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EL PASO HERALD
Editorial and Magazine Page
Tuesday, November Eighteenth, 1913.
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR OF PUBLICATION
Superior exclusive features and complete news report by Associated Press Leased Wire and
2C0 Special Correspondents covering Arizona, New Mexico, west Xexaa. Mexico. Wash
ington. D. C and New Xork.
Published by Herald News Co, Inc.: H. D. Slater (owner of two-thirds Interest) President:
J, C. Wllmartb (owner of one-fifth Interest) Manager; the remaining one-eighth
lnter-st Is owned among 12 stockholders who are as follows: H. L. CapeU. H. B.
Stevenj, J. A. Smith. J. J. Mundy. Waters Davis. H. A. True. McGlennoa estate,
W. F. Payne. R. G Canby. G. A. Martin. A. I Sharpe. and John P. Ramsey.
AN INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER
DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE, THAT HO GOOD CAUSE SHALL
LACK A CHAMPION, AND THAT EVIL SHALL NOT THRIVE UNOPPOSED.
H. D. Slater, Editor-in-Chief and controlling owner, has directed The Herald for IS Yeartf;
G. A. Martin i News Editor.
Life Is
THERE are many- things which vex human souls, year after year; thus, the
letters with the checks never do on time .appear. There are always rail
way wrecks, or collision with a freight, and the letters with the checks are
a month or six weeks late. Vainly do we strain our necks harking for the post
man's call; late the letters with the checks, or they never come at alL But as
promptly as the san rises to dispel the shadefcomes the letter with the dun it is
never lost or strayed. Railway trains may jump the track, bridges, break and
rivers rise, trestles over chasms crack, mails be knocked contrariwise; but the
letter with the dun from the grocer comes to hand: "call upon me with the mon,"
is the merchant's stern demand.. "Call and pay us and repeat," writes the gas
works man, alas! "You have burned ten million feet of our double action gas!"
All such letters, giving pain, promptly come, by quarts and pecks, but we wait
and wait ia vain for the letters with the checks!
"(Copyright by George M. Adams.) WALT MASON.
Cheap Living At Last
ALL THE WOMEN say that the latest clothes in the El Paso shops are
priced at less than half of their value. The El Paso merchants are doing
their best to reduce the cost of living. People from the surrounding
towns who cannot find what they want in their home stores, would make many
times their railroad fare if they should come to El Paso right now and do their
purchasing.
Not in a great many years has the general range of prices of the ordinary
things of life been so low in El Paso as it is just at this moment The'merchants
seem determined to turn over their capital with or without profit, and they are
putting prices on goods that barely pay for the handling.
They may need money, but they certainly don't need it any worse than the
general public does. A fair and intelligent degree of cooperation just at this
juncture requires that there should be a quick and complete exchange between
the Merchants and the public: the public must take the goods because the prices
are too low to pass by, and the merchants are disposed to give a premium with
every purchase, in the shape of double value for the money.
Fortunately both for the general public and for the merchants, the El Paso
Herald is carrying the good news daily to about 100,000 people, and thereby is
conferring a real benefit upon them alL The dwellers in surrounding towns,
especially, reading The Herald, ought to take serious thought of all the advertise
ments in the paper, and consider what they can save by a trip to El Paso at this
time.
Besides having a delightful holiday in this little but gay metropolis, the
visitors win be enabled to buy the very choicest uptodate fall and winter goods
of all kinds at prices that no other city in the United States can beat for cheapness.
Purchasers from outoftown will have behind everything they buy, the abso
lute guarantee of solid mercantile houses whose names they have been familiar
with for many years and whose reputations are spotless and best of all, they
can see and handle before they pay.
The advertised prices sound foolish, they are so low, but one look suffices to
prove to the doubter that the goods offered are the very latest importations, just
unboxed from overseas and the big eastern centers, and that the margin of profit
on the stuff is just about enough to pay the license tax on a china dog.
Come to El Paso to save money. El Paso merchants simply won't let you
spend: they give you the goods and thank you for taking them away.
This "era of good feeling" can't last long, and it is the foolish man and
woman that will not take advantage of it while if still holds.
Come to El Paso to do your fall purchasing, and for once enjoy the experience
of having money left to jingle around and see the sights on, after you have bought
nd paid for everything you need.
o
Snow at Cleudcroft certainly makes one think of Christmas coming.
o
It is no time to remove any of the troops from this vicinity. Strong repre
sentations should be made to Washington in opposition to the removal of any
soldiers now here. Two United States senators are in this city at present, and
through them it oaght to be possible to secure a reversal of the orders to remove
part of the border patrol forces.
o
President Wilson has let it be known that the killing of prisoners by Villa at
Juarez has seriously prejudiced the rebel cause at Washington. The man in-the
white house is jast the sort of " to be so revolted at such acts as to allow
himself to be influenced more strongly by the moral considerations involved than
by any other thought or the logic of self interest, Washington cannot discover
that Villa employed even the chromo picture of a court in condemning those men.
o
Senator Rodriguez has never been found either, but he went out in more
glorious fashion than Castro the Prudent.
o
As a general thing, rebels have always been more successful than govern
ment in keeping open railroad and telegraphic communications in the north of
Mexico. First thing Villa does is to arrange to open the railroads, which the
federals have been utterly unable to maintain in operation. '
o
The Pig In
THE AGRICULTURAL department is going one step further with -its propa
ganda of farm education and is starting "boys' pig clubs." Some years
ago "boys' corn clubs" were started to teach the small boy farming and
pride in fanning welL Now the government wants the boys to learn to turn the
corn into pigs, and the bureau of aa1 husbandry has taken up the task by
organiring boys' pig clubs in the south. The Irishman who when reproached for
keeping his black pig in the parlor, answered, "Why not? He's the gentleman
who pays the Tent," was putting somewhat dull economic truth into wit The pig
is an exceedingly profitable gentleman to have on the farm, and his wife goes him
one better in profitableness.
o
SCore troops, not fewer, should be stationed at this point on the border until
conditions quiet down. There should be enough men here at. any time to push
the frontier south instantly and hold the new line indefinitely, in case of any
trouble. The border and inland towns should not be -left subject to guerilla
attacks should relations between the two countries reach the breaking point.
o
The southwest outside the border towns is so prosperous and busy that it
hardly knows Mexico is on the map. There is plenty of business and plenty of
money in the southwest.
o
When the big' double header westbound freight went thundering and roaring
through the yards at 3 oclock this morning, there was one time that El Pasoans
refrained from cursing the age of steam, and turned over in their beds with a
contented sigh, knowing that the wheels were turning once more in the G. H.
yards, and that the doves of peace were no longer being turned into potpie.
o .
One-Sentence
GLOBE'SIGHTS.
(Atchison Globe.)
Sometimes a man is bashful and wins
a. reputation for modesty.
Mother should get over the notion
that she can help the children by wor
rying. Failure to sneeze when you feel like
It is another deep .and Ingrown disappointment-
It is human nature to want to re
ceive more invitations than one is will
ing to accept.
And a grouch who is trying to quit
the weed might be referred to as the
smokeless nuisance, if one didn't call
him harder names.
JOUBXAL ENTRIES.
(Topeka Journal.)
Among the really rare things are im
portant arguments.
A photographer is the only beauty
doctor who can rub out the wrinkles
permanently.
Neither is the appearance of a street
corner improved by the men who hang
around it.
It is mi trouble for a woman to keep
a "eret if it reflects on herself in
any way.
Grievous
the Parlor
Philosophy
POIXTED PARAGRAPHS.
(Chicago News.)
Steal a march on your enemy by
admitting you were in the wrong be
fore he finds it out.
Somehow the average mother doesn't
think she Is doing her duty unless she
spoils her children.
A girl may boast that she has never
been kissed by a man, but she never
boasts that no man has ever tried to
kiss her.
It is not better to give than to re
ceive unless you give cheerfully.
Funerals come high, but a funeral
isn't exactly a necessity of life.
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
(Philadelphia Record.)
The race is not always to the swift.
Many a fellow runs into debt and then
tries to crawl out.
The saddest part of being thrown on
your resources is when you find you
haven't any.
The dyspeptic seldom forgets what he
eats, but eating dates won't always en
able him to remember them.
Many a man is so constituted that he
makes friends with everybody except
himself.
Females Rule Bee Kingdom
Males Hare So Privilege and Are
But Lightly Considered; Queen
Bee Great Layer of Eggs.
By Frederic J. Haskin
WASHINGTON. D. CU Nov. 18.
Last year a bee keeper in
Phoenix, Ariz., shipped three
full carloads of honey from an apiary
Including about 600 hives. Another
man. who only makes bee, keeping a
side issue in connection with other
farm work, has for several years been
shipping two carloads of honey from
about 500 hives. '
Between 30 and 40 carloads of honey
are shipped from the vicinity of
Phoenix annually, ranging in value
from $1600 to $3000 per car. The
yield from California Is even larger
and other states also are producing
honey in carload lots. Such qualities
as these make it easy to see how the
aggregate $25,000,000 honey produc
tion of the country is secured. The
value of the beeswax amounts to
nearly $5,000,000 more. In addition to
these two products the bee produces
a substance known as propolis, a glue
Ike material with which they seal up
the cracks and crevices of the hive
before beginning to build cells. Pro
polis is in great demand for applying
gold leaf to picture frames and other
articles, but as yet no means has been
found for securing it In large commer
cial quantities.
Bee Require Patient Study.
The patient Industry which enables
the bee to amass such large stores
has made her the subject of scientific
study for centuries. Yet the full
measure of her activities is not
understood even now. Maeterlinck
tells us that Arlstemachus, an ancient
Greek, studied the bee for 5S years
and considered the time well snent-
Slnce then the "bee has oeen the sub
ject of study in every age, but the
principles of the hive organization
and its feminine government were
only discovered by the Dutch savant,
Swammerdam, in the 17th century.
The bee hive is the finest example
of .feminine dominion in the world.
Male Bees Have No Privilege.
The males are drones and are only
useful for reproduction. They perform
none of the work of the hive and
have no privileges or rights In Its
governments. From them the young
queen selects her mate for nuptial
flight and the remainder are of no
value to the tribe. The nuptial flight
of the queen is the must Important
event in the life of a bee cplony.
When a young queen is first hatched
she Is not fully accepted as sovereign
although she is treated with respect.
To qualify herself for her roval mis
sion of reproduction she must choose
a mate for ' her flight out Into the
open air. She flies as high as her
wings will bear her and then returns
to the hive where she is kept a royal
prisoner until the time comes for her
to lead her tribe in swarm. The male
selected as the mate in her flight dies
as the result of the honor bestowed
upon him. His brothers are speedily
banished from the hive if not actually
killed by the worker bees.
Worker Bees Versatile.
These worker bees are Imperfectly
developed females. They may lay
eggs but their eggs will produce
only drones and therefore, are value
less to the tribe. Consequently their
energies are expended in other chan
nels. The versatility is the marvel of
all who realize it. They act as trained
nurses in looking after the young
larvae and in caring .tor the queen
herself. They are skilled chefs, pre
paring several different kinds of
food. The queen is fed entirely upon
roval jelly. The food of the larvae
differs according to their kind. The
princess larvae have some royal jelly
and some other food in addition. The
workers are fed honey, pollen and a
special kind of food called bee-bread
which only they know how to make.
The builder bees construct the cells,
taking the wax from the- pockets In
their own abdomens. The chemical
composition of beeswax is still a puz
zle. Its effect upon the human diges
tion is an unsettled question. Its sup
posed indigestibility is one of the ar
guments used In favor of the extracted
honey. The comb honey is more at
tractive In appearance and has many
adherents who believe that the wax
helps rather than hinders digestion.
The bees build their cells after a set
pattern ana vet are able to adapt the
shape of their combs to the space at
their command as is proved by their use
of the wooden honey sections furnished
them by men. A few years ago Dr.
Wiley gave out the idea of artificial
honey comb as a joke. The public,
being well accustomed to food frauds,
promptly gave It credence and. even
within the last three months, reputable
writers upon domestic economy have
warned their readers against such
adulteration. As a matter of fact, no
such fraud ever has been perpetrated
because the ingenuity of man has not
vet been able to rival the skill of the
bee. For years, the American Bee
Keeper's association has had a stand
ing offer of $1,000 for a single artifi
cial honey comb and no attempt has
ever been made to claim It. Conse
quently, the housewife who buys her
honey In the comb is absolutely certain
of securing a pure food product. The
extracted honey when bought from a
reputable leader, is almost as depend
able, for the commercial bee keepers
organizations have taken every pre
caution to guard against adulteration.
In addition tc caring for the young,
preparing the food, cleaning the hive
and building the cells, the Indoor duties
of the workers include the ventilation
of the hive. If It becomes too warm
the young bees will die. So a force ot
bees Is kept constantly at work fan
ning with their wings. So vigorously
do these small wind raisers work that
they sometimes1 produce a current of
air sufficient to puff out a lighted
match. The inside duties are apt to
be performed by the younger bees. The
outdoor tasks of gathering the honey
and pollen come to the older workers.
Queen's Sole Duty.
The sole duty of the queen Is to lay
eggs She fulfills this mission with a
royal will, often depositing from 3,0(Mi
to 4,000 eggs a day, thereby taxing the
resources of the building workers who
have to supply the cells in which they
are to be placed. The cells are built
in three distinct forms, adapted to the
storage of honey and pollen and the
shelter of the young bees. The cells
for the royal bees or princesses are
larger than for the -workers or drones
and the queen is usuallly able to de
posit a royal egg in the cell prepared
for it. If for any reason there should
be a shortage of royal eggs, a worker
egg Is transferred Into a royal cell
and the larva is fed upon roval jelly.
This substance cannot yet be analyzed
by any scientist. It has the marvelous
property of transforming a pleblan
Into a royal personage who will be ac
cepted by her hive.
The swarming of the bees Is a sub
ject upon which all bee keepers are
concentrating their interest. Chiefly
because of lack or ability to control
them, millions of dollars worth of the
bee swarms are lost to their owners
each year. All of the wild bees of
the country are lost swarms which
have migrated from some farmers'
hives. Bees are not nattve to this
country. They were brought here by
the early settlers. The wild bees which
occasionally yield such rich stores Of
sweets to their lucky captors, are all
wanderers from a former domesticity,
as are the wild horses of the plains.
Seeking New Abode.
When the larvae of vine hive begin
to mature the population becomes too
numerous and the queen prepares to
lead her followers to a new abode. She
isMiot likely to do this until she has
laid the eggs to produce new queens.
A few days before these mature she
ABE MARTIN
dll 9
Th' feller who knows his business is
alius reticjnt. Never go en a note or
advise a friend t' git married.
summons her forces with a sufficient
number of workers to care for the
young queen and the brood and also
the drones from which the new queen
will select her mate. Different means
are being taken by modern bee keep
ers to prevent distant swarming and
consequent loss of bees. One of these
is by clipping the wings of the queen
bees, and another by securing artifi
cial swarming. So many experiments
are being carried on by different
apiarists that the best mode is as yet
unsettled. Locality, climate and var
ious other conditions have to be tak
en into consideration.
Before leaving the hl'e to swarm,
the bees gorge themselves with honey
sufficient to provide their nutriment
for several days. Bee keepers have
learned that bees are not apt to sting
soon after eating which Is one reason
why they seldom sting while swarm
ing. Any excitement or disturbance In
the hive makes the beea eat, as they
evidently fear thev are going to be
driven from their hive. This know
ledge enables an experienced person
to handle them in a manner quito
startling to the average man who Is
afraid of being stung. John Jay, or
Vincennes. Indiana, was recently
photographed with a swarm of bees
attached to his chin. He Is smilingly
confident that his "bee whiskers" will
not hurt him. A puff of smoke will
usually excite the bees and drive them
to eating. Conseqently a smoking im
plement Is deemed an essential by all
bee qeepers who use It when It is nec
essary to move the bees or make some
change in their hives.
Bees also supply certain remedial
risouicts. The daily use or honey in
the diet has been claimed as a cure
for obstinate cases of indigestion and
sick headache. A less agreeable meas
ure is the application of bee stings
for rheumatism. This heroic treat
ment Is bellved to have cuied a num
bere of severe cases although lt is not
generally endorsed by the medical fra
ternity. Tomorrow: Prevention of Infant
Mortality.
(This In one of the regular features
of The EI Paso Herald.)
The Storeroom
The Daily Novelette.
"Oh, those " thoughtless, thoughtless
dotors, N
Are the very worst concocters."
Dr. Brownsnidgitt coughed depreci
atingly as Martin Boolhollow, regain
ing consciousness, looked around and
rubbed some of the ether from his eyes.
-I'm dreadfully sorry, Mr. Boolhol
low." said the doctor apologetically.
"The operation was a complete success,
but I regret to discover that I have
sewn up my operating scissors in you.
They are my best Scissors. They cost
me four and a quarter wholesale. I
fear I shall have to operate again and
remove the scissqrs."
"Oh. heck, doc," said Bulhollow, with
the asperity natural to an invalid. And
he lay back again while they adminis
tered the ether to him.
Half an hour later he again revived
In time to see the doctor taking the
last stitches. Suddenly the surgeon
snapped his fingers in vexation.
"Tut," he exclaimed. "Here after
I've sewn you all up again I find I've
left my gloves In you. I must have
them; it Is quite cold out of doors to
day. I fear I shall have to operate
again!"
"Say, doc, really, this Is growing mo
notonous!" protested Bulhollow, as he
lay back again with an Impatient sigh
and once more breathed in the ether
fumes.
n.
"I'm glad I recovered my gloves."
mused the doctor as he cranked up his
automobile outside, half an hour later.
"Darn shame I left my cigar case in
him. but he might get mad if I tried
to open him again!"
(Thta In one of the regular features
of The El Paso Herald.)
G O O P S
Bj GELETT burgess
ELIZABETH VON
OPPENHEIM
Elizabeth
Von Oppenrielm
She bothers Mother
all the time; '
Especially
when she is busy
Is she annoyed
by little Lizzie;
The Goop will question,
, cry and call
Till Mother cannot
work at all!
Don't Be A Goop!
(This In one or the regular features
of The 121 Paso Herald.).
War Scares Them Away
Eastern Relatives of Fred Kelffer
Worry When They Hear of the
Juarez Battle; Little In-
tcrviewx.
i 6 T" EOPLE In the east think that
8-' El Pasoans are In the midst of
-' a rain of bullets whenever
there is a scrap in Juarez," says Fred
Kelffer. "I've got relatives living east
of the Mississippi who were greatly
worried when they heard of the Juarez
battle. Some of them had been plan
ning to visit here, but I know they
won't, now that Juarez has been at
tacked and captured again."
"Los Angeles is a pretty nice place,
but give me El Paso in preference to
it any time," says R. E. Blrdgers,
patrolman on the plaza beat, who re
turned to work Monday after a short
visit Ito the coast. "They were having
beautiful weather on the coast when
I was there, but weather Isn't. every
thing. There's something about the
people of El Paso that makes you
glad to get back here from a trip, no
matter where you've been."
3r -at 'k
George P. Mason, special deputy col
lector of customs at Nogales, Arizona,
arrived in El Paso Monday afternoon
and was a visitor at the loca custom
office. "I have Just returned from the
meeting of the collectors of customs
recently held in New York City." said
Mason. "There were 63 deputy col
lectors, surveyors and collectors at the
meeting and there were 150 questions
scheduled for discussion, which per
tained to the collections of customs.
The conference recommended the re
vision of the now existing laws and
custom laws which were considered
out of date."
"A thing that struck me as unusual
when I visited Juarez Sunday was the
perfect order In the town," says Dr. J
W. Yard. "It could not have been
better. There were fewer "drunks on
the street than there were on Sundays
when the Federals held the town. And
Juarez seemed mora peaceful than It
did when Madero took the city from
old Gen. Navarro. I have heard sev
eral persons remark the same thing."
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"This rain Is general clear across
New Mexico and most or Arizona. It
reaches west as far as WeHton." said
superintendent J. H. Dyer of the Tuc
son division of the Southern Pacific
during the downpour Monday. "All
the agricultural and cattle interests
will rejoice, for the drouth has been
severe in many sections, l have just
received a telegram telling me the ex
tent of the rain."
Superintendent Dyer came to El Paso
last week on business connected with
the freight movement, and has spent
much of his time about G. H. & S. A.
headquarters since. v He returned to
Tucson Tuesday.
"I did not allow the El Paso physi
cians and nurses to go over to Juarez
to care for the Injured following the
battle," said mayor C. E. Kelly, "be
cause I did not think it wise for them
to do so, as there had been no request
from Juarez for such assistance. I 'did
not think It wise to have our Ameri
cans 'butting in' over tnere when we
did not know what they might be but
ting into." "You mean," he was asked,
"if they had gone across the border
and had been injured they would have
held our government responsible to
get 1lemnity?" "That is exactly It,'
replljl the mayor, "and our govern
ment should net be held responsible
for neoDle 'buttlnsr In where thoy are
not asked to eto. We did everything
we could to keep our El Paso people I
away from the border and out ot aan
ger. The battle occurrec at a most
fortunate hour for safety. All good
people are supposed to Toe In bod by '
oclock, and although a. crowd came
down to the bridge, there were fortun
ately no accidents. If the battle had
occurred in the day time, when Bl Paso
people generally were stirring around
on the streets I am certain there would
have been a " number hurt from the
quantity of bullets that were coming
this way. As It was we sot off with
onlv the accident to the little messen
ger boy. and that happened the next
day."
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ino (tatties I" IU4. c. -viiic- , .... .
too short notice to suit me," said Dick I
Smith, on of the 'bell hops' of the paso
del Norte hotel. "There was I sleep
ing peacefully under a canvas covered
corner of the roof, my tent, yknow,
when plump, something dropped on my
head and woke me up. It was a spent
ball that had torn through the canvas,
struck the wall and dropped on me,
sleeping there nice and peaceable.
'Spose that ball had not been 'spent.
I'd be wearing little wings and piaying
a harp by now. If they pull off these
battle stunts very often tney ought -to
ring a little bell first and let every
body have a chance to beat it-"'
"The next time they stage a battle
In Juarez," said Frank Langan, "it
ought to be In the broad daylight
where we can at least have the bene
fit of the show. Pulling off a fight
in the dark, and letting ft be all over
but the 'extra Heralds' Defore people
are half awake is not treating ns fair."
100 Years Ago Today
One hundred years ago today occurred
the attack on the Hillabee Towns, which
attack was one of the most remarkable
incidents of the Creek indian war. The
towns formed an indian settlement on
the Tallapoosa, in Alabama. The attack
was made by a force of several hundred
mounted Tennessee militia under Gen.
James Tiite, aided by" a party of
friendly Cherokees commanded by Col.
Gideon Morgan. The greater part of
the settlement was destroyed, some 60
Creek indian warriors were slain, and
nearlv 300 others taken prisoners. The
remarkable feature of the engagement
was the fact that not one member of
the attacking party was killed or seri
ously wounded.
(This 1m one of the regular features
of The El Paso ilernld.)
bEET SLG.Wt GROWERS "IVILL
MARKET LAST CROP IX 1014
Chicago. 111. Nov. 18 The annual
meeting of beet sugar manufacturers
was held here today and new officers
elected for 191 4. Next year's crop will
be the last to be marketed, it was said,
as beet sugar will be unable to com
pete with cane sugar after 1916. One
hundred millions invested In beet sugar
factories, according "to one delegate,
will be forced to find new employment
within a year.
Kactories in Minnesota, Illinois, Wis
consin, Kansas. Colorado, Montana,
Nevada, Utah, California and Arizona
were represented.
APPOINTS DELEGATES TO
ROAD BUILDERS' MEETING
Santa Fe, N. M, Nov. 18. Governor
McDonald, upon invitation of governor
Tener of Pennsylvania has appointed
the following delegates to the American
Eoad Builders' association at Philadel
phia, on December 9: Ralph E. Twitchell,
of East aLs Vegas; D. K. B. Sellers, of
Albuquerque, and Francis E. Lester, of
Las Cruees.
NEW ARIZONA POSTMASTERS.
"Washington, D. C. Nov. 18. George
AV. McTnturff -.is today appointed post
master at Vernon, and .T. C. Karijran
' was reappointed at Cornfields, Ariz.
"This Is My Birthday Anniversary"
r r T M GOING to postpone my trip for a week so I can have company."
I "I just can't stand it to be in the house alone." "Please wait a
minute. I don't like to walk down the street alone." Poor people
An j body's company is better than their own! They need to be reminded of
Sir Philip Sydney's remark, ''They are never alone who are accompanied by
noble thoughts." Of course everybody gets tired of himself some time; but
we surely ought to be accumulating from day to day enough "food for thought"
to fill up all the time that most people can get to be alone. The boys and
girls in their 'teens have their dreams, their ambitions for the future; books
and lectures ami newspapers, all of nature and life are teeming with sugges
tions for them whieh need time and quiet for development.
The Herafd's congratulations go with those El Paso boys and girls who
reach today anotner milestone in mtyr
Lillie Stedmond, 7.
Elliott J. Stevens, 10.
Stewart Tepfer, 17.
Elizabeth Lucas, 16.
Ashley Gillett, 15.
Each one in the above list has
two to the Unique theater. "Miss
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As to Real Trouble
A Story of the Moment
BY WALT MASON
The Famous Proe Poet
Ryftim tat! rrtSitra-J
k y WAS greatly
lmfti TrKoTl T
heard today that Mr. Glldershoot
tiao Hafnmr. Incline.' said the
landlady. I haven't seen much of him
In recent weeks, but he used to be the
jolltest man in the neighborhood
the last-one I'd expect to10se His wits."
"I also am deeply pained," remarked
the star boarder. "Mr. Glldershoot was
a fine man in every respect, and it was
a real pleisure to borrow" money of him.
he shelled out so cheerfully. Many a.
time, when my soul was distressed and
the dark waves of trouble ran wild have
I gone to him for succor, and whether it
was 60 cents or $2 I wanted, he always
was prompt in his response. ....
"Several months ago he decided to
build a new house, and when he told
me about it I begged him to forsake
hi fatal determination, but he was in
fatuated, and went ahead. In the grand
old times when you and I were young,
Mrs. Jiggers, It was possible for a man
to build a new house in a quiet, unos
tentatious way, without being bothered
to death. But times have changed
for the worse. Nowadays when a man
decides to build the fact Is flashed all
over the country by some system of
grapevine telegraph, and the victim
is hounded into Insanity by people who
have things to sell, without which no
house can be a success.
"A few weeks after Mr. Glldershoot
h'ad made his decision, and while the
foundation of his new residence was
being laid, he came to me with unshed
tears and asked for a private interview.
Already he was a mere wreck of his
former self. His eyes were bloodshot
and had a hunted look In them: his
hair was three shades grayer than it
was a month before, and his" feet didn't
track right when he walked. My heart
ached for the unfortunate man, my dear
Mrs. Jiggers. We sat down in, a room
back of the cigar store and he told
me of his troubles. When he first
planned building his house he intended
to put In a hot air farnace. But one
day he was called upon by a dignified
stranger who convinced him that a
furnace is a relic of the dark ages.
"The stranger told him that the dry
heat from a furnace ruins millions of
dollars worth of furnjtsre In the Chrls"-
Advice
By fiEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At Good Old Sltrash.'
A DVICE and air are the only free
r things left even now. since the i
Democrats nave iixea up xneir
tariff .bill.
Advice is given in enormous quantities
by the rich and poor alike. No man is
too hard up to stop in the midst of his
labors and give a huge, irregular chunk
of advice to some total stranger who
mav be needing it-
On the other hand, advice is the one
thing which is never stolen. Men have
purloined shoes, hot stoves, tombstones,
boa constrictors and grizzly bears, but
advice is perfectly safe. A 'man can
leave 40,000.000 worth of advice in an
exposed position for years without
worrying. None will take it.
Advice is more plentiful than dirt.
Everybody is plentifully stocked with it
and everyone does his best to get rid of
it. Nothing is more affecting than to
sec a ragged and dejected man propping
up a five story building by leaning
against it on the sidewalk and trying
to give some priceless advice on the
training and conduct of presidents. Year
after year, while his children are clamor
ing for bread, he offers his adviee in
vain. No president will even stop and
take a sample. Older and older he
"One can force a child to take advice by
well known methods."
grows, distended with undisposed-of ad
viee and will anyone take the time to
extend a helping band and relieve him!
Not much. This is a vain and busy
world, and our best friends may burst
with advice for all we care.
One reason for this singular prejudice
against adice is the fact that most
children arc brought up on it. After a
child has existed foV 10 years on plain
food and unlimited advice he cannot be
blamed for scorning either for the re
mainder of his life. When an adult has
any other property which is of no use
to himself and which he cannot give
away he goes and lays it on tin? ash
pile. But if he has any surplus adviee
which no one else will accept he goes
home and gives it to his children. One
can force a child to take advice by well
known methods, just as one can force
him to take medicine. But it spoils the
market for advice in that particular
direction after he grows up and can't
be thrashed any more.
The best way to produce advice is to
grow old and rich and famous. The next
best May is to grow old and poor and
unsuccessful. The output in both cases
me. xucj ic.
Lucien Hafley, 8.
Thos. Bourland, 8.
Irwin Shaw, 8.
Alfred Woods, 17.
Jessie Heywood, 16.
Louis Gatewood. 2.
a ticket at The Herald office, admitting
Birthday" has the tickets in charge.
tlan homos of this country every year.
f Chairs fall apart, and tables lose their
legs, ana soias Decome nopejess crip
ples, while pianos warp and get out of
tune In the baleful blast from a fur
nace. The only sane system of heat
ing was the hot water system, accord
ing to the stranger. Mr. Gildershoot
thought it over, and made up his mind
to Have the hot water system; and
then along came another stranger, a
man of reverned appearance, who looked
as though he wouldn't chop down a
cherry tree with his little hatchet un
der any conditions; and he made it
plain to Mr. Gildershoot that hot water
is a nuisance as a heating agent. On
a cold day, according to the stranger.
It took about U hours to gea house
warmed up, and once warmed up it
took about three weeks to get it cooled
off again. Steam was the only thing
for heating purposes, the good man
argued, and after listening to argu
ments "for three "days, Mr. Glldershoot
decided on steam for his house.
"Hardly had the reverend appearing
stranger disappeared in the gathering
gloom, however, than another stranger
with a duplex tongue came along, and
held up his hands in horror when he
heard that Gildershoot .was going to
have steam heat. Nobody but back:
numbers would have a steam plant, ha
said. Steam was dangerous In the
hands of Inexperienced people, and it
was a great annoyance because It kept
the pipes and radiators cracking and
rumbling, and so on.
"Gildershoot begged my advice, and I
told him to put in an old fashioned;
base burner and let it go at that, and
he determined to do so. No sooner
was that worry off his mind, however,
than the (Shingle man got on his trail.
Some meh recommended asbestos shin
gles, and others slate shingles, and oth
ers tin shingles, and each argued that
the kinds he wasn't selling were worse
than useless, and' when they got done
with him Gildershoot was a wreck.
Then he bad to run the gauntlet of the
paint men. and it was while he was
listening to a discourse on pure -white
lead mixed with fish oil and painkiller
that something snapped in his head
and he became a raging maniac"
(This li one of the regular feature
of The Bl Paso Herald.)
is about the same, only the successful
man tells you what to avoid and the un
successful man tells you what to do.
Every little while someone accepts
some advice. There are now manv
thousands of these people in the world.
Half of them are hunting their ad
visers with tears of gratitude and the
other half are hunting them with a club.
This proves that advice giviryj is as
risky as advice taking. But man is ever
adventurous. Copyrighted by George
Matthew Adams.
ThIji Ik one of the regular feature;!
of The El Paso Herald.)
,14 Years Ago Tojday
Frnxa The Herald Thla Date 1P89. J
Mr. and Mrs. Lopez, Miss Walte.
and Prof. Kemp wllf take a trip to
Anthony for a short stay this week
The family of R. T. Stewart, master
mechanic of the Bl Paso & North
eastern, has arrived here after a visit
to California.
.Miss Mayfield, sister of Miss roia
Mayfleld, one of the teaches in the
public schools. Is In El Paso for a
visit of one week.
Pupils of the 11th grade In the
High school are working earnestly on
their school paper and are very ambi
tious to make it a success.
Mrs. George Paul entertained "the
Jolly Nine club. of which she is
president, at her home on Wyoming
street yesterday afternoon.
Dr.. W. F. Blount, of Austin, state
health officer of Texas, Is spending
a few days in the city as the guest
of his half brother, Capt- J. H. White,
city tax collector.
El Paso Is to- have a now telephone
company. It will be known as the
Southern Telephone & Telegraph
company. One hundred subscribers
have already been secured.
The final test of the. water of the
White Oaks on the mesa. November
13, shows a distinct improvement in
the way of decrease in solids over the
previous analysis made on November
Division superintendent J. E. Hur
ley, of the Santa Fe, accompanied
by general manager H. U. Mudge.
came in two private cars last
right, and made a brief Inspection
here. President , Ripley v and the re
mainder of the party went to the
coast.
A meeting will be held at A. P.
Coles's office Monday afternoon for
the purpose of forming a golf club.
If the organization is successfully
carried out, Mr. Coles will give the
use of the grounds which he owns
just north of the Franklin Heights
addition.
Two games for the price of one will
be played at Athletic park, tomorrow
by the City leaguers. The first game
will be between the Browns and Kl
Paso team, and the winners will play
the G. H. boys. Young will pitch
for Bl Paso, Rand for the Browns,
and Noyes for the G. H. tam.
Business men met at the county
court room last night to bear the re
port of the chamber of commerce com
mittee appointed to draft a constitu
tion and- -bylaws for the new organi
zation. Chairman Freudenthal oemg
absent. Mr. Walz called the meeting
to order. About 40 business men or
El Paso- were present. Felix Mar
tinez said he belleed that Messrs.
Tuttle and Coles were right, but he
proposed that each member pay Jo
in advance. $2 of this amount being
for an entrance fee and $3 for dues.
A. P. Coles favored issuing stock, vv .
G. Wala. John' Merrill and Carl Kn
nitt were appointed to solicit signa
tures to the membership roll.