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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-26
Feeble Minded Children.

Economic incompetence often goes
by the name of laziness. thriftlessness.
shiftlessness. In every village we find
some of this worthless Sort" and they
usually get scant sympathy and still
scantier Interpretation Be careful Of
your own diagnosis of these cases.
reader. or you may make the mistake
of the ignorant parent who actually
beats feeble minded child. thinking
the child will not obey. whei-. as pure
matter of fact. the child cannot obey.
There may be kind of iaziness which
will respond to moral suasion. but
there is another important kind which
is due to incurable deficiency of will
Feeble mindedness is blight which
not only affects the intellect. but may
also weaken the instincts which are at
the basis. alike. of play. work and
thrift.-American Magazine
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trievable?"
Yes" said Stanford CURLY.

Yes" said Stanford CURLY.
Granger drew back into his car. ~
sympathize deeply" he added "I'll
see you at the club later
When Stanford reached the Stan
legs he saw Edward Martins car at
! the curb. Martin was one Of Anna
admirers who had not given up hop
| spite of the fact that it was practically
decided in Stanford's favor.
1t was Stanford's intention to tell the
Stanleys at once about his plan for
| discovering his friends. He saw in the
first glance at the servant who opened
| the door that the news had already
| spread through the house. and as the
door closed Mrs Stanley came into the
! hall.
She started at sight of him. Then
| she shook hands and began to talk
| swiftly.
Happy New Year." she said. You
are our second early caller Mr. Mar
! tin came little while ago. Isn't it
| fine weather for a holiday? We are
| going motoring. ! haven't even had
time enough to look at the papers this
morning."
Stanford was turning cold The in
sincerity of the woman was obvious.
Besides" she continued. I'VE have
been thinking of something elsa sur
prise: Anna and Ned Martin. 1t seems
they've had an understanding between
! themselves for months past. Anna
limited at something of the kind last
night and this morning they came to
us together. 1t was not just what we
had planned for Anna. but what were
we to do? They adore each other SO
it's arranged"
She stopped with almost gasp Of
relief. She had got it out before Stan
| ford explained.
II see." he said calmly: you have
not looked at this mornings papers?"
NO. Why do you ask?''
II suppose YOU are trying to be tact
full, Mrs. Stanley?' he said.
The contempt in his eyes and voice
stung her. and she gave herself up to
anger.
We'll. was" she replied. Since
you insist. did see the papers and saw
that you were ruined. Was to throw
my daughter into the ruin with you?
You expect a great deal too much If
you expect that. have Annals future
to look out for. and know l am doing
the best thing. | am trying to arrange
| matters so that people will understand
,, that they were engaged before we
heard Of your failure. You appear to
think it contemplate but do not, and
you will find few people who will
And Anna? Is she contented?' in
quired Stanford.
Perfectly. Anna Is very sensible"
Then since l am ruined | am dis
missed?" demanded the young man.
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I've never seen such absolute greedi-
friends have shown this morning
It's completely spoiled my New Year.
| hope they have hit you hard. hard
enough for you to be willing to stop
this folly. You're only going to get a
broken heart and a soured outlook out
of this thing. You must stop it before
it goes any further"
They have hit me hard" replied
Stanford sadly They've broken me
| already"
A light of understanding rose, in the
lawyers eyes.
You don't mean the Stanleys?"
Stanford nodded. THE parents GER
tainly have. Anna is to marry Martin.
But can't believe that she loves him"
That moment the door opened. and
his servant announced. Miss Stanley"
She ran straight to Stanford with
her arms outstretched. He had never
seen her SO beautiful nor loved her
more.
They told me a thousand terrible
things" she said. Mother sent for
Ned Martin. tried to do what they
said but | couldn't couldn't. How
| could IT,
Stanford took her in his arms She
was crying and chung to him like a
| child
| lyon have done nothing wrong.
dear" he said. mot even for your ia
| Their and mother" And he told her Of
the fortune he had kept.
Then they went together to tell her
parents. who ut middle age had grown
no old that they thought the millions
| were all that mattered.
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PIECES OF SILVER.
They SuppIanted Cacao Beans az the
First American Currency.

FiTSt american Currency.
Before Mexico was invaded by the
Spaniards coins We're unknown there,
the natives using in place of money
the smallest cacao beans. reserving
those of larger size and better quality
for the manufacture of liquor to
which they were addicted.
About fourteen years after the con-
quest-that is to say, about 1535-Cas-
lillian coins began to make their ap-
pearance in Mexico. AS they arrived
only in very small quantities. they
were insufficient for the needs of trade.
1t was then that the viceroy ordered
the manufacture in the City of Mexico
OF small pieces of silver of a certain
weight.
These pieces were not stamped with
any coinage mark. and their value was
determined entirely by their weight.
From them was derived the name
peso"
These pieces of silver remained in
circulation number of years, and
pieces of gold and of copper were also
added in time. Soon. however. it was
found that this sort of circulating me-
dunn made fraud easy, and the Span
ish government esta blished three minis.
granting them perpetual existence
for America
The coinage of money in the City of
Mexico was actually begun during the
reign of Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza.
who established a mint in buildings
belonging to the Marquis del Vale.
Here it remained only short period.
being transferred first to the council
building and later to the viceroyal pal
ace
During all this time the coinage was
Of q considera BILE amount and the facil-
tiles for the establishment were not
sufficient to meet the demands made
upon it for coins for which reason fire.
quent demands for minting apparatus
are found in the records. In the year
ITS the mint was established in the
Apartado building and has continued
| since then in the street of that name.
From the declaration of independence
until the year 1s47 the mint was rented
| out to contractOrs.-New York Sun.
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The Oyster.

The oyster is very ancient institu-
ton and most honorable one. From
time immemorial poets have sung OF
him and orators have dwelt upon his
charms Juvenal. the most illustrious
Of all satiriSts. enlivened the literary
charms of the reigns of Trojan and
Hadrian with his comments on the
oyster. and the comments were not
satirical either. but warmly commend
ntory The oyster the true cosmopo-
lite. is found pretty nearly everywhere
and was the delight Of the world for
ages upon ages before the man from
Genoa found the shores of America
New York American.
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the headlines. and his friend read.
Failure of Henry Stanford-Head of
the Sewing Machine Trust In Liqui-
dation." Williams merely stared at
the paper and then at the man oppo-
site him for fully minute. He could
not believe what he had read.
why. this is terribler' he said final
~. How did it happen?'
Speculation" replied Stanford Ia
conically.
| I'm awfully sorry to hear this" re-
! turned Williams. lis there no way
out of it?"
| IL see none just now" said the 9TH
er. II suppose you think it would be
good plan for me to make a New
Years resolution not to speculate any
| more. But I'm not going to. Now
| that this has happened l have resolv-
| ed to find out who my friends are
| my real true friends. ] mean. 1t may
| seem like queer resolution. but it will
| be an interesting experiment. How
many of the people / have befriended
| in the past do you think will stick to
me now that my money Is gomez
II don't know" replied Williams.
But take my advice and don't try it.
You're likely to be greatly disillusioned
about many of your so called friends"
"Perhaps'' said Stanford. But I'm
going to try it anyway | want to see
what happens"
AS soon as Williams had departed
he took his hat and stick and set out
on his voyage of discovery. He was
not really ruined man. but not soul
in all the world but he and his law
yer knew it 1t had been the work of
year of skillful manipulation. this
getting OUT with S5.0O0.OOO AS a
financier be was closely watched. but.
for all that. he had at last successfully
effected the withdrawal of that huge
amount from the money whirlpool and
its quiet investment in steady national
securities. The morning papers proved
that he had succeeded Stanford could
! afford to indulge his whims. and he
had planned all this for the simple pur-
pose of finding out who were his real
friends Moreover. he had selected the
holidays for the test. so that they
might have the good cheer Of the sea-
son on their side.
Stanford decided to call on the STAN
leys first. There was no doubt about
their being his friends. Mr.. Stanley
owed all bis present prosperity to STAN
ford and could not do otherwise than
stick by him in his adversely. Then
there was Anna. 1t had been practi-
cally agreed that he was to marry
Anna. The only reason they were not
formally engaged was because she was
month or so too young.
Although it was showing hard. he
was obliged to walk rather than go
there in his big limousine. as that.
among other things, was now held up
by the liquidators. acting for yester-
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-26
BATTLES IN POETRY.
In Tuscany Even the Peasants indulge
In This Pastime

In This Pastime.
Visit the home of a peasant in Tus-
cany on some winters evening and you
will be surprised and charmed, writes
Mr. Richard Bagot in 1.-THE Italians Of
Today" Gathered round the kitchen
fire after the days work is done. these
peasants, fresh from their rough labor
In the fields and vineyards. vie with
each other in reciting poetry and tell
ing stories. Generally both are extern
poraneous. and often they have good
deal of poetic grace and Imagination.
The gift Of reciting improvised poetry
is not. however. confined to the peas
ants in Tuscany. l know of an in
stance that occurred in my own neigh
borhoOd not so very long ago that Ger
tainly could not have occurred any
where but in Tuscany. A local doctor
was driving to catch train at sta
ton few miles from me, and on his
way he was accosted by a colleague
who happened to be looking over his
garden wall. The colleague shouted
out line Of improvised verse to him,
upon which the other instantly pulled
up his horse and capped the line with
another.
Doctor No. 2 responded. and for
three hours the poetic contest was con-
tinued without cessation. In the mean
time the whole Of the village had turn
ed out to listen and to make wagers on
which would be the first to lack an In
spiration. Ii was only as dusk came
on that doctor No. / remembered that
he was on his way to catch a train
Whether patient was expecting
him | know not. but feel convinced
that such a detail would not have been
allowed to interfere with this war of
verses.
Ii Is interesting to see that even the
illiterate peasants detect at once the
slightest departure from the form in
which the original lines are set and
consider the offender to have lost the
match
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Oddities In Print,

An enterprising exchange has col
lected the following oddities in print:
A butchers sign reads as follows.
"John Jacobs kills pigs like his ia
Their"
A tailor had bill in his window to
the following effect. Wanted Sever
al thin coat makers" This is fine
chance for spare tailors.
One advertisement was headed. Two
sisters want washing" So do a good
many brothers. Another advertise
ment was. "Wanted-A boy to sand
paper"
The following extract from a medical
advertisement is perhaps correct. Con
sumptives. cough while you can. for
after you have taken one bottle of my
mixture you can't"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-26

IF you choose to be unreasonable
and put it that way. yes" she said and
left him. Stanford stared around, a
little dazed. for a second.
'Why. / thought she liked me-she
and Mr.. Stanley-and that Anna loved
me-" he said to himself. He turned to
go. and the butler let him out. He
walked slowly back to his fat.
When he reached his apartment he
found Watson. his lawyer, waiting for
him. He looked pale and worried.
What is it?'' asked Stanford.
why. they've started already" re-
piled Watson bitterly They've been
at me like vultures for the money
quite small sums. lots of them-that
you owe them. Some of them are like
wolves, fighting over priority claims.
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days Hurried meeting of creditors. He
had just reached the sidewalk when a
car drew up to the curb. and Roswell
Granger thrust out his head
What are you doing on foot? he
called Il was hurrying over to catch
you before you went out wanted
to know if you could loan me the use
of your car this afternoon to take a
party of friends over to- But STAN
ford inter- upted him by pulling a
newspaper from his pocket and thrust
ing it under his eyes. Granger read
and gasped. He owed Stanford over
a thousand dollars in small loans
Great Scott"' he said. This Is ter
rible. I'm awfully sorry. Is it ire.
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Ancient Memphis.

over the site of the ancient city Of
Mempnis. once the fair city of the
"orld. now buried by thick deposit
OF Nile mud. stand stately palms.
"nlch yield a luscious fruit. Over the
city the peasant Egyptians carry on
Their agricultural pursuits. and the
pa'lhs Yield the entire food Of the
'PeaSants during large part of the
year.-Argonaut.
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A Useful Army.

Completing the improvements In a
conquered town. says Popular Mechan-
les. is an unusual occupation for an in
vadng army. but this is what happen
ed in Uskub. Macedonia When the
Balkan war broke out the electric
street lighting system was almost COM
plete. The town was then taken by the
Servian army. and the engineering
staff completed the system and put it
in working order.
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Profanity Once INDISPENSABLE.

Swearing was at one time regarded
as an indispensable accomplishment
Evelyn Ashley once told Sir Algernon
West that on his father becoming Lord
Shaftesbury. Lady Caroline Neeld. his
sister. said to him in all seriousness:
Now that you have come into the
title. you must learn to swear. Your
father always did and gained great re-
spect by 1t in the cOunty."-London
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copyright, 1913. by American Press Asso-
cia

copyright, 1913. by American Press Asso-
ciationl
~TANFORD had just finished his
- breakfast and his servant was
~ clearing the table when his
friend Williams came in.
Happy New Years. he called
Have you made any good resolu-
tions?" Suddenly he stopped short.
why. what makes you so glum this
bright New Years morning?"
Haven't you seen the morning pa
pers?' asked Stanford. pushing one
across the table toward him.
No; what's in them?"
The other simply pointed to one of
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Where the Poets Worked.

The sixth grade of Il certain school
in a foreign settlement in one OF our
cities was learning the use OF posses
SiveS.
The book required the pupils to cor
rect and expand into complete SEN
tence the following expression: Mil
ton and Shakespeare's works" Joseph
Nikodym handed in this sentence:
Milton and Shakespeare work In
coal mine''
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An Invitation,

what are you thinking Of, Miss
WOmbat?"
'Of your name. Mr.. Higgins"
MY name?"
Yes. as Shakespeare says. is there
anything in a name?"-Seattle Post-In-
telligencer
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Dore's Musical Rebus.

Gustave DOre. the famous painter
and engraver. once bought villa on
the outskirts of Paris and wrote over
the entrance this musical rebus, Do.
mi. ST. la. do. re- This. properly inter
preted is "Domicile a Dore," or in
plain English Home Of Dore"
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Iivino With Them.

II hope you know enough to keep
gour wife'S relatives at a distance.
Hum. My wife's maiden aunt Is
going to live with us.
Good gracious. send her away!
II cant She's going to live with us
in her house, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Carrying a Point.

lou MADE some enemies" said the
eonsoilng friend. but you carried your
point"
les replied Senator Sorghum.
Souietltnes man carries a point with
ABOUT the same amount of personal
.''ii' OH that be derives from sitting on
d tack Washington Star
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BUYING Books.

To buy books only because they
were published by an eminent printer
Ia much as if man should buy cloth
ing that did not fit him only because
made by some famous tailor-Pope.
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u' seem to take the sun from the
..o. ,' VINO would withdraw friendship
from life Cicero
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-26

have often wondered how every
man loves himself mora than all the
rest Of men, Antoniua
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Recognition For the ebo.+ s+,-v

n, OF inc 0hoSt Story.
.-'uefiF lady tpartial invalid re-
quireS companion; one who has trav-
e'eu Ut can tell good ghost stories pre-
Times. III i|ohuon
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-02-14
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Coal weather!

Coal weather!
Wanted-All the women In town TO
be present at the meeting of the Civic
League at the Opera House next
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. E. Munroe Englar, secretary
and treasurer of the Garage Company.
Yersity Hospital, Baltimore, on Wed
nesday afternoon for appendicitis.
Services will be conducted in the
Frizellburg chapel Sunday evening,
February 20, at 7.30, by Rev. ". T.
Hersh. Everybody Is cordially in
yited to be present. /.
The Woman's Civic League viii
meet at the Opera House on thu af-
ternoon Of February 20, at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Beach has kindly rendered the
league the use of the Opera House IN
which to hold its monthly meetings.
It Is hoped that all the women Who
are interested in improving West
minister will attend the meeting next
Thursday.
Dr. Charles r. Foutz and Mr..
Charles W. Essom, local agent for the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
attended the Triennial Convention Of
Field Representatives of the Metropoli=
tan Life Insurance Company ut the
Emerson Hotel, Baltimore, on Mon
day. A sumptuous dinner was served
at $50 D. m, after which the follow
ing speakers addressed the meeting:
Mr.. Haley FisRe, vice president Of the
Metropolitan; His Eminenee Cardinal
Gibbons, Hon James II. Preston.
mayor of Baltimore, and others.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-02-14

| Rev. Raymond Spielman, brother OF
Richard II. SpIelman, of Hagerstown
died On December %, 1912, at Station
Yema. West Africa.
This Is St. Valentines Day.
Mr.. Ivan L. Hoff, attorney, has
ben appointed counsel to the West
minister Savings Bank by the direc-
tors of that institution. Mr.. Hoff sue
ceeda Mr.. q. Oliver Grimes, Jr.
Little Miss Mabel Weant, daughter
of MT. and Mrs. q. o. Weant, Willis
street. who was operated on for ap-
pendIcitis at the Maryland University
Hospital, Baltimore, about six weeks
ago. was brought home, on Sunday
With trained nurse.
DR. Hamilton K. Derr died In Hag-
erstown. Wednesday from heart dis
ease. aged 81 years. Before going to
HagerstoWn, where for number OF
years he was surgeon for the West
ern Maryland Railway, he practiced
ut Woodsboro.
Mr.. Edward Dietrich. formerly of
RidgeviIle. now employed by Albert
Bowman, Of Poplar Springs, as driver
OF his huekHIer wagon, met with
6EIAOub DAAAAAhOA@ A%1N
week. Ills team was struck by an
electric car and one OF the mules kill
ed. Mr.. Dietrich was badly hurt and
Ii still suffering from the injuries he
received.
Henry Fogle. charged with a felon-
Ioua assault on his 12-year-old step
daughter. Lille Belle Greenwood, had
n hearing before Police Justice Theo-
dore +. Brown. Wednesday and was
discharged from custody. His broth
er-In-laW. who had made the charge,
was not present. having eyaded the
summons The girl did not under
stand the nature of an oath, but de-
clared fogle innocent Of any improper
conduct
The Sears Roebuek Company OF
Chicago earned ss,322,611 net proht
in the year ended on December 81,
1912, an Increase OF si,437,644 over
1911. This Is equivalent to 1884 per
cent. earned on the common stock at
ter deduction of per cent. for the
preferred Total sales were s77,ll6,-
So. against g4.112.1e4 In 1911 Near
l. all Of these enormous sales Of the
company are made through adyertis-
Ing.
Edward Benchoff an invalid for
years. died early Friday morning
from burns received the day before
when hIa clothing caught FIRE. prob
ably from tobacco pipe. The man,
who xaH b years old. lived with his
parents. Mr. and Mira. ID, c. Benchon.
II nighneId. I'D. For nine years he
had been confined to hia room with n
disease known a. hardening Of the
muscles. which doctors and special
iHts could not overcome. He was
smoking upstairs when erica for help
brought his mother and sisters hurry
Ing n hIH room Flames had cnyelop-
81 HI hodY - the time they arrived,
! certificate Of incorporation OF
neH savings bank nj Liberty was fled
IN he Clerks Office at Frederick on
morning The bank Ia 10
have : capital stock Of 10000, divld- /
ID INTO 10 shares of $40 each. sith f.
: surplus Of % per cent Tho incor-
nnraIoTH aTa James N Sappington.
benjamin ! Hammaker. Maurice +.
Starr and Milton Carter. Of Frederick
county. and Raymond SenBenoy. Of
Carroll county The bank will take
he pIaea 81 The ON recently closed
b State Ranking Commissioner
Do.nH 4 Il financed entirely by
home capital and VIII begin business
n tie I'D bank building.