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Many Millions or Peanuts.

The people of the United States con-
sumo 100000 bushels of peanuts an
nually, at cost of about $10,000,000.
The growing of the peanut in this coun-
try is gradually increasing. but much
Of the product consumed is still brought
from abroad, notably from Spain,
Egypt and Japan. Yet the South At
lantic seaboard and the lower Missis-
sippi valley, as well as other parts Of
the United States, have been shown to
be abundantly responsive to the culti-
walton of this ground nut, the average
yield being about sixty bushels per
acre
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Mexico as a Gold Producer.

Mexico stands sixth among the gold
producing countries of the world. Af-
rica. Australasia, United States, Rus
sia, Canada lead in the order named.
Mexico produced last year about $4,000
ounces more than the year before.
Mexico still continues to lead the world
In the production of silver, followed
by the United States, Australasia and
Bolivia in the order named. The pro
duction was close to 100000 ounces
more of the white metal last year than
the year before.
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Iowans are thoroughly aroused to the
execution of new law requiring
weeds in the highways to be cut at
q proper time. The statutes require
that IL in any case The weeds Of lands
In the public roads are not cut before
Aug. Is 1t becomes the duty of the road
supervisor Of the township to take the
case In hand. In the event that the
land owner does not within three days
heed the written reminder given him
Of the laws requirement, then the su-
pervisor shall cause the weeds on such
land to be mown. and he shall make
return of his bill for the work at rate
not to exceed 50 per day, which shall
be paid from the district road fund.
The amount so paid Is then entered up
and levied against the lands on which
said weeds have been destroyed and
collected by the county treasurer the
same as other taxes. Auditor Millin,
of Taylor County. has stated In the
newspapers that the call for copies of
the road law bearing on weeds was
20 great that the edition became ex-
hausted. after which the same was
printed as regular advertisig matter
In the newspapers of the State.
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An Early Breakfast.

A hired girl who dreams about her
work--not over it-should be treas
ure. The Wrongs of Detroit have such
an one. The Free Press says that the
other morning at half past two Mrs.
Wrong awakened her husband out Of a
sound sleep.
Henry" she said. Henry. did you
hear that?
''W'a'? asked the drowsy Henry.
There's some one in the dining
roomv'
Henry sat up. Yes, there were do
ings In the dining room. Plates were
rattling. But Henry was loath to in
vestigate, and suggested it might be
rats.
'But 1t sounds like Maggie" said
Mrs. Wrong.
Henry laughed outright.
well, you just go and see.' com
manded the wife. Henry understood
that tone. He got up, lifting his feet
high, and managed to reach the dining
room door.
He threw it open. A bright light
burst out into the corridor,
Agnes he called TO his wife. "Ag-
mes, look herew
Mrs. Wrong came TO her husband
and they both stood in the dining room
doorway and gasped. The table was
laid. All the lights were lighted They
heard the sizzle of the coffee pot and
the teakettle'in the kitchen. Then the
door into the culinary department was
flung back, and into the dining room
strobe wide-eyed, staring girl. with
no expression on her face, bearing
three dishes of oatmeal on a tray.
When they had recovered from their
amazement, Mrs. Wrong awoke Mag
gle. steered her back to bed, and locked
her door.
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Care of Dairy Cows.

Every farmer knows how difficult 1t
is to keep cows clean when they are
stalled for the night, and to stanchion
them is a system that is not approved
by some. One farmer tested the plan
of blanketing the cows as a protection
against cold, the same as with horses,
and found that the use of blanket in
creased the flow Of milk and made a
saving in food, as well as preventing
colds and sickness. The floor was lit
tered to the depth of six inches with
straw. The only drawback was that
frequently the blankets would become
soiled, thus necessitating labor in keep
ing them clean.
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Putting pine Needles to Use.

The pine needles Of South Oregon are
boiled and then run between horizontal
wooden rollers, which extract the juice
This is called pine needle oil, which is
supposed to possess medical properties.
The pulp is used as medicated ma
terial for upholstering, and is also said
to be a good substitute for horsehair
1t is said that insect pests will not live
in furniture that has been upholstered
with pine needles.
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cHURcHEs AND scHooLHousEs.

The Interior walls Of churches, school
houses and all public halls should never
be coated with anything but the durable
and pure Alabastine. SO evident has this
fact become, that hundreds of tons are
used annually for this work. The genu-
Inc Alabastlne does not rub or scale on.
II ls cleanly during the long period OF its
usefulness. Every owner OF a building
should use It.. Ask your paint dealer or
druggist for card Of tints. and write for
free copy Of our Interesting booklet to
Alsbsstine Co.. Grand Rapids. Mich.
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My half OF wheat. ......... $40 IL

Net expense on homestead. 500 %
We moved on our homestead July 40
1899. Have 80 acres in good shape for
crops In 1900. My wife joins me in
sending best wishes to you and yours.
You can truly say to any poor man
who pays big rent to get a farm
somebody else's land), or works for
wages to support family, that have
personally tried both in Minnesota and
tried hard to make a success of ii, but
found to my sorrow that after working
hard poor living was all could get
out Of it, and after nearly two years
Of Western Canadian life l will say
that l am very thankful to you for
helping me to decide to try it in Can
ada. Yours respectfully,
w. II. KINKADE.
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ATraxelinx PIG Pen.

While among the farmers In Wiscon-
sin we ran across a novel device-a
movable pig pen, which many Of our
readers who keep in pen pigs which
they want to put out to grass will find
very useful
The Illustration will show how it is
made. A pair of old wheels of any
kind will answer. One corner Is rooted
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How's This:

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure
FIJI. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned have known +. j. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
cially able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Walding, Kinnan Marvin. Wholesale Drug.
gists Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free
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WHAT "KALsoMINEsv ARE.

Kalsomlnes are cheap and temporary
preparations, manufactured from whit
the walls with decaying animal glue. Ala
bastine Is not a kalsomine. It Is q rock
base cement, which sets, and IL hardens
decorated without having to wash and
scrape on Its old coats. Alabastine Is
utilised TO a great extent In hospitals, as
Il prevents the accumulation of dirt and
the congregating Of disease germs. being
disinfectant In its nature.
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REJECT THE "Jusr AS cooD.v

The dealer who tells you that he can
sell you the same thing as Alabastine
or something just as good, either Is
onering something he has bought cheap
and Is trying to sell on Alabastine's de-
mands. he may not realize the danger to
new substitutes. Dealers risk q SUIT for
damages by selling and consumers by using
an infringement. Aiabastlne Co. own the
t. uIx with cold water
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Oualihed Praise.

'Is he a commanding figure in the
politics of your community? asked the
stranger.
'Well," answered the Kentuckian re-
hectively, she can make a pretty good
speech. But he can't shoot very
straight Washington Star.
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OIeo Not Steer Eat.

1t is always in order to take whack
at 6leomargarine, the greatest food
fraud of the nineteenth century, says
the Racine Journal. The kidney fat
of fat steer, such fat as it is claimed
is used for the production of better
grades of oleomargarine, will weigh
about forty pounds. Assuming that
the average COW will produce 160
pounds of butter in year, it will take
four steers to offset one COW as a but
ter producer. Enough oleomargarine
was made last year to Offset the prod
uct Of over 100000 COWS; so, If this
choice fat was used alone in its produc-
ton, 100000 steers were drawn upon,
but there was not any such number of
steers killed, and SO it proves that oleo
is not made of that sort Of fat.
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How 1t Happened.

Mistress-How is 1t, Sarah, that
whenever come into the kitchen find
you gossiping with the baker or the
butcher?
Maid-Well, ma'am, IL you really ask
for the truth l should say as 1t was
them nasty soft-soled shoes you comes
creeping about init Bits.
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The Wisconsin experiment station
has proven that a pig weighing 100
pounds requires one pound of cornmeal
and a half pound of wheat middiings
TO keep it alive without gain or loss.
Three pounds a day Of the same feed
would make pound of pork. and II
the grain cost $50 per ton. the pork
would cost Az cents a pound. and II he
could eat six pounds day he would
gain two pounds at cost Of 3 cents
pound.
A hog weighing 500 pounds needed
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What Do the Children Drinka

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAIN-O? 1t is delicious and nourish-
ing, and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains.
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee, but costs
about u as much. All grocers sell it. 15c
apd OSc
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The Ideal Man.

There is much rivalry between colleges
as to which will produce the ideal man.
BY this they mean a strong and intellec-
tual man. Health will demand first con-
sideration, for upon that depends all.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will keep the
bowels regular and the stomach healthy
by curing stomach disorders. 1t also pre-
vents malaria, fever and ague.
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Then He Paid.

: These trousers" said Slopay, 'T'd
like you to reseat them. You see, 1 sit
30 much"
That's funny" interrupted the tailor.
"Now, there's that bill of mine. 1t
ought to be receipted because it's been
standing so long. g."-Philadelphia Press.
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base and provided
with a hinged cap
or cover. Inside
this frame a hitch
ing strap. coiled on
a shaft actuated
by a spring and
carrying a snare or
swivel at its end,
Is adjusted. so that
1t can be uncoiled
and attached to the
a
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usual manner. This construction re-
suits in convenient and neat arrange
ment, as the strap is automatically
wound up on the spring drum when not
in use and the frame and cover protect
it. 1t Is always ready for use, and IL
the cover is locked or bolted and the
frame firmly fastened in the ground.
meddling by small boys or vandals is
prevented
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Kroo-er.

Does your wife take any interest in
the South African war?
Yes; she corrects me every day on
my pronunciation of uger."-Detroit
Free Press.
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Undecided.

Mistress-Is that policeman who was
in the kitchen last night your steady
company?
Cook-He will be, mum, If Oi decide
to shtay here and he isn't transferred.
Puck.
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AlabastIne Is the original and only dur
able wall coating on the market. IL is
entirely different from all kasomne
preparations. Alabastine Is made ready for
use In white or fourteen beautiful tints by
the addition OF cold water. IL IL put up
erly labeled. with full directions On every
package. IL tnkes the place OF scaling
kalsomines. wall paper and paint fer walls.
Alabastine can be used ON plaster.
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A Good Dairy Herd.

The question is often asked whether
1t Is most desirable In developing a
good dairy herd to use a full-blooded
sire or to buy number Of full-blooded
young stock. The quickest way un-
doubtedly is to buy the young stock,
but IL you have number of first-class
Individual cows, no matter II their
breeding Is not gilt-cdge, an exceeding
ly fine herd can be built up after few
years by buying a full-blooded sire.
The dairyman is more apt to be satis-
fed with the final results, as In buy
ing young stock there is always danger
of getting poor individuals.
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You Can Get Allen. Foot Ease FREE

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted lie Roy. N.
Y, for FREE sample OF Aliens Foot Ease. a
powder to shake into your shoes. II cures tired,
sweating, damp, swouen, aching reet 1t makes
new or tight shoes easy. A certain cure for
Corns and Bunions All druggists aud shoe stores
cell it. % cents
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Didn,t Worry WiIIie.

''No, Willie, DEAR" said mamma, mo
more cakes tonight. Don't you know
you cannot sleep on full stomach"
well" replied Willie. Il can sleep on
nv back"
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Coughing Leafs TO Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
q sample bottle free. Sold in 20 and 80
cent bottles. Go at once: delays are dat-
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Remarkable Girl.

"Adelaide has such fine mind"
''She has?"
"Yes, she can keep up her interest in
a man after she knows he's engaged
Chicago Record.
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over and floored for a sleeping pen or
shelter during a storm. A trough is
also permanently attached to the oppo-
site corner.
The pen can be readily shifted from
place to place each day, thus giving
the pigs fresh place and new grass
continually.-Farm News.
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iye pounds Of grain feed to Keep him
alive and eight pounds to increase his
weight one pound a day. This would
make the pound OF pork cost cents.
These figures are for good, thrifty hogs
OF good breed and are approximately
correct, and they show very nearly the
economy of killing hogs before they
weigh 200 pounds II they can be made
fat. But the profit on hogs to the farm
er in the West is not so much in the
gain from grain feed as that the hog
turns unstable products and the
wastes of the farm into that which
sells readily.
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Lane. Family Madeleine

Moves the bowels each day. In order
TO be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price 25 and Soc.
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The Place for q Poor Man.
Alameda, N. w. r., Canada,
Dae % 1SlNl

Dec. Z2, 1879.
Mr.. B. Davies, Canadian Government
Agent, st. Paul, Mimi:
Dear Sir-As / promised you about
two years ago that at some future
time l would let you know what |
thought of Western Canada and the
chances Of a poor man making a start
and supporting a family at same time,
SO will write few facts concerning
my own experience the past twenty-one
months, and what have done any
able-bodied man can do, provided he
will work.
] left Traverse country March 20.
1898, landed in Alameda at noon the
21st, with $3.50 in my pocket, stran-
ger and among strangers, and when
my family came in October, 1898, my
wife had nearly $40, or barely enough
to pay freight on her stove, sewing
machine and clothes and beds. | COM
menced work March 2S; also made en-
try for homestead same day (the man
l started work for loaning me $15 to
pay entrance fee), and i have earned.
or at least received, $47S.10 in wages
since then and have been idle at least
two months Of the twenty-one since
came. The homestead / took had l.
acres broke by a former occupant. /
paid $40 to have II replowed in July
'9S, and the seed wheat for 1T cost me
SS.25. / let it to neighbor for half
In elevator clear of all expense eX
cept the seed, and this fall l received
SOLO for my part of the crops Off OF
the II acres, so my total receipts the
past twenty-one months have been
$54S.1O and my expenses, besides living
for self and family, have been as fol
lows:
Entrance fee $50 being paid for
cancellatiOn) ............ $15 UU
Summer following IL acres. 49,. 70 %
Seed for same. e........... 3 -
Cost of house, besides my own
labor on same. e.......... 70 81
Twenty acres Of breaking and
double discing same. ....... 90 OU
STD IL
NV half 0f wheat cen IA
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Dropsy treated free by DR.. II. IL.
Green's Sons of Atlanta, Ca. The great
est dropsy specialists in the world. Read
their ad. in another column of this paper
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Rape and spertz and Bromus.

Greatest, cheapest, richest food on
earth these three make. Wonderful tes-
timonials on same. See Salzer's Big Cat
alog, sent you for &c postage and this
notice. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. T. n u
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Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is not
liquid or a snuff. 1t quickly relieves Cold
in the Head, Headache, ETC., and really
cures Catarrh. 50c.
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/ am not one who was born In the
possession of knowledge; am one who
Is fond of antiquity and earnest in
seeking 1t there.
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Happiness consists in being perfect
ly satisfied with what we have got and
with what we haven't got.-Lubbock
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A volunteer In a Colorado regiment
at Manila has been cured of suffering
by being shot through the throat by
Mauser bullet.
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To Cure Cold In One nay
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II Il fails to cure.
2Sc. e. w. Groves signature is ON each box.
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Apple trees do not bear full crops
until ten years old or more. A tree
twenty years old will produce from
twenty-five to forty bushels of apples.
A pear tree fifteen years old should
produce from twenty to thirty bushels.
A peach tree four years old should pro-
duce from four to ten bushels. The
tree may not do SO well In some sec-
tions, as much depends upon the vari.
ETY. and also the care bestowed
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See what a man does, mark his mo-
tive, examine in what he rests; how
can a man conceal his character?
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Growing PURCHASES Abroad.

The United States imported more
merchandise last year from every quar-
ter of the globe than it took in 1898.
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Catalpa.

In paper that comes to me. and
which calls itself agricultural. the
editor answers an inquiry as to the
suitableness Of catalpa for fence posts
and telegraph poles by practically ad-
vising against its use for such pur-
poses. 1t is curious advice to give in
face of the fact that no timber has
ever been grown that is as durable in
contact with the soil as catalpa. 1t
will last century in the ground, and
has been known to. For ties, posts and
rails it is simply unexcelled. There are
two varieties Of catalpa, the hardy ca
talpa = catalpa speclosa-which will
grow to height Of more than eighty
feet and develops diameter of more
than thirty feet, and the common ca
talpa, which will grow to a height of
more than forty feet, and will have a
diameter of ~ feet. Both varieties
are used in the South for the purposes
named.-J. III. B., in Epitomist
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Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Childrsa
testhing sofsens tns guns. reances innammsIion'
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Invention of Woman.
This novel hitching post Is the inven-
ton Of woman. 1t consists of a pipe
or hollow frame, mounted on suitable
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VITALITY low. debilitated or exhausted cured ~
containing weeks' treatment DR.. kllnss insttutes
SS1 Arch Street. Philadelphia Founded lsI
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Modern Farming.

1t will be only short time before
the farm will be as mechanically op-
Grated concern as the modern fac
tory, and few farmers are so unpro-
gressive and tied to old methods as to
regret the improvements. Gasoline en-
gines have already nearly driven the
wind mill and the steam threshing ma
chine out of many quarters of the coun-
try. Other innovations are rapidly COM
ing in. The burdens Of the farmer grow
less and less each year. One Of the
most valuable pieces of farm machin-
cry is the gasoline engine, as its uses
are almost unlimited. 1t can operate
the thresher, the separator, the feed
cutter, the corn shelter, the pumps, the
hay elevators. the Food saws, the stone
crushers; 1t can haul plow across
field, or run dairy. And all this on
what-a few quarts, or perhaps pints,
of gasoline. Surely 1t seems as IL the
dream of the farmer has come true,
and that the nightmare of toll and
endless drudgery has been dispelled.
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Don't go into the wilderness to set e
good example
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LOCAL
and
CLIM MATIC

Nothing but q local
remedy or change OF cli-
mate will cure
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II Is quickly Absorbed.
Gives Relief at once.
Opens and cleanses the
Nasal Passages.
Allays Inflammation.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-11
"pUBLlC OPINION"
How the New York Publication
Views the Herald Souvenir.

How the New York Publication
Views the Herald Souvenir.
From Public Opinion.
"The Great South western Edition OF
the Ell Psso HERALD" Is worthy of men,
tion for several reasons. The informa-
tion it contains relative to the resources
of the large territory of which Ell Paso
is the natural metropolis is valuable to
investors and 'oshers interested in the
But of more general interest Is the
carefully prepared history of Ell Psso
by Mr.. Ernest E. Russell, " ho reminds
US that Won Hum boldt wrote long ago
that somewhere on the border of 0
Mexico, in the United States, q great
city will spring up" and Mr.. Russell
proceeds to show how Ell Paso is des-
tined to fulfil this prophecy. Scientific
articles on the botany, zoology, and
geology of the region within q radius
of six hundred miles OF Ell Paso (this
being the scope of the book as whole)
are contributed by Professor c. n. T.
Townsend, formerly connected with
the New Mexico agricultural college
and the agricultural department, and
while the petty advertising features of
the conventional souvenir edition have
been subordinated to the larger and
more worthy purpose, existing enter
prises have not been forgotten. An
article on The Conquest of
the Sierra Madre is contributed by tn
editor. 81 D. Slater. paper, PIP. y,
% cents. The HERALD News Co., Ell
Paso, Tex.)