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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-10
Country ana city FolIg.


Too lightly indeed. have city folk
so often regarded the country peo-
PIE, and, especially Is there mod
ern failure o. due appreciation of
THE relationship the cpahtry people.
bear to the city residents This
interpretation Of the agricultural
residents obtains not only among
the business men of the smaller
cities but also those of the trades
and professions. Toor6ften is there
objections to the farmers activity In
I, maintaining the government by rem
dering service In various capacities,
notably that of jury service and OF
voiclng his sentiments at the polls.
Many a time. is the remark made;
What does that old farmer know
about 1t any sway?'f But 1t Is fact,
nevertheless, that his Judgment is
usually exercised on sound principle,
either common or statutory law. He
knows right from wrong and has a
high sense OF duty. And nine out of
ten cases he renders justice as be-
tween man and man. His citizen
ship Is sturdy. His allegiance to the
country and Its welfare is ideal
But, though the country life de-
yelops men of high character, yet
the countryman is human as well
as the city man. He is capable OF
better and loftier manhood and the
service he renders in the advance
ment of the nation and. the main
tenance of It's people Justly earn
MIN far better recognition than"
city folk busy with their affairs are
ready or willing to give him. He is
entitled to cooperation and a closer
sympathy. and upon his progress de-
pands largely the progress of the
.scity resident. Far more closely in
terwoven are the desttnies of both
classes than some imagine.
1t is gratifying to note the
awakening along this line and to re-
alize that more difference is being
given to the country life than a few
years past. Perhaps, in urging a
closer relation the Telegram could
find no better advice, no more lucid
admonition for cooperation and
unity as to city and country life than
uttered by President Roosevelt in
his special message to congress
Transmitting the report of the
Country Life Commission. HcI
said:
4 warn my countrymen that the
great recent progress made in cityl
life is not full measure of our
civilization; for our civilization rests
at bottom on the wholesomeness,
the attractiveness, and the COM
pleteness, as we'll as the prosperity,
of life in the country. The men and
women on the farms stand for whatI
Is fundamentally best and most need
ed in our American life. Upon the
development of country life rests
ultimately our ability, by methods of
farming requiring the highest intel
ligenee, TO continue to feed and
clothe the hungry nations; 10 supply
the city with fresh blood. clean
bodies and clear brains that can en-
dure the terrific strain OF modern
life; We need the development Of
men in the open country who will ne
in the future as in the past, the
stay and strength of the nation in
time of war, and its guiding and
controlling spirit in time of peace"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-10
a Pro..,Illosition.

II our honorable Japanese friends
win keep the muzzle on their honor
able yellow press for awhile we viii
appeal = to our ancestors for
strength to throw a net over the
California legislatufe.-Washi
Post.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-10
Making . pistoI Safe

When You wish to show a person
how to use a revolver remove the
cylinder, put on the safety catch and
keep your finger of the trigger
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-10
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What OTHER EDITORS SAY /:
49,,
Cuba,s Concention.

Cuba is showing her conception of
popular government by starting out
with a seffods quarrel between the
President and YfceJPresident
Wheeling Register.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09
The Air Mine Miles High.

Samples Of air ut height OF nearly
nine miles have been recently obtained
and examined for the presence OF the
rare gases. The collecting apparatus,
carried by large balloon. is a series
of vacuum tubes. each dra WIN out to
fine point at one end. At the desired
height an electro magnetic device, con-
nected with each tube and operated by
barometer. breaks off the point OF
the tube, admitting the air. A few
minutes later a second contact sends
current through platinum wire round
the broken end. melting the glass and
sealing the tube. All the samples OBJ
tanned show argon and neon, but no
helium was found in air above six
miles,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09
Lantern Pictures Without Screen

A French engineer. +. de Mare, has
invented an apparatus for projecting
Stereopticon pictures without the use
of canvas screen. He places the
lantern ut the back Of the stage and
causes the magnited image of the slide
to be reflected from two mirrors. the
second of which presents the picture
directly to the spectators. The latter
are seated in Il fully lighted room, and
the lecturer is not compelled to hide
himself in darkness while explaining
his views. BY placing the lantern be-
meath the stage one of the mirrors can
be dispensed with. and the spectators
see the image at its first reflection.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09
INSIDE THE EARTH.
q Scien.is, Idea Of What Might Be
Discovered.

81 naVr lniu the idea tor some time
laSI. Writes Camille flHiniilarIOn ~
thu i.nn..u >tihuu AinGaZlIie. 'Ut sink
iNY II >nti' mt" tn" Garth for the rX
prt>., i,u.i,>,' -! :, h.u,itir exploration.
descending rs tar hr.uw the surface
as the u''iu>i t,'>",rceS oi modern
N'itlcp u,tvi,i t""ir.u
II he tr>t tr>iih Wullti to- 10 obtain
an inpXlaliSi ll'ir >,r.iCt OF neat. " nrh
might he aI>lrll'uird and upl,Il,u - in
duStri;l purposes .Actur,ltilu to the
most authentic estimates. the nuilIn@
point will be- t"lil,u at II depln At about
two miles
without doubt we should also dis
cover springs Of not water. ike iht'>e
which were found uuriug the ton~trtir-
ton of the Simpluu uhmrl in l.Hl3.
with Il temperature OF is to -, de-
grPes cenligrnde. We should alSo come
upon subleyranean rivers and caSr;ueS.
which might be employed as Il motive
power.
THE second result would be the ex.
ploration of this unknown world it.
self. Who knows what curioSities of
geology and paleontology might be
revealed by this investigation into
these dark abysses Of the earth what
mines Of iron. of copper. of precious
metals such as gold. platinum. silver.
radium and Of elements hitherto un-
known and unsupported?
This idea has been forcibly recalled
to my attention in consequence of the
recent earthquakes and the extremely
contradictory opinions Of biologists
upon the interior state OF the globe.
Is this globe liquid or solid: From the
most ancient times scientific men have
considered the problem under all its
bearings without having succeeded in
lighting upon any satisfactory sou-
ton
The railway tunnels which pierce
the mountains have done no more than
traverse the inequalities of the crust
of the earth. The deepest shaft which
penetrateS the earth was constructed
between 1893 and 1902 ut Paruscho-
WITT. near Rybnik. and is about mile
and a quarter in depth. scarcely more
than an insignificant scratch upon the
surface Of our globe
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09
GOOD WORK.
Done Daily in Aberdeen-Many Citi.
zens Tell of It.

Nearly every reader has heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills. Their good
work in Aberdeen still continues. and
our citizens are constantly adding
endorsement by public testimony. No
better proof of merit can be had
than the experience of friends and
neighbors. Read this case:
Mrs. H. Gibler, formerly of 112
w. Hume street, Aberdeen, Wash,
says: Il endorse Doan's Kidney
Pills just as highly today as l did
some years ago. For over a year
was victim of kidney trouble and
my general health became much run
down. l had terrible backaches, ac-
companied by dizzy spells and a gen.
eral feeling of langour. The kidney
secretions were also irregular in pas
sage and l felt generally miserable.
When Doan's Kidney Pills were
brought to my attention, l procured
box at the Red Cross Drug Store
and began their use. They gave me
prompt relief and I continued TAX
ing them until cured. I have recon-
mended Doan's Kidney Pills on sew
eral occasions, as | knew they can be
depended upon TO act as represent
ed"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's-
and take no other. (1D
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09

Weeds as Food.
In view of the present prices of food
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09

products ana the outlook for the FIJI.
American citizen to KNOW that several
Of the most common weeds are good
for table use.
Wild chcury is bitterly hated 10y the
farmer. but it will make II delightful
salad. tender and Wholesome. Ihe
virtues of the dandtlion III this rp.
Spect are now we'll known. Wild mus
tard. or chariock. another bane ut the
farmer. gives Il delicious flavor to soup.
rs will prkeWtra. Whirh in France
j. cultivated as Il vegetable. taking the
place OF bay leaves. sage. thyme and
the like. Dock weeds are astonishing.
ly hard to discourage. so in Europe
they use both the broad leafed aud
curly leufed varieties as table vege-
tables. Nettes are much used in
Scotland. Poland and Germany ns
green's when young and tender. Purs-
lane is boiled with other vegetables to
give the dish ii piquant flavor. Sorrel
is looked upon us Il great pest by most
farmers. but choice leaves picked from
sorre weeds make splendid salad
for a game dinner. Most people think
milkweed poisonous. but it is in fact
medicinal vegetable with flavor all
its own. The young leaves seem
cross between spinach and asparagus
and in salad are delicious.-Harper's
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09
A Mistaken Proverb,

Heiress (signing her wilD-It's just
as well to take the precaution, as only
the good die young" you know.
Lawyer-Ah. | always think that
there's a mistake in that proverb. 1t
should be 'only the young die good"
London Opinion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09
Road Sociability.

Drummer-Wouldn't your horse go
just as fast if you didn't swear at him
so much?
Countryman-Yep. guess he'd go
jest ez fast. but he'd feel awful lone
some.-BoSton Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09
Investors. Attention!

Radium is now S2.5O0,00O an ounce,
just forty times higher than it was at
the start. With this rapid increase in
value one is almost tempted to buy up
q few pounds as side investment
Boston Herald
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09
America 2 Nation
OF OptiniSts.
By Lord NORTHCLIfFE English Journalist Publisher

Emf
*******x HAVE observed that the difference between the
e.: :: !: !: !: : !: s:
********** find be dreamers-a whole NATION OF
DREAMERS.
The ENGLISHMAN is A BORN PESSIMIST lie is never
with surface ndcaons he always looking beneath find
something rotten something warpng something lie
sure that he prosperous matter how rich he Is.
AMERICANS, OTHER RADICAL oPTiMisTs
GLANCE THE SURFACE SATISFIES YOU. EVERY ONE OF
BELIEVES AMERICA THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN
AMERICANS sMARTEsT
TAKEN UP WITH DREAMS OF GREAT FUTURE
And believe that the FUTURE OF AMERICA IS GREAT
You should produce the next musical here do
know that you WILL but should for have all the elemena
Teutonc Savonc and fine enthusiasm everywhere
The greatest artists of Americans Whistler and
Sargent. And your STANDARDS IN TIE HIGHER FIELDS
OF CULTURE ARE GROWING YEARLY
You have great future but your TROUBLES ARE ALI.
AHEAD.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-09
In the Hotel Of the Future.

Hotel Clerk Sizing him up)-Perhaps
you would like what we call our dia-
mond suit?
Mr.. untoburn-Diamond nothing.
Give me your radium suit.-Chicago
Tribune.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-18
VETERANS INDORSE COMRADE
Desire Place on Civic Commission for
Post Commander

Saturday evening, April 8, at a mass
meeting held by the Spanish-American
war veterans, soldiers and sailors"
resolutions were passed indorsing their
comrade, Mr.. Benjamin Harbour, for
place on one of Mayor Alexander COM
missions. A committee of thirty MEM
bers with Ben Shaefer as chairman was
appointed to present the resolution to
the mayor. Mr.. Harbour had repeatedly
refused to allow his name to be used
and very reluctantly gave his final con-
sent.
Mr.. Harbour surrendered his seat as
state senator in the Utah legislature
to take up arms at the call of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and helped to organize
a regiment of which he was colonel,
but upon the receipt of a telegram from
the United States senator at Washing
ton informing them that there was no
chance for them to get to the front,
the regiment disbanded.
This did not deter Benjamin Harbour
and he enlisted as a private in the
regular army. In the fight upon the
blockhouses Mr.. Harbour received
severe wound.
Upon the close of the war his term
as senator having expired he came to
Los Angeles and here recovered from
his injuries. Benjamin Harbour is well
thought of by his comrades and he is
past commander of the Spanish war
veterans in this city.
MAUDE EDWARDS,
9027 West Tenth street. fifth grade,
Hobart school, aged IL.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-18

just like many smart people that I
know"
"Well I woulds4ike to have the incest
clothes of any one in the whole neigh
borhood."
But If I'd give you that what would
the other girls think of me?" answered
the fairy. "Why, they would never for
give me for it,"
"Well, IL 1 cannot have the incest
clothes for myself I'd like to have lot
of dolls with the incest clothes ever
made for dolls"
Same objections, my dear. Consider
the feelings of the other little girls"
"Oh, well, then, I'd like just to be
grown up. I wish 1 were onl enough to
have a coming out party"
' "Ah, my dear, could not allow you
to miss all the good times you will
have between now and then. If
should make you grown-up you would
no doubt enjoy it just now, but ten or
fifteen years from now you would be
wishing you were SO much younger.
You would blame me for it, and I
should be afraid to look into your face
again."
well. then, I don't know what to
wish"
1T thought you wouldn't" answered
the fairy. That's the trouble with
children and grown-up folks as we'll
they don't know what to wish. If they
did the fairies would have very easy
time"
The fairy then disappeared.
GEORGE f. KUNKEL.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-18
MIScHIEvoUS BANANA
PEEL CAUSES TROUBLE

1t was a cold afternoon and Johnny
Morton was making his way, to
school.
1t was raining and was wet and
slippery. When Johnny had started
for school it was seven minutes before
1 o'clock, and he was hurrying.
There was a ditch on the way to
school, which today was filed with wa
ter 1t was pretty wide and some boys
going along just before Johnny had
dropped banana peeling just on the
other side of the ditch on the bank.
When he came to the stream he
jumped across and landed on the peel
ing. He slipped on it and fell back
into the stream. He wrenched his foot
badly and just as be fell he screamed:
An old lady was working in the yard
nearby and heard him. She called
some men and they carried him to the
hospital, which was nearby, as they
did not know where he lived.
The doctor came and pronounced 1t
a very bad sprain.
The boys who had thrown the ba-
mana peeling were first to come to see
him. PERRY BYERLf.
1910 West Seventh street, Riverside.
Grant school. sixth grade. Age IL
years
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-18
LEARNING ABOUT THE
CALIFORNIA BIRDS

Jessie ran and got some paper and
pencils and they began writing.
"Oh, dear, can't think what to
write about" said Mary, for she was
going to write, too, thinking she could
go to school the next day. :
"Oh, yes, know" she said. So she
wrote about lecture man had given
at school.
How are you getting along?" asked
Jessie of Mary.
"All right" said Mary.
$50 am l." said Jessie.
What are you writing about?"
asked Jessie, who was curious.
About the lecture of the BIRDS"
said Mary.
let me read yours said Jessie.
Eyes, I WILL"
So Jessie read 1t:
"At our school a man gave a lecture
ON birds and he said that he could
make all kinds of birds come to him
by initiating their whistle. To prove
II he took us out into the yard and
soon he had all the birds around u.s."
BEATRICE C. BAKER,
460 Grand View street.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-18
ORCHESTRA IS FORMED
IN BELvEDERE SCHOOL
(HonorabIe Mention)

THE Parent Teachers association
called a meeting of all the pupils
who had musical instruments last
Wednesday for the purpose Of organic
ing a school orchestra.
There were about forty boys and
girls with instruments of all kinds,
from a mouth organ to a violin.
The twanging and footing and drum
ming and buzzing. called tuning, be-
gan.
Those who hadn't instruments looked
on with a scowl, and / saw hands rise
up toward ears, but they dropped as
the principal appeared in the door and
said that all who had no instruments
might leave the room, SO the class
could be formed.
The director looked pleased with the
din of the tuning and began seating
the pupils in circle to receive IN
struction.
1t is hoped to have the orchestra
trained and able to give entertain
ments by next term.
DOROTHY MILLER,
122 South Ditman street, Beivedere
school.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-18
Mary and Jessie Become Reporters of School News
Beginning of Story Completed by Juniors

school and bring it in to her next
week"
why, what is the news about
the school? We never have any
real news" said Mary.
ooh, yes we do, we have class
meetings and exercises on Friday
afternoons and meetings of the
Parent Teachers association.
"Cou1d we write about those
things?" inquired Mary, doubt
fully.
ooh, yes, indeed, the teacher
said she wished we would all try
and write something about the
meeting of the Parent Teachers
association"
well, \mother spent all one
day last week sewing for the
emergency supply; | suppose I
could write about that"
ooh, yes, it will be awfuliy
easy, and we can tell about the
fire drills, and about the teacher
who slipped coming up the drive
last week and srrained her ankle,
and had to be taken home in a
carriage. Why, think there is
a great deal of news to tell"
"Could we tell about who had
the banner for best attendance
all month and such things p asked
Mary, and to all her doubts Jes-
sic had the most satisfactory re-
plies.
"Well. let's do our English
work right away now. | want to
see what we can dc"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-18
PAPER FACTORY BURNS;
ATTRACTS ScH00LB0YS
Honorable Mention)

ON April 6, 1909, at the Boyd Street
school some boys were having a
~ hot contest in baseball. They
heard the clang, clang, of the fire en-
CINE, and ball, school and everything
were forgotten and a minute later
nearly all the school was deserted.
The fire proved to be paper fac
tory near by and the firemen were
having hard time of it.
They kept calling for more coal and
the fire grew so bad that they were
compelled to call for more men. One
fireman was nearly suffocated and had
to be let down by rope. After
hard battle the firemen conquered, but
the children had a sad fate waiting
for them at school, for every one of
them was late. =
The principal sent to all the rooms
and announced that those who came in
late could not be excused and had to
accept the fate of staying one-half
hour after school.
One boy didn't arrive till O'clock,
but he didn't mind the punishment,
for he had made so cents helping the
men at the fire.
FRANK TOM HOWELL,
SIG Maple avenue, Boyd Street
school, grade AS.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-18

M AIRY was sick on Friday
N and did not go to school,
but she was watching eag-
erly for Jessie when 4 o'clock
came and felt that the day had
been very long one without her
sister. She had read fairy tales,
sewed a little on her dolls
clothes and tried hard to keep
herself occupied, but still time
dragged along heavily and she
already regretted the slight sore
throat which had kept her con-
fined to the house, although in
the morning she had thought it
great fun to sit around by the
fire in her bedroom slippers and
watch Jessie struggle with rub
bers, coat and umbrella.
Jessie's entrance was slightly
hilarious, and she reused the en-
tire house with her explanations
of joy while christening her
wraps.
ooh, Mary, guess what; we
are going to learn something new
in our English work this week. |
do think our teacher thinks up
the incest topics any way
Eyes, she does" agreed Mary,
already interested, but what is
the topic this week?'
1--WE are going to learn to be
newspaper reporters. The teach
er wants each one of us to write
some pieces of news about our
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-18

n NOE there was a little girl who
u was always wishing for some
" thing. Lastly she wished SO ar
IDENTIFY to see a good fairy that one day
a fairy came to visit the little girl.
When she saw the fairy she said
Good, kind fairy, have often been
told that fairies gave little girls what
ever they wish for Will you give me
what 1 want?"
"My child" sal dthe visitor, ST am
prepared to give you anything you
wish"
How nice" exclaimed the girl.
provided your choice meets with
my approval
81 think I'd like to have a lot Of
candy" said the little girl. GAS much
CANDY as 1 could eat without getting
sick" The girl spoke the last three
words doubtfully, as she judged from
the fairy's expression that some objec-
ton was to be expected.
But that would never do" an
swered the fairy.
"Well, then" said the little girl II
wish 1 would always know my lessons
without studying them, and spell all
the big words and do all the hard ex-
amples."
ST am afraid that wouldn't do" an
swered the fairy. T'You would become
lazy and have too high an opinion of
yourself. You would be SO smart that
you would forget that you were not
entitled to any credit for being smart
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-18
BEAR FLAG FLOATS
OVER MONR0vIA SCHOOL
Distinguished Speakers Deliver Pa
trotic Addresses to Pupils and
Guests Assembled to Wit
ness Ceremony
first Prize)

H tuesday, morning. March 30, the
California state flag was raised at
- our school.
Several of the parents, Prof. Knep-
per. the principal of Monroyia schools,
Mr.. Whitcomb, trustee of the school
board, a few other visitors and some
REAL reporters came to witness the
event.
The silence bell rang, the children
formed IN lines then Fred Cronon-
welt sounded bugle call and guests
and pupils marched to the boys ground
and were grouped around the fiagpole
to the beat of drums played by William
Hyde and by Brother Alan Nichols,
and a triangle played by John Dali
lerup
Ali Joined in singing the Star
Spjangled Banner" Following this
Prof. Knepper gave short talk ana
the Bear flag was hauled up to It's
place under the National flag. Glen
Rives then gave a short history OF
the flag, and Mr.. Whitcomb made a
very patriotic speech on the two flags.
The school sang My Own United
States" Fred sounded taps" and the
spectators marched into the school
house to the steady sound of the
drums.
This school was probably the first
one in California to raise the Bear
flag. HELEN B. NICHOLS,
Box AIS Monrovia. Cal. Orange av-
enue school, grade s. Age IA years.
Is Helen right about this flag? Have
any other schools raised the Bear
flag?