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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Potver of Loue

Once when John Ruskin and
Thomas Carlyle were discussing the
literature of their day, the latter
said to his companion: "Can you
tell me why 1t is that works on
subjects of vital interest to the
race, splendidly written by men of
profound scholarship, command
scarcely sufficient sale to pay the
cost Of publishing; while trashy
novels, false to history, false to phi
los0phy, and false to the facts Of
human experience, and altogether
lacking In literary merit, will sell
by scores Of thousandsT
After a short pause. Ruskin re-
piled: ~There Is but one explana-
ton of that fact, but the explana-
ton is all-sufficient; the novel has
love In 1t and the other has not
Scribner's Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Many Tomato Varieties

The ground cherry. musk tomato,
strawberry tomato or winter cherry
grows wild In the Mississippi valley
and in other parts of the world and
is member of the tomato family.
1t is known as the blue tomato by
truck gardeners. 1t grows in small
husk which If left on will preserve
the tomato through the winter. Al
though this tiny vegetable, which is
only little larger than small
cherry, may be eaten raw. 1t is at
its best when preserved. This is
only one of the fifty-odd varieties of
tomatoes. There are red tomatoes,
white tomatoes, blue tomatoes and
yellow tomatoes Of every imagin-
able size and shape. Because Of
their shapes, there are tomatoes
that are known as the pear tomato,
the peach tomato. the cherry toma-
to, the plum tomato, the grape t6-
mato and the currant tomato.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29

The choir met VIII !,
Thursday for practice nifS' Ssus
Mrs. Barr has had 49,
down again and Is mn sne 0als \
Joying freedom after l - more !,
ed to the house for siS Oelng conf.
Bobby and Mary Mari. TpeeEs VIA
scarlet fever. 9 beale M
Mrs. C. A. William,
were Prosser visitor. 5 T HowaH
Mr., and Mrs. Pain Auescay /
daughter spent Christ,ah d III,
Mrs. c. A. Williams an sine y M6|
MT. and Mrs. Fades ana as9l
went to Mecca to snenS Sn . iarl
days ia with friends and s .as hi
They returned home Mord relative
having WING had a splendid visit 0ss|
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern lew.
Christmas with Grandna" 1 spsa|
Miss Mary Kenneth
from Reparia during the n non,
vacation. Mr.. Kennett ; !,
from his ranch this weeI, O'@|
Mr.. and Mrs. Kennett ~,
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Baker saS ~
lily. Mr.. and Mrs. Beipel s snS ~, !,
lily all had their ChristmsS." u !, ian
together at the Kennett hum u'nae|
Mr.. Baker has moved v TVIe !,
family into Mrs. ]. B. p paa l
house and will be at home st S,,a' |:
first of the year. 'e' y
Baby Baker is quite sicl =.
whooping cough. N'al
Mrs. Penney has moved M. q
corner house and is getting m Hi,. !
settled. u'sc
Mrs. Waldron is moving irto a
Carl Myers house this weeL ~
vacated by the Bakers.
Mrs. Turner returned h...
Tuesday from Portland wbe,s y \.
was called away last week Il M
sister who is quite sick.
Besides her son Lester wifi \
wife and family, Mrs. Cox had i
guests for Christmas. Mrs. SOs.'i.
and family, Mr.. and Mrs, 4 n
Gardner, Mr.. and Mrs. Rhodes M
Mrs. Skinner. They had ! W.,
pleasant time together.
There will be no service Suud,,
evening on account Of the evaprs
istic services in Kennewick.
There will be readings and N.
tations Sunday morning BY An
Sunday School pupils, alOnp s'
new year line.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
HouU Vanderbilt Earned
First Hundred Dollars

Cornelius Vanderbilt, later to be
the commodore, was a strong, big,
healthy boy who worked on the
farm and tended his fathers boat.
He was a great lover of horses and
when he was six years old raced
bareback with other boys. He
played truant to go sailing and
swimming and gallivanting across
the countryside and sometimes he
talked Of running away to sea.
On May 1, 1910, he sought 500
from his mother, to buy himself
harbor boat, piragua, and become
a boatman. She promised him the
money If he would pillow and plant
a certain rocky eight-acre field by
May 81, his sixteenth birthday. He
persuaded the neighborhood boys to
help him and on the morning of his
birthday he got the 500. About
20 years later, he had increased
the 500 to $1OO,OOO.OOO. - Meade
Minnigerrode. in Golfers Weekly.
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A Walk With Thoreau

To take walk with Thoreau. one
must rigidly adhere to the manners
of the woods. He could lead one
to the ripest berries. the hidden
nest, the rarest flowers, but no
plant life could be carelessly de-
stroyed, no mother bird lose her
eggs.
First he would give a curious
whistle and a woodchuck would ap-
pear-a different whistle and two
squirrels would run to him. A diff
ferent note. yet the birds would
fly, and even so shy a bird as q
crow would alight on his shoulder.
The children must be mute and
very motionIess till each pet was
fed from his pocket and had de-
parted. Thus the children were In
troduced to his family. as he called
them.-Mary Hosrner Brown. In
memories of Concord"
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PhiIosogrin

There Is no peace In hymns Of
hate, nor In the road that isn't
straight; there Is no Joy In lifting
fobs nor perpetrating hold-up jobs;
there Is no gain In drilling holes in
men and letting out their souls. The
good-fOr-evil stunt Is greatl Heap
burning Goals upon the pate Of the
guy who has done you dirt, and
then stand back and watch 1t hurt!
There may be profit in red gold. in
robbing men, but when you're old,
and you've lost even self-respect,
you know indeed your life is
wrecked, and all the schemes
you've put across have brought you
nothing but dross. The good will
of your fellow men and love are
better than much yen, and peace.
when life's noon turns to shade.
beats all the kopecks ever made
Judd Mortimer Lewis In the Hous-
ton st-Dispatch.
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Gods Greatest Git

The Pail-h1aii restaurant is a ia
nous establishment In the Hay
Market section of London. All prom
inent men and women go there at
least once, IL 1t be only to inscribe
their names In the "Album of the
House." Patti was there once and
wrote beneath her name: "a beau
tiful voice is one of Gods highest
gifts" Some time after Yvette
Guilbert was there, and having read
PATHS Inscription, wrote down: "An
ugly but expressive voice, Is also
one Of Gods highest gifts" She
thought, no doubt, to have the last
word. Chance would have it that
Sir Rider Haggard, dropping In
one day at the PalLMall. started
leafing the album. He smiled and
In turn wrote something beneath
his name. This was 1t: "Silence Is
Gods greatest gift Pierre Van
Paassen. in Atlanta Constitution.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Dogs LiDed Eight Days
Without Food or Water

The tenacity of animal life is an
interesting subject If it is tested
by accident and not by design; and
1t has had test by accident in
Wales.
Two dogs, a sheep-dog and a
spaniel, which had succumbed to
the temptation of rabbit hunting,
were missed for nearly nine days.
Then little girl. hearing curious
sounds underground In a lonely
place, brought a party of rescuers
to the spot, and the dogs were dug
out of a rabbit hole from which
they had been unable to extricate
themselves.
They must have been without
food and water for eight and q
half days. yet they seemed little the
worse.
Evidently the dog has lost. If It
ever had, the instinct Of burrowing
toward the open air, which the un-
derground animal possesses.
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HEDGES
MRS. E. +. HELPS
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Christmas Day passed very
quietly in this community. The
Rev. Thompson preached the SER
mon and Christmas songs were
sung by the choir. Percy Sellick
sang "No Room for Jesus" which
was much appreciated.
The Christmas tree and church
decorations were the best yet at
Finley. Virgil Masters and Albert
Awkward won well-earned praise
for this part Of the program, also
Virgil and Lorue Boise for their
good will in collecting the money
for the Christmas candy which a.
mounted to a little over $26. The
committee put up about three hum
dred and fifteen sacks of candy
and nuts. The program which was
in charge of Mrs. Dora johnson
and Mrs. Tholman was much ap-
preciated, the little folks doing
real we'll.
Asa Purdy and wife from Yak
ina spent Christmas with Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Fl. Perkins.
Next Sunday morning Sunday
school as usual at 10 o'clock. but
it will be the first Sunday of the
month and there will be no preach
ing service, but a song service to
which you are cordially invited.
On account of Christmas pro-
grams in the churches in Kenne-
wick the attendance at Grange
Friday night was not SO large as
usual. altho many came in after
wards for the program and social.
T. c. Baker gave very interest
ing talk on school work. David
Wooden sang "On Christmas" and
various talks along Christmas and
customs in this and other coun-
tries were thoroly enjoyed. Sacks
of candy donated by the grange,
were distributed to every person
present. The next meeting of the
Grange will be Wednesday, jan
uary 18th instead of the 18th, on
account of the high school going
to Connell to debate. Ladies please
bring cake or sandwiches.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Good Idea

Coperscope had arrived home
tired and hungry. but the beds had
not been made and neither was
there the faintest sign Of ally din
ner. Presently he surprised his
wife reading novel In the draw
ing-ro0m.
"Do you mean to say that dinner
isn't ready?" he asked, with dam
gerous calm: "Very well, I'm going
back to town to dine at the Cri-
terion."
"Just wait five minutes" replied
his wife, throwing aside her book.
"Will 1t be ready then?" he quer-
led hopefully.
"No," was the cheerful answer (;
"but I'll come with you"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Highly Dangerous

While two gay spirits were giving
an unusually hair-raising display oi
acrObatics at a recent flying Pag
cant, and to the lay eye seemed 20
be trying their best, with the aio
of some 500 or so Of horse power,
to tear the wings of their iran
steeds Of sticks and canvas, SOL
emn voice came through iouo-
speaker: .a
"Would spectators be g00o
enough to refrain from the n.snis
dangerous practice OF STANDING Oh
their seatsY'
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Language of Diplomacy

The French language was used
exclusively in Europe In the
twelfth and Thirteenth centuries.
THE French literature was greatly
developed and spread throughout
the various countries, and persons
of culture studied the language IN
order to be able to read the litera-
fure Many foreign students were
attracted to the University Of
Paris and this also helped to
snread the language. As language
for treaties and foreign intercourse
among nations, French became gen
eral IN the time of Louis XIV.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Serene Cheese"

To say person believes the moon
is made of green cheese is to ridi-
cule his credulity; such a person
would believe the most absurd thing
Imaginable. In this connection
"green" is used in the sense Of fresh
or unseasoned. A green cheese is
a new cheese. Such cheese is sup
posed to resemble the moon in shape,
size and color. The comparison is
very old. Sir Thomas Moore (1478-
1851 wrote: HE should, as he
list, be able to prove the moon
made of creme cheese. THE Path
finder.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Presun1ptuous

A newly rich man once invited
Bean Brummell. the famous fop. to
dinner, and asked him to name his
own party. He accepted, and chose
to the number Of eleven. including
himself.
That" said his host, "will make
lust an even number.
"An even number" Queried the
beau. "How Is that?
"Your friends. ten; yourself and
myself-twelve In ALL"
"God gad!" said Brummell, at
fecting surprise. "You surely don't
mean you are going to be one OF
the partyi"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Old Ha.Daiiiia,, Custom,

The custom Of casting chelo ber-
ries into the crater of the Kilauea
volcano Is a very ancient one In
Hawaii. The object is to propiti-
ate the goddess Pele. The god
dess Pele appears In various guises.
Formerly It was believed that she
would never allow the volcano to
harm any individual, but the re-
cent flows Of lava have shown this
to be not true. Red flags are often
placed to mark the boundaries of
the village and live pig is eied
in front as q sacrifice to the god
dess. Kilauea Is merely a crater
on the eastern slope of Mauna Loa.
which is the largest volcano In the
world. though not the loftiest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
CuratiDe PoUer Long
Ascribed to FlolUers

The fOrget-me-not was formerly
known as scorpion grass. because
the flower buds were thought to
resemble the coiled-up serpent, and
our forefathers, believing In the
doctrine of signatures, supposed
this to Indicate that they would
cure ven0mous stings. Vying with
the fOrget-me-nOt In its sentimental
associations Is the lily of the val.
ley, which also blooms In May. and
is indeed sometimes called the May
lily. In the old herbalist's heydey
1t seems also to have We'd with the
forget-me-not In curative proper
ties. In the world Of legend, how
ever, the forget-me-n0t seems to
have q distinct advantage. for
whereas an angel scattered them
for us. the lily of the valley sprang
from the tears of mere mortal,
Eve, as she left the Garden OF
Eden.-Ghicago Journal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Baseball's ORIGIN

Baseball was known in various
forms In the East for years before
1t received organized recognition,
but Its birthplace Is matter OF
dispute. Philadelphia takes the
credit as far back as 1888, and New
York claims that its Washington
club, organized In 1s43, was the
nrst exponent Of the actual game.
Baseball as a national game really
came into existence In 1853. with
the formation Of q National Assoc
citation Of Baseball Players. includ-
Ing the clubs of New York and VI
cinity. IN
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Water Power Long in Use

The oldest water power site In
America, more than 100 years old,
is on the Piscatauqua river at
South Berwick, Maine. 1t was es-
tablished on the site of the present
Burleigh blanket mills in 1920 by
Ferdinand Gorges, who obtained
a grant from the English crown
giving him the right to settle and
develop the territory from sea to
sea lying between fortieth and for
ty-eighth parallels north latitude.
The grant, however. required him
to develop water power, and &C
cordingly he constructed log dam,
erected a grist mill and sent the
meal to England as proof that the
terms Of the charter were being
lived up to. The water power site
has been In continuous use ever
since.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Floucers at Weddings

1t is impossible to state when
flowers were first used at we'd
ding, since this is very ancient
custom. Orange blossoms were
worn and carried by brides from
the earliest times, as they portend
luck and happiness. Spencer and
Milton were Of the opinion that the
orange was the golden apple pre-
sented to Jupiter by Juno on her
wedding day. 1t was customary
for the Anglo-Saxon bride to give
her friends small knots and rib
bons to wear or carry on the we'd
ding day. This custom still sur.
wives in the bouquets of the brides.
maids.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
No La.D Schools in England

England today has no law school
In existence. Harvard's law school
Is not only the oldest existing law
school In the United States. but 1t Is
the oldest existing academic law
school in the English-speaking
world. They have a professor Of
law at Cambridge, and q professor
of law at Oxford. In England. but
they do not teach law in the manner
of professional school. They SIM
ply lecture upon law. or endeavor
to give a scientific preparation for
the profession Of law. but do not
give q scientific. professional train
ing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29

both she and Betty were already
interested in just that thing. Then
the mother told her that each day
she would try to help her in the
thing that went to make for lovely
motherhood.
Can any parent afford to miss
these moments moments when
the. soul of the child begins to be
felt by itself; moments when some
divine touch reaches the child and
opens up the future pathway of
life; moments that need the COM
partnership Of a true comrade.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
All Pairs at Weddine

At double wedding held recent
ly at Traralgon, Australia, the
brides, Ivy and Ethel Matheson,
were sisters; the bridegrooms. Roy
and Lenard Battley. were brothers;
the best men, r. and ]. Pudney,
were brothers; the bridesmaids.
Misses Matheson, sisters Of the
brides; the groomsmen, B. and c.
Webb, brothers. while the officiat-
ing clergymen, Reverend Pricketf
and Reverend Craig, had been fell
low students. The travelling
dresses and hats of both brides
were identical.
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Had Odd Accomplishment

Earl Russell has this anecdote In
his book. "My Life and Remfnis-
censes":
''My grandmother, Lady John
Russell, was a great favorite with
Queen Victoria throughout her life.
Not alone, of course, because she
had the peculiar and unusual ca
pacity Of wagging her ears like q
dog. But this accomplishment in
trfgued the queen and she suddenly
called on Lady John to show 1t of
to an ambassador. My grandmother
was so taken back that she lost for
long time the power to move
either ear, and only ultimately re-
gained her power to move one,
which she occasionally did for my
edification."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Syrian Wedding Custom,

An ancient Syrian custom which
is sometimes observed even at the
present time is the assumption by
newly married couple of royal
status. On the village threshing
floor is placed a throne on which
they are seated daily for seven
days, during which time songs and
hymns In their honor are sung and
poems recited in praise Of their
beauty, etc. Some leading Biblical
scholars have divided the Song Of
solomon into seven sonnets or
tdylls. which would furnish one for
each day Of the Kings week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Relic of Indian Art

A relief of the old Mathusa
school of Indian art is in the pos
session of the Boston Museum Of
Fine Arts. 1t consists Of a thin
slab of red sandstone, carved on
both sides. It Is pediment deco
rated with a repeating ornament of
three varieties, the same on each
side of the slab, and was probably
part of the main or only entrance
to a temple which may have been
entirely Of stone, but more likely OF
brick, except for the doorway.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Ancient Stone Unueiled

The "Brus Stane," which dates
from 1904, and was lost for 80
years, was recently installed perma-
nently In the staircase Of the town
hall at AMMAN, Scotland. At the
ceremonies the unwilling was by
Sir Robert Bruce. The stone was
originally part Of the ancient "Cas-
tie Of Brus" at AMMAN. After its
disappearance for a century and
half It was found ten years ago In
. North Devon garden
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BIG MOMENTS IN LITTLE
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BIG MOMENTS IN LITTLE
LIVES
Too often the big moment in q
small child's life is wholly over
looked. not even recognized many
times. by the parents. These mo-
ments are very important and real
ly need watching for.
When Bobby was taken out for
the first time on a star-lit night,
he wondered at the glory of the
heavens. In his early-to-bed re-
gime he had never stood under a
sky with twinkling stars and as he
looked he marveled and suddenly
tightening his grip on his mothers
hand he said joyously: "Why, mo-
ther. / fink / almost see God" This
was indeed a big moment. For
tunately Bobby had mother who
understood. who knew that her
child had visualized God in. his
power more than he had ever done
in his baby life, before. This mo-
ment needed her attention.
Billy, who was sadly wilful
child and was always being check
ed or chided on account of some
misdemeanor, quite unaccountably
did an unusually kind. self-sacri-
ficing act. When he realized that
he had been responsible for this
voluntary goodness. he said in
great surprise: "Why, muvver, /
isn't all bads. is II" This was a
big moment in his life, and his
mother, recognizing the truth of
his statement, began at once to
take different course in her
training of Billy. Today Billy and
she have found out that her small
son has many more goods" than
"bads" and they are both enjoying
the quest for them. Billy has to be
punished only rarely now because
in a moment when his own self
awakened to his actions his mother
awakened also.
Little Betty. who sat upon the
floor with a large family of dolls
surrounding her, said with quiet
decision: 81 want to be real mother
of real children some day, mother
She wasn't laughed at nor told not
to be thinking such silly things
yet, she was helped in her awaken
ing moment. Taking her on her lap
her mother told her that to be a
mother was one of the most won
derful things on earth and that
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-29
Hottest Spot on Earth

The latest official records snow
that the hottest spot on earIn Is az
Azizia In northern Africa. II Is on
q Main almost equivalent to des-
ert THE thermometer at Azizia mas
gone TO 1854 degrees in the shade.
The average Temperature ,o ,o
tha whole year Is more tnan ~:
previously the hottest know spot
was at Greenland rancn on the
edge of Death valley. CailI Inc
highest temperature recorded there
was 134 degrees.
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Bell Ringing

The expression "ringing
change" is derived from bell n,
Ing. Change ringing was not know.
until the beginning of the Selw
teenth century. The art mad.
rapid progress, and rings Of hsll
increased from 4 60 6 to 10 or 4
With II bells, 479,O0l. 900 chanru
can be rung.
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Power'of Nobility

Be noble, and 1t is we'll with
you. The storms Of life will not
brighten you. Safe and serene, you
shall wander through the paths
Of night, and misfortune itself can
only exalt the majesty Of your soul.
From Rae's Life Of Beethoven"
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HOME EDUCATION
The Chiids First School IL
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