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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

one was INDUCING in steauy, uhDi
ken flow of invective. Through gap
In the hedge on our right we couiu
distino 11ish bowed figure, scraplns
furiousIv with his fingers, ana cdiiinS
down the vengeance OF heaven anu
earth upon an unprintable SOMEONE
who had, in some unmentionaole man
ner. defrauded him of some nlghlS 'ao
jectival possessions
Mr. pbjbbs slipped still further ahead.
T followed. Lastly came Della, wrought
nm to a state of intense and GREATNESS
excitement.
The muttering grew louder, rose to
a CRY of Amusement, and ended IN the
sound of frantic, beastlike struggling,
as the two of us flung ourselves in
turn upon a slim, dark, very muscular
gentleman whom l dimly remembered
having seen in the capacity OF a hlred
waiter at st. Ebenezer's ball. He had
neat, trowel-shaped little instrument
in his hand, with which he contrived
to batter Phibbs pretty efectually be-
fore we secured the hand that held 1T.
In the end we pinioned him with
rope opportunely found in his own
pocket. and with our trio converted
into a quartet, finished the journey to
the police station
Ten minutes later the muscular gen
tleman was being accosted by Mr..
Phibbss superior as an old adversary,
and was strolling to the nearest vacant
cell with all the gay fortitude of an
experienced criminal And then, in
credibly tired and stiff, we walked to
our own house Mr.. Phibbs, oppressive
ly apologize, escorted us.
"Of course you could have proved an
aIibi." he said, addressing Della,
though I wasn't to know it. 1t was a
bit of real albright, that Teller comm
for the spoils so soon after we'd re-
moved 'em. I 'ope there's no malice
borne?''
None whatever" said 1.
There's the reward, O. course He
paused awkwardly: mo doubt We can
come to some sort of arrangement"
Delia's lips formed the words: New
drawingroom carpet"
mo doubt" said !. I'm the mean
time, my wife and 1 have been think
ing that, in view of the happy termi-
nation of events, we should like to
show our appreciation"
Della, in the big chair, nodded. She
was very sleepy.
I'm other words, to beg your accept
ance Of"
The eye of Mr. Phibbs followed mine.
The yellow vases, bedecked with pur-
pie blossoms, glittered under the in
candescent light. They held him as
magnet holds steel And when, still in
q state of chaotic gratitude, he left
little later with them In his arms, Della
and 1 felt that life had still its COM
pensations.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

his family consumed his entire income
Conscious that. something must be
done, the paper hanger called his fam
lily around him and said: Now we must
save money. So for the next u months
we will not spend a penny, with the
result that I shall nave $4,000 in the
bank" The plan was adhered to. Not
a cent was paid the grocer or anybody
of the year found himself with COM
Portable nest egg.
been developed by a boy employed on a
poultry farm. His job, which is teach
ing young hens to cackle when they lay
an egg, brings him in s1.95 a day. AS
the boys ambition is TO buy a steam
yacht, he early realized the necessity
of regular saving. At first he was dis
couraged at the slow way in which his
balance increased, but ne finally hit
upon a plan, which will soon bring him
within measurable distance of the
steam yacht. For every nickel the boy
earns he puts one dollar in the bank.
It is a simple method and may we'll be
followed by persons DESTROYS of increas-
ing their saving capacity by 1000 per-
cent.
A certain apparent economy in rent
has been effected by several persons
hy moving at discreet intervals. How
ever. it will usually be found that the
eeoI.oIny is no e apparent than real.
Moving vans cost more after midnight,
for one thing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

a

a YOUNG man who ran the eleva-
~ tor in an office buillinC found
= it very hard to save any money.
SO he decided that ne must follow some
systematic plan The plan he finally
decided upon was to put a savings bank
such as any store sells for q couple
of doIlars-in his elevator. Every tine
he passed the second floor he dropped
two cents in his bank, three cents for
the third floor, and so on. As there
were twenty-five stories in the build
ing and he ran the elevator II hours
day at the top speed, you can see that
the boy soon had a comfortable sum
saved against sickness or loss of en-
Payment CHS savings. at 1925
trip, came to nearly. $500 day.) One
of the tenants in the building, pleased
with the lads thrift, took the money
to invest for him. AS the tenant for
got to come back the boy is starting
in all over again.
A niddle-aged man had steady en-
ploynent as doughnut puncher in
small Jersey village. He made $3.50 a
week. but had never saved anything,
and he foresaw the days wnen his fall
ing sight would prevent him from
punching the holes exactly in the CEN
ter of the doughnuts. This made him
think q great DEAL and the unaccus-
toned exercise sharpened his brain.
one day he requested the superintend-
emf of tne factory to give him the
nieces which he punched out Of the
doughnuts Previously these had been
thrown away as useless. The super
intendent readily gave him permission
TO take away the waste pieces, and the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

certainty when it will be just as mucn
a matter of course for a girl to know
how to cook as it is for her to know
how to read, and when you hire a dl-
vinity to preside over your kitchen
YOU will do so with the assurance that
no matter whether she cooks with
French, or Irish, or Swedish, or Dutch,
or colored accent, you will get some
thing fit to eat
Another advantage of teaching cook
ing in the public schools is that 1t
takes cooking out of the class OF
mental occupations and puts it where
ii deserves to be, among the learned
professions. In times past silly girls
have despised dOmesticity and Dragged
that they couldn't boil water without
burning it. 1t will teach them more
respect for woman's most important
avocation when it has an academic
stamp put upon it.
Finally, teaching cooking in the pub
lie school is really and truly the first
body blow that has ever been struck at
the divorce evil. There are no statistics
to tell US how many young couples first
uuarreled over the brides efforts in
the cookery line, but when tired ana
hungry man comes from hard day
work to find dinner that would kill
an ostrich on the table and his young
wife with blistered hands and temper,
the dove of peace flaps its wings and
takes flight from that abode. And
sometimes it never comes back.
Jolt for Romance.
That kind OF home isn't what man
marries for. He feels defrauded. and he
! generally says so, and romance gets a
Jolt from which it never RECEIVERS. More
love has been choked to death on soggy
bread than we wot of, and the grounds
In the coffee pot have been the real
grounds for many a divorce.
But how different will be the case
when every bride will know how to
keep house, and when her experiments
in cookery will not have to be made
at the expense of her new husband 5
digestion.
Let us hope that Mr.. Maxwell will
get all the money he needs to spread
the gospel of good cooking in the
schools, for in so doing he is doing
great work for humanity. And there
is one thing certain. no matter what
else a girl knows she is dead sure to
need to know how to cook
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05
DAYSEY MAYME
Writing Letters Is Her Long Suit

the Proper Thing when fyiend is be-
reaved- If there is any oneAthing on
which Daysey Mayme rides herself it
is her ability to write q letter OF -on-
dolence. One that IS full OF HOPE
Beyond, and that pants out a rift IN
the clouds.
A friend recently lost his eye. and
had TO wear a s1ass one, and for
time it seemed 20 Daysey Mayme that
the situation vas too dark for a bright
side, but WITH indomitable persever-
ance she searched till she found one.
when she wrote the following words
of comfort to the afflicted:
The eyes are the windows of Ihe
soul. my good friend, but not TO every
one falls the distinction you now en-
joy of wearing stained glass one
And Mrs. APPLETON is not far behind
her talented daughter in the art cf
sending out words OF comfort She|
recently sent one of her inimitablS
.epistles of coincidence to a woman
who had just buried, her husband:
NY heart goes out to you. my poo
dear" she wrote, dropping tea
where il would cause a blur and
Nest effective. Il know the wea
ress of the days and nights ahead
Won without His presence in the hoI
But. oh, my dear friend. look on
bright side. He is in his grave.
we can't call him back, but take CD
fort in the thought that for the I'D
time since you married him you knoV
where he is nights"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05


way:
Il am sitting by a window whicn
commands an inspiring view of river
and town The twilight shadows are
gathering in the corners OF this big
roomy library, and before they march
forth and envelope me 1 want to have
a little chat with you
But this is what really happens:
There stands in one corner of the
Appleton dining room a legged
writing desk with one corner propped
up on a STOOL with its pigeon holes
filled with receipts and Lysander
Appleton's lodge papers. and perhaps
a cook book or two. There IS always
trouble in finding the stationery, and
as a final resort a page is torn out OF
Chauncey Deyere's school tablet and
the next task is to find the pen aus
ink.
There are two questions in the Ap-
pleton family that are never settled:
Who took all the cream?" and Who
was the last to have the pen and ink 81
After Daysey Mayme has found the
material. her letter is written with
many Interruptions. for it is I'M ths
writing desk Mrs. Appleton keeps the
milk tickets. her specs, her household
account book, and her diary.
But with all these handicaps the
Appleton women folks never fail to 10
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

When she was at the marry age
OF precious lover-strife;
When work was work and nothing more
A thing to spoil ones life.
She's married, but it seems she can't
Care for domestic ways;
No longer does she love her best
Loved games of childhood days.
She makes, it's true, some of the clothes
Her babies wear, and some of those
She wears herself but then it goes
So much against the grain
To household tasks she doesn't take;
Especially she hates to bake
And when she does it's sure to make
Her family suffer pain.
Arrayed in latest gown and hat
She loves to CAD to this and that;
She says wifes life is so flat
Will some one please explain?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

looks as if either your maid wrote the
cipher Or
Della spoke Her cheeks were vivid
ly pink, her eyes very bright.
L wrote it, Mr.. Phibbs, for a silly
joke" Her words followed each 9TH
er breathlessly. my husband said
and 1 said it wasn't, and thought I'd
make up a cipher to prove that it
wasn't so easy, and he didn't solve it.
And then I was afraid that he'd take
my stupid paper to the police, and
thered be worse trouble. And that is
why l went into the lane this after
noon"
Then" said the detective. I'm sor-
ry mum-extremely sorry-but l shall
ave to ask you to come with me as far
as the pice station, because KNOWN
like everyone else, that the councils
goin' to take over the lane tomorrer,
and make a regular thoroughfare of it,
we dug under the big tree-me and my
mate-and about a yard to the right of
it we found the joolsl"
1t was a moment as CHASTITY and pro-
longed as the worst nightmare. I'd
known, of course, that Della herself
had written the cipher-known 1t from
the time when, taking short cut
through the fields to the lane. I had
seen her in the very act of inserting
the paper in the tree. But who would
have ina gined who could have mag
ined-that the real burglar would have
selected hiding place so near to her
imaginary one? Certainly Della
couldn't, for she slipped quietly back
wards to the nearest chair and-for
the first time in her 1ife-fainted clean
away.
1t was over an hour later when we
set out for the police station.
We were nearing the end of the lane
now, within a stones throw of the high
road. A faint, steady muttering be-
came audible. Mr.. Phibbs, his little
eyes shining in the darkness like a
cats, tiptoed forward.
Nearer, the muttering separated it
self into words and SyllableS. Some
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05
THE ERA OF
NORMAL POLITICS
Continued From Previous Page).

Grover Cleveland. 1t was an exceed
ingly bitter campaign. in which both
sides resorted to mud Singing of the
vilest character. The independent. or
mugWump vote, was cast for. Cleveland,
and he was elected, carryj~ s@w.th him
a Democratic house In 1856 the house
again was Democratic, but during both
congresses of the first Cleveland ad-
ministratton the senate remained under
Republican control. Following the
tariff bill of 1883. the tariff bad. be-
come the chief issue in the coIIStr--
the high tariff men having completely
captured the Republican organiastio
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05
roo MUCH GRAND JURY.

From Santa Fe New Mexican.
The argument that the doing away
with the grand jury wculd deprive
many worthy citizens of the opportun-
ity to draw few t36llars each out of
the court fund. is /ardIy valid one.
but even if it were, it could be shown
to be unfounded. NThe saving that
would follow the abolition of the grand
jury, would result in more frequent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05
THEY ARE LEARNING.

From Roswell On. NJ Register-Tri-
bune.
In the meantime, lest it be forgotten,
we would rise to remark that there
are a whole lot of people in Roswell
Just now who do not think near as
much of the initiative and referendum
as they did The reason is that they
understand it's power for mischief
row. while they didn't understand any
thing about it before
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05
ABOLISH GRAND JURY.

Firm Albuquerque IN. NJ Journal.
The Morning Journal believes that
the abolition of the grand jury system
in the new state of New Mexico will
be a step forward and go far to amel-
lore te conditions in the administration
of Justice N this commonwealth. The
~srand Jury system has been branded
Hcan institutions aRiiTuated and In
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

terms of court and sitting of petit
juries. which would give an opportunity
TO these worthy citizens of doing ju :
duty and thus being educated to ia
an interest in the administration
Justice
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05
Dolly Age and Marry Age
By JAMES RAvENSCRoF1

r~7 the dolly
\A/
w When play was play
nd make-believe;
lei was Keeping mousse
nd alln er heart
Was the leading role-
wife mother part
She clothes dollies wore,
She here the
She and, what was more, {
Her u the best lbpS1 g
Oh she a faithful slave!
S''i' s n II; &: =; s'''
Her oft smiled and said,
AS she her darlings head G51~I
shell be treasu she's wed; X ~,
has ne zest"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05
THE STORY OF A
STRANGE MESSAGE

Continued From Previous Page).
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

ADS By PHONE
can Bell lis, Auto 1115, tell
YOU want. The Herald boy will c
the next day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05
(By Frances L. Garside.)

wv HEN Daysey Mayme Apple
~ ton writes letter to a friend.
she invariably begins it this
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-05

Although ne had an income of $4,000
a year, New York paper-hanger did
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-03-10
AMERICAN FRENCH

Il had an experience abroad which
struck me as being pretty rough" said
returned traveller according to the
New York Sun. I've always been
quite proud Of my French and | put it
to use in most of the hotels on the
Continent in preference to English. But
in one Of the Paris Hotels found a
note on the menu which staggered me
Neatly printed in one corner was this;
Our walters are conversant with
English but they cannot understand
American French. Americans who de-
sire to receive what they order are
requested to sp eak in their own Ian
Quage," Now what do you think Of
that?"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-03-10
A GOOD BEGINNING.

Everything in later life depends up.
on how we began it. You cannot be
successful in life if you haven't good
health To insure good health in later
lite it is necessary to start right
Many OF LIES serious ills are caused
by constipation. indigestion and liver
trouble. The best way to cure them
in old or young is by the use Of DR..
Caldwelfs Syrup Pepsin. 1t is abso-
Iutely guaranteed to do what we claim
and if you want to try it before buying
send your address for a free sample
bottle Pepsin Syrup Co.. 119 Cald-
we'll Bldg. Monticello. ILL.,. 1t is sold
by all druggists an SO cents and 81 a
bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-03-10

during the course Of which he paid &
glowing tribute to Gov. E. F. Noel Of
Mississippi. He said that the speech
which had attracted such widespread
comment had been delivered with nc
such intention.
I didn't mean to do it, he ssid
But when that large. portly gentleman,
our beloved president, came up and
embraced me alter it was over knew
! that | must have done some good in
the Senate after all. Even Senator
Hepburn OF Idaho came forward and
shook my hand after had invited
him to pay a visit to my Mississippi
home. Gentlemen, Hepburn is all
right, you must not think too hard Of
him. 1t was his environment that
warped his view ct the South. He
has been sitting way up there in Idaho
on an iceberg. with nothing more than
the Aurora Borealis to enlighten him
about the South. That's the reason |
invited him to come down and see for
himself
Col. Gordon was loud in praise Of
the Senate body, which he said was
made up OF as fine set OF men as he
had ever known. He said that they
were far different than the grafters
which he had pictured from some Of
the things he had heard of them.
They were. he said. hard workers.
for whom he had the utmost respect.
G. T. Fitzhush responded to the
toast Memphis Mississippians' in
which he pointed out the strong ties
by which this city and the state are
bound. He said that he would not
attempt to take up each individual
MississipDisn- in Memphis. inasmuch
as he would simply have to take the
city directory. after having erased
few isolated names. Mr.. Fitzhugh's
talk was an eloquent tribute to the
part played by Old Miss in the up
building Of Memphis.
Judge Walter Malone and Con
gresham George W. Gordon also
spoke interestingly along appropriate
lines. General Gordon tsld Of the
effect Of Col. Gordons speech in
Washington. and Of the electric thrill
that permeated the bells Of the Senate
while the gallant Southerner was
preaching Peace on Earth. Good Will
Toward Men,"
before adjournment Otate Oenator
Hayden Mckay bore a message to
Col. Gordon from Mayor E. H. Crump
who was prevented from attending
the luncheon on account OF illness.
In few we'll chosen words, Senator
Mckay preferred the keys of the city
TO the visitor on behalf Of the mayor.
who, he said. was proud of the fact
that he, too, was a native, MISSISSIPPI
plan.
Following the lunceeon "a brief pub
lie reception was held in the reading
room Of the Business Men Club. after
which Col. Gordon joined Mrs. Cor
don at the Nineteenth Century Club,
where a second reception was given.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-03-10
Paw / want to know what you

Paw want to know what you
think the fourth demention is"
Ills figure Of speach. Tommy. en-
pIoyed to express the ides of the size
to which man feels himself shrink
ing when the,pasior Of his church hap
pens to catch him in the act Of max.
ing quick sidesiep into q saloon. -
(Chicaeo Tribune.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-03-10
Continued from Page /.

FAht ttCs wi tt0o @AOO1 WIN R0t ~
head. This creation OF an authors
brain was so true to humsnitys striving
was so much Of a peoples longing
that throughout all the ages he has re-
manned as he was born. the perfec
gentleman. A gallant soldier. loyaI
man, loving father. faithful and sim.
pie minded, trustfuI and truthful, he
passes on to the end. honorable and
human. a man born to respect but in
ming reverence. Col. Thomas Newcome
remains an example and an emulation.
Let me say with bowed head that
present to you today the Col. New
come OF America; the man who, as il
was said Of another in the olden time,
is a man without gle. and who in his
brief term as Senator of the United
States. knowing but little Of statecraft.
unacquainted with politics and forgetful
Of North or South. abolished Mason
and Dixons line. One time senator
from Mississippi. he remains for his
whole life The Gentleman from Mis-
sissippi. Col. James Gordon"
Col. Gordon responded in a short
speech which must have been the
prototype of the one which made him
famous. Without attempt to drift into
oratory. in which he is not versed. the
venerable statesman voiced in his own
plain way. his appreciation Of the
welcome which had been extended
him.
i am glad to be in Memphis. said
he. FOR | feel very much at home here.
The first time | came to Memphis
was in 1912. and can still recall the
visit which | made at that time to the
first theater Memphis ever had. had
no money with which to pay my way
in. SO with several other boys ! watch
ed the production of Richard the
Third" through knothole in the wall.
My, my. how this city has changed
since those days. 1t seems as though
a beautiful genii. like Aladdin with
his wonderful lamp, had visited you
and worked the great Transformation.
have always had faith in Memphis,
and when the yellow fever wiped her
almost from the map, it was my pre-
dictioa that she would rise again.
Sphinx like, just as she has risen. |
had the honor OF following one Of your
distinguished sons in the war. Irefer
to that gallant soldier, than whom
there never was Drawer or better
man. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Il am especially glad to meet so
many Of the business men Of Mem
phis. have known very much about
business. There is one business,
however. that have been successful
in. | am a great circulating medium.
believe that money should be circu.
lated. and that s one reason why ad-
mire John D. Rockefeller
Here Col. Gordon took occasion
10 pay tribute to the oil king. and in
cidently to administer a mild reproof
to Senator jeff Davis, Of Arkansas.
whom he characterized as the sena.
or from Arkansas who is opposed to
oil prosperity.
Il can we'll remember said the
speaker. when coal oil sold at 40
cents q gallon, while whiskey was
selling at 80 cents. 1t was good whis-
sey, too. added the colonel, which
brought forth a roar from his auditors.
Col. Gordon then told how he had
broken into the United States Senate,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-03-10
Sheriff's Sale.

DELINQUENT TAX LANDS CHICKAsAW COUNTY.
Pursuant to Section 1926 Annotated Code of 1906 OF
Mississippi G W Beam Sheriff and Tax Collector will,
on the Bird Monday in April it being the 18th day of
Miss, within legal hours sell to the highest bidder for
cash. the following lands lying and being the End dis
trict, Chckasaw County, Miss, and delinquent for
for the fiscal year 1909