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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-11-03
EXPLOIT THE STATE

The State of Washington should
appropriate million dollars for its
participation in the Panama-Pacf
Exposition, which is to be hell in
San Francisco, in 1915, to celebrate
the opening of the Panama Canal,
according to Miller Freeman, one
of the foremost publishers in the
Pacific Northwest. He has just
returned from the California City
and says that all plans indicate that
its to be the biggest show ever held
in this country. Mr.. Freeman
proposed an international motor
boat regatta as a special feature and
it has been adopted. He also wants
to see the Pacific Highway compile
ted Immediately to lure tourist
travel this way. Freeman says that
Washington ought to begin now, so
that it will be assured the best build
ing, in the best location, at Frisco.
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Gov. M. f. Hay has been asked
to call special session of the legis-
lature as there are several important
matters pending. Foremost is the
redistricting of the state for con-
gressional purposes, as two addi-
tional members have been allotted
to Washington. Unless districts are
provided for them, before next fall.
they will have to be elected at large.
There is also need of some high
way legislation as start is to be
made On road building next sum-
mer. Money is now lacking for
these improvements. But the gov
ernor does not seem anxious to con-
| vene the lawmakers, fearing they
may do something that will not
improve his chances for renomina-
. ton.
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course. But the teacher may hold
him at the breaking up time; and. il
not, she should be able to say she did
all she could for him.
The best thing she ever does for
him is what she does with him and
through him. And when she enters
into the work she assigns or guides
him in choosing for himself. and be-
comes his coworker, she reigns as
queen in that school. When he
knows her mind is travelling with his
mind. in its toilsome journey through
the fields of knowledge, he learns to
put her valuation on the work. be-
cause he puts high valuation on her.
IL she only has senr enough to let
him do a little dreaming with her
entire appreciation, he Is sure to think
she is competent to guide his dreams
into their embodiment in deeds. II
his plans are of any interest to her
and she will encourage him to tell
about them, she has him On her side
Where vocational training is given.
as is now being done in some places.
and will be done a great deal more in
the future. the teacher and he will
have much more in common. The
schools are now considering the
whole child as at school. not his
mind alone. and we may expect a
great deal more for the boy, from
that fact. Even personal problems
are within the teachers observation,
and he may be much assisted by frank
talks, If she knows how to invite con-
fidence and clear up difficulties.
He has special fondness for teach
ers who can make use of the general
knowledge he has as starting point
for further knowledge. especially in
the subject they are studying; and for
the one who can find practical uses
for the things they are studying. es-
pecially II it is constructing machin-
cry, or even literature. he has a still
greater fondness: and the one who
can connect up the studies, With the
activities of the calling he aspires to
follow, Is on the pinnacle of honor.
When she can use figures In engineer
ing. chemicals in. photography. pro-
iectiles in the study of war, the
teacher is educating him in The true
sense.
When the teacher knows the crises
through which he passes in all their
stages and struggles. in all their SYM
toms and suggestion. and gives him
something positive rather than mega
tive. makes wholesome things attract
i've and wrong things repulsive. en-
courages individuality and proves a
good friend as well as a capable
teacher. such work wins him forever.
After a certain stage. in the early
teens. that teacher ought to be man.
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ITO think" she giggled. that he
has never once suspected. And it's
waking him up with vengeance"
1t was half-past one when Mr.. Lam
ming awoke. He crept to the window
and examined his watch by the light
of street lamp.
Holy smoke!" he muttered, she'll
be all up in the air. Let's hope to
goodness she's asleepi" He crept
softly into the hall. still more softly
up the stairs. turned the handle Of the
bedroom door and slipped in. All was
silent, the bed undisturbed, and ON
his dressing table he saw the note.
Dismay gripped him. Then she had
gone out after all! What fool he
had been to go to sleep. And where
could she be at this hour? He opened
the window and leaned far out No
sign of life anywhere. He paced up
and down in a fury, leaned from the
window at about every fourth turn
His mind was chaos. Visions OF acci-
dents haunted him. All sorts OF Inn
possible explanations surged through
his brain. The minutes passed. Two
o'clock came-two-thirty. He mopped
the perspiration from his face. Jove!
II this was what it meant to wait for
people the Lord forgive him for the
many times he had made Ina do 1t.
At three o'clock he strobe down the
stairs, a delirious determination to-
find her dominating every other emo
ton. To his amazement the hall door
stood wide open. On the top step was
Ina, her back to him gazing wildly up
and down the street As he stepped
out she turned with little shrek
and threw her arms around his neck
"Oh. Jimmy, Jimmy" she sobbed.
where have you been? I've been
waiting for you for hours!"
"Waiting!" he gasped, I've been
waiting for you. Where"
You didn't come in. was watch
ing. never took my eyes on the
door for a minute. You didn't come
inl" she persisted. How did"
Il didn't go out" he interrupted. z
wanted TO find out-Ina. come insideJ
l nearly went crazy upstairs, waiting"
The door shut. Ina sunk down on .
chair.
"You-you were watching upstairs"
she giggled Historically. "and was
watching in the basement. and"
THE basement" exclaimed Jimmy.
blankly.
Yes. that's where went every
night. Then when heard you come
in stole up, banged the door and"
Jimmy had her In his arms.
You blessed little schemer!" he
whispered. kissing her frantically In
his relief, ''I1l never leave you alone
again minute. now that know what
1t feels like"
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His Brother and Sister

His infatuation with school work is
not always immediate and irremedi-
able. Sometimes 1t comes just as his
opportunity for going to school is van
fishing and all the rest of his days he
will have periods of penitence over
his folly. and will frequently wish the
teacher or his parents had taken the
big stick to him unfiinchingly. Some
times he never cares for what he has
missed; but we seldt m find that sort
of man. His teacher, as an essential
part of the school system, may fall
under the same reprobation, till his
period of incorrigible antipathy for
schools is over and then that same
teacher will rise into heroic stature
before his eyes.
He may naturally take to schools.
with the teacher thrown in, asking no
questions on that point. but plenty of
them on other points. In that case he
makes fair weather with parents.
teacher, school board and the public
generally. Such good reputation SO
absolutely awaits any boy who will
go after it in that way we wonder how
1t ever fails to be a greater attrac-
ton to him than any amount of fun or
self-will can be. But all the mysteries
have not yet been solved. even with
the sacred assistance of psychology
and pedagogy.
Between those two extremes there
Is a golden and practicable mean into
which a boy can often be guided, II
the right kind of a teacher gets hold
of him. especially II that teacher has
the cooperation of the right kind of
parents. e.
In order to be a success with him.
the teacher must have a couple OF
eyes, good for not seeing as well as
for seeing, an active child element in
her own nature, hand that is fine as
well as firm. and a spirit that is al
ways fair and always friendly. These
things would make her a paragon and
such she ought to try to be. at least.
The boy will like her and show 1t in
his own way, not as little girl would.
by putting his arm around her and
telling her how he loves her. You
never catch him at that. The terms
in which he expresses his apprecia-
ton of her may not always be clas-
steal literature. but they convey his
idea clearly. A boy know speaks of
his teacher. Miss A.. as dandy" and
even sometimes as "peachy."
The American boy averages only
four years in school before he is
twelve and not many after that age.
It is hard to hold him. A natural dis
like for school. the need of his serv-
ices at home, the necessity of work
ing to support the family, the dis
tracing destinations of money-getting,
al initiate against his completing the
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II he has a brother and sister. II
not, he is most unfortunate creature,
almost as unfortunate as If he had
no parents. II the home is full of
children, all the better; and best of
all. If they are as near to his age as they
conveniently can be. They will do
more TO train him than the average
parents and almost as much as the
best OF parents. The trouble of
bringing up an extra boy or two will
be more than justified by the extra
boyhood they will produce in each
one of them.
An only child is at very serious
disadvantage, especially II he is a
boy, for girl can stay in and be-
come a companion of her mother. but
a boy has fermentation going on in
side him that he must have some
help with, or the house will become
too small for him, unless he happens
to be not boy, but only sissy of
the male variety.
The only boy" Is apt to be spoiled
His parents will concentrate all their
attention on him, instead of distribut-
Ing 1t out to half dozen.
He grows up without that friction
between himself and other children,
which is SO necessary to enable a
child to find himself. He has no one
to quarrel with, and that Is an ir-
remediable loss. He will have a hard
time to learn his rights or the rights
OF others, all by himself, and will need
some very excellent parents, to repair
the deficit. 1t must lot be said that
the only child" is foredoomed to
failure. To be sure, from larger fam
lilies most of our great men and wom-
EN- have come, and families with an
only child" have furnished more
than their ratio of the useless and
criminal classes. and yet some only"
children have been great and good.
We are only taking averages and in
'dicating probabilities.
An older brother is simply indis-
pensable to the little boys happiness,
and the little brother is an impor-
ltant part of the older boys life, espe-
cially II their ages are close togeth-
er. If some years are between them,
they are both to be pitied. The little
one will be pathetically tagging after
the older one whose tastes and COM
panions are in advance, his heart ach-
ing to follow and breaking because he
cannot follow. The older will get out
of patience and be rough, but, even
so. It Is better for either one than to
be an only child.
With his sister he cannot well be a
perfect comrade for the simple reason
that she is a girl and he is a boy, yet
there are great enjoyments and train
ing for them both, as they play to-
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BY DIR S. KJRTLEy WY
He and His Teacher
BY DRJSKRTLEy

gether and do other things in com
mon.
One peculiar thing is that he gets
the benefit of the other children's pres
ence in the house, without being fully
aware of 1t; he may even sometimes
think they are undesirable members
Of the family. From the way they
often talk we might imagine they re.
gard each other with deadly and in
durable hatred The showers of
verbal missiles they rain down on
each others heads surely portend life
long disaster to their friendship. But
the next moment it is "clear shining
after rain" They are, again, conf
Dental allies against foes within and
without, whether the older, who fool
ishly interfere, or another child that
dares to taunt them. Disagreements
and quarrels they do not regard as in
compatible with friendship or good
manners. II is not the quarreling
that is always wrong The noise may
be uncomfortable and require suppress
sion. If a snarling nature is found
In child, it is tragical, horrible in
heritance, likely to become perma-
nent, If daily tested and trained by the
example of older members of the fam
lily. God have mercy on them and
send in some good friend from the
outside to steer their lives into peace
full waters.
Discord seems unavoidable, and
there come two very valuable com.
pensations.. One is thai they know
how to end their troubles without in
jury, except to the ears and fears of
the innocent bystander. Nature at
tends to it. Interference with their
logomachy is usually a failure, and
brings only artificial results.
The other compensation is that the
children are training each other, even
when discordant, provided the dis
cords are only occasional. They are
getting experience in applying the
principles they have been taught; and
they usually succeed. to the satisfac-
ton of both Affirmative and negative.
plaintiff and defendant, especially. II
the principles taught have been illu-
minated in the practices of their par
ents. These are contests in skin, and
wit and strength that augment
those qualities, for through such
things, each child learns, by
experience, where his rights end
and the rights of others begin:
he learns seif-control and altruism:
learns how to take defeat without
whining or tale bearing; learns
how to meet outside children and take
care of himself, while respecting their
rights In a family of several. no
child can be boss or get all he wants
or have his own way, as in the "r-e
child" family. 49,
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TRAIT OF AN FRESHMAN
Man wouIdnv Leave the Home Where
He Was Born Because He
Loved e.

The love of the Irishman for his
home is one of his wel1-known traits,
and in ireland Yesterday and Today"
Mr.. Hugh Sutherland gives pleasant
and yet pathetic instance Of that de-
votion. He was travelling In the west
of ireland, and was rather astqnished
to ind the third-class compartments
crowded with sturdy1ooking men, Az
junction station a broad-shouldereds
bearded man cheerfully enlightened
him as to the reason why so many
were travelling.
Sure, sir. we've ali been over In
England workin'." he said. Tive been
away since April myself, and there's
20 good pounds in me pocket this
blessed minute to pay the rent an buy
a bit of bacon an that for the win
ter"
But what do you 60 to England
for? Why not stay on your own farm
and work that?"
God save you. sir. an do you think
we go to England because we like 1t!
Is 1t likely we'd leave our own farms
II so be we'd get food an clothes an
rent by stayin'? Bad luck to 1t. we
go because we have to. to get the
money we need"
Then why not 60 to England alto
gether?"
The big man turned and looked over
the desolate country. The winter dusk
was falling swiftly. and the outlines Of
the hills were indistinct. but We could
still see the empty land and feel its
rugged unkindness- Yet the mans
voice was very tender as he spoke.
Twenty miles on" he said, there's
a bit Of a cabin and bit Of land. In
that cabin was born and on that land
my father worked Is 1t like. now.
that I'd leave 1t to live in England or
anywhere else? It's rough place ut
the best. and not all the muscles I've
got can dig living out of It But.
God be good to me. l love 1t. Sir
Youths Companion
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With two fence staples fasten an
old harness snap from which the
spring has been broken to the left
side of the horse stall at convenient
height above the manger. says a
writer In Practical Farmer, and see
that the boys hang up the halter
whenever the horse is taken out.
When he is brought In. his halter IL
neither under his feet nor in the man
ger under his feed. but just where II
can be reached most easily and quick.
ly. The point of the snap should be
hammered in slightly to prevent the
horse catching his halter upon 1t or
injuring himself by rubbing.
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let his calves lose what Is known as
calf fat" 1t is well known that young
animals gain more rapidly in proper
ton to their live weight and to 100
pounds of food than do older animals.
That is. they not only made more
economical use of their feed than the
older animals, but they take shorter
time to make a certain total gain. The
man who turns of a steer that weighs
1000 pounds, has. If that calf weighed
100 pounds at birth, been given 10 per
cent. of the total weight by the dam,
while the man Who keeps the animal
till 1t weighs 1850 pounds has been
given only per cent The man who
can make steer weigh 1000 at IL
months has ore return for his
trouble than tfs man who keeps 1t
"a months, with IN additional weight
of only $50 pounds
Butchers. too, have changed to suit
the demand of the consumer. Al
though meat is generally considered
luxury in the diet of the poor mans
family, 1t still remains an absolute
necessity in the >.diet of the better
classes. But, where people formerly
ordered large roasts and steaks, they
are ordering steaks and roasts now
that are from 80 to rs per cent small
er on account of the advanced prices.
They find that II they get small
roast from a large animal that it Is
Tong" on bone. The butcher then to
suit the demands for smaller bone de-
mands smaller animals, and during
the last few months they have been
willing to offer, not q premium on
smaller steers so far as dollars per
100 is concerned, but they have
brought the price Of small steers up
so close to that of the large ones that
there Is really a premium on little
steers when we consider the cost of
production.
We do not think that the 1900
pound steer will ever be entirely
eliminated from the market, but we
do think (if conjecture is allowable)
that the baby beef animal will con-
tinue to increase in popularity in
those districts where men do not wish
to dairy.
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The Delicious Sweet Pepper.

Your garden ought to be well sup
piled with that most palatable vege-
table. the sweet pepper. Many peo-
pie imagine that all peppers are too
hot to be eaten with comfort. but
this is great mistake. The only
hot portions are the seeds. and they
can be removed before cooking.
Green peppers are cooked in a va
riety of ways, and there Is no vege-
table that produces more table en-
joyment than these vegetables II q
little study and care is given to their
growth and preparation for the
table.
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courmet's Idea.

The French statesman. M. Monis.
is the proprietor Of a brandy Of which
he is very proud. The story goes that
once when King Edward apd the late
General Galliffet were dining togeth-
err, Monis brandy was served. and
King Edward drank his portion OF at
one gulp. Galliffet. connoisseur. stared.
Sire" he exclaimed, you have COM
mitted crime!" King Edward laugh
ed. "why?" he asked. Brandy like
that" was the reply. should be saw
ored. You should lift 1t gently. pass
1t under your nose. enjoy the aroma.
and then put It back on the table"
And after that?" the king said.
AFTER that. sire. talk about It"
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Spray for CABBAGE Worm.

A good remedy for the cabbage
worm which infests cauliiower and
cabbages is an ounce of saltpeter dis
solved in three gallons of water The
heads should be thoroughly sprinkled
and II this Is done one application
will be generally found sufficient
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IMPROVEMENT MADE I'M MODERN
TYPE OF BABY BEEF ANIMAL

Predicted II Will Continue
Districts Where Farmers Do Not Wish to Dairy
Vast Range Areas In West Have Been
Cut Up Small Farms.
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In the Night Watches
By MABEL C. ENGLAND

(Copyrigh.. IolI. BIZ A.soci..ed Lilerary PreaAl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-10

Other charters are 10 the Croa,an Com
pany, Greensboro. for mercantile bus
mess. capltal 100000, by William
Kent. j. + Jordan and others; the Pal
motto Telephone Company Of poindex-
Ter, fadkin county. capital $4,000. By
Q. J. Martin and others: the Gatbing
Furniture Company. Nadcsboro. capital
siooooo, c. J. Gathing and Others
superintendent Mckee and the direc-
tors of the Central Hospital for the
Insane at Raleigh have presented to the
joint Legislative Committee on Insane
-asyiums their Communications and
appeal for appropriations, aggregating
sis3,1"o. for 1911. and like amount
Tor 1917 Superintendent Mckee urges
notable permanent improvements. IN
Guiding $4,000 for additional build;ng
Tor women, $4,000 for greenhouse.
$500 for driveway drains, $500 for
rock cruSher. Sl,So0 for house for gard
ener and florist, So, 500 for covered walk
ways between buildings. $500 for &C.
ment walks. $1,000 for brick workshop.
$500 for electric light plant. $1,000 10
equip machine shops. $1,000 TO rcpienish
dairy herd. forty head OF cattle siav-
ms been killed OH account of t,,bercu-
losis.
Hosiery IntereHfs Organize
At meeting here too day the North
carolina Virginia Hosiery NIanufactu-
rers' Association was formed Oficers
elected arc; President, Clairborn Carr.
Durham Vice President, Mr. Parker. Of
Portsmouth. Va: Secretary. Ernest Mar
TN. Raieigh. 1t Will cooperate with
Inc National Association
me Wake County Board Of Com
inissioners has passed an order 10 the
eftect that no license for a circus 70
EXHIBIT IN Raleigh shall be issued dur
ing october This being fp the pro-
lection of the State Fair. Secrctary
Joseph r. Pogue appeared and asked
fer such an order to prevent an in
raSion OF fair week BIZ circuses in
future The board also took steps "a
nave sufficient number of regular
jurors always at hand during terms
of court to make mp jur!es without
calling in street jurors" thus elm
mating professionals that hang
about the courthouse to be called in
from time to time for cases
Additional Train Service.
The Corporation Commission will
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-10

up n, for What What is expected will develop
territory. General Dorantes. OF the
FEDERAL troops. who led his forces
safely around n rebel trap in the noun
I, ms an, succeeded in reaching Oil
ne Will proceed to Mulata and give
battle to the insurrectos Tomorrow.
Dorantes's flight was spectacular. He
LED his Mexican soldiers In forced
march OF sixty miles across tho dark
mountain trails at night About 400
Well,armed insurrectos are encamped
at Mulata- When warned that Do
ra rant! was escaping from Cohame. they
made dash to intercept him, but they
arrived an hour too late.
Al Mula tn the lnsurrectos have the
largest body OF men yet concentrated
Dorantes has announced his inten-
ton of marching to Mulata and giving
9 Tha TO the insurrectos tomorrow
ne two forces are about equal In
strength, but the Federals have two
machine guns and two mountain how
tiers Both sides are preparing for
the fight and desperate battle is cx-
pccted III
Troop f, OF the Third Cavalry. from
f .st sam Houston. is on duty at Pre-
.