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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-02-23
Composite Fleet of Navies of
the World to Pass Through
Panama Canal and Enter
San Francisco Harbor.
What the Great Fair Will
Be Like.

land upon the earth. San Francisco
Is preparing to meet the standards Of
a great national celebration Every
land under the stars and stripes will
be represented. and the nations of
the world are intensely interested in
the Panama canal. Americas gift to
civilization. and in the exposition at
which America will formally celebrate
the opening of the canal. This uni
versal interest has assured the most
remarkable worlds exposition in point
Of size. diversity and specifi. interest
ever held"
The opening of the Panama canal
will not only be the most important
commercial event in the history Of the
world, but 1t will mark a supreme
epoch in the lives Of the nations bor-
dering upon the Pacific, and appropri-
ately the visitor will see in the ex-
position the greatest displays of
strange tribes and peoples Of the Pa
cific ocean countries ever assembled
Down the streets of San Francisco
in exposition days will pass such orr
entail pageants as the world has never
seen. China. Japan. the Philippines,
India and other oriental lands will
Join in parades that will rival the In
dian durbar in magnifcence and sur
pass the durbar in variety by reason
Of the many nations represented.
The exposition will formally open
with the entrance into San Francisco
harbor of a composite feet Of the bat
tleships of the world. Upon invita-
ton Of the United States nearly 100
warships of foreign nations will first
assemble at Hampton Roads and will
be joined by detachments of the Amer
lean navy. and the composite fleet will
then be reviewed by the president and
by foreign dignitaries. This feet, the
largest ever assembled. will proceed
through the Panama canal. arriving
in San Francisco harbor about two
weeks after the exposition opens.
The exposition will be held upon the
shores of San Francisco bay and of the
Pacific ocean and will occupy an area
of more than 1000 acres. The grounds
will describe semicircle about San
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-02-23
wv WITHIN q few weeks time
WV thousands Of men and teams
" will be engaged in leveling

1WYITHIN q few weeks time
thousands of men and teams
" will be engaged in leveling
of the grounds of the Pana-
ma.Pac1fic International exposition site
In San Francisco. and it Is estimated
that within six months 10000 men will
be employed in the construction of the
material part of the great exposition at
which the United States of America
will celebrate the opening Of the Pana-
ma canal. Responses to invitations to
participate and offers of cooperation
from every part Of the world are food
ing the exposition management. and
President e. G. Moore and his thirty
directors. who represent every impor-
tant interest on the coast and 81 ,OOO.-
10000 in invested capital. are working
night and day to keep up with the
avalanche of duties that pour in upon
them.
Responses Of foreign countries sur
pass all anticipations Of the exposition
management. Every civilized nation
on earth. every land within the sweep
Of both shores of the Pacific ocean
and every state in the Union will be
represented by the finest assemblage
Of displays the world has ever seen.
''San Francisco" says President
Moore. las hostess for the nation will
entertain the world in 1915 with the
most comprehensive exposition in his
tory, jubilee OF nations. a splendid
commemorative celebration. which
shall include not only the finest fea-
lures of all former worlds expositions
In recording the progress of the world.
but yet in magniicence. in diversity.
in its distinctive color of the west. of
the orient and of all the countries Dor
dering upon the Pacific ocean will
stand alone. The nations of the world
will see the finest American displays
ever shown at the Panama Pacific In
ternational exposition.
1.-The plans Of the people Of the west
for the Pana ma Pacific International
exposition are being undertaken upon
a scale of world education and inter
est, and the exposition is the subject
of enthusiastic cooperation in every
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-02-23
A Feat With the Feet.

Place cork upon the floor. Meas
ure four lengths of your foot from it
and, standing at this distance. attempt
with one foot to kick the cork over
and recover position (both feet togeth-
err so that the foot that does the kick
ing does not touch the floor till it has
returned to its mate The efforts OF
any one trying to maintain an equilib-
rum in performing this stunt will
arouse considerable mirth.-WOman's
World
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-02-23
Starting WORK On THE NATIONS BIG
PANAMA EXPOSITION

Every Country on Earth to Be
Represented at the Great
est Worlds Fair In History.
Eighty Million Dollars to Be
Expended on National Cele-
brati0n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-03
La rata y su relacion
con la salud p1blica

En- vez de ser estrictamente hervlvo-
ros como pudiera deducirSe de la inspec
ci6n de sus dientes, las ratas son casi
Omnlvoras.
La alimentaci6n de la rata esta cons
tituida por granOS Semillas de todas
classes, harina de trigo Y de maiz, y to-
dos los productos preparadOs con estas
sustancias: frutas Y hOrtalzas; setaS,
corteza de arbOles tiernOS; bulbos. raj
ces, tallos, hojas y flores de plantas her
baceaS; huevos, pollos, pichones, y cone
.iillos ratOnes. ratas peces, ranas, molus-
cos crustaceos. ESta variedad de ali
mentos explica la facilidad con que las
rataS Sc Sostienen en- cualquier sitiO.
La ratas Sc asemejan las ardillas Ell
Ia manera de tener cOgidO ell aliment0
mientras comen. Tan prOntO como Sc
paran una pequena porci6n de comlda de
una masa mayor, Sc sientan, arquean la
espalda. sosteniendo el trozo de ali
mento entire las pataS lie dan vuelta 10
mismo que las ardillas. DeSpues de CO.
mer Sc limpian el hocico Y las parties
prominentes incluyendo los bigotes con
las patas hasta obtener una cOmpleta Inn
pieza. Las ratas beben mucha aqua,
costumbre de la cual sc suele sacar par
lido para la cOlocaci6n de rat0neras de
veneno destinadO elias
Las ratas comen generalmente despues
que el sol Sc pOne; per0 en- sltlos donde
no Sc les molesta muchO salen conner
en- pleno dia Y aGn a la luz del sol
La rata de tejado la negra tienen
mas habilidad para trepar que la obscu-
ra que es mayor y mas pesada. En- los
edifcios la rata obscura vive pOr 10 ge-
neral en- los s6tanos parties bajas, en-
cuevas. De estos escondrijos sale ha-
Ger sus excursiOnes nOcturnas las par
ties atlas de la casa en- buSca de alimen-
TO. La rata de tejadO Y la rata negra
viven dentro de los muros o en- espaciO
comprendido entire el cielO raSo Y el te-
cho. En- uno de estos sitios hace Sus
ndOs
Las ratas suben con facilidad a los ar
boles on bnsca de aimento En- los tro-
picos la rata de tejado y la negra am
dan por 10 general en- los arboles y pa
san mucho tempo en- esoS escondItes ar
b6reos. mientras que la rata obscura so
10 de vez EN- cuando hace sus excurslo
nes por las ramas de los arboles en- bus
ca de algo que conner,
En- campo raso las rataS tienen de dla
su vision defectuoSa. Sc uneven deSpa
clio demostranto falta de seguridad
Por ell contrario al lado de un cuarto y
en- contacto con la pared corren con grar
velocidad. Este hecho sugiere la idea
de que los "vibrisSae" (bigotes) actuer
como palpadOres Y que ell sentldo de
tactic en- ellos es extremadamente dellca
do. Estos animales preferen siemprt
espaeiosos extrechos como los camlnos
reales-otra circumstance que puede uti
Izarse cuando Sc trata de poner ratone
s"E --Asv--@-l -~-- 4 49, = : - Al
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-03

Sc ha eXagerado muchisimo la feroci-
dad de la rata Los relatOS de sus alta
queS seres humanOs, Y SObre todO a los
ninoS dormidos. carecen de Fundamental.
81 Sc ven atacados casi todas las ratas
Sc defender con los dientes; no cabe
duda de que una horda de ratas ham
brienta debe ser temible De Ordinario
la probabildad de ser mordido pOr ratas
es remota. Y la mordedura no eS veneno-
sd
La ferocidad de las ratas Sc emplea
por 10 general con miembros de su mis-
mo orden la rata 0bScura eS induda-
blemente la mas terrible de este genero
en- America. Y qnizaS en- todo el mundo;
sin embargo. deSpueS de capturada st
adapta facllmente a viyir EN- Ell sitio en-
que Sc le tiene encerrada los pocos
diaS toma aqua alimento siempre que
Sc le 0frece. La enemiga de esta es-
pecie hacia todas las OtraS rataS eSpe-
Gle de ratones eS muy c0noclda. Sc Su-
pone que ha acabado con la rata negra
en- la mayor parte de Europa Y Ame-
rica, aunque es possible que la enferme-
dad transpOrtada por la rata obscura ha-
va Sido I'm factor en la dismnucion de
individuoS de otras especies. La ra-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-03

ia negra la de tejado no han sldo des-
plazadaS en- los tr6picOs por la rata obs
cura graciaS la tendencia mayor Gle
aauellas permanecer en- los arboles En-
el leiano Oriente es cosa cOmun hallar
dos especies de ratas viviendo muy po-
ca diStancfa sen la misma localidad
Como eiemplo puede citarse el caso
de las Islas SalOm0n donde la rata NJ.
Imperator y la rata NJ Rex viven con-
tigua la una a la otra. La primera es
especie que fabrica cueyas para vivien-
da la segunda eS afcionada a vivir Ell
los arboes. f. ano 1877 Ell las IslaS
de PascuaS, del Oceano Indico Sc en-
contraron dos eSpecies viviendo juntas
en- paz: la NJ Macleari y la NJ Nanivi-
tatis Hace diez amos que Sc introdujo
accidentalmente ALI la rata oscura, y
cree que las dos especies nativas Sc ha-
yam va eXtinguido
Cuando Sc ven constrenidaS clio pOr
el hambre las ratas Sc converter Ell ca
nibaleS Y Destroyer a sus semejantes mas
debiles. Sin embargo cuando ell ali
mento ordinario Sc halla en- abundancia
es muy raro que Sc desarrolle en- elias el
canibalismo
(COntinuara
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-15

daughter of our tobacco king; OBJ
jects much to life at Ellis Island.
He thinks the immigrants are
too coarse to associate with"
and the Gmeals at the restaurant
aren't good enough. He can't
buy 50-cent cigars there, either,
He has to smoke the regular FIVE
cent brand, and champagne is
prohibited.
Poor princel It's jolly rotten
luck, isn't it?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-15

Something troubles you, Clar-
ence," she said-for Clarence was
indeed his name. How maiden
hood knows!
He folded her passionately to
his breast. IL am going away
from here" he muttered.
She tainted, but the tooth
brush in his waistcoat pocket
tickled her nose and she revived.
Going away from here?" she re-
.peated with a cold numbness in
her heart.
ct won't be for long," he SIAM
mered. There are some new
candidates at the lodge, and"
Enough she Kissed. COP
He laughed a followed laugh,
and drew a cigar from his pocket.
Recklessly he tore. the gilt band
from the middle, threw it to the
ground, lighted the cigar and,
cIenching it saYagely in his we'll
filed teeth, strobe down the walk.
- 49,
How long she sobbed her heart
out on the old garden gate Maisie
never knew. But what sound is
this7 She raises her tear-stained
dimpled face. tClarenceP'
The golden head again rested
on the tooth-brushed, pencil
holdered breast. "You came
backP' she cries..
EYES," he confesses, 81 had to.
You see, 1 am saving the cigar
bands, and in the excitement Of
the moment"
+
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-15

A CIGAR BANDS WORK
(Copyrotten, 1912, by Bunk and.
Slush,)
Maisie hummed a happy little
tune as she leaned gracefully but
quite naturally over the garden
gate. And why should she not be
happy? A delicate blush mantled
her rounded cheeks as, she asked
herself the question, and with the
keen intuition of a woman's heart
answered it almost instantap-
eously. Yes, indeed-why should
she not7
Maisie lived quite alone with
her mother, two maiden aunts
and six little cousins in the hum
bic cottage at the edge of the vii
lage. The rent had not been paid
for several months, and yet they
were all cheerful. For was not
Maisie soon to wed a wealthy
guy? She sure was, if nothing
sidetracked her. Oh, happy, hap
Ply dream of youth! !.
But who is this, coming down
the lane? 1t is he. He is tall and
handsome and dark, and his
moustache curls naturally. In a
moment her little golden head is
resting on his well-padded shout
'dert
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-15

Maisie often shows to her chill
dren the chiefest of her treasures
"a faded cigar band. And when
they ask its meaning she repeats
the old tale-of How 1t Brought
Clarence Back to Her!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-03

His love had changed to horror. )
For three years her memory, her
letters-changed though they
were-had been the spur which
goaded him to success. Now the
fabric of ambition which he had
built up was shattered.
But in the. loneliness of his ,
room that night his thoughts
gradually began to flow in their
accustomed groove again. He
must have been mistaken. Sure
ly Nina Jensen, the little country,
girl whom he had met in the
Storage, animated by the same
hopes as himself, Graded in the.
same land, could not have chang
ed so. Perhaps it was he who
had changed. Perhaps he was
too slow, had remained a green
horn" for all his success, while
she had progressed beyond him.
He resolved to tell her every !
thing on the following night; all I
his aims and aspirations; to beg
her to come back with him to
Minnesota. There, on their lone
ly farm, they would settle, as the
old folks had done in Sweden,
they would be happy. -.
He fell asleep at last, happy in
his dreams.
But on the next night the old
feeling came over him again at
the sight of the hall, the scent of
perfume, the faded tawdyiness of
it. He hesitated upon the TIRES
hold; he could not enter.
And the little maids eyes were
red from tears.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-03

fortune. Now after three years
he had returned-to what?
Through the. mist brokela scent
of patchonli. Out Of it he saw
woman approach, with fashion
ably done hair and gaudy dress;
and through the floating clouds
he saw a slim hand, much bejew-
eled, stretched forth to his.
Whyssif IT isn't JAM exclaim-
ed Nina, q guess you didn't
know me- Jan. Well, what are
you staring at?" she continued to-
the girl. Get busy with your
work, whatever it is! Amt she
the impudent thing! Just a green
horn, you know! Come right in,
Jan, and tell me about yourself
and if you've brought back a wad
to blow in in New York. And
say, Jan, can't you cut out that
stuff you wrote me about getting
married and show me a good time
in this burg instead. Nix on a
Minnesota farm for mineP
He escaped afterward i it
might have been hours or min
utes, but the last thing of which
he was aware was Nina standing
at the door of her apartment and
gazing after him with a puzzled,
quizzical air.
poor Jan! You haven't learn
ed much in Minnesota, JAM" she
had said at parting. And her de-
signs on his pocketbook had been
transparent enough to bring
blush of shame to his tanned face,
so that he could only raise his
hat mechanically in response to
her forewe11
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-16
Pennsylvania Man Was First to Dis
cover Yellow Metal In Golden
Gate State.

"It is not generally known"
said a mineralogist, that the
discoverer OF gold in California was
Pennsylvania ana at one time resi-
dent OF California This s>distinguished
pioneer lies buried in the soil OF this
state. almost forgotten He was Gen
John A. Sutter. a Swiss, who emf.
grated TO Philadelphia in 1884 and re
came citizen OF this commonwealth
His grave is in the Mennonite bury
ing grounds at Lititz, Lancaster coun'
ty. in which village he spent the last
years OF his life General Sutter was
born in 1903 in Baden, Germany, near
the borders Of Switzerland Upon MS
arrival in this country he spent some
time in this city. subsequently remov
ing to the vicinity Of Lititz, where,
in the midst OF relatives, he engaged
in farming. Possessed OF a rowing
nature. however. it was not long be-
fore be yearned to explore the great
unknown land beyond the Rockies
After many privauons he reached
California some time in the early 4Os
and staked a claim II was In the tall
OF as, after a heavy rain. that, at
tracted by yellowish deposits In a
small stream. he made his great dis
covery OF the precious metal The
news OF his find spread rapidly and
the following spring the great rush
from the east began General Sutter
amassed considerable fortune
throuah his gold diggings, but lost
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-16

O'Rourke's a reformed character from
the morning on"
He laughed softly. in high feather
with his conceit: and thinking cheer
fully Of the days of movement and
c-ange that we're to follow, the song
in his heart shaped itself in words
upon his lips.
I'm Paddy Whack
From Balyhack.
Not long ago turned soldier-O
At grand attack,
or storm OF sack.
None than ! will prove bolder-OF
His voice was by way of being
tenor of tolerable quality and volume,
but Misunderstanding wonderful II
was Just the way he trolled out TIE
rollicking stanza that rendered it in
fectious, Irresistible. For as he
paused the voice of the woman that
had reminded him of the song capped
the verse neatly.
"An' whin we get the route
Wild a shout.
How they pout!
Wild a ready right-about
Goes the bould soldier-b boy"
o'Rourke caught his breath, star,
tied, stunned Il, can't be-" he
whispered For II at first her voice
subdued in distance. had stirred his
memory with a touch as vague and
thrilling as the caress of woman $
hand In darkness now that he heard
the full strength Of that soprano bell.
clear and spirited he was sure he
knew the singer. He told himself that
,nere could be no two women in the
world with voices just like that, not
another than her he knew could have
rendered the words with so true a
spirit. so rare brogue-tinged as
that had been with the faintest.
quaintest exotic infection imagin-
able.
But she had stopped with the
verse half sung. His pulses quicken
ing. ORourke leaned forth from the
window and carried Il on:
20. tis thin the ,adies fair
In despair
Tear their hRirl
But-'"r!s divvle a BIT I carer
Cries the hould soldier-hoyl"
The fell pause He listened
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-16

81 can't tell you anything about my
grandpa" said solemn little Eustace'
questioned by a happier comrade as to
his more recent ancestor. because /
never had any. All my grandparents
died before | was born"
But you had grandparents just the
same, dear" interpolated a listening
adult THE fact that they died before
you were born didn't alter the TACT
that they were your grandparents.
"But If our fathers and mothers had
died before we we're born they
wouldn't have been our fathers and
mothers would they?" the wondering
child questioned. so don't see how
what you say can be true.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-16

live for and hope for and strive for
And I'm lingering here In the
very lap OF luxury stufing meself with
rare food. befuddling meself with
rarer wines-me that has fought
day and a night and a half day atop
OF that on nothing and a glass OF
muddy water r!-risking me money as
II there was no end to II, throwing 1t
away in scandalous tips like any
drunken sailor! And all for the scant
satisfaction of behaving like a fool Of
an lrishman. 'Tis sickening-dis-
o,,stinp. naught less. I'm
thinking this night ends 1t, though:
come the morning I'll be pulling up
stakes and striking out for a healthier.
simpler place. where there's some
thing afoot a man can take an inter
est In without losing his self.respect
I'll do just that, | will"
This he meant. firmly. and was glad
CT II. with a heart immeasurably light
ened by the strength Of his good res
olution. He began to hum the old
tune that the unknown woman's voice
had set buZzing in his brain, and
broke on to snap his fingers defiant
ly at the Casino. THAT for ye!" he
iouted it-"sitting there with your
painted smile and your cold eyes, like
the brazen huzzy ye are-Goddess OF
Chance. ndeed!-thinking ye have
but to bide your time for all men to
come and render up their souls to ye!
Here's once ye lose. madam; after this
night I'm done with ye; not a sou OF
mine will ever again cross your Ia
bles. I'll have ye to understand the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-02-16

was a private Of Company G. was
part Of this corps. Before we got TO
Camden, Ark, which was held By the
Union army, we learned that General
Banks had been defeated by the com
bined forces Of Generals Kirby Smith
Price and Marmaduke.
The 18th Iowa was sent out soon
after we reached the camp at Cam
den. A forage train was on It's way
back to camp after making collee
tions out in the country. and we were
sent TO reinforce the guard OF two
colored regiments. We started out IN
the afternoon and by night we had
come up to the train Of wagons and
had gone into camp near by We
could see why we had been sent out.
Through the night there came the
CLEAN of camp fires, where the rebel
soldiers Of General Smiths army were
cooking supper They had defeated
General Banks and we're going to
chase us through Arkansas.
"T don't know why they did not cap
ture US all There we're only three
regiments. That night we we're left
in peace and the next morning the
negro regiments formed and moved
the train about three-quarters OF
mile from the camp on the way 70
Camden. Then an ambushed rebel
battery opened on us and we fousht
there about two hours
MY company was thrown out into
the woods on the skirmish line and we
retreated slowly as the Confederatea
advanced When the order came for
all the regiments to fall back we had
lost eight or ten killed and twenty.
FIVE or thirty wounded. We had been
paraaleling a ravine through which
flowed a stream and in which the
poison spring was hidden. The enemy
was beyond the rayine. AS we
fell back we passed beyond an open
clearing and formed behind the rail
fence that bordered the road at the
farther side Of the field, which was
perhaps twelve acres in extent, Then
we saw the Indians coming.
Both the armies we're we'll sup
piled with indian troops. though onra
we're more civilized than the rebels.
I'd rather fght ten white men than
one Indian You never know what
he's going TO do. The Indians won't
stay in line, either on the march or on
the Aeld Some Of them VII 90
scouting II they are marching, and In
battle they scatter so that you can't
shoot at them with much exactaess
They were all over that clearing
1--WE let them come UP within good
shooting distance before VIC opeued
from behind the fence. and then we
ha6 about six hours good hghting Be
fore II was over there were bullet
holes through my can and my cloth
ing but was not hit We shot when.
ever there was anything to aim at,
and we could always tell II we had
made hit An Indian was sure to
throw up his hands end yell when he
was struck We conlo Gee plenty Of
the hands going up into the air That
kept up until lark, and by that time
we had move hack up q bill and
started for Camden We made the
distance before midnight, and then he
whole army rctreated toward Little
Rock with Smith and Price hard at
our heels