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The Washington times., 1924-08-13

or Ideas about domestic life that would him bad with
the police nowadaysand beating children was one of them
1t matters not whether the advice from throne
ancient Isrea court bench in modern America such
advice is unspeakably stupid and cruel.
THE LOWER END OF THE SPINE is NOT THE SEAT
OF WISDOM YOU CAN'T POUND CHARACTER INTO A
HUMAN WITH HAIR BRUSH. HAIR-BRJJSH DIS
CIPLINE ISN'T AN EXPRESSION OF YOUR LOVE FOR
THE CHILD. IT'S AN EXPRESSION OF YOUR OWN
LACK OF INTELLIGENCE, OF YOUR INABILITY TO COM
PRETEND OR DEVISE MORE RATIONAL METHODS.
Why do children misbehaveH Because they do as their
emotions dictate without thought of consequence IF thew
want to YELL they YELL If they want to grab or kick or fb
or play hockey eope when they're sixteen they do these
things And because such uncontrolled emotional acts are
nuisance in crowded world, call them "misbehavior"
Learning to do right largely matter of learning to do
things which will not make trouble for other people and
thus react njurousy oneself That's the idea which
underes moral code and the idea which should shane
the training of the child.
Now it requires good deal of thought to get that idea
into an adult skull and keep there it requires even
more thought to get it into chds skull and into his grow
ing spirit You've got to keep hour after hour and dav
after day through all the of his childhood Moreover
you've got to LIVE it you teach You can saw tYon
Copyright 1894, King
The Washington times., 1924-08-13


idate the human body They will make sneak, coward
rebel out Of your child, but they will make self
controlled srespecting citizen for they do appeal
the source of self-control or self-respect.
Moreover they break down the greatest safeguard Of hap
Ply home fe the chds respect for his parents Since time
mmemoral parents have cherished tradition that the child
stood in of the hand that welded the rod Far from it'll
The child stood in Of the rod As soon as he could
at ALL he felt increasing bitterness and contempt
for the hand behind the rod and the older he grew the
contempt and bitterness he felt For he knew perfectly well
that that hand would not be welding the rod if he
large enough to fight back.
That old tradition passing away fear and Hypocrisy
drop from and learn to say what think in the
face of authority We realizing at last that parents are
not demigods and that child beating relic Of savagery
This has resulted in mudde for the present Deprived Of
the rod don't know what to next As thinker the
Human Race fine brcksyer great many parents are
not doing anything at all toward shaping their children
character to the increasing inconvenience of every In
the face Of such axnes the Los Angeles judges admonion
sounds almost sensible But it really isn't sensible Rod
discipline actually bad discipline. Sooner
we're going to evolve intelligent methods for training chill
dren just as we've evolved intelligent methods for digging
bitches sknnng and canning peas Just give time
Svndca Inc.)
The Washington times., 1924-08-13

r AM sometimes asked for ad-
vice on homemade telescopes.
Il My advice is: Do not try to
make q telescope unless you
possess one or both Of these two
advantages: First, YOU should be
a practiced and skilful mechanic;
second, you should be able to
grind and polish glass lenses as
that work is done in optical shops.
1t Is more likely that you
should be a good mechanic than
that you should understand the
less common art. Of the lens
grinder. OF course you could, II
YOU would, acquire both OF these
necessary qualifications solely TOR
the sake Of making a telescope
as the great astronomer William
Herschel did. But in our day not
many would go to 30 much ex'
pense of time and labor unless
intending to learn to make tele-
scopes as a bushels. Herschel
had to make his own, and first
to learn how, because there was
no one else to do the work Tor
him-at least as he wanted 10
have It done.
If you have the needed mechan-
zeal skill, but not the art OF glass
grinding, then you may make the
tube and the mounting. for your
telescope; but you must buy the
lenses. You may thus save q
good deal Of expense. fer good
mounting Is costly, but, stlIl, the
principal lens-the object glass
Is also costly.
A three-inch one may cost a.
much as q hundred dollars, or
more, according to the make; ana
the price goes up disproportion'
ately with increase Of size, Just
az happens with diamonds. Then
YOU need several eye-pieces, OF
different powers, and they VIII
cost several dollars apiece. A
totally reflecting prism Is g great
convenience to save twisting the
neck in looking at objects high
in the heavens, and that may cost
SO. There is q recent Amer1-
can work on the telescope by Or.
Louis Bell which affords many
valuable practical hints.
There is one thing to be SAID IN
favor of making ones own tele'
scope, independent Of the saving
Of expense, and that concerns the
pride and personal satisfactlon
which the achievement AFFORDS
and also the practical knowledge
that you gain about the stars
The Washington times., 1924-08-13

and about the powers and pecu-
laritieS OF telescopes, while the
work is going on. This is par
ticularly true If you make your
own object-glass. You have to
test it on the stars, and for that
purpose you have first to know
the "lay of the land" among the
stars and to get acquainted with
uranography-the geography or
the heavens. You also absorb
much practical knowledge OF
optics.
A remarkable example OF the re.
action of Disappointing upon
the minds Of amateur makers has
been seen at Springfield, VT
where, under the general guidance
of Russell w. Porter, whose
"garden-telescope" I recently de-
scribed here, more than q dozen
skilled machinists, connected with
a well-known tool factory. under.
took each to make his own tele'
scope. In this case the reflector
type was chosen instead Of the re-
tractor, chiefly, I believe, because
the mirror used by the reflector
is less costly to- make than the
double object-glass Of the retrac-
tor.
The self.taught telescope makers.
all, Of course, very skilful ana
accurate workers with their hands
and eyes, learned to perform the
delicate optical tests required for
the proper shaping of their con-
cave mirrors, constructed their
tubes and mountings, with all
their details, each following his
own fancy wherever there was
liberty Of choice, and thus they
succeeded in turning out q bat.
terry of telescopes, which were ex.
hibited at the county fair, whore
one observant farmer opined that
the curious thing he was looking
at was lone Of those new kind
Of washing machines"
But one cloudless night they
assembled on the top Of one Of
the Green mountains, where, says
Mr.. Porter, throughout the night,
although a strong wind was blow.
ing, they unlocked one after an
other Of the heavenly secrets, and
around the campfire threshed out
many a weighty problem in celes-
tial mechanics"
Since then they have kept up
their studies, and in winter eve
nings they gather at one or an
others house and discuss astrono-
my and the fine points In telescope
making. This kind of thing re-
wives ones pride In humanity.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
God
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.

NOD is 50 old. He knows such tremendous lot by
v experience.
~ He has been through many things that disturb
and found that they do not matter.
Generations Of and go, like beating upon
Shore but God like the boundess which remains
forever the
God seems to be necessity of thought. is silly for
people to speculate or dispute whether not there God
If there God there is something else equivalent the
nature Of which do not know. !
But the remarkable thing about God is not that He
is old, but that He is eternally young:
Whatever God has He must have LIFE and there Is no
other name for life but Eternal Youth.
AS grows older he is amazed year to see the
young growing the flowers preenng ana the young
lambs hopping.
There is something in all this that corresponds to the
nature of God
He must have Of humor, consequent upon His
spiritual removal from the earth.
He have Of tragedy for tragedy simply
brief life trying be eternal force nuterng against its
limitations.
With God there be no limitations de does wnatso
He wills.
But the most amazing thing about God not that He SO
great but that he small He beyond the confines
of the greatest microscope he is at nome among Tue ele
irons and the protons.
To Him all the visible phenomena but Heterogeneous
of those which cannot atoms which now are
Man. Beast and are the rocks that srew the
field
God is not only the stable thing in His universe but
He is constantly moving.
taton in chemical unions which we give to the
infinitely small something's that do not understand
easy for Him to jugge the stars or guide tne IN
their vast 1t is TO Juggle the dCOmS O0 " a"
mysterious as the other So.
The human mind has its limitations. God has no hmita-
tons. =. -,
God is the give to human faculties when they
are projected beyond all human powers.
He is the nature of Things And he who has found OUT
the of Things and has contormed himself 10 tne
n"S lOOU ecopSris1t 1874 syndoate>
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
The "City" Cow

AIOW comes the city" cow.
IN This is the individual who
lives within the corporate limits
Of cities as distinguished from
the country" COW who lives out.
side the city lines.
There are 1,20O,O city" cows
in the United States and 1885,
600 country" cows, says the
United States Department of Ag-
riculture.
The combined production or
"city" cows and country" cows
in the United States last year
was 10000, 5000, 900 pounds Of
whole milk. or an average pro-
duction per COW of 1890 pounds.
The effect of city life on the
producing capacity Of a cow IL
not shown.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
Wore PedOmeter

DY wearing a pedometer, an Iowa
- farm woman found she usual.
ly walked five miles each day IN
preparing meals for her family OF
three. With the aid of a member
Of tn cooperative agricultural ex.
tension service of that State, she
studied the placing of her kitchen
equipment. After rearranging 1t to
meet her particular needs more
effectively, her pedometer showed,
according to reports to the United
States Department of Agriculture,
that the distance she had to walk
IN preparing one days meals WAS
2.5 miles, exactly half that required
before, leaving her. she states,
more time to read; write and sew.
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
By ELSIE ROBINSON

mustn't yell and contradict and whine and
fib and be untidy," and then do those things
yourself. If you do your lesson ISM going to
carry over and your discipline will be mani
testify unfair. In the same way you can't say,
"You must be cool and controlled in your
acts and use your brain instead of your
emotions" and then proceed to beat his body
to enforce the idea. For what connection
has a bruised body with the idea Of con-
trolled mindH And what sort Of mind will
he think YOU have if your ultimate argument
is hair brushH
That's why corporal punishment is the
worst sort of discipline. For it isn't dis
cipline at all. Discipline is training, teaching.
But whipping and spanking do not train or
teach the human mind They merely intim-
The Washington times., 1924-08-13

No should act to make gain out of another's
ignorance.
1t is imagination which rules the human race
Industry is the lodestone to draw all good things
The Washington times., 1924-08-13

If you would compare two you must know them both
Murmur at nothing if ills are reparable, it is un
grateful; if remedless, it is vain.
There is no secret time will not reveal
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
LISTEN, WORLD!

NHE was sixteen and in love. So she and
the boy with the beautiful lay-back
~ collar eloped. Then, being still sixteen,
she fell out Of love again. And this being the
year 1924, with divorce courts handy, she
hied her to a judge and cried:
Please, Mr.. Judge, can't have divorced
I don't like that boy any more, and I'm not
of age, anyway, SO won't you ,annul my
marriage?"
81 will, snapped the Judge, ION one con-
dition-that your mother takes you right
home and gives you sound spanking.
And straightway about hundred editors
burst into print declaring that another Solo
mon had arisen in Los Angeles. Well, maybe
that Los Angeles Judge is Solomon, but if so
it s no compliment. Solomon had a whole lot
The Washington times., 1924-08-13
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON HOW
TELESCOPES ARE MADE

To Construct Instrument at Home, One Must Be
Good Mechanic and Lens-Grinder.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-04-17

Louville Written of South Canaan
recently sold two new mich cows to
Mel Berry. OF Clinton. - ~,
O.
Dr. Beal of the extension service
in company with County Agent Dunn,
was in East New Portland the first
of the week testing cows for tuber-
culosis. 49, i1ase,lt
So Orr
Drop In Poultry farm at West Mos
cow has some 200 baby chicks, and
more eggs under. incubation.
Among the first ones to plant any
thing in st. Adams was John Libby
who has two kinds of early peas and
lettuce sown.
, Del Savoy of Norridgewock has IA
lambs SO far of which II of them are
ewes.
Bessie Dunton of West Moscow has
already received from her flock of
sheep three pair of twin lambs, one
set of triplets and two singles, max
ing a total at time of writing of elev-
en- lambs in all from six sheep.
S. Fl. Bradbury of Skowhegan plant
ed early peas April 10.
%
Mrs. Frank Allen of Athens has a
hen eleven years old; fine layer and
in the best of health. Farmers in
Athens who sold pulp to the S. d.
Warren co. are throwing 1t in the riv-
er.
s---O---
Mrs. Lizzie Grant CT st. Adams who
is among those who always have to-
mato plants early has some excep-
tionally fine ones this year.
O.
County Agent Gerald c. Dunn with
Crop Specialist A. X Gardiner, con-
Quoted pruning and grating DEM
onstration at the II. c. Emery farm
in Fairfield Tuesday. Yesterday they
were similarly engaged at Fred Lu-
cas- farm in st. Adams. Today they
will conduct "A demonstration at Pres
ton Chadbourne's farm in Harmony
and Friday they will conduct dem
onstrations in Mercer.
"A. G. Hhnnewell of Caratunk re-
ports from his eight sheep, fourteen
healthy lambs this spring.
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FARM BUREAU EXtcU.
TWEs COMING APRIL %
Matters of Importance VIII be Con-
sldered. Full Attendance
= Hoped For

The second meeting of the Somer-
set Farm bureau executive commit
tee will be held in the Farm Bureau
office at 10 a. m, April %. At this
time matters of considerable impor-
lance will be brought up. A. l..
Deering, county agent, leader, and
secretary of the State Federation of
Farm Bureaus and Miss Rosalind NJ
Jewett, state home demonstration
agent leader will be present. The
members OF, the committee are: II.
II. Fuller, Hartland, president; Mrs
John Scott, Cornville, vice president;
Bliss r. Shaw, Norridgewock, secre-
tary; G. L. Parker, Skowhegan,
treasurer. Project leaders,: Miss
A. Irene Libby, st. Adams; A. c..
Head, Scion; Clyde Getehell Madi-
son Center; R. A. Clifford, Fairfield
Center, n. P. Jones, East New Port
land; L. L. Sanford, Skowheganb Mrs.
George Parker, Skowhegan; Mrs Lee
Fuller, Hartland; Mrs. Will Hill,
SkowhegaN 1t is expected that all
will be present since at the time of
the last meeting more were in attend
ance than at any other meeting held
previously.sat the same time. Ar
rangemente for dinner are being made
by the home demonstration agent
and county agent.
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Farm Bureau Meetings to be Held

Meetings are to be held at North
Arson, April II, meal planning, first
meeting; Norridgewock, April Is,
healthful corseting and colors; Mer-
Ger, April 81, nutrition, first meeting;
Cambridge, April %, nutrition, first
meeting; Moscow, April "a, meal plan
ming, first meeting
Meetings held this past week were
Harmony. Three school rooms were
visited to arouse interest in club work
and meetings appointed for both boys
and girls club. Two leaders were
also secured. Hartland: Meeting
was to be held with Miss Libby's club
at Pond school, but was cancelled be-
cause it was impossible for several to
get out on account of travelling condi-
tions. Palmyra: Meal planning.
first meeting was held in Palmyra.
Seven women attended. This was a
small attendance due possibly to bad
travelling and also sickness
Demonstrations started; Meal PLAN
ming, two; food preservation, FIVE.
Hartland: A millinery meeting Was
held in .Hartland. Twenty women at
tended this meeting. much interest
was shown. Results: New hats, 9,
remodeled, 1, cost, $24.67, value, $40.
saving $45.33. St. Adams: A
healtMul corsetry and color meeting
was held in St. Adams. This meet
travelling conditions. Those present
were very interested. Adjustment
of corset started, three.
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NORR|DGEW||0CK WOMEN
IN. THE LEAD
Mrs. Henry t!sorge Obtains Members
for Somerset County Farm
t.{ Bureau

Mrs. Henry George OF NoFridgewock
leads the county in obtaining men,
bers for the Somerset County Farm
Bureau. She has to date secured
over thirty members; and is a wo-
man with a very pleasing personali-
ty, keen interest in extension and
Farm Bureau work and IA knowledge
of human mature. When asked to
tell her methods she states: II think
one reason l was so successful was
due to my being so interested in the
work. l did not try to over-persuade
them but simply told them of the help
they would obtain by joining the
Farm Bureau and attending the meet
ings. | also told them that l did
not know where they could invest
one dollar and get so much in return.
The social part is well worth what
we have to pay beside the benefit we
receive. The Norridgewock, women
have a membership of 50 due to the
efforts of Mrs. George, Mrs. w. A.
Taylor, Mrs. Agnes Longley. Mrs. Lii
liza Tobey. Mrs, A. A. Cheviot and Mrs.
Emma Albee.
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TIMBER ESTIMATING
DEMONSTRATIONS
Successful Sessions are Held mt North
Arson and Madison Center

The first actual work along for
estry lines was carried on by Myron
Watson, forestry specialist, April IL
and IL. Since the forest crop is one
from which a good many men derive
a considerable part of their income
1t is only good business to under
stand some of the principles inyoly-
ed in estimating.
A majority of farm wood lot own
ers in this country are not familiar
with the methods of determining the
value of their woodlot products, con-
sequently thousands of dollars are
lost by the farmer in selling standing
timber.
Mr.. Watson recommends that use
of the Federal Land Bank, Cruising
Stick for the work since heights of
trees, diameters, board feet, for conf
fers and hardwoods and standard
cords of wood both conifers and hard
woods. 1t is very rapid and accur-
ate. The demonstrations were held
at w. J. Rands in North Arson and
Ned Reeds, Madison Center. 1t is
not at all improbable that more of
this work will be carried on the COM
ing fall. Also forestry will prob
ably be made part of the extension
program for the year 1923. Subjects
such as forest tree planting, and i'm
proved trimmings and cuttings will
be included as we'll as estimating.
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Hartand Grange

Hartland Grange No. ASP P. of Fl:
met in regular session last Satur-
day evening with Worthy Master F. l..
Haseltipe in chair. Owing to the
stormy evening there were not as
many, present as usual, some of the
officers being absent. Nevertheless,
a very interesting meeting was held.
Our treasurer reports $192.66 on hand
and It was voted to put $3.50 at inter-
est. AS our worthy lecturer, Mrs.
Lillian Fuller was absent with the
program she had prepared, Mr.. Man
ming acting as lecturer presenting the
following program Reading, Louise
Field; reading, Cassie Hunt; reading,
Sadie Drawn. Connundrum by Effie
Holt answered by Mrs. Manning.
Stories by Geo. Wilbur, Doris John
ston and Mr. Manning. Remarks
were made by Mr.. Manning, Effie
Holt, Mr.. Wilbur and w. Master on
radios and programs they had heard.
Be sure and come next Saturday and
hear the program which was schedul-
cd for last Saturday.
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justments and the care of sewing ma
chimes was considered and the mem
bers practiced doing the work. The
committee in charge of the dinner
were Mrs. Hannah Lander, Eliza
beth Carville, Marguerite Tufts. Mrs.
Lander was unable to be present and
Mrs. Mary Vance acted as her substi
tute. The next meeting in May will
be held at the home of Mrs. Frank
Tufts and will be in charge of the
county nurse. Miss l. G. Johansen,
who will give a lecture and demons
tration on the care of the sick and
first aid methods. Home Demon
strator Miss Marjorie Symonds will
also be present. The dinner COM
mittee are Mrs. Emmie Doyle, Nellie
Tufts, Gladys Dyer. The matter of
uniting with the d. A. r. for the
planting of shade trees along the
roadside on Arbor Day, May 8, was
considered and it was voted to join
with that organization.
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Palmyra Woman Leads Egg Contest

b. Mrs. Belle X. Morse of Palmyra led
during February the annual, eeg lay
ing contest Her flock Of Rhode Isl
land Reds produced 495 eggs.
Arthur Paquette of North Edge
comb came second with ATS eggs; e.
w. Wentworth of Winthrop third
with 457 eggs; Martel McLain of
West Appleton, fourth with 81 eggs
and Harriet Coolbroth of Alfred fifth
with AIT eggs.
An interesting feature Is that
Rhode Island Reds took five first
places. This will be the first month
that Mrs. Morse has taken first place
altho she came in fifth in both the
December and January records. Mr..
Paquette's Rhode Island Reds have
taken second place for the last three
months and were the leaders In No
vember.
Mr.. Wentworth flock won first
honors in December and January and
second honors in November.
The following is list of contest
ants who did especially well, finish
ing in the order named. c. L. Dins-
more, Waldoboro; Mrs. E. c. Martin.
Liberty; Mrs. N. w. Tozier, Fair
field; Philip Sanville, North Ber-
wick; Fred Bartlett, Houlton; Fred
erick ROBBIE. Gorham; A. G. Hall,
Southwest Harbor; Ernest G. Brooks,
North Berwick
The Maine Winter Egg Laying Con-
test is an annual affair." this being the
sixth year it has been held. 1t Is
conducted by o. NJ. Wilbur, poultry
specialist of the Extension Service
and the competitors include most of
the prominent poultry raisers in
Maine. In order to take part in the
contest the competitors must follow
regulations prescribed by the Exten-
sion Service in regard to housing
breeding. raising and feeding of the
flock. They keep reports which are
forwarded to Mr.. Wilbur each month
The. contest opened November l and
will end April 80. At that time the
records and data from each Compel
itor will be summarized by Mr.. VIII
bur and statement returned.
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Somerset County Agricultural News
Palmyra Extension Service

The Palmyra extension service held
special meeting Friday, March %,
at Grange Hall. Several ladies
were present and four BEETLES were
made. The regular meeting of the
extension service will be held Tues
day, April 8th. The home demons
traitor, Miss Hare. is expected to be
present and the topic for the meet
ing will be foods. The fireless cook
err campaign is on for the month of
May, and 1t is hoped that all ladies
wishing to have a cooker made, will
be prepared with materials needed
by that time, that they may enjoy
the benefits from them during the
hot summer days.