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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-20
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(By United Press Leased Wire. J
NEW YORK, March 90
A despatch today to the New
York World from Douglas,
Anz., says that insurgents
ambuslicd a band of Mexican
federaIs near Campus and
that 50 Mexican regulars
were killed. 1t was also re-
ported that after the battle a
Lieutenant colonel and captain
who were captured, were put
to death.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-20
New Line of Steamers
BY United Press Leased Wire. ,

W rNbS IN"StU WTFt.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20
A direct lire of fast steamers be-
tween Antwerp, Hamburg and
London and the Pacific coast will
be established by the Kosmos line.
according to Director Caesar
Wehrhahn, who is in San Fran
cisco today on an inspection tour.
At the start there will be a vessel
Sailing every sixty days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-20
TOURIST CAR SERVICE +

TOURIST CAR SERVICE tc
st. Paul and the East in effect
every day on the Chicago. Mil
waukee Il Puget Sound Ry., com
mencing Wednesday, March 18th.
Train leaves Tacoma 700 a. m
Lower berth to Missoula s2.25, to
Butte $3.50, Harlowton $500
Miles City 1915, st. Paul 5000
Upper berths cheaper. Apply
City Ticket office, 1901 Pac;l
Ave. for reservations, tickei.
etc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-20

BARON DE CONSTANT.
NEW YORK, March 90
What commerce wants is peace;
what agriculture wants Is peace:
what industry, science, education,
moral and material progress want
everywhere is peace" says Baron
d Estournelles de Constant, who
has come to America to lecture
us ON peace and to find new ar
guments for ammunition in the
war against war.
The baron is an officer of The
Hague peace court, a member of
the French senate, and winner of
last years Nobel peace prize. His
American tour will last three
months, and covers 10000 miles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-20
State News

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RAYMOND, March 2O.-A nigh
school for teaching English and
the principles of American gov
eminent to foreigners is to be
opened in the Young PEOPLES
building this week.
ABERDEEN, March 2O.-Sen-
ator Poison says the Teats liabili-
" law is candy compared to the
forest fire law as far as mill men
are concerned. He declares If the
law is enforced it will put every
logging company out of business.
NORTH YAKIMA, March 20
Thomas r. Reid. representing the
weather department, is here ami
VIII establish a weather service to
give frost warnings to all orchard
men.
SPOKANE, March 2o.-William
ii. Harrison was convicted of COM
plicity in holdup by which sew
eral men were robbed in his IA
Tiers store yesterday. The father
is yet to be tried.
WALLA WALLA, March 2O.-l
Corbett Griggs will celebrate hisl
18th birthday anniversary today
by going to the reformatory toI
start a 10 year sentence for rob-
berry. 1T took jury just 10 min
utes to convict him.
WENATCHEE, March 20.-I
showed in and unable to get any
food a big black bear was attract
ed toward the cook house in an
orchard between Entiat and here
and II. q. Hopeburn, who with a
companion was preparing dinner,
went out and shot him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-20
VOTING PLACES

Following the places where vote
find
tons given below will send you to your voting place.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09
CHEAP INSURANCE.

Grounding the wires Of the pasture
fence to protect the stock from the
electrical discharges Of summer
storms is both "a cheap and effective
method or insurance and, aside from
the loss which the killing Of cattle by
lightning involves, saves the sorry Job
Of removing the hides and burying the
carcasses of the best COWS, steers and
young horses. it may be, on the farm.
The grounding Of fence wires Is easily
done by punching hole in the ground
beside the posts at intervals Of eight
or ten rods and inserting a piece OF
wire to depth OF about fifteen inches.
The part above ground should be 10
arranged that 1t will touch all or the
wires composing the fence. When a
lightning bolt strikes a fence fixed In
this way the electric current is divert
ed into the ground. where 1t does no
harm
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09
THE WINDOW BOX.

For any readers living In cities and
having no ground space for flower
beds a window box may be arranged
which Will pay generously In the salts
faction It will give. To give best re-
suits the box FOR such purpose should
b. mot less than eight inches deep,
while lf IL is deeper IL will be even
better. III should be from eight TO
twelve inches wide and az long as one
may desire. The box should have
holes bored in the bottom to insure
good drainage and should be filed
with rich, mellow soil, with a gener-
GUS amount Of well rotted manure
mixed In Geraniums and margue-
rites are the most satisfactory plants
for the window box. but ferns, petu-
MAS, feverfews and other plants or
the same size will do well Soil 1n
such box will dry out very rapidly,
especially II 1t has a southern expo
sure; hence the watering Of the plants
1t contains should be frequent
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09

The average yield OF potatoes for the
United States a about eighty-fTe
bushels per acre, vt there are growers
that average from 200 to 300 bushels
per acre on a large acreage 1t l.
these last named growers that find po-
tato raising interesting and profitable
The eighty-five busbel chaps simply
skim along on bare bones.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09
A DEFECT AND A REMEDY.

There is a celebrated Comice pear
orchard in the valley ln which the
writer lives that for "a number OF
years produced no fruit, without APP
parent cause. az conditions OF soil and
climate seemed to be favorable. In
vestigation following showed that the
orchard did not bear because the bios
SONS Of this particular variety are
largely. If not entirely, sterile-that is.
do not possess both stamens and pis-
ills Acting on this. number OF trees
through the orchard were top grated
with Bartlett scions. a. soon as these
top CRAFTS produced blossoms the o.
chard began to bear, and IL has been
producer ever since The same plan
may be easily carried out in the case
of individual pear trees by inserting
two or three scions Of a perfect bios
soming variety.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09
TWO uNMIrleArEp PESTS.

With every new springtme there
Hecur most or the same Cd problems
which rax ~ energy as well as our
ingenuity among these may r. men
toned the Try and the rat problem
These are two OF the most unqualified
and unmitigated pests with which the
human family has TO deal The fly Is
chiefly an enemy to public health. the
rat a destroyer Of cereals and manu-
featured product to an extent that II
A. difficult to realize. Both win short
ly begin to breed and multiply; hence
any measures adopted az once 70 I'LL
Ofr the present members OF tn two
nefarious tribes will b. labor saving
and very efect1ve-the move I'm time
that will save many later on Two
simple precautions viii reduce the fly
pest to a minimum XIII all the hold
over flies on sight and screen and lime
their breeding places, chiefly manure
piles and cesspools- Saucers contain
Ing poison solutions made by wetting
poisoned fly paper or by putting two
tea -,DnfuIs or formalln solution i'm
saucer half full OF sEeetened water
will help In keeping down the number
In this il II well to place some Of the
dope out Of doors, by means Of which
hundreds of the flies viii be killed be-
fore they get into the house. In
checking the rat pest every known
means should be employed OF the
poisons perhaps the best ID a cornmeal
dough in which one part OF barytes
has been mixed with nine parts OF
meal This should b. spread rather
thin on shingles and placed where IL
win be accessible to the rats. Often
a cage trap baited with beef, bacon or
cheese VIII round up lot Of rats We
have seen sixteen caught in such a
trap in a single night, from the great
grandmother down-the whole family.
Soaking the cageful in pail Of wa
ter ten or fifteen minutes win render
the inmates perfectly harmless. tn
view Of the fact that rats breed sew
eral times during the season the firm
portance OF giving 'em fit before they
begin propagating win be appreciated
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09
FOR SALE.

ENOR SALE-A good Tandem Bicycle
it, and good Surrey. Apply to
Z. w. CASE,
211 East Main street,
June 5 st Westminster, Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09

In the exhilaration Of what Is com
monty termed the back to the land
movement ii i merely doing them a
kind turn 70 dispossess any who may
have had II OF the idea that some sort
OF magic II going to make It possible
for folks TO make a distinguished sue
cess in agriculture or horticulture
who have made fizzle in several 9TH
er lines to which they have turned
their hands. Success in the two lines
referred to comes as a result Of a
great deal Of hard. persistent, pains
taking work. coupled with an applica-
ton Or intelligence and practical wi
dom in the management or things
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09

It is enough OF a trial for the hens
TO BE- shut up with green grass and
inviting garden patches just through
the fence without their being denied
the pleasure OF capacious dust bath.
This may contain good quantity Of
road dust. some wood ashes and two
or three pounds Of powdered sulphur.
A pint or two Of kerosene thoroughly
worked into the mixture will make it
all the more effective as a louise and
mite killer.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09

While a justice Of the peace can tir
On marital knot just as tight ED min
tgter. 1t 1s conducive TO more satisfac-
ton in after years AZ dignity and
meaning have been given to the mar
rage ceremony by having dominic
omciate. 1t will contribute not little
to the peace of mind Of the bride and
groom in the after years also If IA
Their and mother were standing near
when the fatefuI words were spoken.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09

Perhaps no other fire OF human &
perience is more likely to crack che
veneer or etiquette. good breeding
and supposed culture than the heat
growing out Of a disposition Of the
chattels and moneys Of a rich relative,
deceased. Often folks that are classed
as pretty respectable and well behaved
will conduct themselves in such a man
ner on these occasions as to become
the object Of the bitterest kind Of
community reproach and criticism
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09

Often during season Of heavy rain
fall and humid atmospheric conditions
the danger to the potato crop from
blight Is great To head this Off the
vines should be sprayed when about
seven OR eight inches high with a
bordeaux solution. To which arsenate
oe lead may be added at the rate OF
a pound to twenty gallons Or solution
TO kill potato bugs IL unfavorable
weather conditions persist, second
spraying Of the bordeaux should be
given in an interval of ten days or two
weeks.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09
DOESN'T KNOW BEANS.

A Harvard college professor has
lately made the startling announce
ment that beans are hard to digest and
contain little nourishment. It is fair
to assume that the gentleman has
never labored with his hands until his
back ached and REINFORCED his inte-
rior anatomy with a plate or delicious
pork and beans, with sliced onions.
boiled taters and brown bread for
trimmin's and. more than this. had
inside" information that the ration
did him good for hours afterward and
furnished him with a maximum of
energy to do the same Kind Of work
the next day. Granted-baked beans
are no ration for bookworm. a dys-
peptic or a sallow checked college
professor, but you can't beat them for
the follow who laborS in the sun and
An tine wind
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09

Rape. which belongs to the cabbage
family, seldom seeds much north Of
southern Missouri, as it produces no
seed the first season, while north OF
the latitude mentioned the root kills
during the winter.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09

Some thoughtful hen man has hit On
TIN idea or putting "a light OF glass in
chicken coopS To make them more
cheerful when the chicks have TO ID
shut up on rainy days.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-09

It II little short OF cruel to give
poultry that is confined no outdoor
shelter from the heat Of the summer
sun If there are no trees in the
yard this shade may be had by SOW
ing sunfowers. giving the young
plants protection during the period
when the poultry would be likely to
destroy them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19

And you can be kind and good, too. saw you carrying that poor half-frozea little dog in your arms the other evening You didn't know I was watching you. It was after you had had running fight with the Jackson boys had whipped them. so to speak. And then you came across that little dog and took him in your arms Did you carry him home?''
 'ies. he had a badly injured foot explained Ben. 'He is fine little puppy the only pal I've got in town.'
 But you can have pals-if you want them," corrected Mabel.
 "Oh, do you think so?" Ben was eager, and was forgetting himself in his interest In Mabel's kindness toward him.
 But at this instant a maddened team of horses came tearing down the street, a buggy hitched to them. Inside rhe vehicle sat lady, pale and frightened. The lines were flying loose and she was help less.
 Ben forgot Mabel. forgot his own safety and ran headlong in front of the coming horses. As they drew within few feet of him he caught the bridle bit of one of them. His strength stood him fn good stead. He had the horses at stand- still almost instantly. The lady in the buggy Jumped to the ground and began to thank Ben profusely. Ben was more and more confused. He couldn't endure to be made over. "Oh. it's nothing. he stammered shall l tie the team to this telephone post till you think they are steady enough to be driven homer ' "Oh, if you please" cried the lady. "Ih corner and phone to my husband Hell come to me at once. Oh. you. have done me such service. Please wait fof my husband''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19

''Now," continued Mabel, wont you walk home with mef My mother and father would like ever so much to meet you. They were all over the West once a long time ago. My father nearly bought a ranch out in Nebraska And you are from Kansas-the twin sister to Neb- raska."
 ''Oh, yes." and Ben agreed, smillngly ''Yes, so they are." He was so anxious to say something, but too much abashed to think of anything original. Oh, if he might talk with his muscle-his great strong fists! Then he could be under stood.
 Wont you walk home with mel" asked Mabel, starting on her way, and holding for him to follow.
 "Oh, yes, thank you," stuttered Ben And he went along with her. drinking in her words like a half-starved rugged plant drinks in the delicious dewdrops.
 As the two walked along Mabel ob- served: 'T'm so sorry, MT. Ben Lee, that you've kept all the children away from you, sorry that you've brought such warfare into the school. l like you too much to see you throwing away your op portunlty of making friends. Why will you persist in making enemies? know you aren't happy doing it.
 How can you tellT' Ben felt like biting of his tongue for asking the ques- tion But 1t was out, so it had to stand.
 From your general eonducr,' replie1 Mabel. You love Knowledge. and you'd love your friends--if you had any"
 But I haven't any observed Ben, shamefacedIy. '"rhe town boys are not like me. I'm-what would you call itf- I'm rough and ugiy-like lump of dirt
 ''No. you're not" sharply disputed Mabel. "You are big aud fne and strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19

head forward. his trunk down and un. wrapped the figure of Flossy. The child stood trembling like leaf. drawing in a big breath. Then she burst into tears Tommy was still talking to Alexander the Great soothing him into calm
 well, well. what has happened?" It was MT Lake, Flossy's father, asking the question in an excited voice. In making the morning rounds of the quarters he had suddenly come upon the scene lust described in the elephants lot There was Alexander's keeper gathering himself from a bunch of disarranged hay in the corner one arm hanging Imply at his side Ut developed that he had a badly dislocated wrist.) Inside the lot was Flossy, trem- bling and weeping, her frock badly crum- pied and her hat off, There also were Tommy and Alexander, the former sooth- Ing the latter, and oblivious to the otner creatures = man and beast - about hlm When Flossy heard her fathers voice she ran to him and explained eyery- thing quickly. And the keeper soon joined MT. Lake and Flossy, giving his version of the story
 Here, Tom !' called out Mir. Lake, come give me your side of the matter Kingston here (the elephants keeper) is so excited and angry that be lays all the
 
 Frightened to know just what occurred except that she was lifted as high as the moon and held there a few days" And MT. Lake laughingy looked at Flossy and chucked her under the chin Then, as Tommy advanced to him he picked up Flossy's hat from the ground and put 1t on her head.
 Tommy, whose honesty and cooi-head- edness was recognized by all who knew him, and by the Brown Brothers in particular (for which they held him in very high esteem) gave bis story as he knew it. He explained that old Alexander had been driven too hard'' by MT. King ston, and that he had borne the whip till at last he had resented the punishment. Then he had taken his revenge or words to that effect. After Tommy's statement, given fin straightforward manner, Mir. Lake turned to the trainer: Kingston, you've been too severe on old Alexander The animal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
"BATTLING BEN" or, How a Boy Was Made Over.

agility. Occasionally something would happen to call forth this physical strength and agility, and then his school comrades though they were never termed 'comrade" by Ben) would be loud in their praise of him. As the months went by this spirit of resentment and dehance developed amazingly in Ben. He purposely managed to bring about sev- eral fist fights with boys of his class, arranging these brutal conflicts when of the school grounds. He wanted In some way to show the town boys' that he was their superior in some one thing Of refinement and culture he had none. but of brute strength and endurance he had more than should fall to the lot of one boy, especially if that boy knew not how to use them.
 One of these fights caused a bitterness to spring up between Ben, who became known as Battling Ben," and two boys of his class. These boys had never been very friendly in their attitude toward the big, rough country boy, and Ben's treatment of them in return had brought about open hostility. And this had in turn caused a breach between them which widened as the winter grew. And towards spring Battling Ben'' was los ing ground with those who at the be- ginning of this small war had been his friends
 He simply wants to fight" said one of his former friends. Hes an enemy to peace and comradeship. So-lets cut him out"
 And so it happened that they had 'cut him out" And this did not improve Ben's disposition, but doubtless strength ened his muscle. Every evening he "de- veloped," as be termed his physical ex- ercises, not along the lines of those taught
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19

- FEN LEE was in his fifteenth year. A He was tall and heavily built for
 his age, being an athletic fellow.
 All his life prior to the beginning
 of this story had been spent on great cattle ranch in Western Kansas- AS he had no sisters and only a little brother of six, his companions were few. His schooling consisted of a four-month term In a little district schooP' In the county where he lived, and during that four months he walked three miles to and from the school each day. mere were no schoolgirls in that district. and only half a dozen ''big cowboys like himself were in attendance.
 But in his fifteenth year his mother suddenly realized that her son was grow ing up without the refining influence he was sorely in need of, the influence of town life, of educated young people. So she prevailed upon her husband to send Ben to an Eastern town to spend the winter, a town where he might have the advantages of a good school
 Ben was a peculiar chap and not easi- ly understood by town boys. His was . crude makeup-bold, brave, but kindly, if one knew just how to reach that ashamed of his uncouth exterior and manners, and so met all strangers in an antagonistic manner. The town boys laughed at him when he first came among them. Ben resented this and could not forgive the offenders, although they tried in various ways to make him one of them. At school he remained apart from them. scowling and sullen. He was quick to learn and had soon won his teachers admiration. And sev- eral of the boys of his class would have given much to possess his strength and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
in the gym, but along the lines taught

in the gym, but along the lines taught by common sense to the wild man.
 One evening, as Battling Ben was meanderlng from school to his boarding place., a gentle voice spoke to him. Good evening Mir. Ben Lee" it said. Ben turned quickly, his face suffused with blushes, for he recognized the voice as belonging to the very prettiest girl he had ever had the good fortune to look upon. She was Mabel Grant. in the same room with him at school but in the low CT class. Ben had often furtively watched her. wishing that he might become gen. tleman enough to be permitted to speak to her sometime. But he had no hope that such good fortune would ever be his. And here she was, all of a sudden, addressing him! Therefore. the bushes on his deeply bronzed face.
 'Oh, how do you do. Miss-or. Mis- Then he broke off as awkwardly as a cowboy could He stood, cap in hand, the cold March wind blowing his heavy auburn hair about In confusion.
 Tin Mabel Grant" said Mabel. smiling and lowing. And, as we've been In the same schoolroom all winter long, it's high time we were becoming acquainted. I've watched your rapid progress in your work, and think you the most wonderful boy in arithmetic l ever saw. And the teacher thinks so, too. He told Papa about .you-caIled you diamond In the rough"
 Yes, I'm rough, all right grinned Ben. He was no longer Battling Ben. but Confused Ben. And 1t was pretty, bIue-eyed girl who was routing him. All the boys in the town could not have made him take, of his cap or cause him to blush. But this one little girl, about 13 years old. made him feel as helpless as kitten.