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teeth and rolled to the floor. and the
hereof went sound and smack dab asleep
In his chair, and there slumbered till the
rosy dawn came sinking out Of the
orange east
But we are talking about the rank I'M
becility of anybody expecting to get to
sleep through following these age-old
notions as 10 counting and things.
Another fatuous and wholly paranoiac
notion with regard TO gaining sleep, willy
niily, is that which tells you 10 count
the sheep leaping over rail fences
We desire to announce that We have,
personally conducted. exploded this an
tique pipe trance with a loud and vicious
bang.
II cannot be done, the sheep-counting
thing.
Il never has been done, we verify be-
heve.
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PHONES ON SOUTHERN FARMS
Nineteen Cities Helped Build Rural
Lines Last Year.
From Progress.


In the last year nineteen cities in the
south, through their chambers of COM
merce or through some organization of
the merchants and business men, have
taken practical steps to induce farmers
to build telephone lines and connect with
.heir towns.
Funds have been raised to assist the
farmer in a financial way and the result
sying than was expected.
Farmers in Georgia and Alabama are
now selling their cotton and other prod
uce by telephone at higher prices than
they formerly obtained when they first
drove to town and ran the risk of finding
conditions unfavorable.
The plan under which farmers secure
universal telephone service and connec-
ron with the comprehensive Bell system
contemplates that group of farmers
band together in a cooperative orsaniza-
ton, build the line and purchase the
equipment. This requires a small cash
expenditure but the farmers own the
telephones, wires and other material.
The line is connected with the Bell
system, fiat charge being made for
service. This monthly charge is very low
and when divided among the farmers
ON the line is seldom more than 80 cents
a month. The fact that all the telephones
are on one line is an advantage rather
than an objection in rural districts. 1t
enables farmer in an emergency 10
call every one of his neighbors to has
assistance without loss of time.
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vast treasures for the fortunate pros
pector. We were lucky, for many,
many lives have been sacrificed in the
effort to cause the desert to give up
her riches"
Mrs. Plummer and Mrs. Baker both
intend to go back into the desert soon
and look for more gold.
Personally l love the desert" said the
former in an interview recently. TT is
glorious. 1t has an irresistible, indefin-
able something that delights and charms
my soul OF souls. That magnificent vast
ness, together with the beauty of the
dawns and the splendor of the sunsets,
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expert shots and hopsewomen.
Both of these women could ride q
horse long before the trip that las Just
ended was ever thought of; but neither
ever had the temerity to ride astride.
Now they are as accomplished in this di-
rection women of the plains.
Another bit of education that Mrs.
Plummer picked up that just now is the
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!: son all 'tenderfeet' should profit by
never go into the desert without a
good supply of water A tenderfoot
has no business in the desert anyway
unless he is accompanied by an ex-
perienced guide who knows the mystic
region thoroughly.
Scattered over the trails amid the
rocks and sands of Death valley are
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the unlocking of the rocks and the pan
ming of free shimmering gold. Wen, to
my mind there is nothing in the word
like it, It intoxicates me. l do not Won
der that so many men have gone to their
deaths in this search for the king OF
metals"
Throughout the two years that Mrs.
Plummer and Mrs. Baker were prospect
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NE day when her
aunt was specially
busy Mora went to
the Riding Acad-
envy.
1t was at lunch
con t h a t A u n t
Laura said: his
is my afternoon to
visit the half-or-
phanS' classes in
manual training
Mora asked: Are
trained differently,
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arms crept about his neck and she prese-
ed his cheek to hers.
oh she whispered. 50 low he could
scarcely catch the words. ''Oh, I'm glad
I'm glad-I'm not afraid
Copyright. 1907
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Our idea of bum humorists includes
those base ball "fars" who imagine
they are doing something clever and
original when they show their dis
pleasure at the umpire by yelling
strike" every time a perceptibly bad
ball is pitched, and "safer every time
a visiting player is thrown out by a
city block. These jokers are on par
with the theatergoers who invariably
applaud the boy who sweeps up the jig
SAND and carries out the preceding per-
formers props" This sort of humor
must become exceedingly monotonouS
and nat to umpires and stage hands
Detroit Free Press.
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THAT man doesn't own an auto and
has no chance of ever buying one"
What makes you say that
"It's easy to tell. Didn't you see how
heartily he laughed when he saw his
friends auto stalled in the mud? "-De-
troit Free Press.
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l~ is passing strange how fake
full and phony notions are
handed down through the
ages.

is passing strange how fake
full and phony notions are
handed down through the
ages.
Take, for example, the silli-
nesses that have been ambered into
maxims with reference to sleeplessness.
that does not knit up to the raveled sleeve
of care.
They" will tell you-'they'' have been
telling you all your life-that "a good
way" to go to sleep when you otherwise
can't Is to begin to count and TO keep
right at 1t until you fall asleep. which,
say they" you are just nachully bound
to do II you keep on counting long
enough.
This. it is needless to say, is bogus.
We avOw and affirm that this counting
thing never did, could not and never will
put any human being to sleep.
It's one Of those manifest foolishnesses.
Counting up to 1,OOS, 9S7, 651 500, 452. OOl
or so. while tossing hither and yon and
back and fro on the fevered pillows, is a
thips that makes for activity of the mind.
When. for example. you reach 613 you
forget whether it's 573 or 773, and you get
SO mad about it that you sort O half sit
up and give the hottest pillow whack
with your inconsequent fist. and by that
time you're broad awake and ready to go
out and challenge the first man you meet
to a game of pin pool for the sars'prillas.
The strain involved in keeping track Of
your count gets you into veritabie
lather of wakefulness, and there never
were enough kings horses in the world
to get you to sleep again after you yield
to that fool attempt to induce sleep In ac-
cordance with the idiotic and ancient suS-
gestion.
The last time the undersigned was
weak and fiaccid enough to attempt that
counting game in an attempt to get to
sleep ne reached the figure 1s3.
BY that time he was going through the
motions of throwing invisible medicine
balls around the room, boxing futilely
with the heated night air, pounding his
head against the back stanchions of the
bed and doing other things denoting and
indicating extreme activity, mental and
physical.
Then he got up, switched all the
lights, chose the most evil pipe he could
find, stuffed it over the gunls with
strong perique tobacco, grabbed book
and started in to fight out the night in
a sitting-up posture.
Mrs. Humphrey Wards most recent
novel. a queer affair called Lady Mer-
ton. Colonist.'' Twas happy pick in
the book line. Presently very presently,
the pipe fell out of TIE hereof writer s
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The demand for hard money" in the
southern states has produced some anus
ing situations in Treasury circles. Sew
eral years ago the New Orleans SUBJ
treasury sent out through the cotton
states a flood of brand-new silver col
lars, coined that year and fresh from the
Treasury vaults. The money percolated
to the outlying regions, and came into
the hands of the laborers and cotton
pickers, who had never seen money fresh
from the mint.
Cries of counterfeit" went up from one
section after another and thousands of
the new dollars were refused by those to
whom they were offered in payment for
services. The secret service division at
Washington was appealed to, and sent
special detectives to corral the bad money
and to arrest the counterfeiters. After a
little investigation it was found that all
the money in circulation was sound. but
much of it had to be withdrawn from the
southern states.
Western states take most of the small
bills.
There has been an annual shortage of
small bills in the fall says an official
of the Treasury Department. "a season
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The currency demand now coming in
from Cincinnati is for one-dollar bills
and officials of the Treasury are unable
to account for the local need for that
denomination. The needs of the western
and northwestern sections for handling
have not yet manifested themselves The
stacks of small bills are reaching big
proportions in the Treasury vaults, but
the officials of the finance department OF
the government expect to see the supply
quickly depleted after the LIST of Sep
TENDER.
There is one enormous fund of paper
money that has lain in the Treasury
vaults for two years, in anticipation of
never been called into service. This is
the emergency currency printed under
the AldrichVreeland act, Immediately
after the panic of 1907. For the first
time since the passage of the act, ma
tional banks are this year organizing the
banking associations necessary under the
law. and will be in a position to take
advantage of this great reserve fund il
a money shortage comes.
The amount of this money now in the
Treasury vaults is about $4J0.0O0,OO0. The
law authorized the printing of Sooo,cO)0O0
of the emergency money, but all of it
has not been prepared. Until the banks
have organized their emergency assoc
Citations, and authorized the use CT thls
currency under their own guarantee, the
money must remain idle and unavailable
in the Treasury vaults.
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| CGE bundles of crisp, new bills.
n principally Of the one-dollar and
two-dollar denominations, are be-
ing stacked away daily now in the vaults
! of the United States Treasury, in antici-
patton Of the heavy demand that will be
made from all sections of the country
when the crops begin to move next month.
The issue of paper money has increased
from $4,000 to 10000 bills daily in the
last month. Beginning Monday, August
ID, the bureau of engraving will deliver
10000 more bills. total of 100000, to
| the treasurer's Office every day. Thus
far there has been little increase in the
demand for paper money, but the Treas
ury expects applications from all sections
within the next few weeks
| The annual crop-moving period has been
the occasion for continual embarra ssment
TO the government, because of the wide
| spread need for small denominations of
paper money. The bills are printed in
sheets of four, and the average output
each day has been something over $50, 900
sheets. Charles d. Norton, who recently
resigned the assistant secretaryship of
the Treasury to become President Taft
secretary, arranged before he left Office
for an Increase of this output to 100000
sheets. II necessary, to meet the demands
of the south anG west.
Up to this time the government has
been pressed for paper money from
only two localities, Cincinnati and New
Orleans. The paper money situation
during the crop-moving period as
viewed from the money-making angle
| at Washington, is an interesting study
The present demand from the cotton
belt Is for ten-dollar and twenty-dollar
bills. and the Treasury does not attempt
to give reason for such requests.
Usually the cotton-growing section
wants hard money" The cotton pick
ers and general 1aboring forces want
silver dollars, and will have very little
| to do with paper money. During the
last two or three years there has been
a small and growing demand for one
dollar and two-dollar bills in the south,
and paper money is now used for ali
principal transa actions during the crop
season. A great majority of the laboring
classes cling to the hard money" how
| ever.
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IN WASHINGTON.

SCHOOI- FOR BOYS, ROCK WILLIE. Md;
ideal training school bone life; individual
care and instruction: iits for university or life.
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In the first place. sheep don't jump
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ORSAKING society and comfort
able. even luxurious, homes for
the lure of gold. two women have
braved the horrors of Death val
lev. that graveyard of argonautS,
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.Is everything prepared for my "ii9'
bo asked AS the old housekeeper gave
him welcome.
Everything, sir.
r;,rogph the wide hall and up the broad
shallow stairs he led her. At door ne
paused and opened IL.
sitting room, rose scented, dressing
rom, hevond. and glimpses in the small
or room of silken stuffs.
III is ready for YOU he said. 1 VIII
wait below.
habit brushed her shining hair and Slip
nod into the soft trailing gown. She ran
DOWN the stairs and across the hall to
the hearth where he stood.
Won knew | would Gomez she asked.
Her hands trembled as they clasped his
arm. and he took them in his.
II hoped you would come" he an
swered.
Since the day Bold Billy ran
she drew her hands from his and
rested them on his arms again.
You are my husband?'
YES"
And / am your wife?''
Eyes, Moira.
And vet [ am not afraid"
He stooped and lifted her from her feet.
holding her tight to his heart. He kissed
her eyes, her hair. her mouth. Her
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If any one could have told Mora why
she went, on every possible opportunity,
and had Bold Billy saddled and got her
self into a state of excited expectation,
and rode and rode, and why she came
home depressed and lonelier than ever,
she would have been frightened. shocked
perhaps. But she had not put 1t In words,
the why's and wherefores of II, and when
you don't put put things to yourself In
words you're likely not to recognize
them. So MORA followed the impulse
of her heart, and it led her to the places
1here she had seen him
And at last one day he could stand II
no longer and he did the same thing
had his brown mare saddled. and rode
over the places where he had seen her.
And right at the first place they met, he
raised his hat very scberly. and she
bowed as sedately as though her heart
we're not pounding so hard 1t hurt
Then at the place where Bold Billy got
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
ATTEL WINS FIGHT
FROM CHAS. WHITE
Feather Weight Champion
Defeats His Opponent
in Chicago Contest

Milwaukee. Wis, Sept 17.-Abe Attel,
champion feaherweight, won a 10
round no decision bout from Charlie
White Of Chicago here last nigh. IT
was his fast work in the last two
rounds that gave him the newspaper
decision and until that time White had
q good chance to break even with the
champion
Abe was sent aginst the ropes in the
first, but came back smiling and landed
q hard left to Whites face, followed
by another to the stomach.
In the second rOun5 there was some
fast infighting, with good exchanges
1T long range.
White got in harl right AMI eft to
Atters face in the th'-d round but it
was even up to the end and the fourth
was a repetition Of the third, White
holding his own.
In the fifth, White got to Abe'5 face,
but his blows lacked steam, AMI AtteI
got in some hard punches to Charles
face and body. The sixth was another
even break, and both slowe3 down IN
the seventh
Abe had shade in the eighth. He
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17

monster meeting Of racing solons in
this city. A-aoI.g those who will be
present will be Thomas II. Williams, Of
the Pacific Coast Jockey club; John
Condor. the blind turfman of the west:
Matt VIM. of Louisville, Juarez and
Empire City tracks; John Hachmeis-
ter and Messrs. Brown and Pons, Of
Jacksonville. Brown, who is at pres
ent on the high seas-reSurning from
Buenos Ayres-win make known his
stake list as well as the opening date
semi officially set for November 18th.
Matters Of special import to the turf
are scheduled for discussion at the
forthcoming session.
NOveIty'< Victory.
The splendid victory of Novelty in
the futurity was especially illustrative
of the superiority of Shilling over the
balance of the riding talent. Assistant
starter John Hogan. a Chicago lad,
writes very intelligently on the sub
ject:
Shilling could have won the fu-
turity on either Novelty. Bashti or
Rockville. The latter colt ran an es-
peciaIly good race. The fact of the
matter is that Shilling is easily 20
pounds a better rider than any other
boy now riding on this continz1t.
"a natural rider. the lad also ap-
pears to be imbued with Superhuman
cunningness. In a word he is. always
pulling something new on the rest of
the riders than any other boy now
riding on this continent Take for
instance IN the futurity. While the bal
ance of the field was turning and
twisting. Shilling took Buster tie
stable nickname for Novelty. over TO
the fence and so close that the colt
was leaning againt il. I noticed the
lad bObbiLg up and down. and Won
investigation found that he had his
left foot on the top rail of the fence,
thereby relieving the mount of every
ounce of his weight Whenever he
caught my eye he would sit down.
When it Is taken into consideration
that Love Not caused a delay Of u
minutes it can easily be seen how val
liable were these tactics. Speaking of
Love Not. it must be admitted that the
flly ran a truly wonderful race, and
it is my prediction that had She not
run away. before the start she would
have been hard to trim. As to Bashti,
1 can only say that whatever chance
she had of winning was destroyed when
they put Glass astride of her. How
such shrewd trainer as Tom Welsh
could have seen fit TO put him up is
more than close observers can under
stand. The honor of the futurity was
not Novelty's. il was Shilling's. In
this respect he has been HiIdreth's best
asset during the present season"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
MAVERICKS GO TO
BISBEE FOR GAME
Hewitt Accompanies Team
and Will Play the Third
Base Position.

The Mavericks left Friday evening
for Bisbee to play the Maroons on
their own sand lot. Two games will
be played at Bisbee and the clubs will
return for a series with the same team
here Saturday and Sunday. Exhibition
games just now are tabooed by both
fans and managers. Hewitt accom-
panied the club and the third base po-
sition will be played by either Hewitt
or Brewster, the new Texas Lacquer,
who was brought on this week.
While Bisbee and FL Paso are bat
Ting at the Brewery gu1ch town,
Douglas and Cananea will be at it ham
mer and tongs down Cananea way. Fat
Wylie, who has developed into the star
pitcher of the copper camp club, has
been called to California because OF
the illness of his father, and Max Rear
don and Thomas will have to do the
pitching aginst Kane and Sorrells.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
CRUCES BOWLERS ARE
COMING HERE TO PLAY
VIII Roll Match Game With
Ell PaSo at the New
Alleys.

The 1910 bowling season will open
Saturday evening, September "a, with
match bowling contest between the FL
Paso and Las Cruces teams. A W.
Houck is organizing the FL Paso team
and the Las Cruces club will be organ
lied by NJ. B. Stevens
The intervalley bowling match Will
also open the quarters of the new
Cactus club in the basement of the
Look building. The games will be
played on the new continuous alleys
which have been installed in the Gao
tus club by Art Woods. Invitations
are being sent to bowlers in Las Cruces
and FL Paso to attend the opening
match of the fall and winter bowling
season at the sign of the Cactus
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
SPORTLETS.
lBy Tim.)


These being sportlets we will begin
by telling of the game at Sacramento
yesterday. There wasn't any.
IN 10 rounds of slug slug at New
/ York Friday night Jack Goodman OF
New York came out ahead in clever
ness, and Fighting Dick Hyland OF
California led in the heavy work. Opin-
ion was divided as to the decision, had
there been one.
Chicago at Philadelphia Friday
knocked Moore off the rubber in the
very first inning by four runs on four
hits, a base on balls and a sacrifice
fly. The visitors won, 4-3.
Pittsburg came near being shut out
at New York Friday. An only run was
made in the ninth by Leach's triple
and Wagner's single. It was the last
game of the series
The grand circu.~ meet at Syracuse
closed Friday with four good races of
the harness nags. An extra heat was
required in the 2:11 trot. when ]. Gaia
gan drove the gelding Startle to vic
tory. All finishes were lively.
Detroit got 1t in the neck at home
Friday. Coombs of Philadelphia kept
them away from second and the visitors
won a 10 run shutout
Meadows fourth straight victory at
Denver occurred Friday, when the horse
took the third event with ease The
card was very ordinary
Byersdorf of Des Moines was DATED
out of the box bV Denver and FriuaS's
game went to Denver, SIS. The game
was called in the eighth on account
of darkness.
At Indianapolis Friday the horse,
Minor Heir, son of Heir at Law, again
broke the worlds record for a paced
mile at the state fair grounds. going
the distance in 1:5S 1-2 The former
record was 1853, which Minor Heir
himself set in 2 race last MONDAY.
AT the BrOOkline golf championship
meet today the middle west will meet
the western east for championship hon
ors. The winners of the semi-final
round were Warren X. Wood Of the
Homewood club, Chicago, and VIM C.
Fownest, jr, Of the Oakmont Country
club, Pittsburg.
The new list of drafted players from
major and minor leagues follows: Ma
tional league: BY Pittsburg, from Des
Moines. Nicoff: by St Louis. from Re
gina, Ore, Edmonton. Houston; from
Vancouver. W. Smith, subject to inves-
tigatiOn. American league: BY Detroit
From Dallas, Onslow: by Cleveland
from San Antonio Hohnhurs+
At Anaconda, Mont Friday Kogo
won the mile and an eighth purse race.
following the pace set by J. c. Glenn
until the stretch was reached. Then
she responded to Fogartv's urging and
passed the leaders with ease. The
meeting closes todau
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
Ell PASO MAY PLAY
SERIES WITH ROSWELL

Roswell wants to play ball with FL
Paso. The manager OF the Roswell club
is making an effort to schedule a week
of games at Roswell with the Maver-
icks, and offers TO guarantee their
expenses and divide the gate receipts
on the percentage basis of so and 40.
It is probable that the local manage
ment will arrange for weeks sched-
ule Of games. They play baseball ev-
cry day in Roswell. In return the Ros-
well club will probably be entered in
the fair tournament and will play one
series of games here before the fair
opens
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
FORMER Ell PASO PLAYER
m

Former playing manager Jackson of
the Mavericks, returned from Bridge
port, Conn, Friday evening and Will
play with the ex-Mavs Sunday at
Washington park. Jack says he is glad
to get back, and as evidence of that
fact he had his little blue-eye small
daughter on his shoulder while he was
down town greeting his old friends Fri
day evening.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-17
CANANEA FORFEITS
GAME TO DOUGLAS

Cananea, Mexico, Sept 1.-THE Can
anea-Douglas ball game was sacrificed
to Douglas Friday in the last half of
the eighth lining on an argument over
a decision at third base. The score
stood five and four in favor of Doug
las
Umpire Allen was in the right in en-
forcing discipline, the fans generally
concede.