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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
d ENJAAHN FRANKLIN was born in

D ENJABIN FRANKLIN was born in
Boston, January 6, 1T06-the
Youngest of 10 children. After
I such a brief time at school as his father
could afford he took him into his own
shop to learn the business of a candle
maker, but Ben soon showed his dislike
to cutting hicks, hanging dIns and
casting soap, by his determination to run
away to sea as one Of his brothers had
done. He did run away to Philadelphia
later. His father. however, was wise
enough not to force him to remain at an
JInoOngenial task.
An elder brother, James. had gone into
the printing business, having learned the
trade in London, and to him Ben was
sent as an apprentice. He was apt at
the ease" but self-Willed and refused
obedience to Supporters.
james franklin in 1719 published the
Boston ''COUTant," the third paper pub
lished IN America. After a time it be-
came so virulent in its attacks on church
and ministers that Franklin was forbid
den to publishe II in his name. Benjamin
then undertook to do so, but soon there
WIS a quarrel between the brothers and
they separated
Reaches Philadelphia.
Ben now made his way to New York,
but finding no work continued on to
Sl-Z5 IN his pocket. Here he obtained
a Job with a printer, Sam Kei1neT. His
highest luxury at one time was only
penny roll, eaten IN the streets of Phila-
delphia, demonstrating that poverty Is
no insuperable obstacle to success.
Governor Keith undertook to finance
the youth in setting him up for himsei
in the printing business. The governor
sent him TO London TO purchase the nee
81
London on Christmas eve, 1724 But he
found that the governors credit WAS not
good He was a stranger IN the land
Of his fathers and friendless. As Poor
Richard tF1anklin) saws: He that hath
a trade hath an estate" and he made
his trade carry him through. He was
two wears IN London, when meeting a
Philadelphia merchant he was induced to
return to the Quaker city.
Becomes Publisher
His new employer soon died and Frank l
lin, out of work, went back to keimer Z
After many ups and downs he finally (
became established as the foremost I
printer Of Philadelphia, in partnership 4
with Meredith. His firm brought out I
the Pennsylvania Gazette" which I
came to have the largest circulation I
In America Franklin also brought out /
the first two pamphlets against slavery /
and published the first novel in Amer /
lea, Pamela by Richardson. He soon (
had chain Of printing presses and be- I
came wealthy and influential
He always remained attached to his /
trade When hOnOrs were heaped /
thick and fast upon him he held him /
self 10 be first and foremost a printer
His last viii begins, 4 Benjamin I
Franklin. printer late minister pleni-
pOtentiary from the United States Of 4
America to the court of France, and
now president OF the state Of Penn
81 wanna It was at his own request /
that the printers Of the city with their
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

Journeymen and apprentices were Civ
en- a prominent position in his funeral
procession.
when the Tide Turned.
The tide in the affairs OF Franklin
turned when he quarreled with his
brother in the printing shop in Boston
ana ran away from that city to make
MS own way in the world When out
Of work and tramping the streets OF
both Philadelphia and London in search
of employment he often regretted this
incident and wished he had stayed at
the printing case in Boston, but had
ne done so it IS probable that the
world would never have heard Of him
as q patriot philosopher and scientist
Had he remained he doubtless would
have grown into an ordinary trades
man, with no ambition above the type
STICK His brother James with whom
ne Quarreled never amounted to much
ana died at an early age. There is
nothing on which to base any contrary
3enet that BENJAMIN would not have
IolloWed his brothers footsteps and
thus have never been heard OF beyond
the narrow limits OF Boston.
benjamin had been indentured to his
brother James for period of seven
years and only for the order forbidding
the elder brother TO publish the "Cour-
ant. Benjamin could have been forced
TO live up to the latter OF the con
tract Franklin in his autobiography
tells US that It was proposed to eTade
paper. Ny brother" he says, seeing
inconvenienceS in that ii was finally
concluded on as a better way, to let It
be printed for the future under the
name OF Benjamin Franklin; and to
avoid the censure Of the assembly that
might fail on him as still printing It
by his apprentice, the continuance was
That my old indenture should be re-
turned TO me with a full discharge on
the back OF II to be shown on Occa-
sion, but to secure to him the benefit
OF my service, was TO sign new in
dentures for the remainder OF the
term which were to be kept private"
They availed themselves Of the scheme
and the paper was continued for sew
eral months in Benjamins name.
Brothers Quarrel.
For the sake of continuing the pub
licatiOn the brothers united in their
fight against church and state, but
privately they could agree on nothing
In speaking Of these Quarrels, Frank
lin writes At length q fresh diff
ference arising between my brother
and me I took II upon me to assert
my freedom, presuming that he would
not venture to produce the new linden
lures. 1t was not fair in me to take
this advantage, but the unfairness OF
il weighed little with me when under
the Impressions Of resentment for the
blows his passion too often urged him
TO bestow upon me Perhaps I was
saucy and provoking. When he found
[ would leave him, he took care to pre-
vent my getting employment in any
other printing house of the town by
going round and speaking to every
master, who accordingly refused to
give me work"
Well for Benjamin the quarrel. and
well that his brother prevented his
getting work in Boston Both circum-
stances combined to give America one
Of the brightest stars in the firma-
nent Of fame and the world as q scien-
list and philosopher as well as q man
Of letters who conferred & glory On the
race. J
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: On Publ. s....-.-
Power Concentration Seems Leene8 Rather Than Increased After -Four
II SCHOOL, tanners Improved
On Public Education.

everything on authority, thus sitting
MS reasoning power, but must give
him time and opportunity to grow nor
mally. intellectually. as he should phys
The Work Of the school
The demonstration has been in pro-
gress four years. and IS now entering
{ the firth year OF work Inc enron
| ment four years ago was si1-at the
opening o. this year II numbered
Organic education means the educa-
+ ton of the entire organism. It means
, providing proper exercise for the de-
I veIOpment OF the whole being
The chief end OF education IS moral,
and moral conceptions are gained BY
/ experience rather than through In
That which holds the interest deter
I mines the action.
An environment must be provided
which VIII be Wholesome ana az the
I Freedom OF choice and self prompt
ed activity must be allowed, II a strong
viii would be developed
] A child who IS always controlled and
, never learns self-contrOL who Is ever
directed and never self-directed, whose
atrention IS always ordered and never
allowed self-prompted activity. devel-
OBS weak viii which must inevitably
result in immoral conduct
The work OF the school must be made
to fit the child, not the child to fit the
school
An activity should be in response TO
a demand of the child's nature not i'm
posed by a course OF study from with
The natural interests OF the child
must be followed In providing occupa-
lions and activities; for only BY enlist
ing the entire being can there be com
plete sincerity OF action. and only by
such action may a conception Of high
moral conduct be acquired
Education Is life. growth. and should
be Informal and unconscious.
Freedom and play are the rights OF
childhOOd.
We ought to remember always that
our little girls are the coming moth
ers OF the humans race and our little
boys the coming fathers
There is no other question before
the world today so important as that
% the best educational method for chill
dreu-
Public school system.
From the first to the 14th year is the
formative time when a child's charac-
ter is being shaped
Any one who studies the public
school system cannot fail to note thar
Z does not produce satisfying results.
mentally or physically, iR one child out
lf 10.
The power OF concentration seams
esSened rather than increased after
.our years in the public school man
lers are not improved, but freouentIv
narred by ass Citations in the school.
nd cases Of nervous troubles are COM
non, and spectacled eyes abound
therefore Is 10 not time some nau
method of education should be forum
ated for the little mothers and fathers
u the generations TO neq-Conv
1ght 1912. By American Journal Fx-
.miner.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

10 madam Montessorl is doing the
most wonderful educational
work with children which has ever
been known in the history Of the world
Madam AIontessori appeals TO the in
dividuality of each child: she leaves Il
free to do its duties its own way. she
imposes no restraints; never opposes
the child; and never arouses its per
verSity or its cOmbativeneSs- As a
result. the children under her care de-
velop all the shining virtues which
are so rare TO find in our public
schools. or our private institutions or
education, or our colleges.
They become poised and develop
wonderful concentration Order, sys-
TEN, neatness, cleanliness, are some OF
the qualities which Invariably result
from the MontessOrt method or child
training
Here in America a woman is trying
a similar method, in her outdoor school
for children
This school means a new era IN
American education
sight. larger stature and more beauty
Tor the growing generation because
the school is held out Of doors the
greater portion OF thea school year
And nature. rather than books, pro-
vides much of the study for the young
children.
schools uEt OF Doors.
Children under - years OF age were
never intended by the Creator to use
their eyes porting over books
Nothing they obtain from books can
compensate for the impaired sight and
the anaemic conditions which result so
frequently from close application 10
study I'm crowded school rooms.
The kindergarten system OF teach
ing young children is a step in the
right direction; but to hold all kinder
garten schools out of doors would be a
longer step I'm the same direction.
To an inquiring friend in Philadei-
phia the woman who has this school /
recently wrote the following brief but I
comprehensive statement OF her aims. Z
We are making demonstration OF /
a theory or education which PROVIDES I
for every child equality Of opportunl-
" for the Development of his powers
in harmony with the law OF his belns-
The aim is 20 prove beyond the
possibility OF doubt that true edueA-
ton Improves and perfects the ENTIRE
that Is. makes the ool-
stronger the mind more intelligent the
spirit sweeter
The province OF the schosI is TO
supply the environment that VIII per
rect and improve the entire organism
hence must be organic.
II the nature OF the child denldl.ls
MIN 70 sit at stationary desks ana keep
silence.
II the organism requires out or door
-resn AIR the school may mol peInIt
many children TO occupy one roGm
several hours each day. but must give
the out Of doors required.
II the mind of the chll0 0eNelopS
by Investigation, experimentation ana
experience. the school must not forever
compel him to learn lessons, taking
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

I tribUting supplies and many other de-
tails which develop in proportion to
the size and activity Of the library
There Is also the work Of receiving
and filing applications. the registra-
ton and issuance of borrowers carus,
the charging and dtsCharging Of books
at the desk, the assessment OF fines,
the selection for rebiuding and the
Withdrawal from the shelves Of books
for repairing
Purchasing Books Problem.
The work of purchasing and dis
tributing books occupies more time
than all the other classes put together.
1t includes the selection of titles or
dering of books. catalOgUing. affixing
OF labels and card pockets. writing
book cards, etc These different duties
may all be performed by one person in
a small library, while in large libra
~ each may be under a different de-
partment. but every trained librarian
IS competent to perform all these
tasks.
The library workers sal aries are not
as high rs those OF public school teach
ers Of the same grade. In a small
town a public school principal may re-
ceiFe three times the salary Of the head
Of the library and in larger cities the
difference is almost as great Library
salaries are tending upward, but so are
those Of teachers, and II viii be a long
time before the former overtakes the
latter
While American library salaries are
much higher than those Of the other
countries Of the world, as yet they Of
fer no pecuniary attraction Only
few Of the largest Libraries pay over
$4,000 a year to their head librarian.
Heads Of departments in large Libraries
receive from $500 to $4,000 and the
chief Librarians in the smaller towns
may receive about the same women
at the head OF town libraries, having
from three TO six assistants, receive
from $500 to 5000. Assistants Of high
grades receive from $500 to 500, while
those Of the lower grades receive from
5000 m
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
Ell PASO HERALD
EDIT RIAL AND
MAG AZINE PAGE
u 'c VAlrs Denatured Poem

IN ON MOORE other ad sparkling when
loaded
halls Of light and their speed the sOngfu
night the And beds
touched the tneful Tyres they wrapped muslin their heads and wished
sparkle much,
Dutch,
HYDRANT
shakes, and gladstone
o my 7veig n cane the
sing /
Outr 5 al I Want n
Copyright 1872 by e.ors. Matthew. adams L0asAHla+oD>
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

DOCKS any more. In fact. he has been
aenatqred and mitigated until he is now
scarcely more exciting than presi-
dents aide-de-camp.
Aings are very expensive, but are usu-
any quiet and well hammered, and old
Iashl0ned countries. like England, Spain
ana an italy enjoy them just as they do
tneir cathedrals and art galleries. A
KING IN circus would draw well in this
country and as large numbers of kings
are losing their positions each year. we
may yet be able to stock the ZOOS of
TINS country with well preserved speei-
mems OF these queer creatures.
copyright, 1912, by George Mathew
Adams.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
One-Sentence Philosophy
HUMoR OF THE DAY.

He-I am willing to make conces-
SONS 81 bis wife-Really2 He-Yes; but
lS seems impossible to make the sup
script
- Jonn, the cook says she doesn't like
me pace Does she refer to us, or TO
doesn't suit her. we can move to some
otner suburb Washington Herald.
cure going to the smoker tonight,
aLen your Nope" Why. the boys
are expecting you Didn't Won promise
elTlu you pc there2r Yes. I intended
to be present but. Won 80 We have the
recall system IN our family. and my
RlIe mas Just exercised ft.''-Chicago
Record Herald
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

Tn PustOfice WIZ robbed last night an
as tn bloodhOunds at MOrgantOwn WIZ
busy Constable Plum detailed two plan
ner statesmen On tn JOB. Great men
come an go, but tn fener that looks
ike Bryan attracts as much attention as
ever.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
By George Fitch
Author Of AT Good Old sIwash.,

difficult game and of late kings have not
been allowed to interfere in it verv
much Nowadays king is expected to
wear plenty OF uniforms, to open new
churches and colleges, to give free
parades whenever possible. and to pro-
vide plenty Of descendants, but ne is
not allowed to get gay with the statute
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
THE OFFICERS LAMENT

Or, Why Didn't They Teach Ne Geogra-
ply at West POint3
There once was a brave young lieut."
" no thought that he was a butte"
He sang Glory becks,"
And invaded old Mex
But skipped when they threatened to
shoot
rs this, indeed. strange foreign Iand3
Can that be the famed Rio Grande2
Now, please, don't abuse me-
And kindly excuse ne
West Point IS to blame that I'm canned
Harry ToWle.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
QUAKER MEDTTATIONs.
philadelphia Press

Money talks. but it is mighty short
with some OF US
In baseball even the right fielder may
sometimes play wrong.
The people who buy their popularity
cant afford to wait for bargain days.
Too many husbands and wives quar-
rel about the best way TO make each
other happy
The beauty about owning a bass
drum is that when & is busted your
wife can use II for a hat box.
Put your best foot forward. but
don't Jet IL get so FAR ahead that your
other foot cant catch Up with IT,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

road. with judge Edwards and other
local officials. were at the station and
repaired at once TO Mr.. Thorne's car,
where a business session on the pro-
posed leTee was opened up fmmedidte-
". The result OF manager Thorne's
visit is that Il property owners deed
over the necessary land and the city
constructs its supplementary levee, the
T. & P. and the White Oaks companies
viii do their share IN the long Ievse
as agreed upon in very short order.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
Sunday and the Repair Department


TEIL
Wv fair throughout the day all be
way comfort physical mental and spiritual
Of the day that begins week with enforced suspension regular
pretty high strung take our pleasures keenly and
things indignant
that little all We help
only beginning
and another and another waiting mPatly to be taken up
Sleep Of the goth century spirits
like the periodical blessing
Vacations
us onlv in subrnerrng ourselves in an mass Of 1sTng b
do find ourselves able OOs
worries and wastes the tendencies wander
ehaHots through the bordering fences
Home to the instant need of things
writes EPhnE Of one his vre characters @Oms to the nOw
many Of Us that Of Ouseves2 KPngs potent
together in Damascus
flashes " the brain in one single dart Of dazzling simplicity dne
iOn-us night iny stor
lightning lasting fraction of second
photographs on the Te Of the eye and thence the senz brain
whole complete vivid picture Of landscape 0OOTs motion
fixed,
ca untuB face home the instant need of thineso saws
KiFng And o manhood
Most wrinkles in the face Of old nafden worry
obviously eye binding light the
al superOeharac-
history wrinkles be,
rntubsd fsoes NAV certainty mean sometime T cam
problems indulgence iesponsby ca1els Of one.
fellow
ru the more perfect attune
ent Of the vital and spiritual
perfect tuswOrthnes the rur rsrn
ion the
devotion altrustc service.
So Sunday Sunday thu raveled sleeve of
Sunday the children Sunday comes to ~ 70
the sunlight of life Sunday machinery mind &c
efficient while he Is lut
at
any fogets his manners or
thing Sday cIear-bngs back
the thought the highways things
and weighing of
waste and to cultivation OF the things Of permanent worth
e Pao
inspiring faung horizons serenity bOong
shadOwy nestiae value
making future perfected
We in ourn a
ezhausibs wealth that rue
healthy minded superior
constituted
nature is transformed by human effort
human
Orion siO Sirius
oiet
lonely With speaking
friends to
through the o
friend; climb look valleys stay
while to watch the play Of lights
and MS antg paint athwaIt calm distances Of infinite
variety summer making ruggedns thing
changing beauty, clearing phes
Psaosfd commune with the god that sirs within all
So shall
I'VE neither children but
remembered
preparation And whatever
that day and with the spirit religion If
for more efficient work in the world for the world
Arizona against employment
any but American citizens u
immigrant Of foreign birth intending operate
10 exclude all
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

ROOssvets friends have La
withdraw" but ne broken down physically,
n that condition new buffalo bull fights
the wonders politics the old supporters accepted
his elimination But Roosevelt way Sentiment
strongly tnag toward Roosevelt up to few
the southern Republican delegations expected 90
be revolt in the convention very formidable
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

Efforts are being made BY the Fort
Worth chamber OF commerce to place
that city on the route OF the two pro
posed auto highways from New York
to san Francisco and from Canada TO
the Gulf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

Galveston maintains its rank as sec
ond port in the United States IN the
value Of foreign commerce In the year
1911 the value OF exported products
from that city was approximately
1857 $50 925
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

An oil well has been brought in in
the Markham Held near Bay City. Tex
with a flowing capacity OF 1000 barrels
per day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

Arizona follow against employment
but American citizens This u keep any
immigrant Of foreign birth intending
10 exclude Of all alien acquiring citizenship
Is much b in of the plan
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

THIRTY-FIRST YEAR OF PUBLICATION
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17
Success Under Difficulties

Benjamin franklin Philadelphia
World Wide Scientist Statesman
BY MADISON C. PETERS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

.bTanan Gail Tor Executive
Many Things.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-10-15

lodging In the muscles Of the chest about three inches below the skin instead of penetrating the lungs. His manuscript and wonderful physique no doubt saw ed his life. No attempt was made to remove the bullet. After the wound had been treated an- tisepticaIIy, Roosevelt was re- moved aboard his train, which at once started for Chicago. During the trip Roosevelt slept comfort ably. Dr.. TerriII does not think the wound to be very serious un- less complications set in.
 Sc'irank was immediately hug tied off to jail by the police. When in the Jail Schrank seid that my man who aspired to a third term to the presidency ought to be shot. He said t'lat
 f Roosevelt was elected a cIyI war .orId ensue in which thou sands would be killed. He said that Mckinley had appeared to him in a dream and told him to put him out of the way. He had followed Roosevelt to Charleston, Chicago and other places with the intention of shooting him, but was always frustrated in his de- sign until he saw the ex-preSi- dent in his automobile in front of the GiIpatrick House.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 15. - Mrs Roosevelt was attending a thea tre when the news of the shoot ing was conveyed to her. She al
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-10-15
As He Enters Automobile He Is Shot Through the Chest Thinks Bullet Missed Him--As He Is About To Speak An Examination Reveals That He Is Wound
 ed--Speaks For Hour and a Half

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 15.-An all most successful attempt to as- sassinate Col. Roosevelt was madc here last night. Just as Col. Roosevelt had stepped into an automobile in front of the
 GiIpatrick House, about to depart for the Auditorium, where he was billed to speak, John Schrank, an Side Bavarian saloon keeper aged thirty-six years, deliberately pulled large revolver, and aim- ing point blank at Roosevelt, fir- ed before any of the bystanderS could prevent him. The crowd appeared to be paralyzed. Stem ographer Martin, who was in the automobile with the ex-presI- dent, Ieaped from the conveyance and oyerpowered Schrank. At the same moment Roosevelt rose calmly from his seat, looking toward his assailant, when Mar tin exclaimed: "Here he is, Colo mel; look at him." By this time the crowd had come to a reaIi- zation of what had been done and began to rush toward the mar held by Martin, crying "Lynch him!" Roosevelt interceded with the crowd advising that the law be permitted to take it's course
 when in answer to questions b> the bystanders he replied that the shot "had missed me this time.'
 Upon signal from the Colonel
 the automobile made it's way tc