mate on earth, splendid hotels and a
great variety of amusements. Among
other points urged are the beauties of
auto touring hereabouts, the good roads
and the fine weather combining to
make this form Of enjoyment ideal.
Hence scores Of wealthy pleasure
seekers come here bringing their auto
mobiles along just as they do their
trunks, that they may take part In
the touring hereabouts.
Now in comes the city assessor and
levies on these machines for city taxes
AS well might he assess mans per-
sonal razor or his favorite saddle.
There is just as much right in one as
there is in the other. Men who can
and do bring their own automobiles
here are the sort Of tourists who have
money and spend it freely, and who
should be encouraged to come here in
peace, rather than be driven away by
petty harassments such as this.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-09
THOSE JOURNEYS TO CUBA

Secretary Frank Virgins Of the
chamber of commerce is in receipt of
specimens of literature" that are be-
ing sent out from Chicago in advertise
ment of Cuba as a winter resort, and 1t
must be acknowledged that the publ
cations are beautiful, catchy and well
calculated to tempt the uninformed.
There are magazines, one of them called
'The 4O0," handsomely illustrated and
containing features that put Cuba for
ward to the best advantage. These are
followed by elaborate folders and q
regular system of distribution such as
railroads know so we'll how to manage.
But all these things are another
lesson to Los Angeles not to abate for
a moment the work OF promotion that
has been so successfully carried for
ward during the past several years. It
is also notification that Los Angeles
must for awhile do little more promo
ton work than ever in order to meet
and conquer this new form Of opposi-
tion.
1t is quite probable that the manag-
ing officials of the chamber of COM
merce are already perfecting all neces-
sary arrangements for larger and more
expensive methods of promoting the
future of Los Angeles. The chamber
has never yet been caught mapping, and
while it is certain that the Inauguration
of the new journeys TO Cuba cannot
last It should be made equally certain
that the tide of winter travel be not
diverted from this section.
All information thus far received is
to the effect that the Cuban tour is
not satisfactory, but some things have
occurred that will give it prestige for
d time unless Los Angeles gets buster
than usual and sees to it that more
attractive information is sent out to the
eastern tourists.