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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-10
SCHOOL NOTES

The domestic science department
has lately received an exhibit Of wool
cloth from the North Star Wooden
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-10

CONGREGATIONAL
X. s. Tontz, pastor.
Sunday school at 1000 a. m.
Morning service at HOO o'clock.
Subject, "The Life Of Love-"
Junior C. E., $500 p. m.
c. p. at $3.50 p. m. Topic "The Con-
secration of Influence" leader, Arthur
Karsen.
Mid-week services Wednesday at
1880 p. m.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Chapel, Third street, 11:0O q. M,
subject OF lesson-sermon, "Soul."
Sunday school at 1000 a. m.
Wednesday testimonial meeting, s
p. m.
The Christian Science reading room
is located in the chapel and is open
every Wednesday and Saturday after
noon from two o'clock until five.
To these services and this reading
room the public is always welcome.
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Flip. who watched every move. was
in q position to see It all and take in
rs much Of the awful cen as human
eyes could comprehend-but even
Flip could never tell just how It hap.
pened that in the fash OF an instant
Nmples had sprung from her corner
straight to the shoulder OF La Belle
and hung there with the irun'' fixed
in his breast.
There was no one who could say
they heard even q moan from La
Belle. The animal men rushed up
with heavy irons tc prod the rayenous
beasts, through the opening between
the cage bars.
Then, more quickly than 1t takes
to tell, although in a space Of time
that seemed eternity to the suffering
La Belle, the rescuers prodded and
dubbed the snarling and fighting
beasts away from the PROSTATE form
Of the girl.
And while strong men with prod
irons guarded the opened door, Flip
reached into the cage and dragged
out the now insensible form Of poor
little La Belle, bleeding from the deep
gashes Dimples had TORI in her shoul-
der and side: her spangles and tights
q sorry remnant Of their previous
glories.
Pandcmonium reigned. The crowd
was now we'll near stampeded.
Flip rode in the ambulance that bore
the insensible La Belle once more to
the Hospital Of the Good Samaritans,
and they carried her into the same
room where she had lain in agony two
years before.
And the nurse who was there to at.
tend her was the same Mrs. Ridley
who had cared for her before. The
emergency service of the doctor In
charge and the members OF the hos
pital staff soon had the still insensi-
BILE La Belle as completely ministered
to IS skill and science could accom-
plish.
Then Flip was admitted and close
by her bedside the sorely grieying
clown sat for days and watched for
signs of returning animation.
One morning when Flip came softly
into the room. Mrs. Ridley held Up q
warning finger for extra caution, and
as Flip approached the bedside he
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] Mrs. Ridley and Flip appeased her
as best they could, but as the mo-
ments passed there seemed to grow
in La Bellies eyes a new and strange
light-she seemed to be changing In
her nature. Flip could almost imagine
that he saw in her manner a reminder
of the wild instinct of the tigers which
had twice almost killed her.
La Bellies face flushed, her breast
began to heave. and there was a look
of almost mad determination in her
face as, with a revival of strength
they both marveled at, she sat up in
bed and started to speak.
Flip and Mrs. Ridley listened to ev-
cry word she uttered, in low but firm
and resolute tones.
Il must ask you, Mrs. Ridley, a
pledge Of secrecy. Twice you have
nursed me. Once you saved my life.
But this time, l fear your tender min
istrations will not avail.
Dear Flip need give me no pledge,
for ! know his lips will be sealed by
his reverence for my memory. But !
cannot die without you two. as wit
ness for each other, knowing what !
have to say, when the time shall come,
that the truth must be known.
Mrs. Ridley. within a week after
I had left this very hospital, two
years ago, Doctor Lund, who was SO
tender and kind at that time. met me
In st. Louis, and we were secretly
married. The record is there under
his name, and my own family name is
Shorbeton.
The little life | am soon to bring
into existence was inspired by this
same beast, Lund, who now declines
to come to me when l need him most.
ITO you. dear Flip, I give the care
Of my child. Boy or girl, as it may be.
bring the child up to follow our pro-
fession. I was a great rider, II there
is anything in heredity my child will
learn readily, and you, Flip, shall see
to It.
And, Flip, dear"-but the sentence
was never finished. La Belle fell back
from the exhaustion OF her effort.
And Their the hospital physician came
and Flip was led weeping from the
room.
Had he not been racked with grief,
Flip would have noticed a man hur-
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rying down the hall: and had La Belle
only known OF the mans presence and
who he was there would have been a
vast difference In the career OF DR..
Lund-for 1t was the father Of La
Bellies child who was s%neaking away
from the death chamber.
Secretly and covertly Doctor Lund
had answered La Bellies summons;
he had crept silently to the door and
listened while La Belle told her story.
He had seen the let .er pass into Flip's
possession, and knew that the clown
and Mrs. Ridley were fully Informed.
Then he sneaked away as silently as
he had come.
All night long Flip waited for the
news he dreaded to have told to him.
Just before dawn they told him the
girl he loved was dead.
Tho grief-stricken clown fought out
his sorrow and then turned to the fu-
ture.
He took Mrs. Ridley, unwillingly,
into his plans. and consulted with her
as how best to proceed. The two de-
cided that little Peg should be in
trusted to the Good Samaritans, to
| raise until she should arrive at an age
when Flip might undertake her train
ing as q circus rider.
To be near the child and also to be
near the grave Of the dead La Belle.
| Flip deciied to make the old southern
town his home, living there in winter
| and travelling with the circus In sum-
mer.
The passing years had brought
| changes in the domestic affairs OF
Doctor Lund. His fame as q physi-
clan had brought him great wealth,
and his services we're In demand out
side Of his home city. He had many
| trips at great distance. His fame was
widespread and he was realizing trc-
mendous wealth in consequence.
Gradually he became more OF a spe-
! ~cialist, travelled more than he prac-
ticed at home. and finally vas hailed
| as the most famous and wealthy doc
tor in the entire South. His fame
| brought him into highest society, and
it was not surprising to his tcwnsmen
that one OF his trips took him to At
lanta for the announced purpose OF
marrying a fam3usly beautiful widow.
The marriage Of the millionaire doc
tor was q topic of brief duration
among the people Of the town-but
there was q constant and everincreas.
ing interest In the welfare OF Flip and
his little girl.
Everyone knew. Of course. Of the
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ing guests to the rooms below, where
the festivities were st their height.
Flip noted the passing OF time, and
was in dread as the hour Of
midnight approached.
Determined to be near the girl, In
case the excitement brought on an at
tack Of her malady p~rematurely, Flip
fingered where he could watch Peg
as she and Doctor Lund continued
close in each others society.
Following them at a discreet dis
lance, Flip realized that midnight was
nea at hand.
Peg and young Doctor Lund strolled
slowly along under the moonlight.
They had reached the fountain when
Flip observed them to halt and begin
conversing in low tones. Quietly the
clown approached until he heard Lund
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could barely restrain a cry OF icy to
see that La Bellies face bore a smile
OF half-conscious recognition.
That day she gradually gained In
strength, until early il the evening
she vas able to whisper to Flip:
Get Doctor Lund; tell him he must
come" and the weak pressure her
hand impaired as he held 1t in his
own, was enough to inspire the clown
to any task.
The doctor was not 1T his ONCE
when Flip called, but he left word
with the attendant, asking Lund to 20
at once to the hospital and see the
circus girl who had been so nearly
killed by her tigers.
Thinking best to tell an untruth and
save worry for La Belle, the real mes
sage he gave her vas in effect that the
expected to call on her the next day.
And the sleep and rest she had that
night gave her strength for the ordeal
that she must soon face-alone.
When Flip arrived at La Bellies
bedside in the hospital next morning
he was greeted by Mrs. Ridley with
the remark:
Here is q letter I've Just written
for La Belle, and I'm going to take It
myself to old Lund, and see il l can
move his stony heart"
SHOW 1t to me, Mrs. Ridley" said
Flip in q kindly tone. " must know
everything that gees On around here.
You must tell me all that happened"
And Mrs. Ridley handed the note to
Flip, who read:
Doctor Lund: Not for the sake OF
myself alone do / ask you to co1le to
me. Here In the same rcom where
you said you loved ne, fate has de-
creed that another life may enter even
IL my own shall pay the price,"
Mrs. Ridley left the room with tho
ncte. while Flip al by La Bellies bed!
side as she slept. The hours passed.
and Doctor Lund cid not appear. Mrs.
Ridley had returned with the informa-
ton that she had placed the note In
the hands Of the doctor himself.
Ia Belle finally asked that Mrs. Rid
ley bring her writing material-for
she had q message to leave that must
be penned by Ter own hand. The let
ter finished. La Belle wrote upon the
envelope inclosing It these words:
For my child. Not to be opened
Of delivered until my boy or girl is
eighteen. This letter and my child
I intrust to my faithful friend. Flip
Then she asked for Doctor Lund.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-08-25
FIRST EPISODE

Those cats will get you ONE
times" said Flip. the circus clown, to
La Belle La Sieur, famous animal train
er, one day after she had emerged from
the cage containing her three fero-
cious tigers.
We'll, it won't make much differ
ence," the famous animal queen re-
spcnded. there is little joy in life for
me under the present circumstances.
The show was in winter quarters,
preparing for another season.
Doctor Lund, a physician who paid
more attention to the circus he owned
than he did tc the practice Of his pro-
fession, was on hand to supervise the
work. 1t did not take the newly ar
rived members Of the company long to
discover that the Snowman also found
tine for the companionship OF a Ger
tain party who generally drove out
from town with Doctor LunG in the
morning and called for him with a
stylish horse and carriage, late in the
afternoon.
Looks as though there might be a
Mrs. Boss around this show before
long" one OF the newcomers remarked
to his partner after a day or two of
observation.
oh, Lund don't mean business" In
terposed n of the men who helped
La, Belle with her tiger act. He used
to be pretty soft on this animal queen.
but now he will hardly even give her
. look"
But a day or so later the overwise
husky would have thought differently
had he overheard the conversation
that passed between La Belle and the
owner Of the show.
They met near her cage OF animals.
and when La Belle made an effort to
attract his attention Doctor Lund
tried his best to avoid her.
you must listen," said La Belle in
low tones. "You must hear"
When Lund stopped, impatiently,
there was q distressed lock upon his
face and he glanced guilty around to
see II they were observed.
La Belle put her arms around his
neck and drew his head Down long
enough to whisper something close in
his ear. Lund drew back as though he
were shocked. There was a cold, cruel
look in his eyes as he responded
sharply:
Il don't care what is going to hap
pen. | tell you III marriage must be
kept a secret at any cost" And turn
Ing sharply away. he left La Belle
standing, crushed and detected, as
tears streamed down her pretty face.
Flip, the clown, from a little dis
lance. had observed the meeting be-
tween La Belle and the owner OF the
show. He now hurriedly came to her
side, and In sympathetic tones soothed
her as best he could until her spasm
Of grief had passed away.
Well. honey. here is the blow-oH
town for this circus" said Flip, the
great clown OF The Worlds Greatest
Show" % he helped q pretty girl down
from the steps Of one OF the sleepers
In the train Of Eayly painted cars that
had just stopped ct the end Of it,
all-night run.
Yes, and Of al towns on earth for
me to close the season in." responded
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with your brilliant knowledge OF medi-
cine. science and invention" Peg re-
piled, her look OF admiration undis-
guised.
We'll, it's all the way you are
brought up. Father has won great
fame n his day. but he has practically
retired now. and depends upon me
to carry on his work.
by the way, I'm very proud Of my
laboratory and scientific appliances.
Perhaps you would like to see my
electrical room and the experimental
machinery l have invented"
"Oh, may l g all the wonders,'
was Pegs delighted response.
Indeed l shall be delighted to have
you come. Get your father and well
slip away from the crowd to my part
Of the house where ! have my work
shop and engine room, as l call them"
Flip. Peg and young Lind we're soon
In the research room Lund had fitted
up regardless OF expense. There were
dynamos and appliances for all sorts
If electrical experiments. scientific
machinery that to Peg and Flip. were
enchanted things OF amazing struc-
ture.
Young Lund. having finished his ex.
periment. returned with hi wonder
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

SNow Is WATER which Is suffering
from exposure. II is produced In
the sky during the thick underwear
months and falls TO earth with amaz-
ing nuency and grace in quiet and
gentle manner which as yet has not
been successfully initiated by our
falling avators.
Snow when It first arrives Is pure
and beautiful like the campaign
pledges of the politician. But like
these same promises, IT changes com.
plexion rapidly and melts away,
leaving lot of dirt and hard feel.
ing behind. There is nothing more
splendid and inspiring than the ar
rival Of foot of snow and moth
ing more sloppy and oozy and defect
ing than its departure. Snow can
outwear its welcome more quickly
than any other guest, except per-
haps the toothache.
Snow is very mild and inofensive
and Is great beauti6er. 1t falls
over the dirty street, the unkempt
back yard, the painless shed and
the sleeping drunkard in the alley
and covers over all these imperfec-
tions with spotless white mounds.
But for all this, ii is a great curse.
II also spraws over our sidewalks
and eompcls us 10 wade through 1t
on our way TO town. A shoeful OF
beautiful snow viii produce chill
blains, pneumonia and bronchitis for
the wearer without extra charge.
We, of the United States, waste a
lot of time prosecuting gamblers and
confidence men. which might better
be spent in making IL unhealthy for
the horny-hldod loafers who sit be-
fore their fires and let women and
children wade through the snow on
their walks outside. Such men
should be carefully collected and seq
regated in the desert of Sahara,
where there is neither snow nor
sidewalks for it to fall upon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
MAKING WAR PERPETUAL

At recent meeting In Paris oi
representative of all tie French
chambers OF commerce. plans for
trade conquest we're adopted which
news dispatch sums up as follows
The alliance of business interests
which has been proposed by Great
Britain and France intends 70 devise
Vays ana means Of effectively oppos'
sing Austrian ard German industry
and commerce while the war contIn'
Mes ana after peace has been arran1'
co.
That England and France shonll
seek to cripple their enemies indus
try and trade during the war Is nal
ural but that they should eoolly
formulate plans TO hottie Op and sui
focate German and Austrian hnslne =
after the war is not onl objection
able to fairminded neutrals hut i'
amazingly shortsightcd 50 far as
their own interests are c'neerned'
There seems to be no doubt o'
such an economic conspiracy Th'
president OF the British Board oi
Trade said recently. in the House oil
Commons.
While the war Is on We must do
everything In our power to DESTROY
German finance credit and trade.
The work Of the Board OF Trade
shall be to see TO II that after the
war Germany does not have the op-
portunty to reorganze hsr oomme'-
clal system. We must see that con
troll of the metals of the c'ipire pas
Is entirely from German hands. We
must keep control of the worlds coal
We must secure control of the supply
Of oil
The Allies cannot be criticized for
trying to crush German militarisni.
But German industry and trade have
not menaced the worlds peace. \
systematic effort TO sufiocate them
win be real menace to peace. NO
thing will do so much to perpetnate
war as a game of economic freeze
out against Germany.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

cnse the United States of seizins
.oo3s sound for neutral p9rts Nh'ch
had an ultimate destination to an un-
blocksdea port IN other words. the
actual blockade is the test. This our
q ternationai laN apo,ofisis for
Great Britain igonre. Enslsnd is not
actually oekadihg any German port
she IS physically unable @ blockade
her Baltic ports. which mast De The
climate destination Of any goods
sert to Norway and Sweden that fn-
ally reach Germany.
strict adherence TO The United
States doctrine does not justly The
british blockade OF neutral l'ofis and
Interference with out ships on lhei-
was To them. Our lnternailoual ap'l'
ogisis for her acts 90 far beyond Zoe
definition Of them IN the Snringhoh
memorial they quote As authority
They are trying 10 give away our
case In advance
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
Pepper Talks
BY GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS
Sober Second Thought

The Impulses Of our Nature do NOT
Lead us. they Arouse us. And no
man is fit to contend gloriously for Q
fact or for Cause until he Is thor
oughly Aroused. But to act upon
FIRST Impulses Is an unwise and
most disastrous policy.
Halter your Impulses with Sober
Second Thought.
You will never lose anything by
carefully Thinking things over be
fore you act. In fact, 1t is our Sober
Second Thoughts that give us cour
age to carry through successfully
what comes to us as necessary "a
be done. Cool heads are always
wiser than hot heads.
Halter your Impulses with Sobss
Second Thought
Most of the regrets Of the world
arise from important things done. on
Impulse. which II but introduced AZ
once to Sober Second Thought,
would not have been done at all,
Many a man has resigned q good
position on Impulse only to De left
Tor months and years working up to
where he left off. Sober Second
Thought is a companion worth cul
tivating.
Halter your Impulses with Sober
Second Thought.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

A German newspaper reports the
invention OF a powerful aeran engine
as well as the manufacture OF ilee'
af these air monsters The same
newspaper announces that as soon az
the meteorological and otner eondi
tons permit these air monsters "lh
70 their work in london Each aero
plane Is reported 20 carry TWO guns o.
ceadly force. with the coming oil
snring bloody work will be resumed
in the war zone which Includes the
most OF Europe.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
THE PRICE or GASOLINE

The Wall Street Journal has as
covered why gasoline Is becoming so
expensive. Most OF us have imagin-
ed the alarming rise in price Is due
to the tremendous increase OF auto
mobiles and other gasoline engines
In this country, and the abnormal de-
mand abroad for military uses. Along
with the natural causes, II ms bcta
assumed by most consumers that the
oil industry itself was iakng ad-
vantage Of the demand to levy ex'
cessIve profits. But not so
The Wall street Journal "hesitates
to tell the truth. for few will believe
IT," But the truth must be told. It
is the government Of the United
states aided nd ahetted by the sh-
preme court. tDat has made gasoline
so expensive The Journals reason
ing is as follows
As long as the Standard Oil Com
nany was intact. the big rust kep'
down the price Of gasoline, because
"it was clearly 10 the interest Of .
Broadway to lose money in stem
ming the tide Of high prices in the
interest OF public sentiment" But
along came the government and
brought suit for dissolution, and the
supreme court impudenily proeeedec
10 break ur ;he trust into % compe'
ing parts There is now no longer 3.
responsible 26 Broadway' to keen
prices down So gasoline scars
and Rockefeller laughs" and tn p
government itself Is responsible
That's what tie country gets foT
letting its government interfere with
benevolent monopoly The Journ-
q intimates that we've got precisely
what vas coming to us Il doesn I
seem to occur to tine Journal. howev-
or that If this line o. reasoning is
correct. IFS up 10 the government il
self to exercise the philanthrop!c
function it has taken away from Nr
Rockefeller the duty 10 be some
what a regulator Of prices
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
Our Experiment

Recently, with the able assistance
OF A. u. Reeves, William McHarg,
ct dl we placed stethoscope above
the heart Of an ordinary bonehead
citizen, the kind Judging from re-
sults) that do most II the voting.
and mentioned to him In turn the
names of those VINO have been
aboubenadhemmed for the RepuDli-
can candidacy for the Presidency.
This Is the result ON the ivory
domed ones heart action:
Weeks. slight retarding.
Mann. normal.
Fairbanks. almost stOpped-re-
storatiyes were necessary.
Burton no acceleration.
Johnson, natural.
Hughes. two grains of digitalis
had TO be administered
Taft one grain digitalis.
Root. normal
Roosevelt, slight palpitation,
subsiding promptly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
FINDING EXCUSES FOR EUROPE

Some writer's on international Law
in America are taking tae britisa
view Of the so-callec American doc
trIne Of seizure in transit and ultim-
ate destination. They deplcre the
fact that the United states did not
repndiate it before the war began.
and at the beginning Of the war ae-
cent the Declaration Of London IN
support Of this opinion they quote
,ae protest made in the springDok
case hv the Institute Of International
law. but they fail to note the difeT-
.pee between the doctrine aid down
IN that ca.e and the present British
practices they undertake to say II
jasiIiies,
A dose examination Of the pro
iest. or memorial shows that the
nitlmase destination referred TO there
IL always spoken OF as an actually
hloekaded port. They DO not ac'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
Views OF The Press
Rudyard Kipling

Godl you English would be all over
the shop in an hour. upsetting the
balances Of power and making COM
motions"
Kipling is above all a lover of
strong men. His great aversion is
namby-pamby person, one who Is not
wise enough to be good and not
courageous enough to be bad II
Kipling has a message" 1t is TO
work and play with all the vigor
of your heart and mind. In his
stories the greatest compliment paid
4 maa is when his superiors merci-
lessly load him down with work. To
struggle and conquer by power Of
viii and fcroe OF character
seems to be Kipling's conception Of
the highest office OF man.
Kipling Is not an all-seoing, celes-
tial poet. like Shakespeare Milton,
Wordsworth. George Herbert or
Emerson But he is always whole
some, always urging one to stand
firmly on his feet and welcome ac-
ton In any form. Apparently Kip
Ing is willing TO have a man work
and love, suffer and sin. II he will
or.y look you In the eye. fearing
nothing and agkius nothing. "The
race is run by one and enc. and
neser by two and iva. '-Rcchestcr
Democrat.