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Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-10-07

Judge Douglass. of Benton City.
was In Mexico Monday. He stated
more wheat than usual was being
sOwn around Benton City. Although
u is very dry there. everything is
looking fine. Judge Douglass is one
OF Benton's most prominent citi.
zens.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
OFF / DIDN'T FORGET"

If L didn't forget how old 1 was,
Do you think I'd act like L often does?
Do you think L swing on the front yard gate
II l could remember that l was eight?
If I didn't forget how I'd grow
To be big man like Uncle Joe,
Do you think my pa would have to scold
'Cuz l didn't do what l was told?
Do you think I'd set my wild,
An act so much like little child,
If 1 didn't forget 1 was half past eight?
An would Miss Brown have to keep me late
Miss Brown said was "a little f1end,"
An 1 didn't know what the old thing meaned
But she said twas becu2 played so rough,
An Y made my ma just cry-sure nough!
If didn't forget do you s'pose that
Would ever act SOS to make her cry?
An don't you s'pose I'd behave just fine
If 1 didn't forget 1 was going on nine?
If I could remember. do you suppose
l wouldn't take care of my Sunday cloes?
An would 1 get mad at my cousin Ben
Without getting right away good again?
Pa says he believes 1 was just born bad
An Uncle Joe says that I'm like my dad,'
An Aunt Lou says she don't suppose
I'll ever be better. but ma-she knows,
An she hugs me clost with a kiss. becuz
She says, IT forget how old 1 was.
j. EDMUND V. COOKE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
GETHSE NAME

In golden youth when seems the earth
A summer land of singing mirth,
When souls are glad and hearts are light'
And not a shadow turks in sight,
We do not know it, but there lies
Somewhere under evening skies
A garden which we all must see
The garden of Gethsemane.
With Joyous steps go our ways,
Love lends halo to our days;
Light sorrows sail like clouds afar.
We laugh, and say how strong we are
We hurry on; and hurrying, go
Close to the borderland of woe.
That waits for you. and waits for me
Forever waits Gethsemane.
Down shadowy lanes across strange streams
Bridged over by our broken dreams;
Behind the misty caps of years,
Beyond the great salt fount OF tears
The garden lies. Strive you may,
You cannot miss it in your way.
All paths that have been or shall be,
Pass somewhere through Gethsemane.
All those who journey, soon or late,
Must pass within the gardens gate;
Must kneel alone in darkness there,
And battle with some fierce despair.
God pity those who cannot say,
mot mine, but thine;" who only pray,
"Let this cup pass" and cannot see
The purpose of Gethsemane.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
Woman Sufragists Ask Support

a government which shall no longer be
without the influence of women, and
thousands of mem now want Votes
for women as much as do the active
suffrage workers.
The National American Woman Suf-
frage association, in order to crystalize
into material form this great mass of
favorable opinion among women and
the equally great mass of favorable
opinion among men, and especially
among the laboring men of the country,
Is circulating a petition to congress,
which is being signed in every state in
the Union.
1t is the aim of the workers to secure
at least million signatures. Let ev-
cry man or woman who believes that
women should be lifted out of the po-
litical company of idiots and criminals
sign our petition. Let every parent
who believes that mothers ought to
share with the fathers in the control of
their children, sign our petition. Let
every man who believes that his mother
and wife know enough to vote" sign
our petition. Let all who believe that
our government ought to be in reality
what it now falsely claims to be, "a
government of the people. by the people
and for the people," sign our petition.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
"ALL ABOUT MOTHER

Mother, the chapter was all about your
Spoke the dear little lad, with eyes so blue,
And CLEANS of golden sunshine his hair,
Running breathlessy to his mothers chair.
That chapter the teacher read us today,
She smiled when she finished to hear me say
That is my mother! And she asked, why
Paul.?
I told her because you excel them all.
IT know you do. mother; your words are wise
The law of kindness shines out in your eyes;
You stretch out your hand each day to the
poor,
With something to eat. or to wear, I'm sure.
And you look we'll after your household ways,
Your husband-dear father-gives you great
priase;
I hear him tell aunte he couldn't have found
Another such wife in the whole world round.
''Your children are proud to rise up and call
You blessed. for you're the best mother of all
You never do wrong, you always are good;
That Is the reason why understood
The chapter so well; 1 told teacher I knew,
That she had been reading all about you"
Yes, blessed that mother( whose child could
pay
Tribute to her in such beautiful way.
Proverbs 81
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
GIRL II WEDS
MAN 50 YEARS
AGED SOLDIER MARRIED TO
COMRADES DAUGHTER
VETERAN AND YOUNG WOMAN
FALL IN LOVE
inmate Of sawteIIe Home Surprises
His Mates and Joins for Life
Sweetheart Supposed to
Be His Child

Old age was not a sufficient barrier
to prevent a wedding at Sawtelle when
love for 21-year-old Mrs. Electa Haw-
kins found its way to the heart OF
sS-year-old Varnum Westcott, an in
mate of the Soldiers home.
For several years the aged veteran
of the Civil war has courted the pretty
woman he yesterday married. AL
though nearly four times the age OF
his bride, Westcott is exceedingly ac-
tive and enjoys robust health. He was
before the mast for twenty years,
having commanded the bark Sena, in
which he rounded the Horn" in 1S49.
Like his bride, Westcott has been mar
ried before.
Mrs. Hawkins Is the daughter OF c.
e. Chase, also an Inmate of the Sol
diers' home. Chase at one time was
one of the most prominent mining men
in Arizona, but lost his money several
years ago.
Westcott and Chase have been ward
mates at the Soldiers home. Chase's
daughter and Westcott met, however,
several years ago.
1t was love at first sight on the part
of the aged veteran and the love was
returned by Mrs, Hawkins, who was
barely more than Is years old at the
time. Marveling at the former sol
dier's remarkable history, which she
learned from various sources, Mrs.
Hawkins decided he was the man VINO
should be her husband.
Life Filled with Events
westcott's life had been filled with
stirring incidents and many stories OF
his bravery in battle against the In
dams, in the Civil war and on the seas
were told her by friends of the man.
The couple was married by Recorder
Walter Downs of Sawtelle at o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Besides the bride
and bridegroom only the father or the
bride was present.
The wedding came as a great sur
prise to Captain Smith, who is DIN
charge of the barracks where West
colt was quartered.
Even his closest associates were I'M
Informed of his intention to marry.
Westcott has been in the Soldiers
home hardly a month. During that
time he has visited the woman of his
choice daily. 1t was the general i'm
preston around the barracks that she
was his daughter and the soldiers were
taken by complete surprise when they
learned that the two were sweet
hearts and had been married.
Two days prior to the wedding West
colt bought a coy little home at
Eleventh and Ohio streets, Sawtelle.
He will live there with his bride just
as soon as he can make arrangements
to leave the home He secured an
eight-day leave of absence following his
marriage, so that he could take his
bride on a honeymoon.
Besides being a soldier, Westcott is
a traveller and pioneer. He came here
at the time of the gold excitement. At
one time he owned a thousand acres Of
the famous San Andreas ranch in
Santa Cruz county. He has encircled
the globe twice. In 1898 he went up to
Alaska, although well on in years. He
prospected with considerable good for
tune and is comfortably fixed.
His marriage to Mrs. Hawkins de-
veloped the fact that the brides ia
Their had son-in-law old enough to be
his own father.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
COURAGEOUS RULER
OF A CONQUERED RACE

''1f Shakespeare could say with an
English monarch in his mind, Uneasy
lies the head that wears a crown, we
might repeat it with added emphasis
of TIE Hsi," writes Isaac Taylor Head
land under the head, 1.-THE Forbidden
City and Its Political Mysteries" in
the March Metropolitan. For forty
years she had to rise at midnight,
winter as well as summer, and go into
the dark, dreary, cold halls of the pal
ace. lighted much of the time with
nothing but tallow dips. and heated
only with brass braziers filled with
charcoal and there sit behind a screen
where she could see no one, and no
one could see her, and listen to the
reports of those who came to these
dark audiences. Then she must, in
conjunction with them, compose edicts
which were sent out to the Picking Ga
zette the oldest and poorest news
paper in the world, to be carved on
blocks and printed, and then sent by
courier to every official in the empire
Ruling over conquered race, she
must always be watching out for signs
of discomfort and rebellion; being her.
self the daughter of a poor man, and
beginning as only the concubine of an
emperor, and he but a weak character
she must be alert for dissatisfaction
on the part of the princes who might
have some title to the throne. She
must watch like hawk the governors
in the distant provinces and the vice.
roys who are in charge of great armies,
that they do not direct them against
instead OF in defense of the throne
Even when he became of age and took
the throne she must watch over him
like guardian, to prevent his bring
ing down upon their own heads the
structure which she had builded.
when her husband died while a
fugitive +-vo hundred miles from her
palace, she must see to it that her
three-year-old child was placed upon
the throne with her own hand at the
helm, and when he died she must also
be ready with a successor, who would
give her another lease of office. Nay.
more, when it became necessary for
her to dethrone him and rule in his
name, banishing his friends and pacify-
ing his enemies, keeping him a .pris-
oner in his palace, it required a courage
that was titanic to do so. But she
never fiinched, though we may sup
pose that many of her poorest sub
jects. who could sleep from dark till
daylight with nothing but a brick for
a pillow, might have rested more
peacefully than she."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10

zane. Candied honey may be secured
From the dealers sometimes and may
be given to the little ones freely. Pop
corn balls may be made with honey
by boiling the latter until thick and
then adding the freshly popped corn,
molding the balls as soon as the money
is sufficiently cool to allow this to be
done. Pulled rice may be used IN the
same way as the popped corn, and rice
and honey balls will prove denclous
and wholesome dainty for the chill
dren.
Honey taffy is a simple CONNECTION
and easily made. Boil the honey until
it will harden when dropped in water,
then allow it to cool a little. after
which it may be pulled like molasses
candy until as white as desired.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
THE CHILD AT THE TABLE

To borrow from the slang dictionary:
the child needs the ten or twelve hours
sleep in his business of growing tail
and robust, steady of nerve and sane of
mind. Furthermore, he needs food
adapted to his needs; plenty of cereals,
plenty of milk, plenty of ripe fruit in
the season thereof, meat once day,
nourishing broths and a few green
vegetables; no fried things whatso-
ever; neither tea nor coffee; no pastry,
no mince pie or plum pudding or highly
seasoned entrees. Time enough for
these delicacies when the inches (and
feet) are all in, the muscles in splendid
working order. the gray matter of the
brain "all there" and ready to do the
duties of mans brain for fifty years
to come.
One branch of a child's education,
sorely neglected in tens and thousands
of homes, is mastication. AS soon as he
cuts his teeth teach him why they were
given him. Make him chew everything
he takes into his houth. Able dieti-
tians are proclaiming boldly that milk
should be chewed, mouthful at time,
if one would not have it change to curd
about the diaphragm. ;rhe child's meat
he can cut it~1p for himself, and bolt
ing should be reckoned as a breach of
decent behavior.
He may forget the truism that gen
tlemen eat slowly" after he joins in
the great American rush for fortune,
Obedience to it for term of years will
lay the foundation of sound digestion.
He will have a better chance of long
life and no dyspepsia than if he had
been allowed to gulp down milk by the
glassful without drawing breath, and
to gobble steaks and chops in two-inch
chunks.
Insist that the child shall behave dec
orously at the table, as well as eat
properly, from the time he can compre-
bend an order conveyed in the simplest
language. Do not let him make por-
ridge of his soup by crumbing bread
into it, or churn crackers into mush in
his milk, or dip toast into his cocoa, or
work vegetables and gravy into a
mound, using the knife as a trowel. He
should be reproved for slipping soup and
other liquids audibly, and for loud in
SEPARATIONS after drinking. Line upon
line and precept upon precept, gently
but regularly enforced, will make a
well-bred boy of him. And right habits
learned in childhood last lifetime.
There is common sense in each of the
conventions at which vulgarians scott.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
WHAT TO DO WITH HONEY

In many country homes honey is
used freely and greatly priced, but
for some reason the average city
housekeeper fails to give this delicious
food the value which it deserves. Its
usefulness in cooking is almost entire
ly overlooked, and it is regarded for
the most part merely as a delicacy to
be INDUCED in at intervals.
Honey is digested very much more
easily than cane sugar, and its use
will not cause the many ills which fol-
low the free indulgence in sweets
which may be given to children safely,
and will satisfy the natural craving for
sweets without taxing the digestive or
gans and the kidneys. Many children
will gladly eat it on their bread in
preference to butter.
Honey JumbIes
Honey may be of great value in cook
ing because of the fact that it's use
will keep cake and cookies moist for
many weeks. Bakers know this to be
true, and always use honey in the
products which they desire to keep
fresh for long time. If the cake
does become dry it may be placed in a
closed receptacle like a bread jar and
will soon regain its freshness. Honey
jumbles, one of the favorite products
of the bakeshop, may be made at home
without difficulty. The recipe calls for
two quarts of flour. three tablespoon
fuls of melted lard, one-fourth pint of
molasses, one pint of strained honey,
one and one-half level tablespoonfuls
of baking soda, one level teaspoonful
of salt, one-half teaspoonful of va
nilla extract and one-quarter Of pint
of water. Baked in quick oven they
are delicious
Honey Drop Cakes
To make drop cakes with honey use
cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of
honey, one cupful of sour milk, one
cupful of lard, two eggs, one table,
spoonful of soda and eight cupfuls of
flour Butter may be used instead of
lard. This recipe will make generous
supply, and may be halved If desired.
but the cakes will keep WELL Fruit
cake and layer cake may be made with
honey, using no sugar whatever. In
case of the layer cake roll the dough,
thin and spread honey smoothly be-
tween the layers.
Candies and CONNECTIONS
AS CONNECTION honey is much better
for children than candy made of sugar
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
LUCK

Luck tapped upon a cottage door,
A gentle, quiet tap
And Laziness, ewho lounged Within,
The cat upon his lap,
Stretched out his slippers to the fire,
And gave a sleepy yawn;
"Oh. botheri let him knock again"
He said, but Luck was gone.
Luck tapped again. more family still,
Upon another door.
Where Industry was hard at work
Mending his cottage floor.
The door was opened wide at once;
Come inl" the worker cried.
And Luck was taken by the hand
And fairly pulled inside.
He is still there-a wondrous guest
From out whose magic hand
Fortune flows fast--but Eazlness
Can never understand
How Industry found such friend.
Luck never came my way"
He sighs and quite fcrgets the knock
Upon his door that day.
Author Unknown
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10

TT rs about a quarter of a century
since the woman suffragists of this
= country appealed to congress by
means of a petition. During the. past
two or three years the change which
has come in the attitude of great num-
bers of people toward the question of
womans Acknowledgement is almost i'm
measurable, writes Rachel Foster Av-
cry, Fpresident Pennsylvania Woman's
Suffrage association.
The quiet woman who, years ago, felt
that her influence was paramount with
in the home, and that 1.-The home" was
bounded by four walls. has discovered
that the home conditions in which her
family grow up are influenced by poll
tics almost as much as by her own ac-
tions. She has learned that she can
not hold herself apart from politics be-
cause politics daily enters her home in
the shape of impure air. water and
food, and, just outside her door, poll.
tics lies in wait for her bows in the
form of the saloon and the gambling
hell and sets traps for her girls through
the work of the white slave trade and
a police system suborned by vice. So
quiet women, many of whom have new
err attended woman suffrage meeting
in their lives, are learning the need of
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
PLANS INTrRTERMINAL
BELT LINE IN NEW YORK
Former Vice President of Central
Railroad Says He Has Enough
Backing

NEW YORK. March 9.--The scramble
for rapid transit railroad rights in New
York city took fresh turn today when
William j. Wilgus, formerly vice presi-
dent of the New York Central railroad,
presented to the public service commits
sion plans for an extensive Inter
terminal belt line" which he and a
number of associates purpose to build
for the transportation of both passen-
gers and freight.
The proposed line, which includes
both elevated and subway roads at
various portions of it's route, virtually
circles the city, taking in the entire
water front and touching also the
Grand Central station and the Penn
sylvania's new terminal.
The scheme has the backing, 1t is
said, of foreign capital. The cost prob
ably will be $5O,OOOOOO or 100000, 600.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10

the world. The color of the cheek and
the wave of the hair are never such
captivating forces as smiling lips, clear
laughing eyes and manners that cannot
be improved upon So many girls mis-
take loud clothes for elegance, paint
and powder for beauty, chains and
trinkets< for style. Be fine and you'll
look fine, Splendid thoughts set their
mark upon the countenance, and high
ideals grow beauty idealistic.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10

composer in relation to Poe may be
recorded off hand. If the readers of
Musical America can contribute more
information upon the subject. it will
be greatly appreciated. A. f.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
Call the Cat

AS Anna De Brown was coming to town,
The wind caught and lifted her hat;
She gave slight scream-with reason,
'twould seem
For out bounced monster brown rat
March Lppincott's
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10

AS CONNECTION honey is much better
for children than candy made of sugar
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10

It is better to be sweetly clean. beau
tifully neat and to have the air and
poise of lady than to be the most
beautifully painted /doll-woman in all
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-04
Ne SUFFERING Too Great.

Not long since a young woman suf-
fering with an incurable disease ap-
piled for admission to a hospital in a
southern city.
'T know 1 must die" she said simply
to the attendant physician, "but do
something to keep me alive for a little
while for my babies sake. In few
years they will not need me so much"
Her one chance 10y In very pain
tul operation, but her heart was 50
weak that the surgeon dared not adj
minister an anaesthetic Very gently
he explained the situation--the opera
ton would make but q years differ
ence at most; It seemed hardly worth
while to suffer so much for so brief a
respite; she would best go home and
wait But the little woman shook her
head.
With mother love shining IN her
eyes, she allowed herself to be strapped
upon the operating table and there
willingly underwent the torture of the
knife that gave her a few months to
devote to her precious babies.-Deline-
ator.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-04
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE.

Marlborough House is one Of the
numerous buildings of Sir Christopher
Wren 1t was built at a cost OF f44.-
600, the whole of which was betrayed
by the duke. Here the great duchess
lived till her death In 1744, waging an
incessant warfare upon the society of
her time. Here, too, she received a
deputation OK the lord mayor and sher-
IFS Of London while still in bed, an
incident which was satirized by Gay
Acquainted with the world and quite well
bred, sF%
Drusa receives her yisitants in bed.
In the earlier years of the nineteenth
century Marlborough House was rent
ed by Leopold, king of the Belgians
1t was afterward bestowed by the
crown upon Queen Adelaide, the dow
ager of william IV.-London Chron
icle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-04
Why Tailors Sit crosslessed.

why auors Sit SroSsie0oeos
A tailor making a dress coat sat
crosslegged on a table, like Turk.
why do tailors always work In that
uncomfortable position 2" asked a Wis
itor.
"Women's tailors don't. Only mems
do" was the reply. 'And for mems
tailors it is the most comfortable and
the most convenient position possible.
You see, the sewing on mems clothes
is very fine. l1he work must be held
up close to the eyes. Well, in this
position 1 lean the work on my elevat-
ed knees, and thus it is nearer my
eyes, while at the same time my back
remains straight. Analytical, the posi-
ton Is a fine one. 1t keeps the back
straight and the chest out, the knees
make table close up to the face, and
eye strain is avoided.
''Tailors for women sit on chairs.
For one thing, the sewing on women's
clothes is less fine than on mems. For
another, the woman's tailor has to get
up every few minutes to go to the
manikin, and all that rising, if he sat
crosslegged on the floor, would tire
him too much in the days run."-New
York Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-04
Tho savaae pike.

There are several instances on rec
ord of bathers being attacked by pike,
and an old writer, Crull, tells Of a
giant pike inside which was found the
body Of an infant. Not long ago a
good sized retriever which was swim
ming In the Thames just above Chitty's
boathouse at Richmond was tackled
by a pike, which bit one Of its hind
legs so badly as to sever an artery.
1t was another Thames pike which at
tackled that well knogvn naturalist and
fisherman, Mr.. acknowledgement.
He had actually landed the fish. when
1t sprang from the ground and fixed
all its sharp teeth into his leg just
above the knee. The creature hung so
fiercely to its hold that a stick had to
be used to pry its jaws apart.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-04
Force of Habit.

In reward of faithful political serv-
ice an ambitious saloon keeper was ap-
pointed police magistrate.
whats the charge agin this man ~
he inquired when the first case was
called.
Drunk, yer honor" said the police
man.
The newly made magistrate frowned
upon the trembling defendant
equity or not guilty?" he demanded.
"Sure, SIR faltered the accused, 81
never drink q drop"
'Have a cigar, them" urged his hon.
or persuasively, as he absently polish
ed the top of the judicial desk with his
pocket Observation-Disclosures
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-04
An Impossible Nan.

"Why did you marry meT
Because 1 thought you were differ
emit from other men,"
"And now you want a divorce be
cause you were Mistaken
mo; because 1 was right."-Cleve
land Leader.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-04
Pretty Thin.

'aThinr' repeated the man who was
talking about a mutual acquaintance.
"Well he's SO thin that when he eats
macaroni he can only swallow it one
piece at timer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-04
Tho Fun of IL

Mother-Did you enjoy your ice
cream soda. Dickie?
Dickfe-Yes. ma; there were seven
other boys 1ookin' through the window
at me.